Category: Android
Motorola have sent us this rather lovely video, with the simple text “Four Reasons To Get Excited”. It gives a launch date of October 18… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFlZ4DWAxdA Hmm.. it features bullets, razors and the number 42. The four key points are “faster, thinner, smarter and stronger”. Could this be …
This morning the Cyanogenmod team have announced that 7.1 is now the new stable release. I know a lot of you will have been running this via the nightly route and your wondering what the fuss is about. Well this release includes official stable support for most of …
Checked Android Market recently ? If you’re lucky the latest update should have arrived and books can now be purchased. Here in the UK this has taken a while to arrive, but the eBooks system is easy enough to use. Just hop in the Android Market, choose your …
Want full-length movies on your Android tablet? Yeah sure, you can find various illegal ways of doing it, but if you just want to pick up your tablet or phone and start watching a film it can be a bit cumbersome. Now you can use YouTube Movies. Oh …
For reasons that are as yet unknown, Samsung and Google have delayed the launch of their Nexus Prime. The wording of the announcement is as follows.. Samsung and Google decide to postpone the new product announcement at CTIA Fall. We agree that it is just not the right …
Someone has now managed to get their hands onto a Nexus Prime. The video, from mobilissimo.ro (translated) shows the Prime running Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich. There’s screenshots from the OS too and, despite the video being removed, it’s now found a way back onto YouTube.. Link …
Not entered our Skinflips competition yet ? Come on, there’s 25% off for everyone that enters and some great prizes up for grabs. We’ve got something else to give away today – two tickets to the London International Technology Show. Everything kicks off on October 21st and HiDrive …
Lady Gaga, Cheryl Cole, Will.i.am and more are at the Roundhouse in London as part of the Beats Audio and HTC Sensation XL Launch. Yes, we said Lady Gaga. 🙂 Join in with the LIVE broadcast below.. Link – Join in at Livebeats.co.uk
HTC have just announced a new smartphone to the world, the HTC Sensation XL and the XL plays a REALLY big part (no pun intended) in the difference over the original HTC Sensation Consider this the twin brother of the HTC TItan which we saw only recently running …
I have no reason to, but for some reason I suddenly want one of these. Put simply it’s a helicopter that you control .. with your phone. The Parrot AR Drone is quite expensive (£259.99) but, when combined with the iPhone or Android app you get to use …
The war between Samsung and Apple continues. Reuters reports that it will file patent-infringement claims to try and ban the sale of the new iPhone 4S before it even hits the shops. Samsung said preliminary injunction requests for a ban on iPhone 4S sales will be filed on …
Following the new(ish) iPhone it’s now the turn of Samsung to launch a handset. They’ve added a sneak peek at their new Nexus Prime handset in the video below… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM9RO-GAKjE There’s very little to see so far unless you’re trigger-happy with the pause button, although it’s clear that …
Hello. My name is Leigh. I started this whole thing back in 2002. Back then it was all about the Microsoft Smartphone but over the years there’s been a colossal change in the mobile landscape. Today Apple announced the iPhone 4S. Despite what people say, it’ll be yet …
So O2 are going to be stocking the Beats Solo HD headphones very soon (along with rest of their range) and, as I have been using these headphones for the past 4 months now I thought I would share some opinions of the headphones themselves. The headphones were …
Clove have had an excellent delivery this morning containing some exciting handsets. Check out the images and links below and treat yourself to a new device. The HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Get one here The HTC Titan Buy this one here And last but not least …
If you’ve got £479.95 burning a hole in your pocket then my personal bank account is definitely the place for it. Of course, if you’d rather get something in return, you may want to consider a brand new, unlocked HTC Sensation XE from those lovely people at The …
HTC have already go to work on the security vulnerability that appeared over the weekend. The news has now gone mainstream with the BBC and other networks picking up on the issue. We’ve received the following statement from HTC about the matter.. HTC Public Statement HTC takes claims …
Last week QR Pay Ltd got in touch with me to let me know they had just released their new app ‘QR Pal’ and that it was a QR reader with a bit more functionality than the average application. Intrigued, I have spent the last week playing with …
News has appeared on AndroidPolice that paints a rather worrying picture about HTC. HTC in an atempt to log information about users of their devices have left a rather large back door for malicious apps to get hold of your information. So far it only seems to be the …
Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg has come out publicly on why we haven’t yet seen a SonyEricsson Windows Phone that they had talked about, and it doesn’t look like we will see one any time soon. In a rather damning interview with the Wall Street Journal, Nordberg stated …
