Daylight Savings fixes for HD2 and Touch2 go live

A couple of updates are now listed on the HTC website for the HTC HD2 and HTC Touch2. These updates are to readjust your clock for the hour gained during Daylight Savings. Links - HTC HD2 Update - HTC Touch2 Update

Android App Review – WidgetLocker

WidgetLocker is an android lock screen replacement. The point of the app is that you can add widgets and shortcuts to your lockscreen. The first thought I had about this was "why would I want to do that". First of all WidgetLocker is a paid app it cos...

LinkedIn for Android – Beta available to try

LinkedIn is a popular business-to-business social network for professionals to exchange information. It's fast becoming a good sales and contact tool for companies and staff, and now LinkedIn for Android is available as a beta for handsets running And...

Google Maps 5 arrives

The new Google Maps we spotted last week has now appeared in the Android Market. Google Maps 5.0 brings vector maps, 3D buildings and better performance. Google are really hammering out the updates, extra features and apps at the moment. This new ver...

Windows Phone 7.5 next year?

We've already heard that an early update is coming in January, followed by possibly another one around the same time as Mobile World Congress. Early rumours have called these first updates "massive" but now there's some slightly different news surroun...

Windows Phone 7 Apps – 4,000 now available

Just three weeks ago there were 3,000 apps in the Windows Marketplace. Now there's a choice of 4,000 applications and games. Yes, there's around 1,000 apps arriving in the Android Market every day, but this is still a pretty respectable increase for ...

Three Updates ‘The One Plan’, Blows Data Users Away!!

UK network Three have updated their amazing price package called 'The One Plan' today and this has to be the ultimate deal for heavy users and those of us who love to use data and not want to worry about fair use policies. The word 'Unlimited' has bee...

Facebook app updated to 1.5

Facebook have released an update to their popular Android app in the Android Market.  As well as bug fixes, this brings Chat to Android for the first time, and push notifications.  It is available from Android Market now.   Link - Phand...

Android 2.2.1 drops for the HTC Magic

Hey HTC Magic owners. We know you're out there, somewhere. You can give your device a new lease of life thanks to an Android 2.2.1 update from Vodafone. The update includes..“The latest Gmail and Android Market clients; ability to save applicati...

Android Pay As You Go Christmas ideas

With only a few more days until Christmas we've taken a look at some of the bargain-basement Android devices costing around £100. There's a fairly decent selection of low-priced Pay As You Go phones to choose from. Check out our selection below... -...

KIN Studio goes offline. KIN phones still selling?

The Microsoft KIN phones launched in April aimed at teenagers and twenty-somethings. They were billed as a "social phones" but, just two months after, they were dropped. Those who did end up buying one have now received a letter from US network Verizo...

Get the new Android Market, right now

We've already told you about the new Android Market UI which is rolling out soon. But, if you really can't wait, you can download the APK's from the links on MoDaCo and jump the queue. Ohhh purdee. For those who aren't familiar, you'll need to tweak y...

CoolSmartPhone At Mobile World Congress

As we approach the end of 2010, Mobile World Congress is just around the corner and is once again held in Barcelona, Spain between February 14th - 17th. Last year I was kindly invited along with Sony Ericsson to be their blogger and also to spend some...

Android App Review – Folder Organizer

Do you have a cluttered android homescreen? Do you hate the way you cannot easily manage your home screen folders? Do you hate the way you cannot easily change standard icons? If you answered yes to any of the above questions then this application may...

HTC all set for world domination. 2011 to be a big year

It's getting to that time of year again when we start looking ahead at how the next year will pan out. HTC seem to have decided that the best bet is to pretty much floor it. They're projected to shift 20 million devices in 2010 but, according to …

New Android Market UI Rolling Out

Google have been busy recently updating their suite of applications, we recently announced that Maps was getting a big update, then GMail was next in line for a change and now the Market application is getting a refresh. All Android phones running 1.6...

Windows Phone 7 UI, now for Android

Hot on the heels of yesterdays' Gingerbread Launcher comes another home screen replacement called "Windows Phone Android". If you're an Android owner and want to get a flavour of Windows Phone 7 device, just hop into the Android Market, download it an...

BlackBelt Defence – Special report

One of the most popular misconceptions about smartphones is that they are safe. There’s a very good reason for this – the manufacturers and operators have gone to extreme lengths to make sure you think that. Otherwise, the smartphone revolution wo...

HTC Legend devices get Android 2.2

HTC Legend owners, it's your turn for Android 2.2 now. The Over-The-Air update is now arriving on handsets and will bring your device up to version 3.15.405.3. There's the usual advice about backing up important data and we of course recommend downloa...

GMail Updated For Android Users

Google have released an update for it's GMail application for Android handsets.  This is available for people to upgrade too now by simply checking Android Market and downloading the update once it shows as long as you are running 2.2 FroYo. Big ...