Category: Android
This weekend we've got a bit of time with the Orange San Francisco. It's built by ZTE and you can pick one up today on Pay As You Go for a mere £99 plus a £10 top-up. Inside there's an FM radio, 600 Mhz CPU, WiFi, HSDPA connectivity, …
Yesterday modaco user Stephen Hyde has posted his work on the Dell Streak. At the moment it is a vanilla build. You can watch of video of his work here the video shows the Streak working with Adobe Flash. He is working with the cyanogenmod team t...
o2 will be picking up the Xperia X8 very soon. The device, unfortunately, runs Android 1.6 but Sony Ericsson do plan an update to Android 2.1 (yes, 2.1, not 2.2) later this year. The X8 will be available on o2 for £129.99 on Pay & Go when you …
Last week we published stats on the Next Android tablet. Since then Rory Cellan-Jones has had a chance to play with it and delivers his report to the BBC. It's a rather unfortunate outcome, and something we're hearing all too often with some cut-price...
A few weeks back HTC launched their new Android handsets, the HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z. An all-new web-service from HTC called HTCSense.com was announced too. It's a way to control and monitor your phone via the web and today it's gone online. T...
Engadget now have some hands on photos of the new Motorola Droid Pro which is a new Android phone with a difference. The handset has a BlackBerry-esque feel thanks to a front-mounted QWERTY keyboard but comes with Android 2.2, Adobe Flash Player 10.1 ...
Skype for Android is now available to download. You can make free Skype-to-Skype calls and dial out to "normal" phones on WiFi or 3G, plus it'll let you send and receive IM's. Just login with your Skype account and off you go. The app is currently ava...
The Android Market appears to have altered overnight with all apps displaying in your local currency. Now, instead of having to convert prices into your local pounds or dollars, you'll see how much each app will cost, direct to you. Converted prices s...
Motorola have just posted an update on their upgrade plans for the Motorola Dext, Backflip and Milestone here in Europe. There's news for other countries too but, unless you're living in the USA, it's all pretty rubbish to be honest. If you are "unluc...
The HTC Legend and HTC Desire will shortly be available in a new shade and finish. The Legend will be available through operators and retailers in "phantom black" and the HTC Desire will get a "brilliant white" finish. Florian Seiche, President of HTC...
The Motorola Flipout is now showing on the Orange website for just £169 (with a £10 top-up) on Pay As You Go. It's exclusive to Orange here in the UK - we kinda had a suspicion when we saw the orange-coloured device back in July. The device has …
T-Mobile USA have just announced another Android device - the myTouch. It'll be available before Christmas in red, plum, white or black. Powered by Android 2.2 this has a 3.8" WVGA screen and is powered by a Qualcomm 1GHz MSM8255 CPU. There's also a 5...
We all know that Android is a creation of Google and so is Gmail, so what happens when we put the worlds leading email service on a mobile device, BlackBerry (BIS) against the new kid on the block, Android with it's services such as Google Mail. As I …
We've had a tip-off that the HTC Desire HD has just appeared on Carphone Warehouse systems as free on a Vodafone package costing £35 pm. It's showing currently in their coming soon section but you should be able to get 600mins, unlimited texts and "u...
Another handset to appear in this months' catalogues is the HTC Wildfire, which is now just £140 on Vodafone with a £10 Vodafone Freedom Pack, with £50 worth of calls and text to UK mobiles and landlines. There's 250MB of free data usage every mont...
o2 have put their October catalogues into stores and the new Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 is now showing for £129.99 on Pay & Go when you buy it with a £10 top-up. It looks to be exclusive to o2 and comes with a 3" capacitive screen, microSD expansion, …
It's the first day of the month, so today we get to see what's in the new monthly phone catalogues. In the new Vodafone catalogue is the rather splendid Desire HD we saw last month. Vodafone customers will presumably be able to get the device pretty s...
Initially we thought the Samsung Galaxy Tab would appear in September with subsequent announcements showing an October launch on networks like Vodafone. However but a recent press release seems to have pegged things back to November. The announcement ...
Today Nokia announced the N8 was shipping with it's 12 megapixel carl zeiss camera and xenon flash, but on the Android front, Altek have announced that their new 'Leo' device will be available in Europe and anyone who is after a camera phone will just...
A recent study by a team of computer scientists from Penn State, Intel Labs and Duke University has been conducted into Android apps which share location and other sensitive data from your phone. They tested 30 out of the 358 most popular Android apps...
