Category: Android

Huawei Ideos S7 Slim Overview

Has it really been a year since we first had our hands on the Huawei S7 Slim? Recently it’s had a bit of a price drop so we decided to get another look at the device. It’s a pretty weighty device, and is designed to use in “landscape …

Motorola Milestone 2 going cheap at Expansys

Expansys are doing one of their famous price drops on the Motorola Milestone 2. If you want a qwerty keyboard device and you don’t fancy the Desire Z then this would be ideal. £199.99 is a great price if you don’t mind the Motorola interface and the fact …

HTC Evo 3D…Price Drop!

Remember all the hype around glasses-free 3D devices last year? Up popped HTC with a game-changing device which we reviewed on this site last year. Now that very same device has found its’ way to bargain bins at ASDA, priced at a very reasonable £249.99 Unbelievable bargain… and …

One tablet per person? No need anymore!

There have been lots of tablet bargains flying about recently. Some of you lucky people (James) have been snapping up more than one! But for some of us a tablet is a luxury. One is more than enough for the whole household. There is a slight issue with …

Xperia S – Light belt tells you what’s happening

Over on Facebook the Sony Ericsson guys have posted a close-up of the Sony Xperia S and highlights the “illuminating transparent belt”. We saw this earlier in our in-depth look but it seems that it’s not just a funky part of the design. It’s a notification light, and …

Oh No Moto – Q4 figures released, another loss posted

Google’s new baby, Motorola, are going through some tough times. After coming back from the dead thanks to Android they’ve posted a loss of $80 million for Q4. It seems that Motorola “shipped” 1 million tablets during the whole of 2011, with 42.4 million mobile devices sold in …

Sony Tapioca – More details revealed

A few days back we saw a rather large list of leaked Sony (Ericsson) handsets. One was called the “Tapioca”, aka the ST21i. It’s now stated to have a single-core 800MHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 4GB ROM and runs Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread). Other specs include a 3.2″ HVGA (320×480) …

Samsung see smartphone sales increase

Samsung, who have “apparently confirmed” (although I read it personally as “not denying”) the Galaxy SIII, are on a roll. Net profit at Samsung Electronics is up to 4 trillion won, which is about £2.3 billion. Althought net income for 2011 was down slightly, Samsung saw the Galaxy …

HTC Sense 4.0 features leaked

Mentioned in phone leaks already, HTC’s new version of their Sense interface, 4.0, is now doing the rounds on the internet. It would seem a version has been leaked before it has been announced or made it on to a phone. The big news (potentially) is 3rd party support for …

Strange Android stuff I’ve found this week

Yes it’s Friday. Yes we have some weird stuff for you. If you really want to try these out click the app name to get to the market. Beware some may have strange permissions. Last weeks massage app needed access to your phone book! So keep your eyes …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 unboxing

I have obviously been doing something right in the last few weeks as I have been given a very exciting opportunity. Thanks to Handtec I have got my hands on some of the latest Tech of the year. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, this is a great diminutive …

The Met Office Weather Application finally appears on Android

The Met Office have released their weather forecast app onto the Android Market. It has been available for iOS for a while. But hey good things come to those who wait. The market description for the app expalins exactly what it can do. “Get your forecasts on the …

Reckless Racing 2 launch trailer

Can you remember Reckless Racing? It is a overhead view dirt road racing game. You raced against other players or against your phone. Either way it was great fun. Well Polarbit the games developer have released a trailer for Reckless Racing 2. With improved graphics and more maps. …

LG Prada soon to be in stock at Phones 4U

Can you remember a few weeks ago we attended the announcement of the upcoming LG Prada? The article is here. Well Phones 4u will be getting stock tomorrow. It is currently on pre-order and there are a selection of networks and tariffs available. It looks like you will …

Samsung are rumoured to not announce the Galaxy S3 at MWC

The Verge have reported that people they know, know people at Samsung and those people at Samsung are delaying the release of the Samsung Galaxy S3. It was expected that Samsung would announce it at MWC in Barcelona at the end of February. But now it sounds like …

Samsung Galaxy Note in white now available at Clove

The other day we reported that John Lewis of all people had an exclusive on the white version of the Samsung Galaxy Note. Well I guess that it was for a short period of time because Clove now have them in stock. You can get one here. The …

Skydroid will bring a Windows 8 style to your Android device

A team of developers over at XDA Developers have recently started work on a project called Skydroid. In the past these guys worked on a Windows Phone 7 for Android project. XDA user TheRedDrake says that “we are making an entire UI based on w8 metro look which will …

Samsung continues with anti-Apple adverts

Samsung have continued to pump out their Galaxy SII adverts in the USA and they seem to be following a very similar vein. Earlier we saw how Samsung poked fun at Apple customers queuing and camping outside stores for the “Next big thing” and now Samsung are saying …

Galaxy SIII Information trickles onto the web

Since news of the new Nokia Lumia 910 broke this morning, Eldar Murtazin had painfully drip-fed information about the Samsung Galaxy SIII, which he says is much better. As the day has progressed we’ve found out that the new Galaxy will have a HD screen and will match …

Do your kids play with your phone or tablet?

