Exclusive White LG Optimus 3D LG gives Phones 4U an exclusive deal, bringing a white colored version of the LG Optimus 3D to the UK. Pre-registation is already available online for people who want to get the device first. LG and Phones 4U have yet to release the official release date, currently its just “the [...]
Samsung Galaxy S II Headed to Old Blighty Well, isn’t the present surprise! Samsung has released a press release stating its next flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy S II, will be invading the British shores on the 1st of May. Like its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S, it will be available across all major networks [...]
INQ Cloud Touch, Ready for Pre-order in UK A few weeks ago the INQ Cloud Touch was up for pre-order at the Carphone Warehouse, and now if you are in the UK you can get it sim-free for £299.95 ($589). You can also get it on an 18 month contract with deals starting from [...]
Three Leaks their UK Phone Lineup for Spring/Summer It’s like Christmas! The guys over at Engadget were earlier given Three’s entire spring/summer lineup of phones which revealed a fair few Android release dates. Three is the nickname for UK carrier Hutchison 3G UK. Samsung Galaxy S2 Mini Discovered Of course the biggest reveal was the [...]
Motorola Atrix Makes UK Debut on T-Mobile Website If you have been keeping an eye on the Motorola Atrix you’ll now that it can be yours now if you head on down to Bell as it has been released today. Us lucky people here in the UK can also pick it up but we’ll have [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Launching in UK March 31 People are saying that Sony Ericsson is getting ready to launch their largest marketing campaign ever in the UK, due to the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. This pretty snazzy device is set to launch on March 31st. Which UK Carrier will have SE Xperia Play? [...]
Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi can be pre-ordered next month Last week, Verizon launched the Motorola XOOM tablet with no word on the Wi-Fi version. Before, PC World had put up the price for the Wi-Fi version of the tablet for £449, but then the price was removed quickly. Well now, PC World has raised the price tag [...]
Motorola Xoom Pricing: Will It Hurt Worldwide Launch? At last some good news about the Motorola Xoom, since all the bad reports regarding the price it was getting before it even hit the shops . “‘They’re off to a good start,” according to Sanjay Jha said. Jha was speaking to financial analysts at the Morgan Stanley [...]
The HTC Incredible S is now available for pre-order from retailer Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse in the UK. Pre-orders that are placed will be available for store pick-up on Saturday, February 24th, and for everyone else the smartphone will hit the streets on Thursday, March 3rd. The Incredible S basic features include Android OS 2.2 (Froyo), [...]
HTC has confirmed that HTC Gratia (also known as Aria) will be available for UK buyers. The smartphone weighs 4.06oz and has aa pearl white rubber back cover designed for consumers who would like to have an above-average yet fashionable smartphone. The HTC Gratia runs on Android 2.2 Froyo and features a 600 MHz Qualcomm processor, a3.2-inch [...]
While Verizon seems to have a jump on the Motorola Xoom in the U.S. market, the Honeycomb tablet will also be available in the UK. The new dual core 10.1 inch LTE-capable device will be offered through the retailer Clove, though no pricing or availability has been given. Motorola has opted to make the tablet with a removable cellular [...]
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 will be available in red and black in January. The phone will be on Virgin Mobile so people on that network are getting some new mid-range devices to choose from. Sony Ericsson’s latest Android powered handset the X8 is available exclusively to Virgin Media customers in a striking red and [...]
For UK customers of T-Mobile, the promised update to Froyo (Android 2.2 OS) for the Samsung Galaxy S has come and gone. A post on the official T-Mobile forum initially announced plans to release the 2.2 update on December 1st : “Our goal is to make the update process smoother and we are working to [...]
In an attempt to be the first carrier to offer FOTA(firmware over-the-air) updates to the Galaxy S series, T-Mobile UK has said they will try it today. This is great news for our friends “across the pond” as the Galaxy S series has been waiting for Android 2.2(Froyo) for quite some time. T-Mobile says if [...]
Bet you didn’t even know that you could buy this. Well, you still can’t. Not yet, anyway. Archos quietly launched their Archos 101 Internet tablet (with the final 1 much smaller, I assume they pronounce it “ten-one”), and it’s sold out already. Announced on their site to UK customers, the next shipment won’t be available [...]
Yes with all the Navigation tools we have for the Android Phones it was only a matter of time that Tom Tom finally decided to join us, but before you get all giddy like school kids, this little friendship is only coming to the HTC Desire Z and HD. This will leave many sad, but [...]
It’s like a long-lost love story, you have a Galaxy S Phone and Froyo is in reach, then it just magically fades away. I know this is frustrating, upsetting and heck it might make you want to brick your phone or flash a rom and be done with it. I have a Samsung Vibrant and [...]
