HTC Artemis aka T-Mobile Compact III Release

Some nice high res pics of the new HTC Artemis aka T-Mobile Compact III...Looks like it was taken in Germany.



Well the cat is out of the hat and it appears that T-Mobile will be carrying the HTC Artemis. A website named ppc-welt has a forum member named tommyhome who apparently got some nice high resolution shots! Now this device is looking more interesting to me for some reason? What are your thoughts? No word on US carrier release yet

T-Mobile Germany launches MDA Vario II

The new MDA Vario II is a pretty hot Pocket PC and looks like its a winner

The time has come - also for T-Mobile Germany (after O2 Germany and Vodafone Germany which introduced the HTC Hermes already): T-Mobile is launching MDA Vario II which will support, right from the start HSDPA. T-Mobile Germany's HSDPA networks offers at the moment bandwidths of up to 1.8 megabits/second and that's across the whole T-Mobile UMTS network! Users of this Windows Mobile 5.0 features Pocket PC Phone Edition can surf the Internet via web'n'walk at an ultrafast speed and access the information and entertainment services they need from anywhere. Those using the device for business will appreciate the high speed when downloading E-Mails with large attachments or researching online for example. Besides HSDPA, the integrated EDGE and W-LAN technologies in MDA Vario II also enable high-speed experience whilst on the move.

T-Mobile Germany launches MDA Vario II source

T-MOBILE'S Web n Walk HSPDA Data card

T-MOBILE'S Web n Walk HSPDA Data card is tested by Trustedreviews in what seems to be a clear win for T-Mobile. The card allow you to browse the web at 1.8Mbit per second in two thirds of the country. This speed should double next year and quadruple in 2008. The price of the connection should be £240 per year with a free modem and a 2GB download quota. That's equal to what some are offering on landline.

T-Mobile debuts Microsoft 3G smartphone

It won’t come as a massive surprise to TD regulars as we mentioned it a few months back, but HTC, makers of Microsoft Windows Mobile phones, has officially taken the wraps off its first 3G device.

We say HTC, but actually T-Mobile Germany got there first in not only parading the phone, but also giving it a name – the MDA IV. Seeing as just out every UK network has taken the model's predecessor you’re bound to be seeing a lot of it come this summer when it launches.

T-Mobile debuts Microsoft 3G smartphone site

Siemens Equips T-Mobile Network with HSDPA

T-Mobile is launching High Speed Data Packet Access technology in its mobile communications network. HSDPA, an extension of the wireless standard W-CDMA, boosts transmission speeds in mobile networks. T-Mobile's primary supplier for this acceleration technology is Siemens Communications. Starting with Germany and Austria, T-Mobile customers can now use their notebook or mobile phone to surf in the Internet at DSL speeds and download large volumes of data such as movies or large e-mail attachments faster than before.

A software update for the base stations shifts the existing W-CDMA network into high gear. Initially, transfer rates of up to 1.8 megabits a second - rather than the previous 384 kilobits - are possible. "To provide our customers with the advantages of mobile broadband connections virtually anytime and anywhere, T-Mobile is systematically building out its existing network infrastructure. Our entire German W-CDMA network will be equipped with the data accelerator HSDPA by May. By the end of the year we will increase the transmission bandwidth to 3.6 megabits and then 7.2 megabits a second," says Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Krath, head of RAN Engineering at T-Mobile International.

"We are proud that T-Mobile is relying on technology from Siemens to introduce the W-CDMA accelerator in Germany and Austria. The demand for data-hungry wireless services - such as television on mobile phones - and the first HSDPA-capable devices that were shown at CeBIT will smooth the way for turbocharged data transmission," says Christoph Caselitz, head of Mobile Networks at Siemens Communications.

Siemens Equips T-Mobile Network with HSDPA site

T-Mobile to offer unlimited mobile net service

T-Mobile to offer unlimited mobile net service


T-Mobile UK is set to offer an unlimited mobile internet service through its Web'n'walk product, for £7.50 a month. As from 1 April, the unlimited Web'n'walk service will enable users to use web, e-mail and chat as much as they want. The service is, however, governed by several restrictions, including a Fair Usage Policy to ensure that it is not abused. A range of new handsets are to be made available.

In a statement, T-Mobile marketing director Phil Chapman said: "Our aim is to make web'n'walk the choice for any mobile phone user who wants to access the Internet on the move - whether it's to stay one step ahead of the news or to express themselves through moblogs."

Nokia's 7710 Review

Nokia - 7710

Nokia's 7710 has appeared, making the Symbian Series 90 platform a reality and, maybe, taking the whole concept of multimedia-focussed handsets onto a new level.

If you are up with the Symbian OS jargon you'll already know that Series 90 is a development of Series 80, the operating system aimed at professional users which appears in Nokia's 9300 and 9500 Communicators.

If this all sounds like gobbledegook to you, then the two important factors are that Series 90 includes some heavyweight productivity tools, plus it's a lot more capable than what's found in the general run of Nokia handsets (which run on Series 60, in case you want to know).

One of the main features of Series 90 is that it supports a touch screen. This means you interact with software on the 7710 by tapping the screen or by using the buttons ranged around it. Its 640 x 320 pixels are nice and bright indoors, which is a good thing, though it suffers outdoors, which is bad.

This is a handset designed to be used in landscape format, and looks at first glance like the n-Gage or a handheld games console, so not surprisingly one of those buttons looks like a joypad.

There's oodles of software on board, and of course a camera. The software includes calendar, contacts, to do list manager, document creation, presentations management, Web browser, SMS and MMS software, audio and video players, voice recorder and plenty more. There's desktop software so you can synchronise with a PC, and Bluetooth is built in - but not Wi-Fi.

One of the real attractions of the 7710 is its massive built-in memory. At 90MB it's cavernous in comparison to other handsets and it's non-volatile, meaning you can run the battery down and not lose your data. Nokia throws in a 128MB MultiMedia card too.

A key feature of the 7710 is Visual Radio. When it's up and running you'll be able to both use the built-in FM radio, with its 20 presets, to listen to your favourite shows, and to look at content relevant to those shows. The idea is that, for example, when listening to a track you can see info about the artists. We're sure there's a selling opportunity in there somewhere. But there are no Visual Radio providers in the UK at the moment, so we can't say more than this about the service. The radio works well, though.

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