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ChaCha & 9900 Sneek Peak Videos From Vodafone

Vodafone have released two new videos on their YouTube website and these are taking a quick look at the HTC ChaCha and the BlackBerry 9900 both featuring QWERTY keyboards but aimed at different customers. First of all there is the HTC ChaCha…….. The ChaCha is one of the …

Clove Androidify Competition.

Mobile Phone retailers Clove are currently running a competition, the prize is an HTC Incredible S. All you have to do is create an Androidify Avatar and email it them. Obviously the more unique it is, the more likely that you might win. The idea is to get …

Freebie – iPad 2 from Vodafone UK

Being a Vodafone customer and a regular user of the Vodafone eForum, I found something last night on the Forum which I thought was to be untrue. iPad 2 3G 16GB available with no upfront cost to existing customers. I couldn’t believe my eyes, that’s a saving of …

AT&T Wishes WP7 Sold Better

AT&T are a massive network over in America (just in case you didn’t know) and even were the launch partner for the original iPhone. In a recent interview head of AT&T spoke out about Windows Phone 7 devices and it seems from a network view he wishes it …

New T-Mobile PAYG Plans

T-Mobile UK have launched three new price plans on PAYG to suit different types of customer depending how you use your phone.  For the text mad you can get Unlimited Texts, for anyone who loves to chat you can get some free minutes and for anyone who has …

RIM facing delays over Bold 9900 release

Once again, Research In Motion are facing a setback. BGR has reported that the Bold 9900, Blackberry’s flagship device, will be delayed perhaps until September. RIM announced earlier this year that the device would be released globally this summer. With the next iPhone set to launch (probably) at …

Kevin Russell Leaving As Three UK CEO

You might have seen recently we have been doing work with networks as well as manufactures to bring a vast amount of content either news or reviews.  One of the networks we have been dealing with a lot recently is Three and they have loaned us many handsets …

Orange Quick Tap is here

In February we had a great chat with Anne Bouverot from Orange. She’s the head of mobile services and was keen to tell us about the new contactless payment technology that was being rolled out with Barclaycard. The system has now gone fully live with a dedicated site …

AskThree Event Tomorrow

Three have a special twitter event tomorrow where Marc Allera who works for the company will be sitting down and taking time out of his busy schedule to answer as many questions as possible in an hour or so period To get your question in just tweet it …

Windows 8 on show, tablet-centric UI

No, it’s not Windows Phone 8. This is a first look at how Windows 8 might look on future Microsoft-powered tablet devices. Initial impressions are good, with a lot of the interface looking similar to the Windows Phone GUI. The tablet-optimised experience should run existing Windows 7 applications …

Back to the 1990’s with Lekki

We get lots of emails from random Chinese manufacturers who want to promote their very familiar-looking phones. Today a mail came through from French company Lekki and initially we thought it was more of the same. It’s not. These phones were once second-hand phones. Lekki buy them, dismantle …

Vodafone launch new tethering options

Tethering. It’s a great way to keep connected on your laptop if you’re missing a dongle. Just enable the access point on your phone and – bam – you’re online. Many networks have recently started charging for “out of bundle” data usage when tethering is used, with some …

Acer beTouch e210 Review

Android device manufacturers have pretty much stuck to the standard design, that is a touch screen 3.5″-5″ with a few buttons dotted around the screen. Over the years we have seen various devices with a physical keyboard such as the G1, Motorola Milestone (Droid) or the HTC Desire …

Throwback: HTC Touch Diamond

Released in mid-2008, the Touch Diamond was an important device for HTC. It was the first device to feature HTC’s TouchFlo 3D UI on top of Windows Mobile 6.1, a pre-cursor to HTC Sense. TouchFlo took a new approach, making Windows Mobile much more finger-friendly and easier on …

Smartphones. What can you do with them?

So you have a smartphone.  Be it Android, Apple or Windows Phone 7.  Or some other platform.  Now what? Smartphones are becoming more and more popular, as they become cheaper to produce and more popular, and people are following their friends and buying something similar to them.  Now, …

Android App, Words With Friends – First Look

This is the first time that I am going to take a look at a game. Words with Friends is also available on the iPhone though so you Apple fans might want to pay attention too. I’d also like to invite you all to download the app now and …

Mobile broadband speeds – O2 come out top

A study performed by Ofcom has revealed some possible problems for Orange and T-Mobile. The new “Everything Everywhere” joint venture had average download speeds that were slower than 3, Vodafone and O2. The information, which comes from a massive 4.2 million speed tests, shows some key differences in …

Xperia PLAY now on O2

Looking for the Xperia PLAY ? Want it in white ? Want to use O2 ? Well, I’ve got good news for you. O2 have the handset up for free on plans over £37 per month and for £299.99 up-front on the £16.50 per month plans. If you …

Everything Everywhere to deliver 4G to Cornwall

Everything Everywhere, the joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile, have today announced the first live trial of 4G LTE to customers. The field trial will be launched in Cornwall and will involve 100 mobile and 100 fixed line customers from September this year. With speeds of more than …

Twitter adds email notifications for @ replies

In a rather strange move,Twitter has added email notifications for @ replies. You may have noticed this by the amount of emails suddenly appearing in your inbox! This does seem strange as you surely know when someone has mentioned you by simply looking at and reading your timeline… …

SPB Time for Android

SPB  have recently been porting their various apps from Windows Mobile and iOS over to Android. We have seen them release SPB Wallet, SPB Shell and SPB Wireless Monitor. Today they have released SPB Time. To quote SPB, “SPB Time is an adavanced, skinnable time toolbox for your …

Dell Streak Just £199.99 From Carphone

Carphone Warehouse have a sale starting this Thursday on a lot of devices, the Dell Streak being one of them for just £199.99 sim free!. Other bargains in this sale include HTC Wildfire for £100 Sony Ericsson X1o for £150 HTC Desire Z for £200 BlackBerry Pearl 3G …

Our comments system is back!

