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Will Microsoft unleash WP7.5 Mango early?

Published on Thursday, August 11th by Tony Dennis

Rating: Conspiracy theories have it showing @ IFA Berlin

It seems that the Net is buzzing with rumours that Microsoft may well unleash the next release (7.5) of Windows Phone – which is codenamed Mango. The date for this which seems to be traceable back to Pocket-lint here is September 1st [2011]. Or roughly three weeks from now. GoMo News is particularly taken with the theory that Microsoft has chosen this date because it is only one day before the IFA Berlin show which showcases a whole bunch of electronics stuff and mobile phones is very definitely up there high on the list. IFA actually takes place between September 2nd – 7th [2011]. These dates tie in nicely with GoMo News‘ own theories that Nokia is readying itself for the launch of its first WP7 devices in mid-September. So it might actually preview them at IFA Berlin. Continue reading →

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How to get Google Maps to show London buildings in 3D

Published on Friday, July 22nd by Tony Dennis

Rating: To try it on your Android – use ‘clear map’ option

The blogs and wire services are full of the news that Google has added a facility to view buildings in 3D when you use its Maps app on the latest Androids handsets. GoMo News has tried it and initially couldn’t get anywhere near the resolution on our trusty Motorola Android handsets. We suspected that there was a hidden screen resolution setting that we don’t know about. Wrong. Actually, all you need to do is select the ‘Clear map’ option and it works. The official announcement on Google’s Mobile Blog and can be found here. As it reports, you must ensure that you have installed Maps version 5.nn. Well, we have Maps 5.2 and 5.7 and it works on both. This appears to be a classic case of a Google engineer jumping the gun and publishing before this useful tip could come out. Continue reading →

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Sony’s Qriocity music may run on Android

Published on Thursday, December 23rd by Tony Dennis

Rating: Foolishly adopts a monthly subscription model

Sony appears to have launched its new ‘cloud based’ music service, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity, initially only in the UK and Ireland. The service, which is powered by Omnifone, offers six million songs at launch from four big labels: -Universal, Sony Music, Warner and EMI. There are actually five big labels and by comparison Apple’s iTunes has 14 million tracks. Initial reports say that the service will run on Android devices such as smartphones. However, there’s no mention of such things currently on the official Qriocity site here. So this must be down to speculation that it will run on the fabled Sony Ericsson Z1 PSP phone. Continue reading →

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GoMo News aids the Pocket-link annual ‘Gadget Awards’

Published on Tuesday, December 8th by Tony Dennis

Rating: Luckily GoMo appears to have voted with the majority
And so to London’s Wild East End (Shoreditch) to see who’d won top honours at the annual Pocket-lint Gadget awards which are sponsored by Vodafone. In a nutshell the winners were HTC with the Hero; along with 3UK. Which is pretty good going considering 3 UK [...]

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