Vivaz 2 Running Android Previewed By Mobile-Review

Sony Ericsson are having a hard time keeping control of leaked devices due at Mobile World Congress next month, First there was the PlayStation Phone and now comes the Vivaz 2 which runs Android instead of Symbian which powered the original Vivaz and Vivaz Pro. Eldar from Mobile-Review has put …

ShootMe Android app updated

Today there has been an update released to the android market of the popular app “Shootme”. It is a screenshot app for android devices that have been rooted. What sets this one apart are some of the settings. For instance it will take screenshots if you shake the …

Samsung tease with an “Evolution”

With Mobile World Congress now just around the corner we’re beginning to see networks and manufacturers announcing their .. announcements. Samsung Mobile have updated their unpacked site with a teaser stating “Evolution is Fate” and will be adding a preview teaser in a matter of days. The full …

On the move again..

Over the last couple of days we’ve had a number of issues. It’s a fallout from the big design and back-end website management change we did recently. Since everything went live we’ve seen memory usage on our main server rise considerably, and no amount of caching seemed to …

Xperia Arc looking sharp in demo video

The Sony Ericsson product blog have just added a YouTube video showing off their latest toy – the Xperia Arc. Sony Ericsson have added a new camera interface and have increased the speed that shots are taken. The light sensor has been improved so you should get much …

LG Optimus 2X example video looking niiiice

This, the LG Optimus 2X, should be arriving next month here in Europe and will no doubt appear at Mobile World Congress. Specs-wise it’s all very positive – a 4″ WVGA screen and a NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. Like a lot of smartphones, it can also do HD-quality …

Mobile World Congress Just Weeks Away

So we are well and truly into 2011 and January is already half over….. that means we are just weeks from this years Mobile World Congress event which is the highlight of the year when it comes to mobile phones and mobile communications, just after everyone has had chance to recover from …

Music sync coming to Gingerbread?

This apparent screenshot from Android Gingerbread shows the new music sync’ing capability which should be arriving on phones soon. We’re all hoping that a Google Music Store will be coming soon, but just being able to handle and move your music automatically is definitely a step forward for …

Windows Phone 7 Launch didn’t meet expectations – LG

How successful was the Windows Phone 7 launch? It’s been a little difficult to get exact details so far and now LG’s James Choi has chipped in by stating that .. “From a consumer point of view the visibility is less than we expected.” His belief appears to …

Playstation phone coming to Orange?

The Playstation phone, which we’ve seen quite a bit of during these last few weeks, could be arriving soon on Everything Everywhere – the joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile. Mobile Today are reporting that Sony Ericsson will supply the “Xperia Play” and it will be give the …

Motorola Defy Review

We’ve never had anything like this before. A phone that’s water-resistant, dust proof and scratch resistant. In theory this should be life-proof. Inside there’s Android 2.1 with the tweaked graphical user interface called “MOTOBLUR” to bring your social networks together and make navigation a little easier. A 5 …

Sony Ericsson admits mistakes, pushing hard in 2011

Pocket-lint have published an interesting interview with Steve Walker from Sony Ericsson. In it he tells the publication how they’ve learned from their mistakes and… “What we think is different in 2011 is that consumer attention is swinging back to hardware once more. That’s not to say people …

iOS 4.3 released to developers

iOS 4.3 has been released to developers, giving us some insight into what we can expect in the next update. Most mentioned so far is the ability to turn your iPhone into a mobile Wifi hotspot, like Android 2.2 – great news for 3 customers, not so beneficial …

Shazam and Spotify join forces

The excellent music finding service Shazam and the brilliant music listening service Spotify have joined forces in an update to the Shazam premium apps on iPhone and Android. As long as you have both apps installed, when you find a track using Shazam you can tap the “Play …

Windows Phone 7 on your HTC HD2

Are you a HTC HD2 owner looking on with envy at those swish new Windows Phone 7 devices? Well, if you’re ready to do some unofficial (but frighteningly easy) ROM flashing, you can now have Windows Phone 7 on your HTC HD2. Dark Forces Team have finally cracked …

T-Mobile Post Retraction!

T-mobile have recently put this notice up on their website… Changes to Mobile Internet fair use policies T-Mobile Statement: “On Monday 10 January 2011 we announced that, in line with the rest of the industry, T-Mobile would be reducing its Fair Use Policy for data usage to 500MB …

Microsoft disputes App Store trademark

Microsoft have started to dispute an Apple application to trademark the words “App Store”. The original submission was filed by Apple back in 2008 but it’s only now that Microsoft have filed a dispute. Windows Phones currently come with an App store called “Windows Marketplace” whilst Android handsets …

WiFi Hotspots coming to iPhone

iPhone owners should soon be able to turn their mobile data connection into a WiFi hotspot thanks to improvements coming in iOS 4.3. The facility was spotted during the Verizon launch yesterday but Verizon were quick to state that it was just “an app”. Whether this will mean …

New HTC Sync version now available

An updated version of HTC Sync has just been posted for all Android phones. It doesn’t really state what has changed in this version apart from the fact that “All Android Phones are now supported”, however there’s a very nice glossy interface which will let you easily install …

T-Mobile data cap – The backlash begins

A lot of you will remember the recent data cap announced by T-Mobile. It’s prompted a pretty substantial backlash from customers with images like this landing in our inbox. T-Mobile state that this is all part of the joint Everything Everywhere venture with Orange and “brings into line” …