Yes, the commenting system was down yesterday. Strangely this time it had nothing to do with beer but involved our content delivery system trying to take over. Everything should be fine now, but do let me know if you spot anything strange. Please feel free to add your …

Windows Phone 7 style music player for Android

It seems a ton of Android developers are keen to mimic the minimalistic style of Windows Phone 7, and the developer of hugely popular Launcher Pro has decided he wants to make his own replica of WP7’s music player for Android. It is a pretty much perfect copy; …

Vodafone to carry the HTC Evo?

A couple of months back rumours were circulating that the HTC Evo 3D would be coming to Europe and it looks like those rumours might be coming true. Various blogs are reporting that Vodafone UK will be launching it as just the “HTC Evo” with a release date …

Omnia 7 Bargain T-Mobile Offer

Looking to get yourself a bargain?.  Well T-Mobile are now offering for a limited time only the Samsung Omnia 7 running Windows Phone 7, 300 Minutes, 300 Texts plus 500MB Internet and a free Flexible Booster from just £15 a month!!. The Flexible Boosters allow you to have …

Sony XPERIA Play deal

Ebuyer have a limited supply of the new Playstation phone for £399.  This is unlocked (SIM free) and comes with 5 games pre-loaded, including FIFA 10. So if you’re looking for this phone, its a great price, but supply is limited.   Link – Ebuyer

HTC Sensation hits Vodafone UK

It’s official, the HTC Sensation has hit Vodafone UK. You can pick up the phone for free with a 24-month, £30 per month contract. If you want to pay less than £30, you’ll be paying around £100 for the phone depending on the contract you choose. If you’ve …

Orange Incredible S units next up for Gingerbread

The HTC Incredible S is also getting in on the Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) action with Orange customers seeing the update today. Glen and Tony Mann emailed us about this, with Glen stating…. Just to let you know, my UK Orange contract Incredible S received its Gingerbread update last …

Vodafone offer up exclusive HTC kit

Fancy the Desire S, but in a nice shade of red? Head over to your local Vodafone shop with a nice smile on your face and it could be yours. It forms part of their extensive line-up of HTC devices which also includes the Sensation (available from today) …

HTC Flyer now on sale with Three

We’ve been tracking this since Three announced it was to carry the device back in February. The 7″ tablet, which has a 5 megapixel camera, 1GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, also includes the clever HTC Scribe technology. One thing that has confused us slightly is the …

Desire HD handsets on Virgin receiving Gingerbread

The Desire HD updates are now rolling out to Virgin Mobile branded devices. Jon Pewtner has emailed in to let us know that his Desire HD handset has just received the update over the air. It’s now reporting Android version 2.3.3. Let us know if you’ve got your …

SPB Wallet for Android

SPB Wallet has been around for many years now. It initially appeared on Windows Mobile devices years ago and more recently appeared on ios. It has been eagerly anticipated as many people used it on Windows Mobile and moved to Android only to find they could not use …

Vodafone see profits rise 10%

Vodafone profits have shot up 10% in the last year. Today they’ve announced £9.5 billion pre-tax profits, that’s up from £8.7 billion a year ago. Vittorio Colao, Group Chief Executive, stated… The past year has seen further strong performances in our key revenue growth areas of data, emerging …

Samsung Galaxy S and Tab getting Gingerbread goodness this month

Samsung has announced that the (original) Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab will be getting an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread mid-May. What’s even better is that the updates will start in the UK first, with other European countries following suit and the US following that. Samsung’s budget lines …

O2 Samsung Galaxy S II Delivery delays

We’ve seen some pretty good pricing coming out of O2 recently. They had the Samsung Galaxy Tab up for £299 and the Galaxy S II for just £399. Both devices were available on Pay & Go and many people decided to take advantage, however we’re now being contacted …

Vodafone Announce the 858 Smart

Vodafone have just uploaded this sneak peek video showing their new Vodafone Smart. Heidi from Vodafone gives us a tour of this new Android 2.2 device and it’ll be available on Pay As You Go pretty soon. It has a 2 megapixel camera, 2.8″ capacitive touch screen, WiFi, …

Amazon’s ‘family’ of Android devices on the way?

Android and Me is reporting that Amazon may be working not just on an Android tablet, but on an entire family of devices, perhaps including a smartphone. They claim that their source of information is an “industry insider with direct knowledge of the project”; naturally, he/she remains anonymous. …

Your Windows Phone isn’t tracking you. Well, not really.

Amidst all the worldwide panicking about companies (namely Google and Apple) tracking their smartphone users’ locations, Windows Phone’s head has announced that the tracking features built into Windows Phone 7 are strictly for “landmarks not users”. In other words, it’s collecting the location of phone masts and WiFi …

O2 Offer up the Desire S in a different shade

Morning all. Today the Desire S has appeared on the O2 website. It’s in “pastel teal”, which we’re reliably informed is this colour.. Grab it on O2 for nothing on contracts over £27 p/m or pay £149.99 up-front and just dish out £16.50 p/m for it. There is, …