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 …

Locked bootloaders are history – HTC

HTC have officially given the green light to unlocked bootloaders following a number of campaigns and petitions around the web. The news, which was posted on the HTC Facebook page, comes from Peter Chou himself… There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders …

NHS Direct – A Doctor in your pocket

Many of you will be aware of NHS Direct. If you need health advice, reassurance or help, they’re just a phone call away. Now there’s an Android app and it’s available before the iPhone app. It pulls together the online symptom-checkers available from the normal NHS Direct website …

Sony Ericsson updates available – Facebook inside Xperia

Sony Ericsson have started to roll out a software update for new Xperia arc and Xperia PLAY customers. It’s starting to roll out now, so keep an eye out for an update message on your handset. The improvements include battery performance, software and WiFi stability, touch responsiveness and …

INQ Cloud Touch Just £120 On PAYG!

Carphone Warehouse have had the INQ Cloud Touch for a little while now but at a rather expensive price of around £250 on launch.  Tonight on checking their site they have lowered the price on PAYG (which also happens to be unlocked!) to just £119.99 when topping up …

BBC release dedicated news app for Android

Today the BBC released their dedicate long awaited news app for Android. There are plenty of third party news apps out there linking to the BBC, but Android fans have been missing out on the official app up until now -all you iphone owners can stop sniggering at …

Samsung Galaxy S II Update now rolling

Quick. Get your utterly brilliant Samsung Galaxy S II and check for updates, it looks like extra battery life and camera improvements are ready to download. The update, which is available via Kies too, should give you better GPS accuracy and a performance boost too. If you’re still …

Alcatel OT-990 gets previewed, coming to O2 soon

Back at Mobile World Congress we got some time with the Alcatel One Touch 990. It’s powered by a 600MHz CPU and has a 320×480 pixel screen with a 1300mAh battery, WiFi, GPS and a 5 megapixel camera. Aimed squarely at the mass market, this is coming to …

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… …

HTC to do a U turn on locked bootloaders?

If you had read my post yesterday < Here > ( of course you did! why did I even ask….) you would know that HTC have recently changed their policy on locking bootloaders for their smartphones and basically doing their best to stop the devices being played with …

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 …

Windows Phone Announcement Details

Microsoft have just taken the lid off their latest update to Windows Phone named ‘Mango’ and WOW what an update it is. So sit back, grab a drink and take time to read up on all the information below Nokia Conversations have confirmed that this will be the …

Windows Phone “Mango” Announced

Microsoft has just announced Mango – the all-new version of Windows Phone. It’ll be “freely available” at the “this fall” (the Autumn for everyone else) and adds a host of new features including Internet Explorer 9 (check our earlier story), more social network integration, a linked inbox and …

Windows Phone update to be called 7.1, includes IE9 ?

With the official announcement now only hours away we’re starting to see parts of the new Mango OS appear on the web. The OS, which may appear commercially as Windows Phone 7.1, appears to have a new version of the web browser – IE9. It’s not quite complete …

Locked bootloaders, custom roms, developers and hackers.

So, you either know what the title is referring to, you’ve a vague idea or you haven’t the first clue. Stick with it though as i suggest this could affect all smartphone owners. I’ll explain, in simple terms, what this means, what you can do with your phone and what …

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 …