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 [...]
Split Personalities Taiwanese electronics corporation Acer plan to announce another dual boot netbook like their Inspire One D250. Like its fore bearer, the Inspire One AOD255 will also dual boot Windows XP but will have Android 2.1 as opposed to 1.6. If you don’t want to travel to Taiwan or wait until next month, the [...]
Viewsonic is known for there projectors and monitors. They are going to release a 7in tablet running Android 2.2 (Froyo) this autumn. Rumors are that if will have many different connectivity options, including voice calls via GSM, and either a 3MP or 5MP camera on the back. These are just rumors, but they are believed [...]
Vodafone Running Stream We reported last week on eXpansys who were offering the Acer Stream on pre-order, well, now they’ve got together with Vodafone to offer the Stream on a two year contract, with 300 minutes, unlimited texts and a gig of data for Ł30 ($47) a month – that works out at at Ł720 [...]
A Hero’s Tale We reported yesterday on how UK HTC Hero users were using Facebook to voice their anger and hurt at having been left out in the cold when it came to the 2.1 update. Hot on the heels of our report and probably inspired by it, Orange announced that the update was going [...]
BBC On The Move Its not an exaggeration to say that one of the biggest stumbling blocks to Rupert Murdoch’s evil pay-wall scheme has been the BBC. The quality and quantity of their free coverage makes paying for news a rather silly exercise. The BBC Trust, an executive group straight from the pages of a [...]
UK Hero Owners Get Vocal If you’re with Orange UK (that’s pronounced ‘Oh-rahnj’ BTW) and you have an HTC Hero, then the chances are you’re fed up with not having received the 2.1 update yet, despite the fact your European cousins have been basking in the glow of their live wallpapers for some time. A [...]
Mobile Price War Declared in Kenya More people are using their mobiles to access the internet than ever before, and this trend is set to continue. In developing nations where infrastructures can sometimes leave something to be desired, a phone is often the only way to get online. Telkom Kenya who are a subsidiary of [...]
Korea first in line for Galaxy S 2.2 – France second One of the few things that could be held against the wonderful Samsung Galaxy S was its release date – coming out, as it did, after the announcement of Android 2.2 but before it was loaded onto any devices. This gave the S the [...]
Mobile Expansion in Far East Hong Kong based PC makers Lenovo are celebrating the success of their first Android smartphone, theLephone, with the announcement that they will be producing the Lepad, an Android based tablet by the end of the year. This news was found floating round the trading markets of the far east and [...]
T-Mobile UK’s looking to add another of Samsung’s lower-end Androids to their line-up by introducing the Samsung Galaxy Apollo. The Galaxy Apollo has proven to be a viable option for those that can’t be bothered being locked into a three-year agreement for a higher-end device at cheaper rates. I’m sure the device will be offered [...]
UK: BBC iPlayer Android App Removed From Shelf. The BBC holds a dear place in the hearts of the British. Colloquially we even refer to her as Auntie. “Making the unmissable, unmissable” is the tag line for her generally wonderful iPlayer service. Apart from being rather poor English, it would also appear that its not [...]
Orange Bring New Android Phone to UK Vodafone and T-Mobile have known how much we love Android, here in the UK, for some time, but not so Orange. Despite having merged with T-Mobile at the beginning of this month, both companies have deliberately maintained their separate identities and Orange are the now last of the [...]
Welcome to Android Headlines’ new world round-up feature, where you can catch all the major Android based news, from right around the globe and on just one page. We know readers of Android Headlines are not just interested in what’s happening on their own doorstep but we also know how busy everyone is. So now [...]
T-Mobile announced today that they are launching the Samsung Galaxy S. The Galaxy S will be available free from Ł35 a month for 24 months giving you 900 Minutes, 500 Texts, a Flexible Booster and 3GB of Internet use (yes 3GB!). 18 month plans are also available costing Ł5 more. There are also lower plans [...]
The recently-spied HTC Vision has appeared on a list of devices that are heading to the UK later this year. Of the six devices named in the report over at Omio, two Android phones should be getting a release in October. Along with the Vision and it’s four-row QWERTY keyboard there is also word that [...]
The roll-out of Android 2.2 for the Nexus One has hit the UK today, with several readers pinging us with emails and tweets about the arrival of the next-gen Android on their phones. Not quite as exciting a day as the HTC Hero 2.1 launch party, but still rather great news if you’re in the Nexus [...]
Not too long ago the Dell Streak was reviewed and overall we liked it. Well now in the UK you can buy one, straight from Dell. The Streak is SIM-free and costs around 449 pounds in the UK. In case you’ve forgotten the specs, the screen is 5 inches, an 800×400 resolution and multitouch support. The [...]
HTC Wildfire is a new sense based phone launching for T-Mobile UK. The phone is targeted towards the price sensitive social network user. The Wildfire will be free with a two year plan (WOW!). It will have the friendstream application. This application combines Twitter, Facebook, and FLIKR into one stream of updates. This phone was [...]
It was bound to happen. If you make an open source OS that manufacturers can install pretty much as they wish, then sooner or later those manufacturers will start to target those of us with thinner wallets. In the UK, at least, the first salvo of that price war was fired today by Vodafone who [...]
Last week’s news was all about the launch of the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint and I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that Apple has announced the new iPhone 4. But since we are an Android dedicated site, I thought it would be good to focus on the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S. [...]
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