Google have just released Android 3.0 SDK preview for download. It’s basically allows developers to test their applications ready for Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb’ , the upcoming Operating system that is apparently optimised/designed for Tablets. More importantly for the most of us, it gives an insight into what Honeycomb …
This phone has to be one of the worst kept secrets in the mobile phone industry for quite a while with various prototype devices floating around various websites. We have had video’s of the device running, loads of pictures at every possible angle and a run down of specifications, all we need …
Shopping on your mobile seems to be a growing trend. Tesco have an (iPhone) app, eBay has an (unofficial) app and Google have their “Shopper” app. Amazon though have now released their own official Android application which adds barcode scanning and 1-click ordering for fast and secure online …
There’s a healthy library of apps in the Android Market, that’s a given, but there’s also a selection of pretty poor ones too. Google look set to correct this with a larger “human team” charged with removing apps that violate the Android Market terms and conditions. They will …
..and within minutes of Samsung announcing their new handsets there’s confirmation from Three that they’ll be carrying the Samsung Galaxy Ace handset… “Galaxy Ace is the follower of the very popular Galaxy Portal. It’s an Android phone and it’ll launch on version 2.2.1(FroYo +) of the operating system. …
A new “Galaxy” range of handsets have just been announced by Samsung in Korea. The Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Gio and Galaxy Mini are all powered by Android and target the “broader consumer market”. As you’d expect they all have Android Market access and Wifi but there’s …
This slightly blurry image is the HTC Flyer. It’s rumoured to by the HTC Android tablet device we’ve all been waiting for. Now amobil claims that multiple sources are confirming the device and even have specs. According to the sources HTC are keen to get this on the …
The shiny new Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc has appeared on the play.com site ready for an April 1st launch with a price-tag of £459.99. The new handset was officially announced a couple of weeks back and runs Android 2.3. Inside there’s a 4.2″ 854×480 (FWVGA) multi-touch screen with …
A white iPhone is rumoured to be appearing as the Apple store temporarily shuts its’ doors. Tweets suggest that the white handset may appear today with new iPhone part numbers MC604X/A (16GB) and MC606X/A (32GB) attributed to the new white handset. More as we get it. Link – …
O2 are launching free Wifi hotspots today – completely free, public wireless access. Despite our relentless questioning and in-built pessamism, o2 tell us that all their new Wifi hotspots are genuinely free and open to everyone, no matter which mobile or broadband provider you are with. You don’t …
Tesco have put the Dell Streak on their website on Pay As You Go for just £319.20 which is a good £80 less than a sim free price direct from Dell and cheaper than O2 currently charge. The Dell Streak is not exactly the smallest device with a …
With the rumour mill well and truly churning out more iPhone 5 and iPad 2 rumours by the day, the latest nugget of wonder is that both devices will feature NFC technology, and that this will be integrated into iTunes use aswell in the future. So the basic …
Google have just released their new Cloud Printing solution to beta, which means we can all get it now. It’s not a platform feature, but actually a web app feature, and works from Google’s web apps Gmail and Google Docs. You can use it on any phone that …
After the success of their Helloween and Christmas versions, Rovio are lining up a Valentine’s Day edition of their incredibly successful Angry Birds game. Scheduled for release on14th February, there is no word yet on what platforms will get the game, but hopefully most will, as the Christmas …
It’s a simple one this. One your phone go to the google search page. Search for “weather”. It will then use your location and tell you what the weather is doing. Saves you looking out the window I guess. Useful if you don’t have a weather widget.
You may have heard CES Steve Ballmer mentioning that Windows Phone 7 would be getting the “Copy and Paste” update (and more besides) soon. The operative word there is “soon” because what Steve actually stated was… “Over the next few months, we will be releasing a series of …
Well, this story was to report the long awaited Notion Ink Adam Tablet was finally shipping to those that pre-ordered back in early January. But as I looked around for information and some images I came across this from Android Police: The first of Notion Ink’s Adam tablets …
There’s certainly a great deal of interest in the HTC HD2. Normally powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 the bulk of this interest comes from the fact that you can stick other operating systems on it, such as Windows Phone 7 and Android. But wait right there fair reader, …
An Android-based phone is about to be blasted into orbit as part of research conducted by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited. Their “STRaND-1” satellite will contain a “smartphone payload” which will be launched later this year. Dr Chris Bridges, lead researcher for the STRaND-1 project, stated.. “Smartphones pack lots …
For my day job, I work for a UK network, and over the last few months have been on the receiving end of customers frustrations over data limits, but is it really that big a deal? We introduced our data caps when the iPhone 4 launched, although the …
