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Well.. look what we have here. Thanks to somobile for the tip here, Orange now have the Sensation XE on their “Coming soon” pages. It’s a bit like the standard Sensation, except a bit faster and with better audio via the Beats technology. You may remember that we …
Patents. They’re everywhere and money seems to be changing hands with alarming regularity to use intellectual property. Microsoft have been one of the big winners in the mobile patent game, taking cash for handsets using Android because of several royalty fees paid to Microsoft for patent use. Now …
Some time ago Pocketnow was given a load of code-names for future HTC handsets. They weren’t totally sure on the source so held back on publishing, but as more and more devices appeared with names of the list they’ve now published the whole lot. To be honest, the …
GSMArena has an interesting post, detailing a new handset from Sony Ericsson as a successor to the impressive Xperia Arc we reviewed. This handset is said to include a 720p HD screen, and plays catch up with 1080p video recording. The most interesting feature is the ability to …
PocketNow have an image of a device rumoured to be called the HTC Edge and it is a monster of a handset if specs are true which of course we are unable to confirm at this point in time. One feature to look out for is the Quad-Core 1.5Ghz processor …
This morning on Facebook HTC have announced a rather short list of devices that will receive an update in early 2012. The list is as follows: HTC Vivid, HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation XL, HTC Sensation XE, HTC Rezound, HTC EVO 3D, HTC EVO Design 4G and the Amaze …
Last week we took a quick look at the HTC Rhyme it’s got a strong, unibody design and comes with a headset, docking station and a charm device that will flash when you have a text or incoming call. The battery cover doubles as the antenna and the …
We recently heard about the new Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition tablets from Motorola. Both are expected on November 28th and come with Android Honeycomb on board. The specs read as follows, although we can’t find any mention of GPS we presume it’s there.. – 5 …
Vodafone have been shifting phones between Coming Soon and On Sale a lot recently, as just as we see the Nokia 800 move to Pre-Order, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus appears on the Coming Soon page allowing anyone intersted in this device to register your details to be the …
Can you read? Yes? Well in that case this app will be right up your street. Zinio is a magazine reader. It lets you read digital versions of popular magazines. My first thought when I saw this was that it was going to be expensive. Then I saw …
Over in the USA HTC have just announced the HTC Rezound. It’s the first handset in America with the Beats Audio technology. It comes with free Beats headphones and features a 720p HD display on a 4.3″ LCD screen. Other specs include a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU, 8 megapixel …
So, Sony Ericsson sent us a load of videos about their rather strange 360 degree bike experiment. It involves six Xperia neo handsets strapped to a special mount on a bike, all recording video at the same time through fish-eye lenses. The whole thing has been pieced together …
Motorola have just announced two new tablets. The Motorola Xoom 2 and the Xoom 2 Media Edition. Below is the official press release from them. Let’s hope that the Xoom 2 does a little better than the original Xoom. The original tablet hit the streets here in the …
Looking to get HTC Explorer? O2 have now got it listed on their site. It sits squarely in the “affordable” or “entry level” category and has the Sense 3.5 UI. It has a 3.2″ HVGA screen (320×480), 3 megapixel camera, 600MHz CPU, G-sensor, proximity sensor, light sensor, FM …
Good news if you’ve got an LG Optimus 2X. LG have come out fighting and have confirmed that Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) will indeed be arriving on the 2X. Their official Facebook page states.. LG firmly denies the rumors that claim LG will not be providing the …
It seems like a week doesn’t go by without a new tablet being released, each of which aiming to topple the iPad from its throne, and most of which fail abysmally. There are currently dozens of Android tablets on the market with some starting from as little as …
UK network Three has announced today that they have in stock and are now selling the new HTC Sensation XL which is the next step forward from the original Sensation Featuring a larger 4.7 inch screen, 8 megapixel camera with better low light optics and Android Gingerbread giving …
It looks like Samsung have confirmed that they will be releasing Android 4.0 to the Galaxy Note and the S2 as well as the Galaxy Tab reports The Next Web. Good news if you were worried about getting left behind after the release of the Nexus in a …
If you’re in the market for a pretty decent 7″ tablet then the Archos Arnova 7″ G2 could be just your thing. Now reduced to just £119.99 at HMV. The specs aren’t too bad either. Powered by an ARM Cortex A8 1GHz CPU it has a 7″ capacitive …
Do you own a phone? Do you send text messages? Do you have a tablet? And lastly the curve ball, would you like to use your tablet to send text messages? Am I getting a little vague here? The other week I posted an article about the HP TouchPad, …
