The iPhone is not cool…

Well according to the (acting) president of HTC America that is.  On the iPhone 5 hype: “Apple is innovating. Samsung is innovating. We are innovating. Everybody is innovating. And everybody is doing different things for the end consumers. I brought my daughter back to college — she’s down …

Review: Happy Owl Studios ‘The Wallet’ case for iPad

I’ve been looking for a case for my iPad to replace the standard Apple one for best part of a year now. I wanted something that would let me carry more than just my iPad so I didn’t have to juggle phones and wallets whilst showing off my …

Get social – Blendr available for iOS

If you’re gay you may have used the Grindr app to quickly locate and socialize with local men. Using GPS technology it’ll map out other guys close to you, then you can share pictures and information straight away. Now the makers of that app have created Blendr, a …

HTC cleans up in the UK

HTC phones now account for 50.9% of UK Android phones – more than double their nearest rival Samsung (on a lowly 21.6%). That’s quite staggering for a company who used to only make rebranded products for other people – indeed their first Android phone was for T-Mobile. However, …

Xperia ray now in Orange coming soon section

The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray was spotted a short while back in the support section of the Orange website. We had the official confirmation from Orange shortly after but now you can sign up for either the black or white model through the coming soon pages. The Xperia …

Platformance: Temple Death platformer for Windows Phone

A new platform gamed called “Platformance: Temple Death” is now available for Windows Phone 7. Priced at just $0.99 or 79p it features 40 challenges, a zoom mode and three difficulty levels. You can take screenshots to share with your friends and there’s a free trial available too. …

PingMe – Instant Messaging across Android, iPhone and BlackBerry

Instant messaging has always been a tricky thing to perfect. The biggest problem usually getting people onto the right IM platform. Are your friends on Google Chat ? Windows Live ? ICQ ? Enter PingMe, another messaging app which offers real-time chat, group chat and geo-location. It’s easy …

It’s not just me – Cat Deeley loves her Tab!

Cat Deeley. Photoshoot. Right, now I’ve got the attention of 90% of our audience I can talk about the new Samsung Galaxy Tab. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 appeared at the IFA show in Berlin recently and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 got the full hands-on treatment back at Mobile …

Smartphone shipments outstrip feature phones

It’s official, more smartphones are sold that feature phones here in Western Europe. Stats from research firm IDC shows that Samsung is ahead with 13.9 million phones sold in the second quarter of 2011 (feature phones and smartphones), with Nokia behind on 9 million followed by Apple and …

Samsung Galaxy Y Coming to Vodafone UK

If you want an entry-level Android then this new Samsung Galaxy Y could be your thing. Samsung appear to be naming their phones according to “class designators”… S – Super Smart – Devices at the very pinnacle of Samsung’s mobile portfolio. This class will only be used on …

Google launch Music Beta mobile web app

Although Google launched a native Android app alongside Music Beta, iOS users have so far been left out in the cold. However Google have now released a new mobile web app, allowing easy access to your cloud library through a browser.

Google redefines “open”

Papers marked as “Confidential” have popped into the limelight today as part of court papers submitted by Google. It seems to reveal that companies who adhere to the Google specs are able to put phones and tablets on sale first. One section reveals how Google attempts to ramp …

App Review – Retro Recall

The idea behind this app, as the name suggests is to provide images of various retro films/toys/songs etc and includes a link to the relevant Wikipedia website for that particular subject. The app has the ability to set favourites and you can also share items by email, Facebook, …

Three Price Up Samsung Galaxy W

Three have their new brochure out and this shows off the Samsung Galaxy W with a price of £22 a month giving you 100 Minutes, 5000 Texts and 500MB Internet.  The Samsung Galaxy W will also be available on other plans including the popular One Plan giving you …

T-Mobile and Orange also offering the white Galaxy SII

Eeek.. OK, the white Samsung Galaxy SII is now almost everywhere. T-Mobile have now joined O2, Vodafone and Three in offering the handset. It’s free on T-Mobile on plans costing £35.75 or more per month. Edit – Looks like Orange is selling it too, so now every UK …

Sony Ericsson Xperia ray on the way to O2

O2 are also set to range both the Sony Ericsson Xperia mini Pro and the Sony Ericsson Xperia ray. The Xperia ray is just 9.4mm thick and has a 3.3″ 854×480 screen, 8.1 megapixel camera (with that clever Exmore R technology for better low-light shots) and is powered …

O2 to range the Samsung Galaxy W

Also on the September roadmap for o2 is this, the Samsung Galaxy W. The handset is also arriving on Three shortly and is powered by Android 2.3. It comes equipped with a 1.4GHz CPU, 3.7″ Super LCD screen, GPS and WiFi. The Galaxy W seems to be a …

White Galaxy SII Also arriving on O2

If you’re looking for the Galaxy SII in white then you can get it on Vodafone or Three. However, we’ve also noticed O2 are about to sell the white version too. O2 already sell the darker model for free on plans costing £37 or more per month. Link …

Android 4.0 on the Sony Ericsson Xperia roadmap

A Sony Ericsson rep has confirmed to somobile that their current Xperia handsets will be updated to Android 4.0. Speaking to SoMobile, a representative from the London-based phone-maker assured that its 2011 Xperia smartphones all come with support for Android Ice Cream Sandwich – the next iteration of …

Google hand over weaponry to HTC

HTC have added more patents to a lawsuit against Apple. The patents were purchased from Google last week and actually come via Pal, Motorola and Openwave Systems originally after Google purchased those companies last year. At face value it seems that Google are helping HTC to fight their …