Category: Android
We kinda expected it, but this image seems to now confirm the fact that we’ll be seeing the 10.1″ version of the Galaxy Note on the Samsung stand here in Barcelona. We’ll be heading over there shortly to get singer hands-on time, so check back for more information. …
Remember the Galaxy Beam from Samsung ? Two years ago it promised big-screen entertainment by projecting images from your smartphone to a wall or other flat surface. It wasn’t wildly successful but Samsung have fiddled around with it and released this new version, complete with a 4″ 400×800 …
So, hot on the heels of their new 7″ Galaxy Tab 2 comes this, the larger 10.1″ version. This has a 1280×800 pixel screen with “PLS technology” which basically makes the screen clearer and viewable from more angles. Running Android 4.0 (ICS), this will also have the TouchWiz …
Well, we knew it was going to be good, but now the full specs seem to confirm that too. More pictures of the device are now available, plus we understand that new owners will get themselves 25 GB of Dropbox storage completely free for two years. FullGSM have …
Acer are really pushing for good things at MWC next week. They have today announced another handset that they will showing off next week. The Acer Liquid Glow is going to be a WVGA display type device, it will have a 5 megapixel camera, LED flash, panoramic capture, …
Was it really a year ago that we saw the original Xperia Play? Rumours of a follow-up have now hit the web, with this image appearing on a site called “Concept Phones“.. hmmm.. is it merely just a … concept phone then? The site begs to differ, saying …
It’s Friday lunchtime and what do we all need to get us through the afternoon? A selection of strange apps that’s what. So here we have this weeks selection. A few people have sent me links during the week, so thanks to them. It’s greatly appreciated. If you …
Last week we mentioned how an as yet unannounced device from Acer had won award. Details here. Well now the Acer Cloudmobile has appeared on video. Albeit a foreign video, with foreign people talking foreign. But hey you can see what’s going on with the device. Via – …
Well, we knew that Orange were taking the Xperia S, but now things have moved a step closer with the new Sony Mobile proudly sitting on the “Coming Soon” section. We’re hearing very good things about this phone, and we can’t wait to take a look in Barcelona. …
Asus has said it is still planning to release an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) upgrade for its original Transformer tablet this month. Ermm..that’s in the next few days, then. Transformer TF101 owners have been waiting patiently for the upgrade, which should arrive by next Wednesday. Asus …
Can’t work on-screen keyboards? Want a “proper” QWERTY that slides out? We’ve just spotted that the Motorola Milestone 2 is now down to just £169.99 at eXpansys, which isn’t half bad for an unlocked Android with 5 megapixel camera, 3.7″ screen (480×854), 8 GB storage, microSD expansion, GPS, …
Hey you, my lovely bargain hunting buddies. How do you fancy buying an Android “tablet” for just £29? Interested? Well, I should perhaps start off by saying that this “tablet” has a 2.8″ screen, so it’s probably more of a small MP3 player if we’re honest. The Archos …
Here is a long awaited demo of what the new Sony UX will look like with Ice Cream Sandwhich installed. I for one am very excited by this as it’s really flying along on the Arc S. On the Xperia S well we can only imagine how good …
Dave Dibble has sent us a quick update on the Sky Go for Android app. It launched fairly recently but there were only certain handsets that it would work on. Well, since then Sky have posted this update on their site.. UPDATE — Sky Go app now available …
Another little snippet of news from HTC today! Their official facebook page is currently advertising that this Sunday, a day before the Mobile World Congress, that we will hear about something authentic from HTC. What could it be? Well it was accompanied by this image… My guess? Well it sounds like …
The Mobile World Congress is getting closer and closer which means it seems to get harder and harder to keep things under wraps, the impressive HTC One X (Endeavour) being the latest device to get a leak. We ran a few stories about its name change (here) and its …
Yesterday a lot of things happened in the world of the Asus Transformer Prime. Which by the way we reviewed here if you haven’t read it yet. First of all cast your minds back several months ago when the whole world was up in arms because Asus announced …
Phones4U will shortly be selling the Motorola RAZR exclusively in white… and by shortly we mean just days away starting 1st March!. The RAZR was recently reviewed by myself and you can see this review here. For more information check out the press release below. LONDON – Feb. 23, 2012 – More …
Samsung have announced that the Galaxy S2 has now sold over 20 million units since its launch in May last year. That’s pretty good going for a phone that even today, nearly a year after launch, is still one of the best handsets available, on Android or any …
The lovely people at Clove loaned us a Huawei S7 Slim recently so we’ve had a good week or two to test it. The IDEOS S7 Slim, to give it the full name, is available in a WiFi-only and WiFi / 3G combo version. Just like it’s name, …