I’m in Belfast, stuck in a hotel room with only a busted TV and an air-conditioning unit for company. Luckily I’ve brought with me the all-new HTC Rhyme with it’s strong unibody design. It comes with a docking station, some rather goodd headphones and a charm. The charm …
Yep, you no longer need a Nokia to get your Nokia Maps goodness. Simply browse to maps.nokia.com and it’ll locate you using the HTML5 wizardry. Other features include.. You can see where you are on the map, thanks to HTML5 support for positioning You can find addresses, businesses …
If you’re looking for a cheap Android handset it’s definitely worth checking out this Expansys page. They’ve knocked up to 80% off and every handset in the sale has now dropped to just £79.99. That includes the Liquid E, Liquid, beTouch E110 and Acer Tempo. All handsets are …
If you fancy a tablet for the kids (and by that, we of course mean an Android Tablet), then this Disgo 6000 unit might be worth a punt. It’s dropped to just £49.97 and, although it’s got a resistive screen, it’ll keep the kids happy after Angry Birds …
Goodbye Swedish friends, Sony Ericsson will shortly be history. Sony have slapped a cool 1.1 billion euros on the table (£964m) for the 50% Ericsson share of Sony Ericsson. Sony will get five patents as part of the deal and plan to ditch feature-phones, solely concentrating on smartphones. …
The guys at Expansys have just got their grubby mitts on the new Motorola RAZR. It’ll shortly be available on their site for £474.99, but you can get it cheaper at The Smartphone Centre – only £449.95. Let us know if you’ve seen it cheaper. Link – Earlier …
Downloaded an app recently? Android now accounts for some 44% of all application downloads according to stats – that’s compared to 31% for Apple. ABI Research research now shows that Android is the leader in market share. Lim Shiyang, Research Associate, states.. Android’s open source strategy is the …
The other day we posted a couple of apps you could install on your Android device to make it look like iOS. Some people were surprised that some other people would actually want to do this. Yes making an Android phone look like that is a bit of step backwards, but how …
Microsoft are doing pretty well thanks to success of Android. Estimates state that Microsoft will make $444 million (nearly £284 million) from the sale of Android handsets in 2012. It’s all because Android partners are entering into licence agreements with Microsoft, who hold a number of patents relating …
Wanna be in with a chance of winning a HTC Sensation XL ? Three are giving away five of them. They want to know how many different types of drips you can see in their new advert… It’s all to celebrate the fact that Three are now the …
It seems that Steve Jobs was more than a little unhappy about Android. A new autobiography by Walter Isaacson has already been quoted by The Huffington Post and, well, he was a little angry when he saw “how similar” Android was to the iPhone.. Our lawsuit is saying, …
A HTC Facebook post has revealed that they will update “as many .. devices as possible” to the all-new Android version, Ice Cream Sandwich. Upgrades require a careful balance of hardware and software to ensure the best possible performance and usability, so please stay tuned as we assess …
Football fan? Got an iPhone? You may have already tried the Sky Sports mobile app and caught up with the latest Sky TV whilst sat in a car-park, like this chap.. ..but what about Android users? Well, we’re hearing from an insider that an Android version is currently …
Here in the UK Films on YouTube recently went live. It lets you rent movies from a fair selection and is accessible via the web. On the same day books were introduced into the Android Market but, as of today, you can now buy films through the Android …
Want the Galaxy Nexus network free? Get your name down with Clove and, after dishing out £514.80, you can have it. The handset was announced just this morning and will be the first to use Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It’ll be in stock from “early November”. If …
The all-new Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich / ICS) version will shortly make it’s debut on the Galaxy Nexus, but what of the rest of us ? According to Andy Rubin it’ll be appearing just “a couple of weeks after” on other handsets. We can guess that the …
We’ve just had some rather nice hi-res snaps of the all-new Motorola RAZR sent across from the PR team today. It’ll be arriving here in Europe in November and we’re expecting a price-tag of around £400. Techradar is also reporting that the handset will be upgraded to Android …
So, it’s been roughly 12 hours since the new Galaxy Nexus got announced. How do you fancy making your Android phone get that Nexus look and feel? Just head over to xda-developers and you can grab the wallpapers. Link – xda-developers Credit – Andy Payne
Steve Ballmer. He always creates headlines when he makes a speech, but sometimes it’s not for the reasons he’d hoped. The Microsoft boss told the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco that .. You don’t need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows phone (but ) …
UK mobile network Three has announced that they will be stocking the just announced Samsung Galaxy Nexus device which is the latest in the ‘Nexus’ range after the Nexus S and the original Nexus One. In a press release Three have said.. Samsung Galaxy Nexus – coming soon …
