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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; …
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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) …
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 …
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 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 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 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 …
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 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, …
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. …
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 …
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, …
This week I was asked by Spy Parent LLC if I would take a look over their application designed to help catch bullies. It’s a simple Android app designed to be able to block unwanted calls or texts and even covertly record physical bullying. Here is the first look video …
On browsing the Orange UK website tonight they have stock of the unique Motorola Flipout on PAYG for the bargain price of just £49.99 for a full Android device with a QWERTY keyboard. Don’t believe me?. Check the proof below So for just £69.99 (£49.99 plus £20 Top-Up) …
Three have, as promised added the HTC Flyer to their range of devices. Although it’s still showing as coming soon on their website it’s now appearing in their catalogues. To get one you’ll need to splash out £169, then it’s £25 per month on a 2 year contract. …
Clove recently added a blog post stating that the HTC Salsa would be exclusive to O2. We’ve done some digging and have now received confirmation that the keyboard-less Facebook phone (on the left) will be exclusive to O2. The Salsa has a 3.4″ screen with 480×320 pixel screen, …
Following our news item this morning we can now confirm everything thanks to a full press release on from the company. The figure paid by Microsoft is indeed $8.5 billion (£5.2bn), and was paid in cash. Microsoft state that … The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time …
The Motorola ATRIX went on sale just a few days ago and we’ve already detailed the pricing but, just to give you a nice graphic showing you the prices for this device, here’s a snap from the Orange launch site. As you can see, if you’re after the …
You may have seen news of the LG Optimus Black floating around the web this past week. It’s interesting and, for the most part, completely wrong. A UK network has already been announced, back in February in fact. They’ll end up in stores this week and we’ll have …
Vodafone have a short exclusive on the HTC Sensation which is due this month, rumors even point to a shipping date of 14th May so not too long to wait now. On passing a Vodafone store today they have the new business brochures on display and as expected the Sensation …
We like to have a look around for cheap memory cards every now and then. So, if you’re looking for a bargain, try this 8GB microSD from Kingston. It’s Class 4, comes complete with a microSD adapter to turn it into a full SD card too. The description …
Three have today posted a very interesting article and this was tweeted by @ThreeUK. The blog post talks about 4G and the next wave of network upgrades to bring customers faster and more reliable internet access on their phone using new HSPA+ technology which their new Premium Dongle …
Although I’ve been an Android user for nearly two years now I’ve had an iPod Touch for around six months and use it every day. I bought it mainly because I wanted a new gadget and thought it’d be a good way to try out iOS and get …
O2 hit a few niggles with their Xperia PLAY and decided to iron out some bugs first. They’ve now announced that the phone will be arriving at the start of June. Although other networks are already selling this gaming handset, O2 seem to have found some bugs and …
The HTC Sensation, announced last month, is now available for pre-order on Vodafone. It’s free with plans costing £35 per month (2 year contract). For your money you’ll also get 100 minutes, 500 texts and 500MB of internet browsing. It’s not The all-new HTC Sensation has a 1.2Ghz …
Three have blown everyone away today with a new Sim Only price plan offering The One Plan contract on just a single one month rolling contract instead of a 12 month agreement… for the same price of just £25 a month! One Plan customers get an insane amount …
Three have just launched the Samsung Galaxy S2 and as always released a blog video giving you some information about the phone and what you can expect The link posted on Twitter which points to the Samsung section of the website at the time of writing this does …
So, the Motorola Atrix then. Orange are pushing this one quite a bit, and rightfully so. Launching tomorrow, the Atrix can quickly change from a phone to a Netbook or PC. As per our earlier story the device will be free on £35 p/m plans over 24 months. …
TechCrunch is reporting that Twitter has bought the immensely popular Tweetdeck. This was rumoured a few weeks ago but it went quiet, now TechCrunch claim they have inside knowledge that the deal has been done and will be officially announced in the next few days. The sub plot is that …
Rim have officially announced the latest BlackBerry smartphones, the Bold 990/9930. Sporting a 1.2GHz Cpu,2.8″ touchscreen, 5Mp camera and 8GB of onboard storage these phones are good news for BlackBerry fans. Full press release below. Many thanks to BGR for this story. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RIM …
Android customization is a huge topic, there are so many different apps that let you change a different parts of your phone. Desktop Visualizer lets you create shortcuts for programs in a variety of different sizes. The basic idea behind it is to create 1×1 shortcuts to run …
Dan has just fired over this picture of the Samsung Galaxy S II sitting within the latest Three catalogue. The S II is a very potent device. Powered by a dual-core CPU it has an 8 megapixel around the back, 1.3 megapixel up the front. Whilst O2 are …
Meet the Acer Iconia Tab W500. It has a slight personality disorder and can be a Tablet or a notebook. It has an AMD C50 Dual-core 1GHz CPU, 10.1″ 1280×800 pixel WXGA screen, 2GB DDR3 RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and oh.. Windows 7. There’s also a 32GB SSD …
In the New Year, I decided to take a nose dive into custom ROMs for my Desire. Oh we had been getting along just great for a while, but I realised I needed more… Wanted more. It needed to be faster, and easier to use and not as …
I’ve been meaning to give Dropin a mention for a while now. It’s a great little app which provides some much needed functionality that I’ve always thought the native Dropbox app should have had from the start. Dropin automatically syncs all your photos and videos from your phone …
