We recently saw what appeared to be the HTC Desire HD, which has also been named the HTC Ace. While there’s been no official announcement from HTC about the device, it hasn’t stopped one online retailer from putting up a product page for the handset.

The handset appears on Amazon.co.uk with no photo and no specifications. However Amazon appear to be the shippers of the handset rather than a third party. They list the release date as October 1st. They also have a retail price of £415. If the handset does exist, based on the leak specs, a price point of £415 would be really great, as currently the HTC Desire can be picked up for £399.99 in the UK and I’m sure many would rather pay the £15 extra, to get the higher specced device.  Officially we should find out September 15th from the HTC press event if the handset exists.

Source

I recently got hold of the Sony Walkman E series. The model I acquired was the NWZ-E443 4GB in red. The E443 Walkman features:

• 4GB Capacity
• Playback your MP3 music, video and photo collections
• Clear Audio Technologies work together to create a purer sound
• Dynamic Normaliser balances the volume level between songs
• Up to 30 hours music battery life, and 6 hours video
• FM radio for even more listening choice with 30 station presets
• Playback multiple file formats for both audio and video.
• Supports:
• MP3, AAC WMA (DRM) and L-PCM for music, and H264/AVC, MP4, WMV (DRM) for video
• Ultra bright 2.0″ QVGA LCD screen
• Videos can be watched in widescreen format
• 30 frames per second video playback for outstanding clarity
• 4GB storage holds around 1,000 (at 128kbps) music tracks
• Approx 15 hours video (at 384kbps)
• Drag and drop with Windows explorer,
• 5 band equaliser with preset (Heavy/Pop/Jazz/Unique) and customisable options
• Supplied headphones (MDR-E804Y) deliver improved sound quality
• WM-PORT to easily connect your Walkman to optional accessories

As well as being available in red, you can also pick the E443 up in black. Both color versions also come in an 8GB variant. The 4GB model, on average retails for £60 in the UK. Click the read more link to view the gallery of the unboxing pictures.

A few days back, we told you of the competition that the News of the World was holding. In the competition, you could win you had the chance to win the white Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro, which is an exclusive to Three in the UK. Along with the Mini Android 1.6 handset, the winner would also receive a Marc by Marc Jabobs watch, Ray-Ban sunglasses and an Aspinal of London bag. The competition with the News of the World ends tomorrow.

Vogue are also holding the same competition. The prize is the same, you receive the white X10 Mini Pro, along with the extra goodies in white. The competition with Vogue however, ends September 2nd, giving you even longer to enter and getting friends and family to enter. The question for the competition is however different: “Which young designer has been named as the winner of the British Fashion Council’s MA Scholarship?” There are three options to choose from, Jo Crisp, Peter Crisp or Thomas Crisp. Fortunately, if you don’t know the answer, Vogue have a “clue” page, who tells you who the winner was.

Back last year, Athena created a unique line of “Art PC” netbooks. On the lids came a various designs, that were part of the lid, instead of being a decal or skin. Athena has returned again this year with eight more designs. This new line of 10 inch netbooks with designed lids, are part of the Style PC line. Each netbook design comes with a matching bag, named the Style Bag.

The eight various designs vary from sketch illustrations to abstract designs. As well as the 10 inch display, the netbook will come with an Intel processor but, it’s unknown what kind at the moment, 2GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive and weigh under 3.5 lbs. The Style PC netbooks and Style Bags are due to launch August 23rd and will retail for $599.

Source

Comex, the developer of the Spirit and Jailbreakme jailbreaking crack for the iPad and iPhone 4 has now released a ported version of Frash – the application that brought Flash software to the iPad – for the iPhone 4.

Although the application is still in development, the Alpha version has been released and runs on the Apple iPod Touch 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and the iPad.