Author: Leigh Geary
Liking the Samsung Galaxy SII ? You’ll love this, the Samsung Galaxy R. It’s got a slightly smaller screen than the SII with 4.2″ rather than 4.3″, plus it’s a little thicker, but in other respects it’s pretty similar. We’re trying to dig out more information at the …
If you’ve not already received it there’s an update for HTC Desire HD handsets which should fix the WiFi issue that has plagued some devices. The new software version is 2.50.405.2 and we’d love to hear from you if it’s improved your experience. Credit – Marc Holmes
Yesterday we mentioned the BBC Survey into 2G and 3G signals across the UK. An app by Epitiro is being used on Android devices to collect data as you move around but some already have concerns about how much data is sent and how often is polled. The …
Let’s be honest, the CyanogenMod ROM is amazingly good. It’ll rejuvenate, update and enhance your Android handset. It’s popular because it’s solid, feature-packed and gives you access into all the latest Android fun. Today the downloads have topped half-a-million, which is a staggering figure. Long may it continue. …
This is the Arnova 8 Tablet. If you’re down the local Asda pushing the trolley around you may well spot this knocked down to just £99 (from £109). It has 4GB of RAM, Android 2.1 and that 8″ screen has a 4:3 (square) format. You won’t find the …
Coverage. It’s a major issue. No matter how many coverage maps you look at, the actual signal strength is always a little different. The BBC are conducting a survey into mobile phone coverage here in the UK with the help of this free Android app. Their aim is …
This weekend I’ve had chance to play with the new LG Optimus 3D. It’s due to appear on Three shortly plus and will be available direct. The first question most people ask is, “how does glasses-free 3D work?” I took the LG Optimus 3D out on Saturday and …
The Galaxy SII is now in space and broadcasting live. Catch up with messages here, or read our earlier story for more details. As I type there’s 3,000 people watching as messages pop up live. Let’s hope it can take a few pictures. It looks amazing up there …
Earlier this week we spotted the LG Optimus Pro doing some poses on the web. Now another handset, the LG Optimus Net, has joined the party with an official announcement. The LG Optimus Net will be known also as the LG-P690 and has a 3.2″ HVGA (320×480) screen, …
Although it’s still showing as “Coming Soon” on the Orange site, we’re now hearing that the HTC Sensation is available from the network. Steve Taylor has just let us know that he was offered the handset from their direct sales team during a call today. The handset, which …
Today there’s around 130 million devices running Android and 6 billion app installs from the Market. With 550,000 devices now getting activated daily (up 50,000 from a couple of weeks back) there’s still room for growth according to the Android Development Team. Link – Twitter
Yesterday LG let us know just how naughty you lot are. Office workers are using their smartphones as a way to access the internet and social media sites whilst supposedly working. They even found that staff are taking their phones into the toilet and watching “adult entertainment” during …
We’ve just had an update regarding the Vodafone Sure Signal hacking. Although Vodafone issued a firmware update last year to stop any possible monitoring or spoofing they’ve now taken the extra step of blocking access to any units which haven’t upgraded to the most recent firmware. In theory …
Another day, another bargain-basement tablet. The CnM TouchPad II is now going for just £89.99 at saverstore.com. It’s got WiFi and a 4GB SSD drive, but sadly that’s where the good news stops. Android 2.1 runs on a 600MHz CPU with 256MB RAM and a 7″ resistive screen …
Agh. What’s this ? Another QWERTY Android ? Honestly, you wait ages for a bus and then they all come at once. We’ve seen this one kicking about for a few months now and we spotted last month that a UK arrival had been confirmed. Clove have confirmed …
Tomorrow a Samsung Galaxy SII will take off in a space balloon and, during it’s 90 minutes of flight, will reach 100,000 feet. What’s amazing about that you say ? Well, the phone will be showing messages that you guys have submitted on space-balloon.net and elsewhere live on …
Well. LG have sent us over a press release and it’s a corker. They’re surveyed 2000 people as part of the LG Optimus 3D launch and found some rather interesting bits of information. Firstly, 64% of respondents are fiddling around with their smartphones in offices where phones are …
Today Apple raised the prices of apps within the app store. 59p has now become 69p and £1.19 apps now appear to cost £1.49. This, according to what we’re hearing, is only affecting the UK store. In the US prices have been maintained, and where a previously an …
If you get the eBuyer daily mail you may well have spotted this Hannspree Hannspad Tablet knocked down to just £169.97. Inside it has an ARM A9 DC + Tegra II T20 1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM and 16GB Flash. It also has a 10.1" 1024x600 multi-touch …
ZTE have now definitely landed here in the UK. Following the launch of their site and a sneak peek at the Tureis they’re today announcing a deal with Brightpoint to push ZTE own-branded smartphone to the UK. This is a big change for ZTE, who have been happy …
We’ve been wanting to see more Android QWERTY devices and, just recently, they seem to be arriving with alarming regularity. This is the ZTE Tureis. It looks to be a budget messenger although it carries the usual Android specs – Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and microSD expansion. There’s a …
The LG Optimus Chat has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Here on O2 it’s available for just £139.99 on Pay & Go, although it is.. bright pink. Running Android 2.2 this has a 3 megapixel camera, FM radio, 3G, WiFi, GPS and microSD card. It’s also pink. If you’re …
We saw the rather lovely Motorola Atrix back at Mobile World Congress and had a great demo of how it worked. We’ve now had all the kit delivered to see how it works and the result is this quick video. We’ll have more later in the week..