Got £1000 ? Good, you can pay for my new Diesel Particulate Filter on my car (sob, cry, whinge). Not got that? Got £180? Good, pop along to your local Next store and buy one of these Android tablets.It has a 10" WXGA screen and 8GB storage, WiFi, …
SonyEricsson is dropping Symbian from its future plans and intends to focus on Android, with a bit of Windows Mobile, in future. CEO Bert Nordberg said, “I want us to have the biggest share of Android phone sales in the world. If you look ...
Vodafone have just announced an updated range of own-brand handsets ready for Christmas. Amongst the three announced today is the Vodafone 945, which will follow in the footsteps of the Vodafone 845 we played with some months back. The Vodafone 945 fe...
A few weeks ago the o2 Desire Android 2.2 update got released. It got pulled after just a few hours but now it looks like people are getting the update again. Mark Stasuik has just had a popup at work and has had his updated to build number …
Ohhh.. look at this. A funky-looking HTC QWERTY and hey - look at that keyboard, it's like a Sony Vaio laptop. This Android 2.2 device looks set for Verizon Wireless in the USA and looks pretty lovely. Not much is known as yet other than the fact that...
TweetDeck is a highly popular Twitter application for both computers and mobile phones but until now there was no official TweetDeck application for Android devices. At present the TweetDeck app for Android is in beta stage so is not available o...
A few of you have emailed us in asking why they've not got the Desire Android 2.2 update on Orange. We've got an Orange Desire here which has been updated and one that hasn't, but it turns out that the delay isn't just purely due to the amount …
The last time we saw an update for the Sony Ericsson X10 it was July and we were all sunning ourselves. Now, with the autumnal winds blowing, there's another update - but it's not the sort owners are waiting for. The update on the update states that t...
The HTC Desire 2.2 update has been rolling out over the last few hours now. Jonathan Prior has mailed in after getting his update and many of you are saying that the 2.2 (FroYo) experience is much quicker than before. Do let us know if you're a T-Mobi...
Remember how the HTC Desire had an update on Vodafone? Remember how everyone thought it was the 2.2 update when in fact it was another 2.1 update with lots of extra apps no-one wanted? Remember how Vodafone then back-tracked and released a 2.2 update ...
T-Mobile have announced that their Samsung Galaxy S will be getting the Android 2.2 update too. A message, posted here states... “We are pleased to announce that there will be a software update for the Samsung Galaxy S at the end of the month. ...
Google have released an update to their Gmail app in the Android market. This is part of Google's new strategy of releasing core apps in the Android market, rather than as part of upgrades to Android itself. There is a catch though - its o...
Google have announced editing is coming to Google Docs on Android devices and the iPad. At the moment Google Docs are read-only, but an upgrade in "the next few weeks" will allow editing on Android devices, as well as the iPad. That's exce...
T-Mobile rolled out their HTC Desire update a few days back but many UK owners seemed to receive extra German software. It was "tweaked" a day later and now T-Mobile have offered up this response to affected customers.. “We wanted to give you a...
Hot on the heels of our earlier story is news received in the last few minutes that the HTC Desire update (Android 2.2 / FroYo) has now started rolling out for Orange customers.Did we kick something into gear? Who knows, but do let us know whether you...
Last week we ran a story regarding the update delay for HTC Desire owners who had purchased the phone through Orange. A few customers had accused Orange of causing the delay. A few of you contacted HTC and they responded by stating that the hold up...
Orange have just announced the new "Orange San Francisco" Android phone. It's an "affordable Android device" which will sell for just £99 on Pay As You Go. Powered by Android 2.1, the ZTE-manufactured device also has an FM radio, 3 megapixel camera, ...
So, we know that the HTC Desire HD ROM has been squirted into other devices and we saw all the new functionality at the recentHTC event. Now there's more detail thanks to the guys at AndroidSPIN who have posted screenshots of the all-new HTC Sense int...
Music streaming service (amongst other things) We7 have launched an app for Android. Rather like Spotify Premium, subscribers to We7's "Premium Plus" service can use the app to stream an unlimited amount of music, as well as storing some offline...
T-Mobile are tomorrow (Tuesday 21st) doing one of their 48 hour offers giving you a discount if you purchase online within that time. The best deals include 25% off the T-Mobile Pulse Mini and Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro. T-Mobile Pulse Mini was...
