Category: Android
So, following on from the earlier story we can now tell you more about the Sony Ericsson Xperia play. It’s got a stylish aluminium body and will be available from Q3 in “selected markets”. We’re actually hearing that Three UK will be picking this up from the summer. …
If you missed our earlier story we can now give you more information on another one of the new Sony Ericsson devices – the Xperia Active. This is really built for the fitness and active fans and includes on-screen heart monitoring. It’s dust proof and water resistant and …
Earlier we told you of the new handsets from Sony Ericsson. The Sony Ericsson Ray and Active are now here, but so too is the Sony Ericsson txt – a device with a 2.6″ 240×320 screen screen and a 3.2 megapixel camera. It’s pretty squarely aimed at the …
Is this the beginning of the end ? Well, if you’re into scaremongering perhaps it is, but we’re more inclined to believe that the iPhone and rumours of a new model are slowing down the gains made by Android in recent months. Data from from IDC shows a …
Sony Ericsson have just announced the Ray and Active phones over in Singapore. Information is just coming through at the moment but here are two pictures and some information from FoneArena who are there… XPERIA Ray The Ray reminds us of the one of Sony Ericsson devices was …
Carphone Warehouse seem to have got an exclusive on the LG Optimus 3D here in the UK for a short time, T-Mobile and Three have already announced they will be selling this device too. There have been reports that this handset will ship on the 7th July, however …
Reports online are that Sony Ericsson have been busy building a new dual-core Android powered handset and in the two leaked imaged it looks to have a MASSIVE screen, larger than the one seen on the Arc. Initial impressions are this is even larger than the 4.3 inch …
So, if you’re in the UK you can already download the BBC iPlayer app to enjoy the latest episode of “Top Gear” or “Eastenders”. But wait, what if you want to stream something from ITV? Well, now you can thanks to the ITV Player app. With it you …
There were some early delays and to updates on the X10 devices last year but, following an announcement last month, Android 2.3 updates are set to roll from August. The “generic” devices (those which aren’t direct from a network / carrier) will be first with others to follow …
This morning Huawei announced plans for their new 7″ Android tablet , the Mediapad, running Android 3.2 that is apparently designed for 7″ tablets. Huawei marketing chief Victor Xu stated that Android 3.0 and 3.1 are not specifically designed to work on 7″ tablets, but 3.2 is. It will come …
Forgive me if this is old new, I’m not terribly clued up on movie apps. Basically watch free movies on your Android device! Ideal for a tablet or if you have a phone with an output to a TV. Crackle allows you to watch movies and TV shows …
Not sure how we missed this one before but it now seems that Android Market will check which devices the app you are after is compatible on. With so many different Android devices on sale now around the world all running different version of the OS and all having different …
We recently reviewed the HTC Desire S which is a great upgrade to the great seller HTC Desire and this got some great feedback from a lot of people. Then Vodafone came out and launched an exclusive red version of the handset and it looks mighty fine!. We …
Really, that is correct! According to The Times of India the long awaited ‘Sakshat’ budget tablet is due for a release in India by the end of the month. Priced at an amazing $35 (roughly £22) the tablet is a Government backed device that should retail for 2,200 …
Today a new site went live: www.andypad.co.uk. Andypad is a proposed tablet from a UK based startup who’s aim is to bring a cheap, easily accessible tablet to the market. Now, I know your thinking ‘New startup business’? but the chap behind it is already a successful businessman …
Sony have recently release a new teaser video for their upcoming Android tablet. Not much is revealed, but it is a very cool video! Very much like the old Honda advert. This is only video one of five. Fingers crossed for a quick release and sensible price tag. …
Another day, another twist to the ongoing HTC Desire/Gingerbread/will they won’t they saga. Todays twist is that they will “cut select apps from the release” of Gingerbread for the Desire. I hope that is it, only thing now is when is it actually coming? That point seems to …
Mobile network 3 this morning have put the HTC Sensation on their website. It is now available for pre-order for free on a 24 month contract paying £30 per month or on the one plan for £37 per month. Click here for the page on 3’s website. The earliest …
As usual the clever guys over at XDA developers have ported a ROM from a new device to a slightly older device. This time they have took a ROM from the HTC Flyer and installed it on the Desire HD. A few bugs with the rom are reported, …
Motorola announced during Mobile World Congress that the Motorola Pro was going to come to the UK but later scrapped the idea much to the dissapointment to Android fans who wanted to get a new phone with QWERTY keyboard. Since then we have had the HTC ChaCha and …
