A little while ago I got a note from 3.
“Would you like to try out one of our new handsets?” asked the chap.
“Sure!” I said. I’m always interested to see what’s coming next.
The chap wouldn’t be drawn on the identity of the handset. Quite a good idea, if you want to get us pondering. Speculation abounded around the Mobile Industry Review offices.
Blackberry, maybe?
Surely not the Sony Ericsson Xperia?
N96?
It’s gotta be the Blackberry, right?
Wrong.
It arrived laden with strict EMBARGO notices all over it, reminiscent of a document from X-Files marked REALLY TOP SECRET. We always respect embargoes here at Mobile Industry Review. I don’t hold with the ‘publish it anyway’ viewpoint when other people are trusting you with their products and services.
And respect it we did.
Here then is a first look at what I’ve been playing with:
As Rolf Harris is fond of saying, “Can you guess-wot-it-is-yet?”
No cheating. No clicking on the image to magnify it. No skipping through the Flickr feed. See if you can guess, just from that picture.
Three's Skype Phone 2?
Skype and skypephone logos are clearly in evidence on the sides 🙂 Is it worth waiting for? I'm upgrading on 3 in the next few days thanks to them changing some details on my price plan, giving me early cancellation or upgrade rights.
a new skypephone or the b'berry bold?
Skype Phone 2. So jealous that you have it in the UK and we don't have them here in the US.
You kept that bloody quiet!
I mean, I know it *says* 'EMBARGO' , but you ARE allowed to tell the rest of the team y'know dude…
Jeez…
very nice looking forward to your thoughts on it!
Good eyesight..
ewan that was easy pitty its not htc dream
Skype phone!
It has to be… Seeing as it has Skype written all over it!
I wonder if it's worth all the secrecy?
Samantha.
can anyone confirm that it will only be about
I thought it was gonna be 99
The 3mobilebuzz guys didn't send me one… boo hoo! 🙁 Yours truly's face was deemed good enough to grace their blog, but no preview S2 to play with! I'm hurt… 😉
Maybe they thought I'd er, like take pictures of the box and post 'em online or something??
The 3mobilebuzz guys didn't send me one… boo hoo! 🙁 Yours truly's face was deemed good enough to grace their blog, but no preview S2 to play with! I'm hurt… 😉
Maybe they thought I'd er, like take pictures of the box and post 'em online or something??
The 3mobilebuzz guys didn't send me one… boo hoo! 🙁 Yours truly's face was deemed good enough to grace their blog, but no preview S2 to play with! I'm hurt… 😉
Maybe they thought I'd er, like take pictures of the box and post 'em online or something??