Category: Android
Orange have today launched the Monte Carlo Android handset which looks to be the upgrade to the very popular San Fransisco we saw last year. This new handset is packed full of features and comes free from £20 a month and just £149.99 on Pay As You Go. …
A few days back we spotted that Android 2.3.4 was arriving for the rather excellent Samsung Galaxy SII. Now, if you’re on Orange you won’t be getting that version just yet but, if you do update your Orange branded handset, you do get UMA. UMA is called “Signal …
The other week Ravi reviewed Google Music Beta. I have since received an invite from a friend. These invites allow you to sign in and not have to use a complicated proxy to bypass the country restrictions. I have 3 invitations spare and if anyone would like one leave …
Available for a mere £49.99, the Samsung Galaxy Europa is now available from Three. If we’re honest it’s an entry-level smartphone with 600MHz CPU, 2.8″ capacitive screen, 2 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS, FM radio, microSD expansion and Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP. Sylvia Chind, Head of Handsets at Three, …
In recent months we’ve seen patent wars heat up with more and more mobile companies attacking each other over intellectual property. Google have come out fighting with this statement on their blog. Google are proud of Android – they state that it’s “on fire” with more that 550,000 …
Samsung appear to have started rolling out Android 2.3.4 updates via Kies to Galaxy SII owners. The upgrade is rolling out today and will backup all your content as part of the update. We’ve had a couple of mails about this and would like to know if yours …
Available in three colours (gold, silver or charcoal), this is the new Huawei Vision. It’s just 9.9mm at it’s thinnest point and weighs “less than a bottle of aftershave” 😉 It’s built with a unibody construction and has a 5 megapixel camera with 720P HD video recording. Running …
Head on over to the Sony Ericsson website or check the PC Companian software if you own the Xperia arc. There’s a new software update available which adds new themes, a landscape mode for the homescreen, stereo audio in video recordings, an audio boost system called xLoud and …
AGH. My eyes. What the heck is going on with my eyes? The first thing you do with this phone is turn it on and jump into the “3D Space” feature. Here you’ll get YouTube 3D for lots of featured YouTube content, the 3D Gallery, the 3D Camera …
Three have just sent out a press release which talks about a deal with Archos to enable the G9 tablet to have access to the Three UK network ‘out of the box’ For the full press release check below Three sign first UK 3G Deal on ARCHOS G9 …
We’re hearing reports that Desire Z owners have finally received their Gingerbread update over the last couple of days. Those handsets without network branding appear to be receiving the update first with Android 2.3.3 appearing on handsets yesterday. Please do let us know if you’ve upgraded and what …
Parking your car is always a little stressful. Here in the UK those parking bays seem to get slimmer and slimmer whilst the cost of leaving your car gets higher and higher. Oh, and don’t be a couple of minutes late coming back to your car either, because …
Looking for the rather splendid Samsung Galaxy SII ? Want it in white ? Well, we know already that Three will be selling the white version but now Vodafone will be too. A Voda representative told SoMobile that.. Yes, we will be getting the white Galaxy S2. Check …
Packing a 3.5″ HVGA display, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and powered by Android 2.3.4, this is the Motorola Domnio+. Also known as the XT531 it also has an 800MHz Qualcomm CPU and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash. This, obviously, is the white version, but there’ll also be …
We got a good look at the all-new Xperia Mini handsets some months ago. The “Pro” model is powered by a 1GHz CPU and has a 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording, Bluetooth, FM radio, GPS, 3″ screen, 3.5mm audio port, WiFi and 1200mAh battery. Despite …
We’ve already been lucky enough to review phones that want to change people like me. Our review of the HTC ChaCha and look at the HTC Salsa revealed that these phones were more than just texting devices with a Facebook button. A social connection was deeply woven into …
The long awaited Gingerbread update for the HTC Desire looks like it has arrived, but don’t get too excited…. Now cast your mind back a few months, HTC announced they wouldn’t be bringing Gingerbread to the desire, they then changed their mind and announced they would be bringing …
Apple destroyed those rumours and overtook Nokia and Samsung as the worlds biggest seller of smartphones. Apple shipped 20.3 million smartphones between April and June 2011 with Samsung just behind on 19.2 million and Nokia on 16.7 million smartphones. Analysts were quick to pounce on Nokia, who are …
Battery improvements, priority mailbox sorting and a resulting lower data overhead are just some of the additions. The full list of additions are as follows… Save bandwidth and battery by only syncing priority mail Use label notifications to mash up filters, labels, and ringtones Remember ‘Show Pictures’ for …
Sorry about this, but I’m posting another story about a Beta test app. This time it’s Touchpal. Touchpal was on Windows mobile devices a few years ago, but has recently not been around, yesterday they tweeted asking for beta testers for their new android keyboard. I quickly replied …
