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 ...

Gingerbread – When is it coming to a phone near you?

Most handsets have only just got to Android 2.2 but now people are already asking when Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) will be popping up on their handset. We already know that the all-new Nexus S will run it, but what of other devices? Some news is startin...

Three announce Android 2.2 for Samsung Galaxy S

Three have anounced their Samsung Galaxy S FroYo update. They've apologised for issues earlier in the week and state that the new Android 2.2 update can now be downloaded via the Samung "Kies" application. The update also includes the ability to se...

Confirmed – No Desire Z on Orange

A few weeks back we spotted that the HTC Desire Z had appeared on the Orange website. We were told shortly after that the phone wasn't actually coming to Orange and it was merely a support page for those using the handset on the Orange network. Top ...

300,000 Android activations daily

Andy Rubin, CEO of Android, doesn't tweet much, so when he does it usually causes more than a stir across the t'interwebs. Today, just a few short months from telling the world that 200,000 Android devices were selling daily, Google now state that 300...

Gingerbread Launcher available

If you want a little bit of Android 2.3 on your device ? Get in on the Gingerbread action with the Gingerbread Launcher from Paul (MoDaCo). This will replace or run alongside your HTC Sense interface and you can try out and move the widgets. It's quit...

2.2 Now Available For T-Mobile Galaxy S

T-Mobile customers in the UK with the Samsung Galaxy S can now jump up and down with joy in the streets as the network has announced that Android 2.2 (FroYo) is available for customers to download now. Over on the T-Mobile Forums a member of staff pos...

Android Gingerbread, now for .. your HD2

For those of you prepared to gamble, a new experimental ROM has appeared on XDA-developers.com. It's Android 2.3 (aka Gingerbread) and it's designed for (wait for it) .. a HTC HD2. Yes, the normally-Windows-Mobile-powered device becomes one of the fir...

Orange San Francisco on offer for Christmas

The Orange San Francisco is 15% off today and tomorrow plus you get this Christmas Gift box. This excellent Android device is currently available on Pay As You Go for £84 + £10 TopUp and you get that Christmas Gift box complete with a watch, phone c...

More Android devices get Android Market updates

It now looks like more and more handsets are getting the Android Market update which bring the new "Related" tab to your phone. Webfuz has mailed us with news that his HTC Wildfire has just jumped to version 137.405.1 and the new tab is now in the Mar...

Desire HD owners getting OS update

HTC Desire HD devices appear to be getting an Over The Air update about now. The new software version should be 2.29.405.2 and is apparently a "large update" although in the footnote it actually states "Android market Update" which should be fairly sm...

More from Google – Gingerbread in action and faster Maps

Google's Andy Rubin must be feeling pretty good right now. Straight off the back of the new Nexus S he's been filmed showing a new protype Motorola Android tablet with a dual-core NVIDIA chip and Android Gingerbread. Not only that, but a new vector-ba...