According to BGR, they have news of the next in the Nexus line of phones, the Nexus 4G. Now, I’m rather cynical of these rumours, they seem to pop up once a month until Google actually come clean, so please don’t read too much into this. BGR is stating …
In yet another U turn, HTC today announced that they WILL be bringing Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’ to the Desire. Good news then. Quite why they decided to announce they wouldn’t and then 24 hours later change their minds I have no idea , it does nothing to help them and …
HTC have come clean and admitted on their Facebook page they won’t be porting Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’ to the Desire, stating it doesn’t have the memory to cope with Gingerbread as well as their sense overlay. Not good news at all for owners of the original Desire, and …
Not really a huge surprise, but recent data released by comScore and the GSMA shows Google maps being the most ‘connected’ App in the UK in April. Now, a connected App means one that actually transfers data over a network, ruling out games etc as they are generally installed and …
Last night a new game was released on the Android Market it is called Shakytower. It has been in testing for the last couple of weeks now, you may have noticed we retweeted the request for beta testers. Below is how it is described in the Android Market …
Swype, the keyboard where you swipe your fingers across the keys rather than type, it’s a bit like marmite, you either love or hate it! Personally I love it, I’ve been using it for nearly as long as I’ve had a smartphone…. so I’m quite looking forward to …
Following my earlier post here about Oranges new budget smartphone the Barcelona, Orange have apparently released a few more details. It is to cost £119 to buy with a £20 top up, giving a cost of £139 outright, but the top up can usually be knocked off by …
Orange have put a new smarphone on their website, the Barcelona. The smart ones among you will have noticed the naming trend, following on from last years superb San Francisco- AKA the ZTE Blade. The Barcelona is a totally different device, having a 2.6″ touchscreen and physical qwerty keyboard. No pricing …
Just quick little post to give you something to read while having the first life saving coffee of the day, Mondays, got to love them ! Quite interesting, shame it doesn’t list more of the smaller manufacturers, there is a lot of ‘others’. The growth of Android/Google is quite …
I thought I would make a not-so-quick video showing you my current Android ‘setup’, including some of my favourite apps. As you can probably see, I primarily use my phone as a means of communication, either through SMS, good old fashioned voice calls, or online (Twitter, Google Talk, …
The Sony Ericsson X10 has been plagued with problems since its initial release. Poor stock software, no multi touch, stuck on Android 1.6 for a while or the locked down bootloader. Sony Ericsson initially said no updates to a higher version of Android would appear for the X10. …
Now, You’re probably asking yourself why the hell I’m posting an App recommendation at half past eleven on a Friday evening….. You weren’t, oh suit yourself. The reason for the late posting is because this is a sort of joint suggestion for you, one is the App and …
Well this may pass some of you by, but the Windows Mobile of old (Not Windows phone 7) more commonly known as WinMo is having it’s Marketplace and MyPhone services discontinued by Microsoft later this year. Now I know some of you may say, ” well so what?” …
The Android Market contains hundreds of different wallpaper apps. They are all very similar inn that you are presented with four popular images or a list of categories. Once you have loaded the category you have to keep tapping next to view the next four, it soon get …
There are reports of Orange and Vodafone rolling out the Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’ update to it’s Galaxy S owners today. We can’t confirm this officially at this moment in time, have YOU had an update? Let us know in the comments below. If true, it’s good news for …
French site GPS and Co have been reporting that the eagerly anticipated ZTE Skate will retail for around 200 Euros, so with UK tax taken into consideration it should retail here for around £200 or less. The Skate is the follow up to the hugely successful Blade, otherwise …
This won’t be as in depth As James’s excellent recommended app features, but a friend has just joined the Android owning world and asked me if there was a visual voicemail app? I thought I would quickly flag this up. I’ve been using HulloMail for about a year …
Initially the UK was to miss out on the newer redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1, with us for some reason getting supplied with the older, fatter original design. Today Vodafone put up a coming soon page that suggests we are going to get the newer Tab after all- Hurrah! …
Well it was only a matter of time….. Following Apples Keynote speech at the WWDC2001 on Monday it was inevitable that someone important from a rival would put fingers to keyboard and have a pop at Apple. This is a result of lots of new features that Apple announced to …
Quickpic is designed to be a replacement for the standard Android gallery. Which is good because I find the standard gallery at times a little slow, sometimes a little buggy and sometimes just unusable. Quickpic can also set wallpaper for you, which I find the standard gallery quite …
