Galaxy S2 – Get in the pink

Ladies !  (And anyone else wanting a very different-looking handset) Phones 4U have just added the rather excellent Samsung Galaxy SII in PINK to their site. It’s the same great handset that we know and love, but with a lick of pink. Don’t forget to read our extensive …

Sony tease with an intriguing video

Sony Japan have released a video onto YouTube showing something called Dot Switch. It looks like an infra-red remote control type thing for household objects. Not that this is something new. Infra-red on phones disappeared years ago.  It sounds like some of the future Sony devices will have …

Sony Xperia S in white to be exclusive to Phones4U at release

The upcoming Sony Xperia S in white will be exclusive to Phones4U at release. Which means that the networks are only going to be getting the black model at first. O2 Orange and Three have all mentioned they will be stocking the Xperia S. Phones4U have set up …

Sony Smart Tags and Sony Smart Headset promo videos

Last week at CES Sony announced a range of new Smart products, we briefly covered them all here. Sony have released some more promo videos, this time covering the Smart Tags and the Smart Headset. You can find both videos below.

Asus Padfone video demo

Asus were at CES this week. Apart from confusing people with a newer model of the Transformer Prime they also demonstrated the Asus Padfone. It has been a while since the Padfone was first announced and it now runs Ice Cream Sandwich which will make transition from phone …

Sony Xperia S CPU Explained in video

Sony answers questions from Facebook followers via this Youtube video. Today it’s information about the dual core CPU…. We asked our Sony Ericsson Facebook fans what feature they would like to know more about in the Xperia S. They chose to find out more about the 1.5GHz dual …

HTC Flyer vs. Archos 80 G9 – thoughts and impressions

I didn’t really consider changing my tablet anytime soon, as I was quite happy with Archos 80 G9 which I got in October. But there was that ridiculous Christmas clearance of the HTC Flyer tablet at DSG stores (PCWorld, Dixons and Currys) here in the UK recently and … well, …

Win yourself a Sony Tablet S

Get yourself a Sony Tablet S from Carphone Warehouse for free… if you win their competition. All you have to do is fill in a form and you’re in with a chance of winning this Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet, equipped with GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G, NVIDIA® Tegra 2 …

Handtec add the Xperia S to their site, pre-orders are go

It’s there, proudly sitting on the Handtec website in pearly white or black. If you’ve got £467.99 (or £389.99 if you can claim the VAT back) you can get this all-new Sony handset unlocked, which comes complete with a 12 megapixel camera, 4.3″ screen, dual 1.5 GHz CPU, …

Confirmed, yes the Xperia S is coming to O2

Earlier this week we saw that someone from a website had heard someone confirming that the spanky new Xperia S was coming to O2. Now we can definitely, positively, absolutely confirm that it’s coming soon to the network after it appeared on their website. No prices as yet, …

Nokia 710 to arrive on February 1st

Looking to get the new Nokia 710 ? Well, it should be arriving on Three pretty soon and we thought it might pop up this month but now February is being mentioned – the 1st to be precise. You can pre-order the handset through Clove for £300 and …

Ofcom plans to push 4G into more areas of the UK

Ofcom have had a re-think on their 4G auction. Earlier they were planning to reserve a slice of the new 800MHz spectrum (freed up by the removal of analogue TV) for Everything Everywhere. The joint network, which powers T-Mobile and Orange, operates on the 1800MHz spectrum for both …

Strange Android stuff I’ve found this week

We recently looked at some downright odd apps on the Android Market. Since then I have come across a few more odd things. I have also decided that Friday is going to be a good day for odd stuff. Now and again some of these apps might not …

What’s next for Microsoft?

Yesterday Microsoft got another major Android manufacturer to licence patents from them. This time it was LG. In the past Microsoft have approached Motorola and Barnes and Noble with a ”sign up or we’ll sue you” offer. They both responded by counter suing. It is now said that …

ZTE handset incoming!

We’ve been invited to a launch event for ZTE’s “latest, chic handset” on Wednesday the 18th January… We will obviously have more details then, but it seems from CES reports and this post on Clove.co.uk that it’s likely to be the Tania. The Tania is a mid-range device spec-wise …

Win a Sony Xperia S!

The Xperia S. We’ve talked about it… a lot recently. It’ll be arriving here in the UK soon and could prove successful for the reborn “Sony”. Now, how would you like to win one? Yeah? Sound good? Well, head over to their Facebook page to enter, and while …

CES – Viewsonic announce a rather clever display

Viewsonic have announced a new display called the TDi2340 Universal Display. So far nothing massively exciting. How about if you could wirelessly connect too your phone or tablet and either mirror the device, extend the desktop or run a special interface. The display has a pretty impressive spec …

HTC Explorer – Video overview

Right, the HTC Explorer is a smartphone aimed at the budgets and minds of people who have perhaps never considered a smartphone. Equipped with a 3 megapixel camera, 3.2″ HVGA screen, GPS, WiFi, 3.5mm audio port and 3G connectivity it runs quite well on it’s 600MHz CPU. We’ve …

Google search updated on Android

You may have received an update on your Android phone this morning which improves the Google Search functionality. There’s now a clearer and faster interface with enhanced search suggestions as you type. Google have also added better local suggestions and you can long-press on older items to hide …