The HTC HD2 Windows Phone launch in late October
HTC has announced the HTC HD2; its first Windows phone handset with HTC Sense, featuring a 4.3 inch capacitive touch-screen display. It will be available from selected operators across Europe in late October 2009.
One of the most advanced phones around the HTC HD2 incorporates the flexibility of Windows with ease of access and ability to synchronise email accounts. The extraordinary response from the 4.3 inch capacitive display completely changes prior expectations of a Windows Mobile. Running the latest Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional operating system and a 1GHz processor, the HTC HD2 also incorporates HTC’s ‘Sense’ highly accessible user interface. The default touch-screen presents major heading bars like pictures, music, emails and text messages which can be accessed with a tap but uniquely, features a multiple response and is able to react to more than one touch command at a time.
Multiple email accounts can be easily accessed and managed with Microsoft’s new ‘My Phone’ service providing automatic back-up and organisation of photos, music, contacts and text messages. The phone is also well suited to web browsing with zooming and scrolling easily enacted. With a 5Mp camera located at the back that has autofocus and a dual-LED flash, the HD2 also has an optional in-car kit for use with sat navs.
App can be downloaded from the new Windows Marketplace for Mobile, created to rival Apple iTunes App Store and Google Android Market. Novelty features include an animated weather app that provides localised reports that appear as soon as the HD2 is switched on. Another exciting feature is that should the HD2 be stolen, the user will have the ability to view the phone’s last location, locate it on a map and lock and erase the content.
With the UK price yet to be confirmed the HTC HD2 looks to be a winner whatever the cost.
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BBC Audiobooks: Dr Who: The Day of the Troll release dates
Fans of the popular science fiction series, Doctor Who will be delighted to discover that a new audio-exclusive title is being released on October 8th. Based on the acclaimed programme; Doctor Who: The Day of the Troll has been written especially for audio by Simon Messingham and is narrated by Dr Who actor David Tennant. The audiobook lasts for two hours and is available on two CDs.
When Doctor Who arrives on Earth in the year 2073 to attend the “greatest party ever held in the Solar System” according to the guide, he discovers instead that the planet has become a desolate wasteland crippled by famine and starvation. Although scientists are struggling to replant crops and bring the earth back to life, their work is interrupted when the owner of the research facility Karl Baring, disappears in the depths of the night. The only person who could shed light on the affair, Baring’s sister Katy, who witnessed the snatch, is now in deep catatonic shock.
With the help of scientists at The Grange Dr Who tries to unravel the mystery in what becomes a race against time. Something deadly is lurking under the bridge and stealing people away and he has to find out who or what it is before it kills again …
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BBC Audiobooks: Sarah Jane Adventures: The White Wolf release dates
Another exclusive audiobook from the BBC based on the hit series, Sarah Jane, her son Luke and her friends continue their adventures in The White Wolf.
When Sarah Jane receives a letter from an old friend, there’s just one thing confusing her – she doesn’t remember who the friend is. As she and her friends explore the village of Wolfenden they attempt uncover the secret of the white wolf that is carved on the hillside. It’s something to do with alien abduction but exactly what remains to be seen.
Based on the popular CBBC TV series, The White Wolf is written by Gary Russell and narrated by Elisabeth Sladen from the cast of the TV show. Lasting for one hour on one CD, the release date of The White Wolf is 8th October.
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