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Nokia E71x Video

Hey gang. Wanna see some more Nokia video fuelled madness? Well you’re in luck because those enterprising chaps and chapesses at Engadget Mobile have recorded a video of the E71x at this year’s CITA. Well the Nokia E71x is like the Nokia E71 but one higher.

The Only problem with this video is that it seems to be filmed in a wind tunnel.

Whether the phone comes preloaded with Beyonce’s ‘I am Sasha Fierce’ is not known. But here’s hoping (fingers crossed).

Palm Pre Hands On Demonstation

Look no hands which would surprise Bonnie Cha. Here’s some slick looking shots of the Palm Pre courtesy of Boy Genius Report. I particularly like the black snakeskin background, very Wall Street Banker in the 80′s. Look at the third pic, I bet the hand belongs to the rep, with his other he’s fighting off the tech bloggers with a broken bottle to keep their grubby mitts off it.

HTC Magic Release Date Delayed

Can you hear that sound? It’s the sound of a million HTC fanboys weeping. Their dreams of an April date release for the HTC Magic have been dashed. But don’t go running for the multi-pack of paracetamol just yet: it’s only been delayed by a month till May.

HTC are quoted as saying:

“We are confident that Vodafone’s customers will be delighted with the HTC Magic in spite of a short delay due to a last minute hardware change.”

Mobile Crunch

Palm Pre It’s So Good That It’s Impossible To Let Go Of It

Gawker are reporting an interesting story about the Palm Pre and one angry blogger. Bonnie Cha, a CNET gadget reviewer is incensed that whenever the Palm is showcased at tradeshows, the reps wont let anyone touch it. Well you can touch it but they wont let you hold it.

Cha has a point though, it’s all very well looking at a phone and watching a well rehearsed presentation but you can only really get understand a phone when you’ve got it in your hand. Maybe Palm are being a little bit over-protective but if the Pre is truly the saviour of Palm, they need to let the opinion formers have unfettered access to their precious new handset and means letting go of their grip, lterally.

Nokia E75: Hands On Pictures

Some pictures of one of Nokia’s latest business phones. You know it’s a business phone because it’s got a physical QWERTY keyboard. Men in pin stripes don’t do virtual keyboards:

Motorola Evoke: Motorola Back On Track finally

It’s been a long Motorola haven’t produced a handset with the universal acclaim of the RAZR series. But maybe their losing streak is set to change. Engadget Mobile are very, very excited about the Motorola Evoke a new premium slider handset. The handset is not only stylish but is beautifully finished. There is a capacitive screen which works both in portrait as well as landscape. But don’t just take their word for it, the picture gallery gives a good taster of what to expect.

Video MMS On iPhone OS 3.0

Turns out you have to be big and clever to get video MMS working on the iPhone OS 3.0. It is possible but it is apparently quite difficult and many of those lucky enough to have acces to the new OS 3.0 have been thwarted in their attempts to send video MMS. But Boy Genius, living up to their name have manged to configure their iPhones and the results are here

LG GD900 Hands On

Finally some close-up pictures of the LG GD900. There has been lots of rumours circulating about this phone, like its 3D S-Class UI. Now finally there are some up-close shots courtesy of Boy Genius Report. It looks good, dare I say it, better than the LG KM900 Arena, one of my favourite phones at the moment.

5 Free Crap Blackberry Apps

For black there must be white, for Yin there must be Yang and for good there must be crap. Following on from my previous earth-shattering post top 5 free Blackberry Apps here are my 5 crap Apps.

Unfortunately the worst app on the Blackberry App World is a paid one, so is disqualified from this list. But I’m not a fan of the Phoney Fart App. Why do app developers have such a fascination for farts there’s Noble Fart on the Android and Phoney Fart and Fart Storm on the Blackberry. Android’s Noble Fart app is at least free, why would you spend $2.99 on Phoney Fart.

“Amuse your friends and family with Phoney Fart”

Question: Who would find this amusing? And secondly if you found this funny it’s highly unlikely that you have actual friends or that your family has not yet disowned you.

Top 5 Free Crap Apps

Speed Test – Allows you to check the speed of your 3G, Edge and Wi-Fo connection. Yawn.

Calorie Count – Anything that encourages eating disorders amongst the neurotic gets a thumb down -  life’s to short to fret over the calorie content of your last meal.

Yellow Pages Business Finder – Canada only. So if I want to find the number or address for a florists in Winnipeg it’s perfect. But if you’re anywhere else in the world which proportionally you are more likely to be in it’s faily useless.

Par 72 – If there’s anything more boring than playing golf then it must be playing golf on a phone.

Market Simplified – “Carry the (money) markets in your hand”, I rather carry toxic faeces, thank you very much.

Samsung S30 Pictures

Every time I read about a new announcement from CITA, I die a little inside. It was only 3 months ago that I myself was mobile-phoning it up in Las Vegas for CES. But that was in January it’s now spring and I bet Vegas is sunny and hot and I bet it’s so much damn fun and you can probably drink Piña coladas in an outside jacuzzi, but I digress…

Well once again those crazy tech bloggers at Engadget Mobile have snapped some pictures and got a video of Samsung Instrinct S30. Is a nice addition to the Samsung family, however it does look a little cheap.