San Francisco based studio One & Co have collaborated with the HTC design team in Taiwan has unveiled the new cell phone flagship product, the HTC Touch Diamond. The new handset is the latest addition to the company’s product platform which began with the launch of the HTC Touch in June 2007 and boasts an array of innovative features led by a 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D and enhanced web-browsing capabilities that enable one-handed zoom and panning navigation plus automatic rotation from a portrait to landscape view when the device is turned on its side. The irregular back facets are a trend we’ve seen in recent contemporary architecture and furniture providing a highly recognizable design element.

Marginally lighter and smaller than the iPhone at 4″ x 3″ x 0.44″ (102 x 51 x 11.33 mm) and 3.8 oz (110g) but with less screen real estate (2.8-inch v 3.5 inch), the HTC Touch Diamond is housed in an eye-catching brushed steel casing with faceted edges and includes a 3.2 megapixel optical auto-focus camera, 4 GB internal memory, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi 802.11b/g, integrated GPS and runs on the Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional operating system.
The HTC Touch Diamond will be available to European customers in June, Asia and the Middle East will see it later this quarter in and the North American and Latin American versions will be arrive in the second half of 2008.
Size: 102 x 51 x 11.33mm
Weight: 110 g
Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA
Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen
Camera: 3.2MP, with video calling
Internal memory: 4 GB Internal Storage, 256 MB flash, 192 MB RAM
Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR
Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g
GPS: GPS/AGPS
Interface: HTC ExtUSBTM (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)
Battery: 900 mAh
Talk time: GSM: up to 4 hours
Standby time: GSM: up to 300 hours/100 hours with push email
Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM 7201ATM 528MHz
May 10, 2008
Is it good news? I’m not sure, but cell phones will be allowed for using on planes. Henceforth Euro airspace has been cleared for flight.

The EC’s information, society and media commissioner, Viviane Reding, clarified this in a statement this week, noting: “Pan-European telecom services, such as in-flight mobile telephony, need a regulatory ‘one-stop shop’ to operate throughout Europe.”
What with Ryan Air, Air France and other airline operators planning to roll-out in-flight mobile phone services in the very near future, it comes as no surprise to hear that the EC is already warning mobile operators about excessive charges for in-air phone use.
Viviane Reding also warned mobile operators in a recent statement that: “We expect operators to be transparent and innovative in their price offerings. In-flight mobile phone services can be a very interesting new service, especially for those business travellers who need to be ready to communicate wherever they are, wherever they go. However, if consumers receive shock phone bills, the service will not take off.”
As for me I can understand all those who will benefit from cell phone access in the air, but it doesn’t seem worth the grating one-way chatter the rest of us will have to endure.
April 9, 2008
Now each one who has a cell phone (it looks as if everybody has it) can make photos using mobile phone’s photo camera. There are people who like it and get great pleasure in doing tons photos using any opportunity, there are people who don’t and wish producers would stop putting camera’s in cell phones. Anyway if the photo camera exists it needs to be used? Doesn’t it? Obviously if you make photos you want them to be high quality and sometimes high level cameras can let you that. But if you are dissatisfied with your photos quality and want to improve them there are no obstacles could stop you, because there are various possibilities to do it right now.

The most common way is Photoshop Plugin of course. As a matter of fact Photoshop provides a number of tools that aid in automating many tasks involved in image editing. A great deal can be gained from competent using Photoshop Masking. Whether you were just beginner or experienced user Photoshop Tutorial will help you to understand ways to use all these numerous powerful tools working. Just don’t be lazy to learn and experiment with them and you will be definitely self-satisfied.
April 5, 2008
iPhone is a new generation of gadget for the young generation. Revolutionary approaches of Apple with their new touch screen technology, has drawn a lot of attention and great market hype.Multimedia capabilities of iPhone are really impressive (iPod like music library, video including watching TV shows and films, 2.0 megapixel cam etc…)
But Apple corp. is closely associated with AT&T and that is something that is not functioning very well for all the end users. They have just locked your SIM card. For example in todays world many of us travel overseas. Now, your SIM card is locked and basically you can’t use your phone in the local network. If this is so , then it would be much more practical to have a practical phone which you will be able to use wherever you happen to be.
Luckily there are some solutions for this trouble. Last year a group of young hackers had successfully unlocked iPhone by using different methods. Users were delighted, but Apple didn’t fully share this enthusiasm because Apple has an exclusive contract with AT&T. That is the particular reason why you should be careful because if you make a mistake with the unlocking you can easily make yourself a variety of problems including the final one – the complete failure of your precious phone!
Internet was always full of various websites and respective sellers with different services. It ain’t easy to find a good service in that plethora of websites and choose a good instead of bad one, and quality and support aren’t something that is free.
When you search on internet for various kinds of services or goods, please be careful and evaluate the whole website. Those which have a professionally looking design, which are straight and easy to understand and which are good in keeping your privacy are the one which are the right choice. Always think about safe payment and technical support provided. Be careful and you will easily and safely unlock your iPhone
April 1, 2008
There are major changes have taken place in the world due to the rise of using the cellular phones in our everyday life. Mobile phone today is not only system of communication between people but it has become a true multi-functional computer with game consoles, cameras, email systems, text messengers; it is carriers of entertainment and business data, nodes of commerce as well. With the help of your handset you can read books, watch TV, play games, listen your favorite music and more.

