Cheap Acer handsets up for grabs

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 …

Motorola Q3 results – iPad killer fail

Motorola have just announced their Q3 results and their supposed iPad killing Xoom tablet accounted for a tiny slice of sales during the quarter. They shipped a total of 11.6 million mobiles devices of which the Xoom represented a mere 100,000 units. In contrast, Apple sold 11.12 million …

Nokia Lumia Xbox deal detailed

We’ve had a bit more information about the free Xbox 360 deal we spotted yesterday. Orange customers who upgrade to the new Nokia Lumia 800 on the network will get a 4GB Xbox 360 provided you choose an 18 or 24 month deal. The full details are below. …

Win a Nokia Lumia

Nokia are giving away five Lumia handsets on their Facebook page. You just need to “Like” the page and then add your details in to be in with a chance of winning. The competition is open until November 9th. Link – Facebook

Fancy a cheap Android tablet?

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 …

Music about to be available from Android Market too?

Browse to music.google.com on your Android phone and, for a brief period some hours ago, this appeared…. ..we’re a bit dubious about whether this is real or not (the image looks to have been tweaked) but if true it could mean that music will soon get added to …

T-Mobile offers up the Nokia Lumia 800 too

Whilst reading my favourite daily newspaper (I’m so high-brow), I tripped over yet another Nokia Lumia ad this morning… ….and then, I got yet more Nokia Lumia goodness on the YouTube page…. …I figured it was worth looking to see if any other networks are carrying the handset …

Sony buys out Ericsson

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. …

Get Tango on your Mango

I use Tango daily to call my wife and, even with the “upside down screen” bug on the Desire S, it’s a fantastic video-calling app. It’s now set to be the first video-calling app on Windows Phone Mango. What makes this surprising is the fact that Microsoft bought …

Slide to unlock – Trademarked by Apple

Yesterday something happened, and it wasn’t the launch of a phone. It was the awarding of a trademark to Apple for the slide-to-unlock gesture. The US Patent Office database desribes …. Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image. A device with a touch-sensitive display may …

Travel SIMs – XXSIM offers free incoming calls

We all know the story by now. You go abroad, you use your mobile, then you come home and collapse in shock when the bill arrives. If you’ve got an unlocked handset there are ways around the “roaming shock” by using roaming or travel SIM cards. There’s a …

Nokia Lumia 800 – You WILL know about it

OK. I’m getting pretty amazed with quite how much money is being thrown at the new Nokia Lumia 800. While watching Channel 5 this evening I became increasingly annoyed by some new advert “buffers”. They pop up for a few milliseconds between each ad but all I kept …

Windows Phone and Nokia – Back in the game ?

We’ve just had the full press release for the two new Windows Phones announced by Nokia this morning. We’ve also had a stack of photos, so we’ve added them at the bottom of your post. But first, I’d like to hear your thoughts on these new handsets. I’ll …

Orange to give away an Xbox with upgrades to Nokia Lumia 800

Orange have joined Vodafone and Three to range the Nokia Lumia 800. But hey, there’s a twist. If you upgrade to this phone on Orange you get a free Xbox ! Get your interest registered here. An Orange spokesperson told us.. Orange UK will launch the Nokia Lumia …

Vodafone to carry the Nokia Lumia 800

Vodafone have followed Three in announcing their intention to range the Nokia 800. Their website now has the handset on the “Coming Soon” pages and you can get your name down for updates. Link – Vodafone Shop Credit – James Pearce

Full Nokia Lumia adverts appear

You’ve no doubt been driven a little crazy by those sneaky Nokia 800 commercials, so here’s some full adverts and lots of demo videos for you to enjoy instead.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1qTbs8K3go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMoRhfd1Sk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33q8PY4q448 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NowrZXNtrxI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcvH3rP4O4c http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZN1chhYCL8U http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1bi3u2Hm1BQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r3ojd9G1C6s http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fbOPck5ndXI Link – Nokia Lumia 800 Credit – James Pearce

Three to carry the Nokia Lumia 800

You knew it had to happen didn’t you ? Those lightening-quick people at Three have already confirmed that they will be carrying the Nokia Lumia 800. The lucky monkeys have already got their hands on it too… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYgBWoh8F7c That curved OLED glass certainly looks interesting. If the “First …

Nokia Lumia 710 – The low-down

Moments after the launch of the Nokia Lumia 800 and we now have a Lumia 710 webpage too. Again, the specs are now online and you can enjoy a live demo of the phone. the handset is incredibly similar to the Nokia 603. This is a more “value …

Nokia Lumia 800 – The low-down

The official Nokia Lumia 800 page is now online and you can finally get a look at the detailed specs list. The handset looks a lot like the Nokia N9 and will be avilable on 31 operators and retailers. It’ll be priced up at €420 before tax and …