HTC DACH (Germany / Austria / Switzerland) has just confirmed that the HTC Desire Z will be finally getting the Gingerbread update “in the coming weeks”. This seems to confirm our story yesterday and will hopefully mean that owners in other countries will get their update too. The …
This is the 8GB microSD card from Samsung. The guys at Memory Card Zoo asked us to review one and pointed out that it was water proof, dust proof, shock proof and was even safe against magnets. So. We had a think. How could we do a “proper” …
Apologies, but I have said phone and it’s frankly a bit embarrassed that the flagship Android phone from LG has : A: shipped with 2.2 Froyo and B: has taken this long to be updated to 2.3 Gingerbread.. As I say, the LG Optimus 2X launched with Android 2.2 …
So the question is, do we believe this? Samsung have apparently let the cat out of the bag regarding the next in the line of Nexus phones via their official Romania twitter account. A series of tweets suggests that yes, they are providing the Nexus 3. Information comes …
Apple has just filed a complaint about HTC with the International Trade Commission (ITC). If successful it could see a complete ban on HTC products being sold in the USA. Apple state that HTC are illegally using patents relating to “scrolling operations”, “double-sided touch-sensitive panels” and “programmable tactile …
Alright, we give in. But hey, if you use this and your phone explodes just don’t come crying to us. A tool to unlock the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has appared here. It seems to be a relatively simple process and, with the aid of a Rar file …
The Xperia PLAY got launched during Mobile World Congress with a certain amount of fanfare. It has a great camera, 1GHz CPU and a good catalogue of games .. oh, and let’s not forget that slide-out gaming controller and the fact that it can also call people. We …
Back in March Android leapt to the top of of the comScore chart but we also spotted the start of a very worrying Microsoft slope. The Micorosft share according to the March numbers showed a drop in share from 9.7% (October 2010) to 8% (January 2011). Back then …
According to sources, the HTC Desire Z should have received an update to Gingerbread “before the end of June”. That’s not happened as yet. We’re now hearing that it’s to be the end of this month instead, but we’ll keep you updated when we hear more. Unfortunately a …
We’re quickly becoming accustomed to the fact that companies communicate to their customers through Facebook so here’s another update from the HTC page. Following the earlier confusion there’s confirmation once more that the HTC Desire will get Gingerbread and the even better news that it’ll arrive before the …
Deals. We love them, that’s why we’ve got our own search tool, but today Mitesh Patel has also spotted an offer on HotUKDeals. It’s for the HTC Sensation and it’s a short 12 month contract too. For £99 up-front and £30 per month you’ll get a whacking 1GB …
This QWERTY device has just popped up on Flickr. Looking distinctly like a Blackberry it apparently has Android 2.3, a QVGA 2.8″ screen, 3 megapixel camera, Wifi and a 1500 mAh battery. Expect this one to target those cool youths who text, email, tweet and Facebook. Currently there’s …
HTC have just announced that they will be making unlocked bootloaders available from August. Their previous Facebook update has now been updated, with this post coming from Peter Chou (CEO of HTC) himself.. There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC …
Does your HTC Desire Z look like this ? The coating seems to slowly peel off the aluminium battery cover as you use it and, after a few weeks, it looks less than nice. We’ve had an email in from Dave B who fixed his flaky rear panel …
Now, the mention of Nasa should appeal to the schoolboy in you all, so this app should be of interest to most. Availible on Iphone,ipad and Android for free, it features lots of different things including Images, on demand videos, Satellite tracking, Passes of the Space station, Nasa …
A federal judge has kicked out Apple’s attempt to get a preliminary injunction to stop Amazon using the Term ‘App store’. Apple had been trying to force Amazon ( and by default others…) to stop them using the term app store for their newly launched Android Amazon App Store. Us …
Dan has just added his fantastic review of the HTC Sensation. We’ve already got stacks of deals but the lovely Carly over at somobile has spotted that T-Mobile are selling it direct for absolutely nothing on this £40.85 per month plan. It includes a big 1200 minutes of …