More and more companies of all sizes use a Call Conferencing for their teleconferencing needs promoting group communication and business strategy. An Audio Conference accommodated more than 3 people can allow even to the smallest business to be keeping in touch with their partners and clients trough Conference Call. And that is great deal!
By the way, how it all started? May by from the first audio recording that was made 17 years before Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, in 1860 in French by recording a folk song? “It’s magic,” audio historian David Giovannoni said, “It’s like a ghost singing to you.” This is a real historic find, the earliest known recording of sound. And it doesn’t take anything away from Thomas Edison, of course because Thomas Edison is generally credited as the first person to have recorded sound, as you know. He was the first person to have recorded (sound) and played it back. So, the best way to be ready for the future is to use newest achievements of science and engineering.
March 31, 2008
It became known that Apple comes up with a device that is appealing as iPhone, in another form factor, e.g. – clamshell. The drawings above, are Photoshop renderings, based on a device described in a recent Apple’s patent application, called “Dual sided trackpad“. It shows that Apple may indeed be working on a clamshell iPhone device. But with a twist.

iPhone 2.0 clamshell patent
The main idea with this device is to separate capacitive touch sensor array and the phone display into two separate units. Then put the touch sensor array on a translucent (transparent) panel, make this panel touch sensitive on both sides - top and bottom and connect them with a hinge.
That’s it. You’ve got you flip iPhone.
When device is closed, transparent touch sensitive panel is covering the whole display area and you’ve got your ordinary full multi-touchscreen iPhone.
When you flip iPhone open, you have a normal phone display and another side of the trackpad becomes multi-touch-active. Through it you control the phone:
If you want to dial a number, you can just draw it on a trackpad.
Or the rotational dial may appear on display, and you rotate it by sliding finger on a track pad.
In the open mode, the transparent trackpad can easily be made to display the standard T9 keypad and other symbols. That can be accomplished by making polarized number and symbol markings that can only be seen when the trackpad is open. Or they can be implemented as tiny LED’s.
When needed, you can keep both sides of the cover/trackpad touch-active at the same time. Thus having “six degrees of freedom” for control, and enabling 3D gestures on the device. Standard multi-touch gestures along “XY” axis on one side of trackpad, adding “Z” axis for the touch events on the other.
This dual sided trackpad approach can be applied to media player functionality as well. When media player mode is selected and cover is closed, it works just like iPod Touch does - media controls on the screen and you control it via touch/gestures.
Flip it open, and another side of the trackpad acts as a scroll wheel on a standard iPod and more.
March 22, 2008
Today millions of people around the world use cellular phones. There can be no doubt that the mobile device has become not just the way to talk to anyone on the planet from about anywhere, to send or receive messages, to store contact information, listen music, play games and watch video but one of the most utilized forms of communication and that’s great!

Up-to date cell phone technology is still growing and advancing with really rapid strides. Could you imagine some years before that using your handset you can get any needed information from the Internet or watch TV, GPS integrated mobile phone will help you to see where you are and where you’ve been, search for local points of interest, find your friends who are close by, keep track of your kids, employees, and vehicles.
Also with your handset you will never be out of touch with the mortgage market, because you can get bond quotes and text messages delivered right to your cell phone, you can check your available balance, transfer funds, use bill pay, get Personal Loans information and week’s Mortgage Rates, control the money supply and inflation and sets the base interest rate. You can do it now simple and secure just through your mobile phone.
Visiting Building Society you will learn more about savings account, attractive rates and easy access, loan and mortgage solutions for people with bad debt problems, refinance, home equity loans, lines of credit, poor credit ratings, or personal loans for all your financial needs online. All what you need is just to learn, compare and make your choice.
March 18, 2008
I think everyone have played casual games once though. Certainly many casual games are often used just as an addictive to their more celebrated ‘hardcore’ counterparts, as time-consuming amusement but there are realy popular among them too.

Casual game term is used to refer to any computer game targeted at a mass audience of casual gamers. Recent studies show that usually players spend about five hours a week playing these games and the list of the 5 top best-sellers includes such of them as: Diner Dash, Scrabble, Mystery Case Files, Bejeweled and Chocolatier. So you can try to find out them right now.
March 15, 2008
When it comes to mobile phone contracts, you need to make sure that you have all the information to hand before making a decision. A useful place to gather information on all the latest mobile phone deals is Best Mobile Contracts. They compare over 29,000 deals from dozens of online providers ensuring you save time and money. Some of the handsets available at the moment include the Nokia N96 on Contract this is Nokia’s latest offering and includes a rather incredible digital TV tuner, now that is something that you don’t see every day. This phone promises to supersede the Nokia N95 and has many more features including a larger screen.

Another phone that is looking like it will be a hit with consumers is the Samsung f490 this phone will be available on contract very soon and will have on of the most advanced touch screens in the world. For those who like touch screens like the apple iphone, should take a look at this one when it is finally released.
March 3, 2008
Have you ever heard about the YouTube mobile for cell phone users?
If you love watching YouTube videos and have unlimited data transfer plan on your mobile connections you have chance now to download and watch your favorite video clips posted on such well known and popular video sharing services as YouTube, Yahoo or Google Video. What is the way to download and watch them anytime on your mobile phone, iPod, iPhone, Pocket PC, PSP, or Zune? Today the process to rip YouTube and convert video clips to mobile format has become really easy and fast.

First using YouTube Mixer you could edit any videos online and now you are able to download selected amazing, incredible and funny videos directly on your mobile just copying the video URL and entering it in one of ripping tools. It gives you access to all your favorite video clips, new and old and this is so great and really fascinating deal that I have to warn you that if you turn on this layer you might not get any work done today! Do well to enjoy this day with your favorite videos!
March 3, 2008