HTC HD Mini review

Does a smaller HD2 make more Sense?

The HTC Legend and HTC Desire handsets may well have stolen the show at Mobile World Congress in February, but there was a third phone unleashed by the prolific Taiwanese in Barcelona and, despite it's smaller stature, should not be overlooked.

The HTC HD Mini added to the company's collection of blockbusting blowers unleashed back in February and is, when it comes down to brass tax, the younger brother of the Windows Mobile-packing HTC HD2, which impressed at the back end of last year.

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Billed by T3 as "the only handset that can make Windows Mobile work", the HD2's outstanding feature was the whopping 4.3-inch touchscreen screen, which somewhat overshadowed the more important matter of it being the first WinMo phone to utilise HTC's brilliant Sense UI.

Well, the HD Mini might have parred-down the screen to a more pocket-friendly 3.2-inches, but the WinMo 6.5.3 operating system remains in place. The HTC Sense UI, first seen on the HTC Hero, also retains its place on the Mini with a few new tweaks inuding live weather effects on the homescreen.

We had but a brief few minutes to shoot the handset following HTC's Barcelona press conference. So check out our hands-on video while we chase a full review that we'll bring to you asap.

Weird News: Brian Blessed in your GPS and more

It may be April 1st but, inconceivably, all these articles are really real.

Modded t-shirt lets you know when you have unread emails

If you're a tech obsessed fashionista then check out this prime example of gadget and fashion hackery; a t shirt that connects, wirelessly, to your phone and displays how many email you've yet to peruse.

Brian Blessed GPS petition

Ozzy Osbourne and John Cleese and now Brian Blessed might be headed to bellow directions from your TomTom. TomTom have confirmed that if the petition reaches 25,000 members they'll start negotiations with the star of such classics as Flash Gordon and... erm... Flash Gordon.

iPad skin gives the Apple device a little Star Trek charm

The dreams of both gadget geeks and red shirted Trekies have been fulfilled; the iPad skinned to look like a Star Trek PADD. Now you too can have a "Captain's Log".

Netbook with folding keyboard

It's an overtly utopian design, but aren't all technology concepts? They make you all misty eyed for the technology of the future, like a slimline netbook with a folding, full-size keyboard.

Music video gives you 3D minus the glasses

Lets be honest, most of us will have to wait quite a while before we get to experience 3D outside of the cinema but this video, using a technique known as wiggle stereoscopy, gives you the illusion of 3D, minus the giant blue cat people and the three grand price tag.

iPhoneHD mock-up is impressive. Hopefully Apple is watching

We've got mock-ups on the mind today, as this delightful piece of concept art for the fabled iPhoneHD demonstrates. And just like all the iPhone concepts that graced the web before prior to its unveiling, it'll probably look nothing like this. Darn it.

How to spot a hidden iPad

Based on a pamphlet on spotting hidden handguns; a handy guide to spot who has an iPad on their person, so you can plead with them to use it... and then run away with it.

Amazon hates your hard drives

Might want to skip on ordering that 2TB hard drive you've been eyeing on Amazon, at least until they fix their packaging, as several customers have found their hard drives shipped with little, or no, protection and dead on arrival.

Massive product defects we seem let fly

Gadgets are great, except when their not and then they rapidly become the source (and recipient) of your ire, especially when these faults are built-in and there's nothing we can do, but just put up with them.

iCash - the iPhone card reader

By turning the iPhone into an on the go card reader it opens up a world of possibilities and monstrous credit card bills.

The iPad apps available on launch day

The iPad will certainly not be short of apps come launch.

If you’re lucky enough to have an iPad in the post, winging its way to you to enhance your Easter enjoyment, you’re probably wondering what new or revamped apps will be available for the device when you finally rip it out of the packaging and hit up the app store.

Well you’re in look as there will be no lack of apps available at launch, with over a thousand gracing the brand spanking new platform on its April 3rd release which will quickly turn into thousands, as apps make it through approval.

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The pre-approved apps available on release include the standard fare; such as Twitterific, one of many expected, Twitter clients, optimised news apps from the likes of the Wall Street Journal, Reuters and the Associated Press.

Meanwhile, for those wanting to have a little fun when launch day comes by, a glut of games will grace the iPad’s 10.1 inch screen, Flurry, an analytics company in the mobile industry, speculated that 40% of apps in development are games while major studios such as EA are making a large push onto the new platform.

Interesting additions to the app store also include the Magic Piano app, from the makers of the endlessly enjoyable Ocarina for iPhone, and Gray Wolfram Periodic table, a interactive periodic praised by Stephen Fry.

For those across the Atlantic, a Netflix app will be available free on launch day. The app, like the service itself, is only available in the United States will allow users to manage their cues and stream Netflix video on demand content.

The American broadcaster ABC, the home of shows such as Lost and Grey’s Anatomy, will have a free app allowing viewing of their entire TV line-up via Wi-Fi.

Rumours have also been circulating, ahead of the launch that Hulu is planning a video viewing app that may adopt a subscription model that could be see Hulu turning subscription-only.

Link: AppShopper (iPad app list)

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Passive 3D packing TV set to make three dimensions more affordable says LG.

LG is rolling out the UK’s first passive 3D TV in May. Dubbed the LG LD950, it promises to offer sharp 3D images at a cut price compared to the active 3D sets it currently touts.

