HTC had such a roadshow in Germany last year and as far as I heard, it was quite successful. At least it gave potential customers the possibility to play with HTC's latest devices. Now, it's time for a UK and Ireland roadshow and HTC yesterday announced the kick-off of a roadshow designed to help retail staff and their customers get more out of their mobile phone experience. The specially-designed HTC trailer will visit 11 cities across the UK and Ireland over a six-week period, showcasing some of the many features of HTC Sense as well as the company's 2011 product portfolio. A team of HTC specialists will be available to help new HTC customers learn how to get the best out of their phone.

Back in October 2010, Kurt DelBene, president, Microsoft Office Division, and Chris Capossela, vice president, Microsoft Office Division, announced Office 365, Microsoft's next generation productivity service which was initially available as a closed Beta. It brings together Office, SharePoint, Exchange and Lync in an always-up-to-date cloud service and today, Microsoft announced the public Beta of Microsoft Office 365. The public Beta allows millions of people in more countries and more languages - a total of 38 markets and 17 languages in all - to try Office 365 for the first time.

Following last year's introduction of the X2 series and the earlier announcement of the upcoming Direct Mode apps for Android and iOS, Eye-Fi yesterday announced a new and powerful addition to the Eye-Fi family - the Eye-Fi Mobile X2. It unleashes the power of instant uploads by instantly sending photos and videos straight from the camera to an iPhone, iPad or Android device. The Eye-Fi Mobile X2 will use Eye-Fi's upcoming Direct Mode technology which wirelessly connects the camera to the mobile device to allow viewing, using or uploading and sharing photos straight from the mobile device. In addition, photos and videos can automatically and wirelessly be backed up and organized in the user's private Eye-Fi View account.

The Global Certification Forum today announced, that the Samsung GT-B3740, a USB modem, became the first LTE device to achieve GCF Certification on 31 March 2011. A second device, the LG FM300 Xenon, an LTE-connected WiFi router, was certified on 4 April 2011. Both devices operate in Band 20, the "European Digital Dividend band", in which LTE is currently being deployed in Germany. Developed and maintained by an active partnership of operators, device manufacturers, the test industry and other interested parties, GCF Certification is designed to provide confidence that new devices are compliant with relevant standards and interoperable with network systems irrespective of infrastructure vendor.

Whatever Microsoft plans for its Zune hardware, you know the media player platform which never made it to a broad market or acceptance, Zune HD owners have received some further app-love from Microsoft by now getting a free E-Mail client. As the name indicates, "email for Zune HD" allows users to check their Gmail, Hotmail as well as Exchange (but not POP3 or IMAP?) inboxes straight from the device. While it's nothing fancy, it might be a great alternative to your phone in case you're relaxing on the hotel pool, listening some of the latest tracks from Zune while still having the office in mind. Also not a surprise at all is that Zune HD's E-Mail client looks quite similar to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 E-Mail.