Pro-Nazi apps appear in the Android Market

This morning I had the misfortune to read this engadget article. It relates to some apps that appear in the Android Market when you do a search for the word "Jewish". Amongst the apps you want are a few Hitler / Nazi apps that you really shouldn't be …

HTC Schubert is Mozart ?

This video of the new HTC Schubert popped up a few days back but now there's a bit of confusion. Pics from Twitter user Xmoo show the same device again, but with a "HTC Mozart" sticker on. It could be that this is a slightly different version or …

Android growth still pretty amazing

Yes, you're probably all getting tired of hearing about this now, but hey - it's the truth. Android is continuing to grow at a quite alarming rate. New numbers from Gartner show that the OS has grabbed a 17.2% market share - just behind RIM with 18.2%...

The aPad up close

It's certainly been busy these last few days. Our main server decided to go nuts and we've pretty much lost a drive. Hopefully everything is back up and running now but, while we were moving everything, an aPad appeared. We've not had much time with ...

PSP Phone with Android 3.0

According to Engadget, Sony are readying a PSP Phone which will run on Android 3.0  Android currently lags the iPhone for gaming, for various reasons, but Sony are looking to change that dramatically with a dedicated PSP phone. Highlights in...

Site maintenance news

If you're reading this then welcome to our temporary home. We've rapidly moved servers due to a rather severe drive problem on our existing server. I've got to go down to the data centre at some point and swap the drives on it but, with any luck, you …

Vodafone Desire Android 2.2 update is coming

Vodafone's recent update for the HTC Desire got lots of people hot & bothered, when instead of getting the FroYo update people were hoping for, they just got Vodafone 360 apps instead.  Seems that Vodafone have listened, and have confirmed th...

Orange and AT&T to get HTC Windows Phone 7 devices

With Verizon USA seemingly giving anything with "Windows Phone" in the title a miss, it's AT&T who will take a Windows Phone to market in Q4. The network, along with Orange here in Europe, are to carry HTC handsets powered by Windows Phone 7. If earli...

How fast is your mobile network?

I did a speed test with the speedtest.net Android application last night. I tend to take results like this with a pinch of salt, but it seems that - even on full-blown HSDPA, I was roughly getting 512Kbps up and 512Kbps down. This compared to my 12Mbp...

Verizon Roadmap leaked – Windows Phone not mentioned

BGR have managed to get details of upcoming Verizon Wireless devices. The US network is said to be introducing an 7" Android tablet device from Samsung, a 10" Android tablet from Motorola plus phones from Samsung and HTC. Motorola is apparently work...

Android 2.2 FroYo – app to SD card "feature"

One of the new features in Android 2.2 is the ability to move an app from your phone's onboard memory to the SD card.  This sounds like a great feature, removing the shackles of stingy average 512mb onboard storage and giving up to 32gb through y...

HTC Desire HD handled on film

On Saturday we had a little peek of the HTC Desire HD but now things have got a whole lot more detailed thanks to 247Android.com. According to the rumours this will run Android 2.2 and specs include an 8 megapixel camera with flash, 1Ghz Qualcomm CPU,...

HTC Shubert – Fine looking Windows Phone 7 in video

This rather swish looking device is the HTC Shubert. 247WindowsPhone.com have got their mitts on the new handset and they've even got a video preview too. Not much is known as yet apart from the fact that it'll meet the Windows Phone 7 minimum specs (...

Zendesk app for iPhone (& Android)

Zendesk have updated the iPhone app for their Helpdesk software to optimize it on iOS4. Zendesk is a web based helpdesk system with Twitter integration, and some nice smartphone apps. The iPhone app now features: • iOS 4 optimized application inc...

Stressfighter – beat up stress…

Stressfighter is an iPhone app that lets you take a picture, and then beat it up.  You can use the built in camera or select a picture from your library, and then use the various built in weapons to beat them up.  Now you just need to find …

HTC Desire HD (Ace) snapped

The HTC Ace was recently spotted as on a Vodafone Germany inventory and there was more news too - it was going to be called the HTC Desire HD. This leaked image has now appeared on uwants.com and it instantly seems similar in looks and specs to the …

Vonage – talk to Facebook friends for free

Although the Facebook app on the iPhone allows you to use Facebook chat to your friends, the Android version doesn't yet (annoyingly). But, there's an app that can help.  Vonage is an app for Android or iPhone, which allows you to chat to or...

Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Review

OK, I'll be honest and up-front. I need to apologise to Sony Ericsson. I've had their X10 Mini for quite some time now, and when I say "me" I actually mean my wife. She loved the handset, especially the size of the thing, although it did mean that …

Acer Android and XP dual-boot netbook coming soon

Android seems to be popping up in various different bits of hardware lately. Now Acer has revealed to Aspire One AOD255. It looks like pretty much every other bargain-basement netbook running XP, but this one can also boot into the Android OS. This is...

200,000 Android phones selling now – Every day

Well, here we are again with another story about the success of Android. According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt there's now around 200,000 Android-based phones selling every single day, which has risen from around 100,000 just two months ago. “It...