Passive tech is generally regarded as being inferior to active, tickling the image using an overlaying filter to send half of an image to the left eye and the other to the right. Best of all, they can be used with cheaper polarised 3D specs, which can be picked up for less than pricey active efforts.

Top Ten Broadband in UK

This article will displays the best Top 10 Broadband land-line or fixed-line providers in the UK, as voted by readers of ISPreview. Top 10 Broadband Awards were held in London yesterday. Talk less do more, okay here it is:
1. Fast.co.uk
2. Naims

3. ICUK
4. SurfAnyTime
5. Aquiss
6. Vispa'
7. IDNet
8. Zen Internet
9. UKFSN
10. TitanADSL

So who is the 1st winner at top 10 broadband awards? The winner is Plusnet. Yes, Plusnet impressed the judges with their value broadband package at just £5.99 a month, cheap price but high in quality indeed.

The top10 broadband awards judges examined the monthly costs associated with each of the nominated broadband providers and paid close attention to the extras included in the packages. On awarding the prize for Best Value Home Broadband, the Top10 judges said: “At just £5.99 a month, Plusnet Value offers the best value home broadband on the market”.

“Good value is not just about the price on the box and Plusnet’s Value Broadband package includes all the trimmings with a free wireless router, 24/7 support, free set up and broadband firewall and spam protection. Plusnet show that there’s more to value than upfront costs.” Now you know the best broadband in low cost but high in quality, so which one you choose?

Nook Electronic eBook Reader

Nook is a new electronic book reader. This Nook eBook reader is a chain Barnes & Noble product. The bookstore chain Noble and Barnes in New York presented its first electronic reader, a device with a color dual screen (3.5-inch) called Nook and the price is $ 259. Aims to compete with Amazon’s Kindle.

Noble and Barnesis the latest company to join the e-book phenomenon dominated by Kindle, will have the Google Android operating system, which will enable users to purchase paid work also borrow books. Initially it has a catalog of more than one million eBooks.

Although the company had kept secret Nook features until the official presentation, the The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal gave details from the info given by Barnes & Noble to advertise on their pages.

With a price that is equal to the Kindle now-after being dropped repeatedly, the Nook has major developments such as color display and allow users to find their titles without a problem. The screen on this model, which includes a touch pad, works with the same technology used by the reader from Amazon and other similar devices called “electronic ink” that facilitates the electronic readout. The device supports the downloading of books, newspapers and other publications over a wireless net connection.

Nook users have access to more than one million electronic books through digital store the company launched last July, the first that integrates works without copyright restrictions that Google has digitized.  Titles that Barnes & Noble sells on the site is also compatible with various electronic readers, as well as so-called smart phones, like Apple’s iPhone or Blackberry phones, but are not available for the Sony Reader, nor for the Amazon Kindle.

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Droid Verizon Motorola Smart Phone

Droid Verizon Motorola Smart Phone are booming all over the web. Many internet users search all about Droid Verizon phone reviews or photos. Droid Verizon phone picture below shows Droid is possibly running Android 2.0. The Droid picture, latest picture that we know as u also can see below the buttons at the base don’t match the other shots, it means that it could be a prototype or artist rendering. Interested?

Here are Features that Motorola Droid Verizon Phone had:

QWERTY Keyboard, PDA-PC Sync , Java Enabled, MMS Enabled, GPS, Wi-Fi Capable, 3G Data Capable, Bluetooth Enabled, Color Screen,  Video Recording, Video Streaming, Touch Screen, Internet Browser, Email Access, SMS-Text Messaging, Calendar, Polyphonic Ringtones, Speakerphone, MP3 Player, Voice-Activated Dialing, USB Interface and of course and absolutely Warranty the first. 


Well now below I mentioned about Motorola Droid Verizon Phone Specifications plus the picture:

1. It’s on Verizon.
2. Droid will have a slide-out physical keyboard.
3.  It will run Google Android 2.0 (its still possibly).
4. It’s a powerful TI OMAP3430 processor (it is same as the iPhone and Palm Pre and not the sluggish Qualcomm 528MHz ARM11 that’s in currentDroid phones).
5. Droid verizon phone will have widgets, a nod to the CLIQ’s Motoblur interface.
6. With number 5 specs im pretty sure it will have multitasking.
7. Droid verizone phone will have a replaceable battery.
8. 5 megapixel camera with a flash.
9. speech recognition capabilities.
10. Its touchscreen is expected to be 3.7-inches, 480×854 pixels; WVGA+.
11. It’s expected to have 256MB RAM.
12. It’s expected to ship with a 16GB microSD card but will support larger capacities.
13. It’s expected to have a GPS receiver.
14. It’s expected to have a 1400 mAh battery.
15. Its dimensions will be 4.6 in. wide, 2.3 in. tall, 0.54 in. thick, and will weigh a hefty 6.0 oz.
16. And It’s expected release in November.

As you can see, there is many "It expected" word in list specifications of Droid Verizon phone above. It Means i didn't know exactly Droid Verizon Motorola Smart Phone had specifications that i already mention about, it was just possibly. But i hope this phone have all that specifications. In this case, i will not accept if list number 16 are failed because I'm waiting for that month.