LG Announce the Cookie Fresh

For some a feature packed smart phone isn’t required and instead a phone is to be a device to make calls and send text. Historically this group of people would have opted for the standard numeric keypad form factor with maybe a few tweaks on the design such as flip or slide phones.

The touch screen revolution may now sway these folk into wanting a touch screen device not for internet access, not for email on the move, satellite navigation or even an mp3 player but instead just to keep in fitting with the times.

Enter the LG’s latest effort, the Cookie Fresh, a budget handset with 2MP camera with blue tooth and of course a touch screen. If this is to make it into the business market then it will most likely to be on Vodafone with more details including price to be confirmed

LG Cookie Fresh – Budget, featureless phone

Google Nexus One is now instock at Vodafone

True to their word Vodafone have the Google Nexus One available to purchase online but is it the right decision to rush away and order one?

Almost identical in specification and built by the same manufacturer (HTC) the Nexus model opts for trackball navigation with the desire opting for optical trackpad navigation.

If money talks then the HTC Desire is a business winner with the device being free of charge on the £25/mth Vodafone package which provides 500 minutes, 250 texts, unlimited landlines and unlimited data each month. Click here to order

The Nexus One is only available to business customers on the £29.79/mth consumer tariff or above which includes 600 minutes, unlimited and unlimited data. Click here to order

HTC Desire or the Nexus One

HP buys Palm

Hardware manufacturer HP has purchased Palm who has been up for sale for a couple of weeks.

The combination of the 2 companies injects even more competition as manufacturers fight it out in the great smart phone sales race.

Palm, like Apple and BlackBerry, developed their own operating system where as HP, like Acer and Toshiba, produced hardware for operating systems like Windows Mobile and Android to run on. To now have a power house to manufacturer devices to run on a tried and tested operating system all under the hood of one company will surely mean the boundaries of smart phone design and functionality are pushed even further.

Nokia announce the N8

Announced today was Nokia’s N8 flagship smart phone due for a release this summer.

Running the new Symbian 3 operating system the device will feature multitasking, 12MP camera with HD video recording and incorporate the facility to expand the memory upto 48GB. More specifications will follow once confirmed and the device will hopefully be made available across all UK networks business portfolios

Die hard Nokia fans are chomping at the bit for some N8 action

The eagerly awaited Nokia N8

New BlackBerry Pearl to use predictive text input

When the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 hits our shores existing Pearl users may want to note that the European variants are penciled in to be shipped with a predictive text input keypad rather than the suretype keypad.

This could be advantageous to people who want a slim smart phone but couldn’t master the suretype of the previous Pearl models. To those who did master the art then it’s back to the oldskool.

Whether it’s suretype or predictive the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 appears to be pretty impressive and hopefully arrives free of charge on large allowance, low line rental price plans.

Spot the difference -The BlackBerry Pearl 9100 on the right has Predictive text input

BlackBerry to launch new Bold and Pearl model

Rumors are rife regarding 2 new additions to the BlackBerry family in the up and coming months.

The Bold 9650 seems to be the 2nd twin with the slightly older brother 9700 and it’s quite difficult to tell them apart spec wise.

The Pearl 9100 seems to be the much awaited return of the slim design with the suretype keyboard with a pimped up specification including 3G and 3.15MP camera. Launch information will follow as soon as the rumors are confirmed

The Blackberry Bold 9650 and BlackBerry Pearl 9100 - Hopefully released in the coming months

Google confirm launch on the Nexus One

Google’s net is being cast further than their own US shores as their own branded mobile device the Nexus One is launched this week in the UK.

The device runs their in-house Android mobile operating system (version 2.1) and Vodafone has the exclusivity for the time being. Expect a 3.7” capacitive touch screen, 5MP camera with flash, blue tooth and Wi-Fi with super fast internet access and the top tier smartphone’s standard snap dragon internal processor. Long awaited for some and another feather in the bow for the ever World dominating Google empire. Price plan costs TBC

The Google Nexus One - Launched on Vodafone this week