Maybe you should try this, the new Android tablet from Inspiration Works. Named the “Kurio” this is on display at the Toys and Games Fair in Hong Kong so you can probably expect it to arrive here in July. Tablets aimed at children are already out there, and …

Here we go again, HP Touchpad deals

Dixons are currently showing the 16GB HP Touchpad as in stock and selling for just …£89.97. It might be a mistake, but it does seem to let me add it to the basket and go to checkout. Will we see these quickly snapped up and then resold on …

HTC Primo. New budget phone announced/leaked ahead of MWC

As usual in the lead up to a major press event, there’s various leaks. This time it is the turn of HTC. Details about the HTC Primo have leaked out. It looks be aimed at the budget end of the market and will cost around £250. It has …

Expansys bagging the pink SII on February 13th

The pink Galaxy SII we spotted at Phones 4U will shortly be available from eXpansys. If you’re looking for a gadgety Valentines gift, this could be your thing – it’s arriving on February 13th. Inside it’s the usual goodness – an 8 megapixel camera, dual-core 1.2GHz CPU, Android …

EDF Make Your London Eye Viewing A Little More Interesting

EDF have decided that a trip in the London Eye to see the sites of London isn’t enough. They have introduced a new “interactive guide” which allows you to access information about the sites you can see from in the Pod during your rotation. The highly functional interactive …

Predicting the future of mobile

Last week some rather interesting figures dropped into our mailbox from iSuppli. The research firm states that, by 2015, Windows Phone will overtake Apple’s iOS. With Android still marching ahead, forecasts state that Microsoft will gain 16.7% market share, with Apple coming in at 16.6%. Now, I’ll be …

Notion Ink Adam 2 will have Texas Instruments parts

Notion Ink have announced a new version of their Adam tablet. This time they will be using a Texas Instruments instead of the Tegra chip they used last time. With the original Notion Ink had a rough time actually getting the tablets to market and then they had …

Samsung Galaxy S range get Ice Cream Sandwich custom roms

If you are reading this the chances are that you are a Samsung Galaxy S owner and you are frustrated. Samsung decided that there was not enough space on the Galaxy S to fit the Ice Cream Sandwich update, which left a lot of people rather angry with …

Asus Transformer Prime initial impressions

“Wow”. That was my initial reaction upon opening the box. The whole process had been a bit dampened though. What a palaver the pre order process was. How annoying was it to have Asus announce an updated model even before this one had even reached the UK market. …

HTC Flyer might get another update, Ice Cream Sandwich this time

HTC have been rumoured to have mentioned a future update for the HTC Flyer to Ice Cream Sandwich to a customer complaining about how they disliked the Honeycomb update. Apparently whilst discussing how the customer could downgrade their tablet to Gingerbread the customer service-type-person mentioned that they could …

Sony ST25i Kumquat leaked image

One of the phones on the leaked Sony roadmap is called the Sony ST25i “Kumquat” and we figured it would be quite small just because of the name. The lovely people at the Xperia Blog have received a leaked picture of it and it seems to maintain the …

Asus Transformer Prime – refund or extra warranty?

Got your Asus Transformer Prime tablet?  Me too – but apparently I’ve been one of the lucky ones with no GPS/Wi-Fi issues.  Well now it’s been confirmed – sort of.  Asus says users who have GPS fault will get money back, but denies an issue with Wi-Fi Asus …

Xoom discounted – just £225

The original Motorola Xoom is now down to just £249. For that you get Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), 32GB of storage, a 10.1″ LED screen and it’s powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual-core CPU. Andrew Farquhar has just mailed in because he used the code “TABLET10” to get …

ZTE Competition – win the ZTE Skate

ZTE have been in touch to let us know about their competition to win the ZTE Skate. The Skate is the same model rebranded by Orange as the Monte Carlo and runs Android Gingerbread with a 4.3″ screen and 800mhz processor. Full specs and details of the device …

Galaxy Note, in white, exclusive to.. err.. John Lewis

So, we’ve had a press release from Samsung about the Galaxy Note. Usual stuff, like you’d expect, but at the bottom there’s an interesting bit of information… The Samsung Galaxy Note White will initially be available exclusively from John Lewis with £250 of free music, films and e-Books …

Galaxy Note receives a maintenance update

The Galaxy Note appears to be getting a few tweaks here and there courtesy of a new update. It doesn’t look like anything major, but the improvements are definitely worth while. Adjustments have been made to the on-screen keyboard, settings and the lock-screen. Tweaks include adding instructions on …

Apple co-founder talks Android

So earlier this week Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak had some things to say about Android. Strangely, his comments were mostly complimentary. Who knew? He seems to only recommend an iPhone to existing owners and those who have other Apple products. ..and people who are just scared of computers …

Strange Android stuff I’ve found this week

You may have noticed that it is Friday. For us that means one thing. It’s time for our weekly roundup of strange Android apps. Nothing too weird this week. No girls at bus stops! First of all I came across “123 Birthday surprise” which is an app designed to …

Android stats for Q4 announced

While we’re talking fourth quarter numbers, Google have just announced another stonking set. There’s now 250 million Android activations around the world and 11 BILLION Android app downloads. Now, you may remember that back in November Android had 200 million activations.. so.. you can see what’s happening here. …

Sony Ericsson roll with the punches in Q4

So.. these figures are certainly… interesting.. If only Sony could buy Ericsson’s stake and rebrand everything to just “Sony” whilst going through an image change. Oh wait, that’s what they are doing. 🙂 Things are looking a bit rocky based on the Q4 figures. Compared to Q3 sales …