ZTE have now definitely landed here in the UK. Following the launch of their site and a sneak peek at the Tureis they’re today announcing a deal with Brightpoint to push ZTE own-branded smartphone to the UK. This is a big change for ZTE, who have been happy …

Twitter have released a new version of their Android app on to the market. The new version brings support for push notifications and multiple accounts. Having had a quick play, the notifications do appear to be pretty instantaneous with alerts popping up virtually exactly in sync with my …

iOS users rejoice! Along with proper notifications, an improved lock screen and all that iCloud goodness, Apple have also (finally!) introduced another long-standing feature from other mobile OSs. Hidden away in the Settings app in the newly released iOS 5 Beta 3 is a menu allowing customisation of …

We’ve been wanting to see more Android QWERTY devices and, just recently, they seem to be arriving with alarming regularity. This is the ZTE Tureis. It looks to be a budget messenger although it carries the usual Android specs – Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and microSD expansion. There’s a …

The LG Optimus Chat has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Here on O2 it’s available for just £139.99 on Pay & Go, although it is.. bright pink. Running Android 2.2 this has a 3 megapixel camera, FM radio, 3G, WiFi, GPS and microSD card. It’s also pink. If you’re …

We saw the rather lovely Motorola Atrix back at Mobile World Congress and had a great demo of how it worked. We’ve now had all the kit delivered to see how it works and the result is this quick video. We’ll have more later in the week..

Google are now rolling out a new version of the popular Market application with a brand new look and feel which does look a lot nicer than the existing version we have now become used too. This new version will include support for Books and Movies if you …

Just spotted over at WinRumors they have found a video where a new Samsung phone running Windows Phone Mango.  The person in the video states this is a new Samsung phone running Mango coming but goes into no more details on specs Whilst no specs have been talked …

HTC DACH (Germany / Austria / Switzerland) has just confirmed that the HTC Desire Z will be finally getting the Gingerbread update “in the coming weeks”. This seems to confirm our story yesterday and will hopefully mean that owners in other countries will get their update too. The …

Further to our story last week, CoPilot Live Premium is now available on the App store for iPhones and 3g iPads on the same 50% discount offer. This makes the UK maps version £14.99 and the European maps one £29.99. After the 7 day offer these revert to …

This is the 8GB microSD card from Samsung. The guys at Memory Card Zoo asked us to review one and pointed out that it was water proof, dust proof, shock proof and was even safe against magnets. So. We had a think. How could we do a “proper” …

Apologies, but I have said phone and it’s frankly a bit embarrassed that the flagship Android phone from LG has :  A: shipped with 2.2 Froyo and B: has taken this long to be updated to 2.3 Gingerbread.. As I say, the LG Optimus 2X launched with Android 2.2 …

So the question is, do we believe this? Samsung have apparently let the cat out of the bag regarding the next in the line of Nexus phones via their official Romania twitter account. A series of tweets suggests that yes, they are providing the Nexus 3. Information comes …

Apple has just filed a complaint about HTC with the International Trade Commission (ITC). If successful it could see a complete ban on HTC products being sold in the USA. Apple state that HTC are illegally using patents relating to “scrolling operations”, “double-sided touch-sensitive panels” and “programmable tactile …

Alright, we give in. But hey, if you use this and your phone explodes just don’t come crying to us. A tool to unlock the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has appared here. It seems to be a relatively simple process and, with the aid of a Rar file …

The Xperia PLAY got launched during Mobile World Congress with a certain amount of fanfare. It has a great camera, 1GHz CPU and a good catalogue of games .. oh, and let’s not forget that slide-out gaming controller and the fact that it can also call people. We …

Back in March Android leapt to the top of of the comScore chart but we also spotted the start of a very worrying Microsoft slope. The Micorosft share according to the March numbers showed a drop in share from 9.7% (October 2010) to 8% (January 2011). Back then …

According to sources, the HTC Desire Z should have received an update to Gingerbread “before the end of June”. That’s not happened as yet. We’re now hearing that it’s to be the end of this month instead, but we’ll keep you updated when we hear more. Unfortunately a …

We’re quickly becoming accustomed to the fact that companies communicate to their customers through Facebook so here’s another update from the HTC page. Following the earlier confusion there’s confirmation once more that the HTC Desire will get Gingerbread and the even better news that it’ll arrive before the …

Deals. We love them, that’s why we’ve got our own search tool, but today Mitesh Patel has also spotted an offer on HotUKDeals. It’s for the HTC Sensation and it’s a short 12 month contract too. For £99 up-front and £30 per month you’ll get a whacking 1GB …