Vodafone is rolling out a new and improved VIP Recharge Truck for summer festivals this year, including the Isle of Wight Festival in June.
"Our 44 tonne rig has still got the same monster recharging capacity as last year, but now it’s sporting built-in DJ booths and next-gen hand-scanners that’ll keep your phone safe, and cut the queue for collecting it too," says Vodafone on its new company blog.
New this year is a palm vein reader that will identify you using the pattern of blood vessels just under your skin, saving customers that use the recharging station the hassle of wearing wristbands and showing proof of identity. According to Vodafone, it will even work if your hands are caked in festival mud.
"Already in use by Japanese banks, the infrared Palm Vein Readers verify identity in just a couple of seconds, and because they use biometric technology are impossible to fool," says the operator.
Inside, there's space for 2,000 phones to recharge at once.
If you are running low on battery at your next festival make sure you try to track down the truck.
T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling app modded for HTC Sensation Users - AndroidSPIN (blog)
There is always a downside though. Many HTC Sensation owners out there rooted their devices and started flashing AOSP ROMs, and more recently stock based ROM’s. The issue of not having a working Wi-Fi calling app may have caused you a little grief. If your ROM developer hasn’t already solved the issue for you, XDA member bigmoew has. He took the apk, fixed it up and made it into a nice little update.zip file for you to flash to your Sensation. You would need to be sure to uninstall any current version of the app before flashing it though.
The mod comes in two forms, one specifically for AOSP users and one for Stock Users. Make sure you know what you have before you start flashing things and always make a back up before doing so, just in case. He has tested this on OrDroid 5.0.0, it should also work on the more recent 8.2.0 update too, and everything is up and working perfectly. If you have been missing the feature on your modded and much better Sensation, please don’t hesitate to check out bigmoem’s XDA thread for instructions and the file. One last thing before you run off, this is only for the SENSATION, not any other Tmo device.
Via XDA
Vodafone CEO's pay hits £14 million for 2012 - The Guardian
Vodafone Smart 2 Released - £70 Android Phone - TrustedReviews
Vodafone Launches Breakthrough Mass-Market Smartphone - TMCnet
Vodafone Launches Breakthrough Mass-Market Smartphone
(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 01 June 2012 Release date- 31052012 - Vodafone today announced the launch of the Smart II, a breakthrough smartphone for the mass market, which offers an unprecedented combination of high performance and low cost in a package attractive to the large majority of consumers currently missing out on the smartphone revolution.The Vodafone Smart II has twice the processing power of the most expensive and sought-after smartphones available just three years ago, but at a fraction of the price. It offers new smartphone users a high-end mobile internet experience and an uncompromised level of functionality, including: a highly responsive HVGA capacitive touchscreen with 64 million colours; brand new Broadcom 21552 with 832MHz processor and 512MB of RAM - the computing power of high-end smartphones 3 years ago; high-speed 3G HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity; 3.2 megapixel camera with white LED flash; and the latest Assisted GPS (AGPS) technology for rapid and accurate mapping and navigation functions.
The Smart II is also highly customisable, with interchangeable back plates and rims in 16 colour variations.* Vodafone has designed the Smart II to introduce non-smartphone consumers to a new world of content and services that will save them time, money and help them manage their daily lives, including: high-speed mobile internet browsing, including voice-activated Google Search; access to the latest news, entertainment and transport apps for information on the move; emails, contacts and calendars; social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter; money-saving services such as the Vouchercloud, a location-based shopping discount voucher app; and dedicated Vodafone apps which make it simple for customers to track their spending and download the best new apps and music.
Patrick Chomet, Group Terminals Director said: 'The Smart II is one of the most important devices we have ever introduced. It delivers a level of performance, functionality and quality that is traditionally the preserve of high-end smartphones but at an exceptionally affordable price. We believe the Smart II could represent a tipping point in the evolution of the market, bringing a new wave of consumers to the supermobile world for the first time.' The Smart II will be available across Vodafone markets and partner markets this summer and will be priced under EUR99, launching first in the UK priced at GBP70.
*Availability of colours varies from market to market.
Notes to Editors 1.For more information on the Vodafone Smart II visit: www.vodafone.com/smart2; 2.Google, Android, YouTube and other marks are trademarks of Google Inc; Facebook is a trademark of Facebook, Inc, and Twitter is a trademark of Twitter, Inc.
3.The Vodafone Smart II will be available in 25 markets across the Vodafone footprint by early summer.
About Vodafone Vodafone is one of the world's largest mobile communications companies by revenue with approximately 404 million customers in its controlled and jointly controlled markets as at 31 March 2012. Vodafone currently has equity interests in over 30 countries across five continents and more than 40 partner networks worldwide. For more information, please visit www.vodafone.com.
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