Category: Android

MWC – Orange to release Intel’s Santa Clara

Remember the Orange London we mentioned a short while back? Well, it turns out that this is real after all. It’s had a slight name-change, but the Intel innards are right there. The Orange Santa Clara will use an Intel Atom Z2460  CPU and will feature a fast …

MWC – Galaxy Note 10.1 Now official

You get to see some pretty interesting sights on the streets of Barcelona after dark. Here’s another Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 poster, and this time it’s not hiding much either. The reason ? It’s now official. That 10.1 screen is of the WXGA (1280×800) PLS TFT variety and …

Vodafone to sell HTC One X & S

Vodafone have also just announced they will stock the HTC One S and X here in the UK.  No information as of yet with regards to a price or release date but at least we know it is coming to the UK network  HTC Onex  Set to become …

Three to also sell the HTC One X

Just on from the S and V posts, Three just confirmed they will also sell the new HTC One X here in the UK and have ANOTHER video! The full press release confirms that all three devices will be arriving on the network… If this email doesn’t display …

Three to sell the HTC One S & V

Three have just tweeted they are to stock the new HTC One S and One V devices on their UK network and in traditional THree style have posted a Sneak Peak video on their Blog and YouTube channel It might sound a bit odd, but I love manufacturer …

MWC – HTC Event LIVE

Watch it right here. We’re just sitting down and things are a little hectic but we should have the full stream online in minutes. Update – We had several thousand people watching the stream. Many thanks for your support. The original live footage we shot can be seen …

MWC – Orange to sell Xperia U in white

Orange have just announced that they will carry the Sony Xperia U exclusively in white. To be honest there’s not a great deal we can tell you about this currently but we’ll get a hands-on with the device shortly as it’s literally been announced in the last few …

Sony announce Xperia P & U devices

Sony have announced the Xperia P & U devices in Barcelona…specifications of the Xperia P have not been said yet but for the full information on the U check out our earlier post from Three with their hands on video The Xperia P specs are: Aluminium Unibody 4 …

Three to sell the Xperia U

The Sony event just kicked off here in Barcelona and you can watch it live. Already Three have confirmed they are to sell the Xperia U which will be announced in seconds.. The lovely Sedge from Three has a hands on of a pre-release version below. Click on …

HTC Rhyme. Has it got the Rhythm?

I am a fan of big screen phones. There I admit it, so why I may here you ask do I have HTC‘s latest offering in the Rhyme sitting in front of me for review. Well the reason couldn’t be simpler, if you are a regular reader of …

MWC – Huawei Announce Ascend D & XL

Huawei have today announced the Ascend D and the XL a day before MWC is about to kick off. This is touted as being the worlds fastest smartphone with some awesome specifications. Powered by Huawei’s K3V2 quad-core 1.2GHz/1.5GHz CPU there’s more than passing resemblance to the Samsung Galaxy …

MWC – Orange gets too eager, puts HTC One X online!

The word here is “whoops”. Looks like the yet-to-be announced HTC One X is now plastered all over the Orange website for all to see… More as we get. Remember where you read this first… Link – Orange Shop Credit – Andrew Exelby

MWC – Galaxy Note 10.1 Lurking in the shadows

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. …

MWC – Samsung Galaxy Beam.. it’s back!

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 …

MWC – Samsung announce the 10.1″ Galaxy Tab 2

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 …

MWC – HTC One X Full specs leaked

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 announce the Liquid Glow

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, …

Is an Xperia Play 2 on the horizon?

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 …

Strange Android Stuff I’ve seen this week

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 …

Acer Cloudmobile appears on video

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 – …

Orange add the Xperia S to Coming Soon pages

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. …

Motorola Milestone 2 – Another price drop

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, …

Archos 28 Internet “Tablet” – Just too cheap

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 …

Demo of Sony Xperia Ice Cream Sandwich beta ROM

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 …

Sky Go for Android extends handset support

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 …

HTC promise us ‘something authentic’

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 …

HTC One X breaks cover – First press shot

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 …

White Motorola RAZR Arrives At Phones4U

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 …

Galaxy S2 sales now 20m and counting

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 …

Huawei IDEOS S7 Slim Review

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, …

Gartner Smartphone Sales figures prove tough reading

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 …

White Galaxy Note Comes To Three UK

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 4G Moving Closer

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 …

8 ZTE Phones At Mobile World Congress

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 …

XDA Premium HD app released on the Android Market

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 …

Optimus 4X HD Announced Before MWC

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 …

HTC Prepare for launch

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 – …