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 …

Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i handled by Mr Blurrycam

Those new Xperia mini phones that appeared a couple of weeks of go now seem to have a bigger a brother. The ST18i, which looks to be the all-new X8 or X10, also has the codename of “Asuza” and has both rear and front camera units. This device …

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, …

Android App, Bully Block – First Look

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 …

HTC Flyer In Store Now

HTC have just announced that their tablet the HTC Flyer is now available to purchase in stores in two different versions which are a 3G model including 32GB memory which is expandable and a WiFi version with 16GB memory and again expandable. The Flyer was announced at Mobile …

Motorola Flipout At Just £49.99!

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) …

Samsung Galaxy S II gets a turbo

Well, we knew that the Samsung Galaxy S II was fast, but turn everything up to 11 and it goes into orbit. Those clever dudes at XDA-Developers.com have cranked up the dual-core 1.2GHz CPU to 1.5GHz and it simply blows the competition away. There’s a few tweaks to …

LG to include Angry Birds in new Optimus handsets

LG are to stuff the um-az-in Angry Birds Rio into their new Optimus series of phones. Things kick off with the Canadian LG Optimus 2X with more handsets getting the game as they roll out in Q2. For the 14 people who’ve not downloaded it yet, head down …

HTC Sensation priced up SIM free – £499.99

The all-new HTC Sensation is now up for pre-order from Play. If you’ve got £500 floating around your bank account then you can pre-order it. The SIM free device isn’t due for release until 30th of June though.. Dan was on-site for the launch of this new handset …

HTC Flyer prices on Three – £25 per month, £169 up-front

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. …

Aquos SH-12C – 3D recording, 1.4GHz CPU and more

This is the Aquos SH-12C. From what we can make of the translation it runs Android 2.3 and has a couple of 8 megapixel cameras providing 3D shots and video recordings. An image processing engine called “ProPix” switches the shooting mode to match the environment and does auto …

Movies to rent from Android Market

Movies will soon be available to rent through the Android Market. That is, we’re guessing, in certain countries around the world. Movies will start from just $1.99 and will be available across devices provided you’re using Android 2.2 or above (initially). Alas this seems to be US-only at …

Participating partner devices to get latest Android upgrades for 18 months

A rather surprising point mentioned during the Google I/O event is this… We’re jointly announcing that new devices from participating partners will receive the latest Android platform upgrades for 18 months after the device is first released, as long as the hardware allows…and that’s just the beginning. Stay …

Wildfire S Now On Three

Three have now launched the HTC Wildfire S on their network here in the UK and it is available in both Black and White versions from their online store right now. Costing £30 on their market leading One Plan including All You Can Eat data the Wildfire S …

Google – Ice Cream Sandwich announced

For us Brits it’s another foodstuff that we’ve probably never tried but, Ice Cream Sandwich is now official. It seems that reducing fragmentation and pulling all the good stuff from the tablet OS – Honeycomb – into one new OS. Arriving in Q4 this year, it’s one OS …

Google I/O Live

Below is a live feed from Google I/O 2011. Hit play to join in on the action. There’s two feeds to choose from …

Google Music Beta Announced

Google announced at their I/O conference today a new music streaming service where you can stream your own music to your Android device both tablet or handset.  There has been mixed feedback from people so far who heard about this announcement mostly being ‘Why would i want to …

Confirmed – O2 to get HTC Salsa Exclusivity

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, …

Microsoft grab Skype – The details

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 …

Acer Iconia A500 Tablet now available

The Acer Iconia W500 Tablet we covered last month has now got a keyboard-less brother running Android for £391.66 (ex VAT), which works out at £469.99 with the VAT. The A500 tablet is powered by Android Honeycomb and features a 10.1″ WXGA (1280×800) screen, 1GB DDR Ram, microSD, …