If you’re looking for a quick answer to the above question then I would say “no”. A slightly lengthier answer would be “probably not”. So what am I on about I hear you ask? I am talking about the constant stream of new devices in different shapes, sizes, …
In these austere times it’s always worth keeping an eye on sites like hotukdeals for the latest bargains. Argos is now selling the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY for a mere £179.99. The offer popped up over the weekend and appears to have quickly sold out, so here’s hoping …
The HTC Explorer got officially announced last week but we had a rather sneaky few hours with it some weeks back. Although it hasn’t got the top-end specs we’re normally used to from Android smartphones, it will serve as an entry into the smartphone world for many and …
We’ve been speculating on the site for some time around what the next iPhone announcement would REALLY be about, will it be the mythical re-vamped 5 or a guts change on the 4 (much like the Gen3 underwent). While we’ve maintained the iPhone 5 is still a long …
Samsung have just announced another device which will probably receive a lawsuit pretty soon. The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus weighs a mere 345g and is just 9.96mm thin. It runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb and that 7″ screen has a 1024×600 pixel WSVGA resolution. Powered by a 1.2GHz Dual-core …
Let’s all be honest, we’re quickly losing track of who is suing who and owns which patent. What is clear though, is just how much one company can make from the success of a competitor. According to a Goldman Sachs analysts, Microsoft will make $444 million (nearly £284 …
Got £31 a month ? Pop into a Vodafone store and get yourself a shiny new Xperia arc S. It’s been a month since we saw it launched and features a speedy 1.4GHz CPU, 8.1 megapixel camera with HD video recording and the Exmor R image sensor, HDMI …
Ahh bugger. Some pretty negative PR for Motorola today. The BBC Watchdog show has received a number of complaints from owners of the Motorola DEFY. They, like us, saw the adverts showing the handset surviving a pretty considerable drop onto a dance floor. However, in some cases the …
Three have announced that they will be carrying the HTC Explorer “soon”. The new handset is aimed at “the first time” smartphone user and has a 600Mhz CPU, Android 2.3 and a new version of the HTC Sense interface. A the back there’s a 3.2 megapixel camera whilst …
Known previously as the Pico the HTC Explorer isn’t unfamiliar to us and we were lucky enough to get some decent hands-on time with the device last week. It’s HTC’s most affordable handset and will be available in Q4 in metallic black, active black and metallic navy. HTC …
We managed to get a hands-on with the ZTE Skate in February but the ZTE Libra has passed us by so far. It’s available to buy now for £159.95. Clove have added a couple of quick unboxing images and should follow-up shortly with a video too. Clove are …
Amazon have today finally unveiled their long awaited Android tablet, and newest addition to their Kindle family, the Kindle Fire. The device itself is a 7″ dual core tablet with an IPS display running Amazon’s heavily reworked version of Android 2.3. However the standout feature is the price: …
The new Samsung Galaxy Y is now also set to arrive on O2 in addition to Vodafone. This particular unit has been “Exclusively designed for O2” and is a bit of an entry level device if we’re honest. Specs include Android 2.3, a 240×320 (QVGA) 3″ capacitive screen, …
The Huawei Honor got revealed yesterday. It packs a 4″ FWVGA 850×480 screen and is powered by a 1.4GHz CPU and Android 2.3.5. Around the back there’s an 8 megapixel HDR-enabled camera and a further 2 megapixel shooter up front. We’re guessing that the usual GPS / WiFi …
The new ZTE Skate and ZTE Libra handsets have landed at The Smartphone Centre. These handsets are manufacturer unlocked and delivery is completely free. You can bag the ZTE Skate for just £214.94. It’s a thin device with a large 4.3″ 800×400 pixel screen, 800MHz processor, 5 megapixel …
So the folk at 9to5 Mac appear to have the full features list of the next iPhone release. (Note I said next iPhone release and not iPhone 5!) Fast A5 processor, 1GB RAM, and a unique new feature called Assistant (not backwardly compatible with iPhone 4 or 3GS)… …
After a QWERTY Android phone ? The Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro was delayed a little but, according to Clove, it’ll start to ship from next Thursday for £322.80 unlocked. The Xperia Pro runs Android 2.3 and has a 3.7″ 854×480 screen with the trick BRAVIA technology we got …
We’re pretty big fans of the Galaxy S II and so, it seems, are you guys. Samsung have shifted 10 million of them so far and have doubled from 5 million just 8 weeks ago. That’s some pretty decent numbers. Samsung GALAXY S II continues success reaching 10 …
Have you ever seen a word and not understood what it meant ? SnaPanda is a new Android app which will let you enter a word on screen and get a definition or, if you’re in a hurry, you can point the camera at a page in a …
Most smartphone owners are pleased with their handsets. There is, though, one major issue that nearly every handset we’ve ever reviewed has. Stick your headphones in and … oh dear… the sound quality is appauling. Tinny, whimpy sounds which are just no good at all. The Sensation XE …
