Category: Android
Today has been a day of retailers passing on information about the upcoming Nokia Lumia phones. The latest bit of info we’ve had was from Expansys who have let us know about the SIM free version of the Nokia Lumia 820 in black will be available from 12 …
When the Huawei G300 came out it was met with cries of “oh for god sake it runs Gingerbread” and they were met with the usual “we’ll update it soon”. After a few leaked ROMs the official update is finally here. We reviewed it here if you’re interested. …
We all knew it wouldn’t take long, so here it is a full system dump of the Nexus 4. It’s only a matter of time now before we start to see modded versions of the software working on non Nexus devices, we already have a working keyboard and almost fully …
Online retailer Handtec have posted some info on their blog here. Detailing as and when we can expect to see the SIM free version of the Nokia Lumia 920 and it some what makes you question the earlier post about Mobicity having stock. Handtec posted the following short …
One of the most eagerly awaited Windows Phone 8 devices is the Lumia 920. Various sites have been quoting contract based prices and barely any sites have quoted Sim Free prices. Until now that is, online retailer Mobicity have tweeted saying they have the black Lumia 920 in …
Like the Samsung Galaxy SIII but don’t like the large screen size? In just one week you’ll be able to pick up the new SII Mini. Available to buy next Thursday (November 8th), the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) handset also includes Sims 3 and Bejewelled 2. It has …
Finding a builder or an electrician can be a bit of a nightmare sometimes. Luckily the people behind the ratedpeoplecom.com website have now got an app to help you do just that. Rated People – for quality, local tradesmen – The UK’s largest trade recommendation service – Over …
Last month it was announced by Apple that the app store had passed the 700 thousand apps mark. Well, in the spirit of true competition, Google has now also announced that the Play store has now also passed the 700,000 apps number. With the announcement of the new …
So yesterday we had the Android 4.2 Swype like keyboard leak and today we have the Camera leaking with landscape and portrait panorama and the awesome looking sphere camera. If you haven’t checked out the videos by the Verge of their visit to Mountain View where they …
We loved the Ascend P1. A great design (albeit quite similar to the Galaxy S2), a great price and no clutter in the OS. Now Phones 4u have announced that they’ll be doing the pearly white version exclusively. It’s up for £299.95 on pay-as-you-go or for as little …
If you’re out and fancy a beet, there’s always a chance you’ll need a proof of ID. This, if you’re as young-looking as me, is a pain. Ben Pearson has got in touch with us after he created an age-verification app called Idezy. Working with Validate, the app …
We’ve long wondered what sort of sales numbers the Nexus 7 has been achieving and now we have our answer. Sort of. Asustek CFO David Chang told the Wall Street Journal “At the beginning, it was, for instance, 500K units a month, then maybe 600, 700K. This latest …
ZTE yesterday announced that they had become the 4th biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world during the third quarter of 2012, according to IDC. ZTE shipped 7.5 million smartphones in the third quarter of 2012, closely following RIM with only 0.1 percentage points between them. Number 5 in …
Remember the keyboard with the fancy Swype-esque functionality in the preview video for the Google Nexus 4? Well it’s available to download now. Now we should advise that keyboards can track inputs and send them to others for nefarious purposes, so proceed at your own risk. Still, it …
Well, the rumours of a short delay have now been proven totally false and we are glad to be able to tell you the the HTC One X+ is now available to buy! The handset, an update on the acclaimed HTC One X comes complete with 64gb internal …
The other day ZTE and Virgin Mobile announced the new white version of the Kis. Their hugely popular “record breaking” Kis is an entry level 3.5″ device and we’ve had it for a couple of days and here is our initial impressions. Starting off with good and bad …
The Acer Iconia A110 has sort of arrived on the scene with barely an announcement. It was up for pre-order on Ebuyer for a while and then it just suddenly came into stock. A few weeks later and we have one here on our desk. Hailed by some …
Fast paced. Two words that sum up the mobile industry. HTC were, until fairly recently, riding high, but now share-price is heading to its lowest level for 7 years. Bloomberg are reporting that HTC dropped 7% to NT$219.50 after missing forecasts. Now analysts are starting to pitch in. …
Our friends over at Three to let us know that the recently announced 3G version of the popular Nexus 7 tablet should soon be available on a variety of tariffs. Although there is no mention of when or how much, we’ll bring you further info as and when. …
We’ve reviewed it, we’ve attended the launch and now we have details on how you can get the Windows Phone 8X by HTC. It’s available in-store from November 2nd but you can pre-order it now. It’ll be available on Three, Orange, T-Mobile, O2, Virgin Media, Carphone Warehouse and …
Yesterday evening Microsoft showed us Windows Phone 8 and the new devices that will come with it. It all looks and there is a lot of information to read about the new OS. You could almost do with a nice video to watch showing some of the new …
The all new Android flagship bargain basement super phone, the Nexus 4, will be exclusive to O2 for the first month after release (13th November). It is unclear as to the extent of the exclusivity, because it seems that you will be able to buy it unlocked from …
Currently at the London event for Windows Phone 8 launch and we have managed to get hands on with the phones that are supporting this latest version of the operating system. These are the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820. The Samsung Ativ S and the HTC 8X and …
Join us live from the Windows Phone 8 launch to recap the best features of Microsoft’s recently-announced OS.