The latest Gartner figures are out and, for Microsoft, they’re probably best ignored. Less than 3 million Windows Phones sold worldwide for a Q4 1.9% market share, down from last year’s Q4 of 3.4%. Windows Phone,market share is still lower than the Bada OS. Although this was to …
Three have just announced that the Samsung Galaxy Note in White is coming to their network here in the UK and as you would expect with Three there is a great YouTube video to go with the annoucnement On the Three Blog they say: The evolution of the …
Everything Everywhere have today announced steps to bring quicker data speeds to the UK using HSPA+ and LTE technology. For anyone interested in how the network works or if you are like me, obsessed with data use and the quickest speeds possible then the press release below is …
It looks like ZTE are upping their game with 8 new devices to be announced or shown off at this years Mobile World Congress. The event kicks off in just a few days time in Barcelona and we’ll be on site with the latest news. ZTE really are …
Love them or hate them, XDA Developers are a massive part of the Android community. Their forums cover hundreds of different devices and you can normally find no end of useful information, ROMs, tweaks and apps for your handset. The forums are sometimes difficult to browse on a …
LG have announced the Optimus 4X HD handset just days before MWC is due to kick off and this is a quad core monster of a phone with specs to match. We will be at MWC bringing you coverage of this phone starting from next Monday 4.7 Inch …
It looks like the HTC Facebook team are starting to drip-feed info about their upcoming Mobile World Congress launch this Sunday. This image, coupled with the text, “This Sunday you’ll discover something fast.” We’ll be reporting live from the event, so tune in for the latest. Link – …
LG have already told us about plenty of new devices this week. They’ll grace the LG stand in Barcelona while we run around the event shouting, “Phones! Phones! Phones!” The 3D Max, which we knew was on the way some time ago, is now confirmed to appear and …
OK, remember how we pointed at a few websites to help you make an app for free? Here’s another one. See, I’m simple at heart. Everyone says it.. “Hey Leigh, you’re a bit simple”, they say. So here’s AppSpotr, a service that’ll launch in just a matter of …
In every dual-core phone, there’s a PC trying to get out…. well that’s the claim from Ubuntu at least. It appears they have been busying away with ARM developing their nifty OS to run on Android devices. Don’t get all excited about reviving your old tat from the …
Oh look it’s the Samsung Galaxy Note. Wait a minute, no, it’s the new LG Optimus Vu popping out for another video. Up-close, this is starting to look rather sexy indeed. The Vu has a 5″ screen with a 1024×768 IPS resolution and an 8 megapixel camera. We’ll …
The Guardian have posted some great statistics on the number of OS installations across the UK which shows, perhaps unsurprisingly to a lot of us, that Android is now more widespread than iOS in the UK. Android now has a 36.9% share of the smartphones in the UK …
Earlier today we reported on Three announcing that the forthcoming Samsung Ace 2 and Mini 2 were on their way to the network and now T Mobile have announced on Twitter that they will be providing both handsets as well. No pricing details nor availability as of yet …
Here’s a nice little surprise that’s been around a while …. More Online Music than you can shake a stick at too! Deezer! For those of you familiar with Google Music, Spotify, etc will probably know and love the ability to listen to anything you fancy without the need …
Expansys have a limited offer on for today only until 5pm on the best selling Acer Liquid Metal, in the rather fetching Mocha colour. They have 200 units available at the great price of £114.99, the cheapest I can find anyway online at the moment. The Liquid …
…and as quick as a flash, those lovely people at Three have confirmed that they will be taking the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy mini 2. They’ve even got a video.. honestly, talk about rubbing it in our faces 😉 Check out our earlier story for specs and …
Panasonic have been saying they were planning on entering the phone market again. With Android handsets. Well know they have actually released a load of information and pictures about their upcoming device the Eluga. Strange name, but hey look at it and you soon forget the name. It …
Yesterday ZTE announced two new devices, details here. The PF200 and the N910, well today they have announced the Mimosa X. Don’t you just love a good naming convention? The Mimosa X is a qHD device with an NVIDIA Tegra2 dual core chip, running Ice Cream Sandwich. It …
These.. err.. moody ladies are here to show off the new handsets from LG. They, like many others, appear to have decided that launching phones ahead of Mobile World Congress is the thing to do. The Optimus L3, Optimus L5 and Optimus L7 will all unsurprisingly have the …
Everyday at the moment we hear about another manufacturer releasing some shots of an upcoming device. Well today is no different, Sony are expected to announce a couple of new devices at MWC. One of them being the Sony Xperia U also known as the Kumquat or ST25i. …
