Instagram coming to Windows Phone too?

If you’ve got an iPhone you may well have used Instagram. If shares your pictures for free to Facebook, Twitter or Flickr. The Android version is coming, but there’s rumours now that the Windows Phone version could, possibly, be arriving a little earlier. Fast Company has received pretty …

Research In Motion Names Thorsten Heins President and CEO

Whilst not usually in our eye-line (being Blackberry and all), it is worth a fleeting mention that there are changes afoot at the Research In Motion (RIM) campus. Board Members at the smartphone manufacturer RIM have accepted the decision to displace their founding partners, and named Thorsten Heins as their …

Sony ST25i Kumquat leaked image

One of the phones on the leaked Sony roadmap is called the Sony ST25i “Kumquat” and we figured it would be quite small just because of the name. The lovely people at the Xperia Blog have received a leaked picture of it and it seems to maintain the …

Asus Transformer Prime – refund or extra warranty?

Got your Asus Transformer Prime tablet?  Me too – but apparently I’ve been one of the lucky ones with no GPS/Wi-Fi issues.  Well now it’s been confirmed – sort of.  Asus says users who have GPS fault will get money back, but denies an issue with Wi-Fi Asus …

Xoom discounted – just £225

The original Motorola Xoom is now down to just £249. For that you get Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), 32GB of storage, a 10.1″ LED screen and it’s powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual-core CPU. Andrew Farquhar has just mailed in because he used the code “TABLET10” to get …

ZTE Competition – win the ZTE Skate

ZTE have been in touch to let us know about their competition to win the ZTE Skate. The Skate is the same model rebranded by Orange as the Monte Carlo and runs Android Gingerbread with a 4.3″ screen and 800mhz processor. Full specs and details of the device …

Galaxy Note, in white, exclusive to.. err.. John Lewis

So, we’ve had a press release from Samsung about the Galaxy Note. Usual stuff, like you’d expect, but at the bottom there’s an interesting bit of information… The Samsung Galaxy Note White will initially be available exclusively from John Lewis with £250 of free music, films and e-Books …

Galaxy Note receives a maintenance update

The Galaxy Note appears to be getting a few tweaks here and there courtesy of a new update. It doesn’t look like anything major, but the improvements are definitely worth while. Adjustments have been made to the on-screen keyboard, settings and the lock-screen. Tweaks include adding instructions on …

Apple co-founder talks Android

So earlier this week Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak had some things to say about Android. Strangely, his comments were mostly complimentary. Who knew? He seems to only recommend an iPhone to existing owners and those who have other Apple products. ..and people who are just scared of computers …

Strange Android stuff I’ve found this week

You may have noticed that it is Friday. For us that means one thing. It’s time for our weekly roundup of strange Android apps. Nothing too weird this week. No girls at bus stops! First of all I came across “123 Birthday surprise” which is an app designed to …

Android stats for Q4 announced

While we’re talking fourth quarter numbers, Google have just announced another stonking set. There’s now 250 million Android activations around the world and 11 BILLION Android app downloads. Now, you may remember that back in November Android had 200 million activations.. so.. you can see what’s happening here. …

Sony Ericsson roll with the punches in Q4

So.. these figures are certainly… interesting.. If only Sony could buy Ericsson’s stake and rebrand everything to just “Sony” whilst going through an image change. Oh wait, that’s what they are doing. 🙂 Things are looking a bit rocky based on the Q4 figures. Compared to Q3 sales …

ZTE Tania – Hands on

Last night we got to see the new handset from ZTE, their first Windows Phone, named the Tania. The full announcement has already been made but we went along to get a hands-on with this new Mango handset. The device sports a fairly mid-range set of specifications, but …

LG Prada 3.0 Coming T-Mobile

T-Mobile have finally updated their coming soon page and have added the BlackBerry 9790, BlackBerry 9380 but also the new LG Prada phone which we attended the launch for recently No ideas on pricing yet but T-Mobile show the Prada phone coming in February Link: T-Mobile Coming Soon

Screenshots now possible on (some) HTC Androids

Following the new Android 2.3.5 update you should now be able to enjoy a funky little trick that we have just used to write this very story. Hold down POWER and them press the HOME key to take a screenshot, then your picture will be saved in the …

Huawei S7 Slim Price drop

We all love bargains, don’t we? Clove have just slashed the price of the Huawei S7 Slim. In a blog post they say.. The Huawei IDEOS S7 Slim 3 Model is now £145.83 (ex VAT) or £174.99 including. That is down from £258 – that’s £83 off the …

ZTE Tania Announced

ZTE have announced their first Windows Phone device under the name of ‘Tania’.  Packing a 4.3 inch screen, 1Ghz processor, 5 megapixel camera and 4GB of storage the Tania is going to be one of the more ‘affordable’ Windows Phone devices available. Whilst is looks nice the biggest drawback so …

T-Mobile Rapport still cheap to buy

We first saw this deal before Christmas and it looked to be a short-term deal. Not so, it’s still only £40 and you get 6 months of free internet and £20 worth of apps too. The Rapport is also known as the Ideos X1 or U8180 and you …

Nokia Lumia 800 software update, what’s inside

Lumia 800 owners should notice an update appear on their phones shortly. Version 1600.2483.8106.11500 includes the following battery and WiFi enhancements. It’s a gradual two week roll-out process, so don’t panic if you’ve not received yours just yet. Nokia Conversations states that … Around half of owners will …