Don't ask me why, but today I've stumbled across a few historical items about mobile networks and their development here in the UK. There were a number of successes and failures along the way, with this BBC news item looking at Mercury Communications....
The new update to iOS - 4.1 - is now out and available from iTunes. But... anyone having issues installing it? So far it has crashed our iPhone 4, requiring a full restore, and making us very glad we backed up first! It goes without ...
Coolsmartphone.com covers several different mobile operating systems - Windows Mobile, Android, iOS - which highlights the diversity currently in the mobile world. However, all these different OS use different SDK's and programming languages, an...
We asked the lovely people at eXpansys whether we could borrow the Acer Stream a while ago. "It'll only take a week to review", we said. Then.. the server decided to go into melt-down. Unfortunately it's taken a lot longer than we'd anticipated. Apolo...
Three have just announced that they too will be carrying the Galaxy Tab. The Android Tablet will be hitting the 3G network soon, with 1GB of data available for £7.50 or 5GB for £15. There's also three voice packages to choose from, including SIM...
Recently we posted that O2 have released the Froyo update for HTC Desire customers allowing them to get the new 2.2 version of the Android OS. However it now seems many people had an issue with their phone becoming 'bricked' and sticking on the ...
If you're a HTC Peep user everything should now be fixed and you can Tweet again. Unfortunately that's not strictly true if you're using a Windows Mobile user. The Windows Mobile version is still giving an error message and, from what we're hearing fr...
Looks like the eagerly anticipated Android 2.2 update is now rolling onto o2-branded HTC Desire handsets. Ryan has just grabbed his 87.21MB update and has snapped this shot of it downloading. Let us know if you're getting your update and your experien...
The Orange and T-Mobile networks will merge on October 5th but, due to the amount of handsets, you'll at first have to sign-up to be part of the new shared network. This, we presume, is because some phones may have been heavily tested for T-Mobile but...
o2 have rolled out an update for Dell Streak owners. The 2.1 update is fairly chunky, so we'd advise downloading via WiFi. Adrian has been in touch on this one and tells us..“"There are a few issues, after upgrade you can now longer sync your Ph...
This HTC QWERTY device, emblazened with the Verizon logo, has just popped up on the FCC. At a guess this will no doubt be an Android device (no Windows flag in sight) and the keyboard, as you can see, is a lovely shade of red. Known as the …
Vodafone have updated their Coming Soon section of the website to include information on the Samsung Galaxy Tab which will be available on their network soon here in the UK. The Tab is an Android based tablet running 2.2 FroYo so you get the latest ve...
In the last few minutes it seems that HTC Peep is starting to burst back into life. The HTC Twitter client, which packed up on September 1st, got apparently fixed by Twitter. However, after another "we've fixed some login issues" message from Twitter ...
In a blog post today Andy Lees, Senior VP for Mobile Communications at Microsoft, has followed up on the earlier RTM announcement. Andy quotes the few sites who got to see Windows Phone 7 in action and states that .. “We know that we face tough ...
Angry Birds is now available in a Beta form on the Android Market. It's a highly addictive game which was only meant to be in "closed beta" this week but, due to massive demand, the developers have put it out today for everyone. I'd love to tell you …
The new joint venture company combining Orange and T-Mobile UK, Everything Everywhere today announced the launch date of the combined network roaming agreement which will allow customers of both groups roam on each other's network. From the 5th Octobe...
There's a good video on the BBC website which takes a look at the new 7" Samsung Galaxy Tab we covered yesterday. There's a hands-on and a wry smile from Carey McGregor (Senior Product Manager at Samsung) when BBC reporter Rory Cellan-Jones states, "I...
Last month we spotted a Samsung prototype running Windows Phone 7. Samsung are confirmed as hardware partners for the new OS alongside LG, HTC, Asus and Dell. However, after Motorola decided not to take part it's a little worrying to see Samsung now s...
Today saw the official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Tab which is their 7 inch tablet device which many will compare to the Apple iPad and more so than ever thanks to the rather expensive price point the Tab has been set. Online retailer eXpansys...
Hot on the heels of the Galaxy Tab launch comes a press release from Vodafone. They will be carrying the Samsung Galaxy Tab (aka GT-P1000) and it'll be on sale from October. There's no real info on pricing as yet but Patrick Chomet, Group Director of ...
