Apple – Signal bars? Oh yeah. They’re not real.

OK, hang tight here. Apple have admitted that there is a fault with their new iPhone 4. A grip around the lower left side of the phone does seem to dip the signal for a lot of customers and, whether you're right or left handed, it's fairly easy …

Nokia responds – No Android Nokia, but we will do better

New Nokia head of Mobile Solutions, Anssi Vanjoki, has responded today to the loss of support in the community. He's responding to the closure of the symbian-guru website yesterday, specifically mentioning Ricky - one of the webmasters of the site. He...

Apple finds iPhone reception issue

Apple has issued a statement saying that all iPhones, from the first generation, through to the iPhone 4 have a software fault that overstates signal strength.  This apparently is the cause of issues of reception with the new iPhone 4, as actuall...

HD mini update available

There's an update for the HD mini on the HTC support site. HTC are committed to providing the "best possible mobile experience" and this update adds a smooth sliding bar to MP3 Trimmer app, enhanced stability, performance and improved ringtone sound q...

Android Gingerbread – Those rumours were just rumours

We ran a story recently detailing the possible changes to Android in the new Gingerbread version. It was based on several strong leaks and detailed the end of custom UI's, minimum hardware specs and much more. These have now been cast into doubt as Da...

BirdieSync 2.0 Now available – Sync WinMo with Thunderbird

BirdieSync is a Windows Mobile application for synchronising your device with Thunderbird and Lightning or Sunbird on your PC. Every contact, appointment, task and email is sync'd the minute you hook your phone up. The new version is compatible with T...

Win yourself an MSDN subscription

Today we did some tweaking to the site and pretty much pressed the "Turbo" button. The amount of extra traffic to the main page is simply shocking, so we've added some extra magic beans to get things moving at light speed. To celebrate we're giving aw...

Symbian-Guru.com to close

The Symbian-Guru.com website is closing today. It's because the webmaster has decided to switch to Android instead. The site has been running for well over 3 years and Ricky, the guy behind it, states.. "To Nokia, you guys are losing. Hard. Wake the ...

Refurbished HTC Hero from Three

The HTC Hero is one of our favourite Android handsets still and, if you're after one, it may be worth looking at this refurbished one at Three. It's available for £159.99 and then you simply stick your Pay As You Go SIM card in. Job done. It even …

Site maintenance and speed improvements

We've experienced quite a lot of extra visitors recently, so my rather strange coding has been under some severe strain during peak times. We've previously added extra PHP script caching and this has helped a great deal, however it's still not enough ...

Three launch massive new talk plan

Three have announced a new phone tariff called the "One Plan". Ofcom have proposed lower mobile termination fees and this has meant that Three can offer much cheaper calls. The new plan includes the following monthly allowances.. 2000 "Any network" mi...

X10 Mini Pro coming soon to Vodafone

In February we spent quite a bit of time on the Sony Ericsson stand. Their new range of Android-based phones includes the X10 and the tiny X10 Mini that's currently available on a number of networks here in the UK. The phone that impressed me the most...

Kin. Where did it all go wrong?

When the Kin devices launched in April we already knew a little bit about them. Previously known as "Project Pink" these were "social phones" to let children, teenagers and twenty-somethings share their life and thoughts with friends. They launched in...

Microsoft Kin – It’s all over

Oh dear. Gizmodo are reporting that the Microsoft Kin project has been shut down. It's with immediate effect and the entire team are being shoved onto Windows Phone 7 instead. The Kin phones were announced in April but they were met with poor reviews...

Android Gingerbread – minimum spec requirement

The next big version of Android, called "Gingerbread" is coming in Q4 this year, and for the first time will have minimum spec requirements for hardware - 1GHz processor, 512mb RAM and 3.5" screen minimum.  This is something Microsoft are do...

iMini

Something slightly unusual here.  In August Mini are releasing a whole bunch of upgrades to their range, and one eye-catcher is MiniConnected.  Built for iPhones (what about the rest of us Mini?!), MiniConnected introduces some really intere...

Samsung Galaxy S HD Video Example

The Samsung Galaxy S is proving to be a very powerful and popular device. It's selling on Vodafone currently and you should find both Orange and o2 selling it soon too. It has a speedy 1GHz CPU, 4" WVGA (480x800) 16M Super AMOLED screen, Android 2.1, ...

Shipped ROMs staying online

Shipped ROMs recently had a cease and desist letter from HTC. It looked like HTC wanted the whole site offline, but now there's a twist, with HTC telling site owners that only test and carrier files must be removed. This is because certain carrier / n...

T-Mobile Pulse – Price drop

The T-Mobile Pulse (Huawei U8220) is back down in price once more. T-Mobile have it for just £99.99 yet again (when bought with a £10 top-up) and for that you get unlimited free texts for the whole of the next month and 6 months free internet. Barga...

Froyo upgrade for Nexus One

Google are releasing the new Froyo Android 2.2 software for their Nexus One as an over-the-air update today.  Highlights include a vast speed increase, Flash in the browser and the ability to turn your handset into a wifi hotspot.  It is gre...