If you have been living under a rock then you may not know about the Samsung Galaxy Tab which is unfortunate because this is a bit of tech that is very drool worthy. Samsung UK have just announced via a press release that this Galactic tablet will be hitting the lucky shelves of UK stores [...]
There’s a new budget phone in town and it’s ready to throw some data, or is it? The new Android 2.1 Eclair based OT-980 San Francisco from Orange UK is pay-as-you-go on their “Dolphin” plan. For a £10 pay-as-you-go reload you get 300 free texts, access to the free popular Orange Wednesday’s offer and free [...]
Here’s a couple of Android phones you don’t see every day. HTC has come out with special editions of their Desire and Wildfire handsets. The Special Edition Desire (right) is decked out in white, while the Special Edition Wildfire is boasting a silver style. Below are the stock phones so you can see how the [...]
Best of both worlds Orange and T-Mobile UK joined forces earlier this to year to, in effect, become one company. However they retained their original branding because traditionally both carriers have appealed to different sectors of the market. This left many of us wondering what the point of it all was (the merger, not existence). [...]
So many manufacturers are getting into the Android Tablet act, it’s getting to be rather difficult to name them all. Binatone (U.K.) has announced they’re joining the fray, with both a 7 inch and an 8 inch model. Not only are these tablets for those on a budget, this must be the first Android tablet [...]
Sony secure soccer sponsorship Soccer players in the UK and Europe can get paid the same astronomical wages that basketball players do in the states. The biggest club competition in the game is the UEFA Champions League which pits the mights of such teams as Manchester United and Real Madrid against each other. Never ones [...]
Keeping our finger on the pulse I bought a T-Mobile Pulse (Huawei U8220) because its a robust little phone and apparently nigh on impossible to brick. I installed the 2.1 update when it became available in Hungary earlier this year rather than wait for the UK roll out and it works fine. Imagine my surprise [...]
Xperia X8 in India Think of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 is the X10′s little brother. Running 1.6 and decidedly slower and dimmer than its bigger, tougher sibling, the X8 is the latest phone rumored to hit the Indian market where it will be nicknamed the Shakira. Spice of life Indian company ‘Spice Mobile’ market [...]
Never judge a phone by its cover Make it look like an iPhone and people will buy it. Not true, but that seems to be the mantra being chanted mindlessly by manufacturers. Take the Apanda A70 for (pictured below) example. Being produced in Shenzhen by startup Apanda. It has a1GHz Processor, 4.3 inches of screen [...]
HTC is in the headlines again. They already have several immensely popular phone out, and according to cens.com, two more are on their way. The HTC Vision and HTC Ace are set to debut in London, the U.K., in mid September. Both of these new models are based on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and are expected [...]
Today the HTC Desire HD (aka HTC Ace) was listen on Amazon UK for 415 British pounds and has an availability date of October 1st. No specs or images for the device were offered on the site, but the above image that is going around seems to be the Desire HD. This availability date matches [...]
The above cryptic invitation is making it’s rounds to members of the media from HTC. It’s got quite a few people scratching their heads trying to make sense of it. If you’ll notice just to the right of the smoke is a very faint outline of a phone and camera lens, and some are speculating [...]
Telstra spreading the love Telstra, Australia’s largest mobile services provider are really getting the knack of the Android business. As of August 24 they will start to retail the HTC Wildfire on a pre-pay deal. At A$350 ($317) that’s a good price for a good phone. Radio shows ain’t what they used to be The [...]
Streak growing up Its amazing how quickly things move in this business. I was mucking around with my Dell Streak last night when it struck me how ‘old fashioned’ Android 1.6 felt. Thankfully O2 UK are going to bring some modernity next month to the Streak’s otherwise perfectly respectable 5 inches of mutlitouch, hi-res screen [...]
4G up 4Grabs The switch to digital television here in the UK is due to leave the 800Mhz radio bandwidth bereft of signal and thus opened up for other use. Obviously the growth of the mobile handset has meant a greater demand for bandwidth and these freed up frequencies are highly sought after. Having gone [...]
Galaxy S Vodafone offer as good as it sounds? Vodafone are becoming adept at utilising social media as part of their sales strategy and their use of twitter to advertise special offers has not only been successful but has got everyone talking. Their latest tweetdeal is for the marvelous Samsung Galaxy S which they are [...]
Carphone Warehouse jumps into the streaming media market with its release of the Music Anywhere application on blackberry, iPhone and most importantly, Android phones. Music Anywhere is a handy little app that scans your current media library on your home computer , your laptop and your mobile phone. Once it does this, you now have [...]
Wildfires not burning so bright As elsewhere, the HTC Wildfire was met by a blaze of enthusiasm in the UK, and yesterday’s news that Android 2.2 for the handset is ready (appearing on launch lists in China) should have stoked the fires even further. For some though, the flames have been extinguished somewhat, by a [...]
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