The white version of the Samsung Galaxy SII is coming to Three this September. The handset, which is superb in pretty much every way (no, really – check out our review) has Android 2.3, full HD (1080) video recording and 8.1 megapixel camera (with flash), the splendid Kies …
Three have just pushed out Android 2.3 for Samsung Galaxy Ace users. This tweet has just been added to inform users, and we’d love to know if you’re one of the lucky ones updating now. Link – Twitter Credit – androiduknewsetc
Google Maps has just been updated and now includes public transport directions. Available for iOS, Blackberry and Anddoid it’ll even get you around the tube with Transit Navigation (Beta). Find your destination, choose “Directions” and you’re off. If you’ve tried it to get around London by bus or …
Vodafone have had the HTC EVO 3D on their Coming Soon page for a little while now with talk of an expected September release on the UK network. However something seems to have changed, the EVO 3D has been taken off the site and a message from ‘Tom’ …
Earlier this month Samsung announced that a staggering 3 million Galaxy SII units had sold around the world. Yes, you thought that was a lot didn’t you ? Try 5 million instead – that’s the number of handsets sold according to todays announcement, adding more credibility to suggestions …
We’ve got Android, Windows Phone and Apple iOS. However, another OS could be joining the list with Mozilla developing “Boot to Gecko” or B2G. It seems that Mozilla want to build their own OS with bits of Android and their own code. The intention, from what we can …
BGR have got some images of an un-announced Android device which is expected to be the Samsung Galaxy S2 over in the USA but the more important question is will we ever see it out in Europe and under what name considering we already have a S2 named device? Fingers crossed this device will …
BGR have just posted some information about an unannounced 10 inch tablet device from HTC codenamed Puccini. Specs are set to include an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, a 10.1 inch touch screen, 1.5Ghz Processor, HTC Sense running on top of Honeycomb and Stereo speakers. It …
Early images of the HTC Bliss have just appeared on the web, with Pocketnow showing the handset docked in a desktop cradle. It seems that the handset wirelessly charges whilst in the dock and displays pictures, date, time and possibly your calendar appointments too. It seems to match …
As we all know there are many fonts in the world. Your computer contains a lot of fonts and there are many websites offering free fonts that people have created as well. Changing the fonts on your phone has always been possible, just not overly easy. Previously on …
Well, we weren’t expecting this. Chief Innovation Officer at HTC, Horace Luke, has left the company. We first Horace many years ago when he worked for Microsoft and we were bowled over by his ideas for Windows Mobile. He moved to HTC in 2006 and has worked on …
Engadget have posted a video found on YouTube which is a video preview of the leaked Samsung Galaxy R device which is still yet to be officially announced. On watching the video we get to find out a bit more about this new secret (or not so secret) …
Apologies, this isn’t really a news story, but I know there is some interest in the Andypad. The Andypad is a tablet soon to be released (37 days away…) , aimed at the budget end of the market there are two versions, the Andypad and the Pro, The …
Samsung are on a roll. Their Galaxy S2 is simply stunning and we’ve been suitably impressed by the Galaxy Ace. Today Bloomberg are reporting that Samsung handset sales are growing strongly… Samsung is estimated to have sold between 18 million and 21 million smartphones globally in the April-June …
We recently saw the Andy Pad Pro appear on the web but didn’t get a whole lot of info about the “Pro” version. We know that the Andy Pad project and the original Andy Pad is a low-cost 7″ tablet with a Resistive 860×480 screen. The resistive screen …
On Wednesday I took a train journey. It’s always a good place to people-watch – lots of people travel alone and tend to fiddle with their phones. Looking round I saw Android, Apple and Symbian… a HTC Hero, a HTC Desire, another HTC Desire, a iPhone, another iPhone, …
A big truck full of LG handsets have just been revealed. They include a dual-core LG Prada with 4.3″ NOVA LCD screen, the LG Univa with an 800MHz CPU, the LG Victor with a 1GHz CPU with a 3.8″ OLED screen and the LG Gelanto which is now …
Quick, check for updates ! If you’ve got the HTC Desire Z on Vodafone version 2.42.161.2 of Android 2.3.3 is now rolling. Steve has just mailed in to tell us that his Vodafone UK handset popped up with the update, but do let us know if yours if …
Fancy getting your very own Samsung Galaxy S2 on Vodafone?, how does 3 months half price for no additional cost sound? For more information check out the link below and remember to use code 3MHPLR when ordering to get this special time limited offer Link: Vodafone Online Store
HTC Boss, Peter Chou, has spoken to the BBC about the continuing patent battle with Apple. In the interview he says that the company will “make a stand” and are “confident that we have a strong case”. The recent Apple complaint pushed down the value of HTC shares …