And last but not least, the Nexus 7 has been updated to coincide with the Nexus 4 and 10 launches. Basically its a memory upgrade, with the starting point now being 16GB for £159 and 32GB £199 as predicted. Google have also added a (much demanded) 3G version …
As well as the trilogy of Nexus devices just announced, Google have also confirmed that their Music service is coming to Europe at the same time. This means a 13th November launch for Europe, bizarely slightly before the US. Not that we’re complaining! You will be able to …
Well we’d heard the rumours, but Google’s new Nexus tablet, the Nexus 10 has now been officially announced. Part of its trilogy of devices (including the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7), the Nexus 10 will be available in Europe on 13th November. Details are still coming through, but …
Todays event may have been cancelled but that hasn’t stopped Google from announcing official details of their latest Nexus Device. It’ll be called the Nexus 4 and will be made by LG. Its essentially the device all the leaks have pointed to for the last few weeks. Here …
I’ve been using the Acer S500 Cloud Mobile as my main phone for a few weeks now and it’s time to bring you the full review. My initial conclusion was that the Cloud Mobile was a great phone that seemed like it was going to be let down …
In what looks to be the first actual unboxing of this device, today I was able to purchase the brand new Huawei P1 LTE on the EE network and whilst sitting here in the hotel room was able to record a quick video to share ahead of the …
Ebook readers are something of a “do I need one” kind of device. We all have a normal phone, a large phone, a small tablet, a large tablet and a few laptops that can all be used to read ebooks. But when you see someone reading an Ebook …
Phew that was close. Microsoft are due to unveil Windows Phone 8 today and until now there wasn’t a way to sync your new Windows 8 PC with a Windows Phone. Well the new Windows 8 store has a new app in it. The new app will allow …
Infographics are one of those odd things, they normally appear thanks to some random research done by a security trying to sell their wares. This one has been knocked up by HTC and it shows a bit of their history in the mobile industry. Oh and it has …
With the impending launch of the Google Nexus devices, specifically the Nexus 4 there are a lot of complaints about the lack of storage/expandable storage on the next line of the Nexus devices. First: Google Nexus devices do not and will not have expandable storage on them! Get …
Writers for tech web sites, such as coolsmartphone, spend years gaining contacts for getting insider information and leaks. These days, however, all that’s needed is to stand outside a branch of Carphone Warehouse! Hot on the heals of the inadvertent early launch of their Nexus 4 pre-order page, …
If you have a Nexus 7 you’ll be able to try out Ubuntu on your device now. I tried yesterday and, unlike the OMG Ubuntu posting states, it’s not quite polished as yet. However, as far as you would know it’s just like running Ubuntu 12.10 on your …
We hadn’t mentioned it earlier, but Microsoft UK managed to sell out of the stock it had available for pre-orders of the 32Gb Surface. So out of the three options (32Gb, 32Gb with touch cover, and 64Gb with touch cover), the first two options are off the …
We won’t lie. Sometimes you get it wrong, but sometimes, you get it right – and releasing the user manual of the LG E960 aka the Google Nexus 4 before the phone has been announced can be taken as a little of both. Right for us, anyway. The …
Many of us were excited to see what Google had to launch in the way of Nexus devices on Monday but sadly it seems we’ll have to wait a little while longer. Hurricane Sandy is heading towards the east coast of the US and Google has decided …
The Google Nexus 10 is the most eagerly awaited tablet since… the iPad Mini. OK, this is a pretty big deal in the Android world anyway. It’s widely expected that the latest Nexus tablet will be released at the Google event on Monday 29th October in New York …
