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  • HTC Desire now available to order


    30 March 2010


    The HTC Desire is basically an enhanced Nexus One, which makes it possibly the most advanced phone available. It adds an optical trackpad in place of the Nexus One’s trackball, plus HTC’s excellent Sense user interface. Ergonomically, the HTC Desire just slips naturally into the hand with its all-round soft curves, on paper it’s slightly larger than the Nexus One but in real-life this isn’t noticeable.

    The HTC Desire has a fantastic 3.7 inch widescreen, AMOLED display, delivering 720×480 pixels resolution. Arguably crisper and clearer than any other display on the market, it delivers touchscreen responsiveness definitely in the ballpark of the iPhone and, moreover, it is fast. The combination of Android 2.1 sitting above a Snapdragon CPU clocked at 1GHz with 512Mb of RAM and ROM really does enable you to zap through opening up applications and then moving between them.

    Its multimedia credentials, are quietly competent rather than superb - such as the 5 megapixel, autofocus camera with LED flash and its 32GB memory card capacity. Where the Nexus One really impresses, though, is in what could be called its charisma, if it could walk into a crowded room, heads would most definitely turn. Its Teflon-coated back and sides are simultaneously rubbery and tough yet soft and almost sensuous, a strangely compelling tactile experience.

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  • Samsung B3410 now available in pink


    30 March 2010


    The Samsung B3410 is a fantastic mid-range phone for those who love to text! The slide out QWERTY keyboard has large, well-space keys allowing users to write speedy texts and emails. With built in Facebook, Flickr and MySpace applications, keeping on top of all the latest gossip on the go is easy.

    There’s a 2 megapixel camera on board to take basic snaps as well as a video recorder. Connectivity wise the B3410 supports GPRS, EDGE and Bluetooth for basic web browsing and file transfers. A great feature of this touchscreen phone is its TouchWiz interface which lets you add well used application widgets to the homescreen for one touch access. Also included is a media player supporting MP3 and Mpeg4 video, plus there’s a handy 3.5mm audio jack for standard headphones.

    The Samsung B3410 is a great device for those who want a stylish handset with an emphasis on messaging.

    Connectivity-wise, the Nokia X6 has all the usual feature you would expect in a smartphone, 3G, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and a microUSB slot to transfer files with or without wires. To ensure you never get lost the X3 has Ovi maps 3.0 satellite navigation software pre-installed. The X6 combines style and technology to bring a fantastic, feature packed flagship phone to the X Series.

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  • Sony Ericsson Vivaz now available in blue


    30 March 2010


    Free on contract from only £30 per month. With unlimited internet, 600 anytime minutes and unlimited texts.

    From its spec, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz is a smartphone to rival almost anything on the market, with an 8.1 megapixel camera with image stabilisation and face detection and most notably the ability to capture video in 720p HD (ultra-sharp, minimal to zero flicker). It also offers autofocus in its video mode and a dedicated video capture key. The results can be viewed on the 3.2 inch, 640×360 touchscreen or you can even entertain friends and family by displaying your captured images on your TV with the TV out connection.

    At just 12.5mm in depth, the stylish Vivaz is conventionally smartphone sized and weighs only 97g (pretty amazing considering the technology within). All the usual smartphone features are included, including HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and A-GPS and the touch user interface allows you to use the handsets many functions easily and naturally.

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  • Free Nokia X6 on O2 only £15 per month


    30 March 2010


    Some great new deals from O2 with the Nokia X6. Get 100 xnet minutes and unlimited texts for just £15 per month on a 24m contract, or £20 per month on an 18m contract.

    The Nokia X6 16GB has an impressive 3.2 inch touchscreen that covers almost the entire front of the phone. It’s pocket and palm friendly measuring 111 x 51 x 13mm and it’s great for watching movies with the 16:9 aspect ratio screen. With 16GB of internal memory there’s plenty of storage too. The X6 runs on Symbian OS v9.4 and has a 434 MHz processor, which is enough to compete with many other smartphones in its class. The new X Series range from Nokia with replace the XpressMusic range, it will focus on entertainment and social networking.

    The X6’s TFT capacitive touchscreen gives a crisp, bright image and comes with scratch resistant glass. There is a built in accelerometer for automatically switching the screen from portrait to landscape, for widescreen images and videos. For texts and emails the X6 also supports handwriting recognition. A 5 megapixel camera is the same unit from the N97, it has Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus, LED flash and geo-tagging to take fantastic images and stamp them with their exact time and location using GPS. The camera also has video recording capabilities and there is the ability to edit images with software provided.

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  • Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 out now


    30 March 2010


    Free XPERIA X10 with 900 minutes, unlimited internet and unlimited texts for just £35 per month on a 24m contract from T-Mobile.

    The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is the first phone from Sony Ericsson to feature the Android OS. It has a powerful 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 32GB internal memory and a beautiful 4 inch touchscreen that covers almost the entire front surface. This is ideal for the XPERIA X10’s excellent multimedia capabilities and for web browsing, which is supported by HSDPA and Wi-Fi. The 8 megapixel autofocus camera has an touch focus, LED flash, face detection and geo-tagging. As you would expect with any Sony Ericsson XPERIA phone, the media player is very good and supports all of the popular formats such as MP3, MP4, WMV, e-AAC+ and WMA.

    With the Android operating system the X10 can be customised with downloadable apps from the Android Market. Users can quickly access Google services such as Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search and YouTube. Measuring just 12mm in depth it’s a sleek phone and a fantastic device that can be used for both work and leisure.

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