Omio News Blog

The Future Of Nokia Phones Leaked Online?

You may think that Nokia are foolish not to have entered the touchscreen or the megapixel arms races, but rest assured they have some dynamite handsets lined up for next year!

Someone has managed to sneak a look at Nokia’s crystal ball in the form of the ‘Roadmap’, which shows the entire range of phones that have been knocked up in their R&D labs since 2007, projecting well into 2009. Being a nice person, they have also given it to Engadget so we can all have a Mystic Meg at what Nokia are up to!

Looking at it in detail, there is so much diamond dust to speculate over in here! The presence of the ‘Tube’ and the ‘Lumiere,’ which became the 5800 XpressMusic and N96 respectively, lend this list some legitimacy.

What about into the future? Well, we have picked out some of the best-specced devices (with suitably ‘covert’ codenames), sure to get Nokia fans’ blood pressure up when they are eventually announced!

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Live Interactive Webcast with the HTC Touch Pro!

We’ve been overwhelmed with the interest in the HTC Touch Pro.

So, on Wednesday 27th August at 4.30pm UK time (see this in your timezone) we’ll be doing a live interactive webcast with the Touch Pro.

We’ll be talking about and showing the phone’s features and software. And there’ll be a live-chat feature, so that you can ask us questions in real time, and we’ll do our best to answer them as we go along.

It’ll be Omio’s first live webcast and we’re pretty excited about it. More details to follow…

HTC Touch Pro: So Close You Can Smell It

Actually, it doesn’t really smell of anything. Nevermind. At least we can bring you some close-up shots (including special requests for the hardware info screens and the keyboard.)

Pictures after the jump…

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Samsung Omnia / HTC Touch Pro Double Whammy!

A highly prolific day for the guys at the::unwired, bringing us news on two hotly anticipated phones in quick succession. The Samsung Omnia gets an exhaustive review, whilst the keyboarded-up Pro edition of the HTC Touch Diamond gets a five minute hands-on job.

Positive impressions too, the Windows Mobile-powered Omnia seems like the 5 megapixel super-Tocco that it sets out to be with the increased memory size, TV-Out and 3.2″ touchscreen making for a more refined experience than the slightly sluggish precursor. Have a look at their video of the user interface in action, watch out for the classy landscape to portrait flip. Nice.

As for the Touch Pro, the Diamond design gains a physical keyboard but loses 4GB of memory, which is a fair trade if looking for a proper smartphone to send out reams of texts and e-mails from. Also, HTC are certainly listening to the consumer, taking the early negative criticism (glossy back, slow firmware) onboard and making the necessary adjustments to make the Touch Pro a winner. It may have a big ole’ butt to stash that keyboard away, but it looks like a very appealing handset in Arne’s well manicured hands, and much smaller than imagined.

Both excellent phones, both coming a lot sooner than expected with provisional late August/early September releases. Looking forward to it. Unsure of which seems the best? Have a look at the two adjacent with our Omio Compare tool, interesting which has the better specs…

HTC Touch Pro Priced, Matches Size

With the HTC Touch Diamond not quite living up to high expectations in the smartphone arena, all eyes are on the keyboard equipped sibling the Touch Pro to be the Next Big Thing. It sure is big looking at recently released videos, and with Play.com confirming an end of August SIM free release at £549.99 ($1092), it has a price tag to match.

Looking at the Touch Pro’s bulging profile view on the above mugshot, it is clear to see that it has a best side. The front.

The specs of the handset are largely similar to the strong Touch Diamond, and word is that the impressive TouchFLO 3D interface will be spruced up a little before release, both good things as it will need a miracle to detract from the wallet-bursting cost and that shape.

Judging by recent ads, Play want to be known for much more than just DVDs by advertising the cornucopia of wares that have to sell. At this rate, they may become just as well known for leaking new games and gadget costs early…

HTC Touch Pro – It’s Official

HTC have announced the HTC Raphael, officially called the HTC Touch Pro. Although it’s pretty much a pull-out QWERTY keyboard of the HTC Diamond, it offers some improvements on the Diamond’s specs. It has a 1350mAh battery with up to 8 hours of talk time, a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, GPS, HDSPA 7.2 and HSUPA connectivity.

For more specs and pictures, check out Boy Genius Report.