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A new player in the UK Android market has officially announced a full range of budget tablets today. Gemini Devices have been trading for a while in China, but are now bringing their JoyTAB Android tablets to the UK. Consisting of three tablets – 7”, 8”, and 10” …
It looks like the full set is almost complete, Orange have announced via their Orange Helpers Twitter and Facebook accounts that the Android 4.0 update will start rolling out via Kies tomorrow, Friday the 20th of April. This only leaves T-Mobile customers without any official way to leave …
As detailed in February and revealed at MWC, the Panasonic Eluga is now available in the UK. Running with a 1GHZ dual core CPU, an 8 megapixel rear camera,Wi-Fi, NFC, and running Android 2.3 (soon to be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich) the phone has a 4.3″ display and …
It’s been a bit of a wait but now owners of unbranded Samsung Galaxy SII’s can get their hands on some Ice Cream Sandwich goodness. The update is available through Kies and we recommend updating to the newest version beforehand. The update also comes with some improvements to …
We’ve had this picture sent in by Andy Lamb. His Orange-branded HTC Sensation XE has received the all-new Ice Cream Sandwich / Android 4.0 update too, so it looks like a lot of Sensation XE owners are getting it now. Let us know if it’s arrived for you …
Ant has sent us a shot of his rather nice HTC Sensation getting an Ice Cream Sandwich delivery. He’s on Three and this is an unlocked, unbranded and unmolested unit. We know already that the Vodafone branded model was getting the update, but now it looks like other …
This is a question that I find is being asked all the time by Android users. I’m in a position working in the telecoms industry where I get asked this about 20 times a day. It’s something that I have become fairly blase about. The honest truth is …
A couple of days old this one however Google have announced an update to 4.0.4 for the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, the Xoom WIFI and the HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus. We’ve started rolling out Android 4.0.4, Ice Cream Sandwich, to UMTS/GSM Nexus S, Xoom Wi-Fi, and HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus …
If you’re a HTC Sensation user and you got your handset from Vodafone, listen up. They’ve just finished testing the Ice Cream Sandwich update and should be available now. A post on their blog states that.. Great news. The testing of the ICS update for HTC Sensation is …
With the latest and greatest Android OS now appearing on many Galaxy SII handsets we have to ask the question – do you like the new version? I know many of us are creatures of habit, so change isn’t always good. I’ve seen several people getting annoyed at …
Over in America, HTC have just announced that the HTC Vivid will be one of the first handsets to get Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and the updated HTC Sense. HTC tell us… Consumers (will be) able to begin upgrading their devices via download today. One of the …
Want to know more about the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Galaxy S2? A powerpoint slide, which has been converted to a PDF here, gives info on what to expect if you’ve not upgraded yours already. It’s not just the UI that’s changed, there’s stacks more, so …
O2 have confirmed via Twitter that they will be offering up the HTC One X from April 5th – just 4 weeks from today. There’s no news on pricing or plans just yet though. We do, however, have some HTC One X deals on O2 if you’re interested. …
HTC have posted on their blog that they have begun to roll out their Ice Cream Sandwich update to Sensation and Sensation XE devices. This is the start of the roll out to all HTC devices that are getting the update (see list below), and will happen country …
So, we’ve had a few dates regarding the Galaxy SII Ice Cream Sandwich update. Last we heard, it was sometime soon and we’ve previously heard dates ranging from Q1 to March 1st. Now best-mobile-contracts have a confirmed date of March 19th, which is this coming Monday. They have …
Got yourself an Archos G9 ? You do ? Lookie here, it’s the Ice Cream Sandwich update, complete with oodles of goodies too. “Hatch” has tipped us off and is busy downloading his update now. The full feature list is below.. Link – Archos.com Version 4.0.4 – March …
This one has been out for a few months now, but we figured it was worth a few shots if you’re considering one. Here’s a rather bright version – you can get lots of different rear panels and they had a selection on the stand. Specs then, 8 …
This is the Ascend D1 – not to be confused with it’s more powerful brother, the D quad. This, if we’re honest, is pretty much exactly the same in every way but with a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU instead of the quad-core unit in the D quad. Android 4.0 …
At the top of the L-Style tree is this, the Optimus L7. It’s got a 1GHz CPU, 4.3″ screen (we’ve not been able to find out what resolution) and a 5 megapixel camera with LED Flash. All the devices in the L-Style range seem to be targeting style …
Dan has a huge hands-on with the new Nokia 900 coming soon. However, one big question we’ve received during the last few days is “does it have Internet Connection Sharing?” Well guess what.. More news as we get it on this one. Check out our earlier story for …
ViewSonic have also announced their new range of tablets at MWC. Here are some details about their new tablets. Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 26th February 2012 – ViewSonic, a global provider of computing, consumer electronics and communications solutions, today announced the launch of its next generation 7” and 10” …
ViewSonic have announced four new phones. Not just normal phones either. They are ALL Dual-Sim Ice Cream Sandwich phones. Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 26th February 2012 – ViewSonic, a global provider of computing, consumer electronics and communications solutions, today announced the launch of its new range of Dual-SIM Android™ Smartphones, the …
OK, we got some great shots of all three HTC devices last night. First up, the big one – the HTC One X. This will sell unlocked (according to Clove, who are selling the white and grey one unlocked) for £492 and expect to see it everywhere – …
Yesterday ZTE announced two new devices, details here. The PF200 and the N910, well today they have announced the Mimosa X. Don’t you just love a good naming convention? The Mimosa X is a qHD device with an NVIDIA Tegra2 dual core chip, running Ice Cream Sandwich. It …
These.. err.. moody ladies are here to show off the new handsets from LG. They, like many others, appear to have decided that launching phones ahead of Mobile World Congress is the thing to do. The Optimus L3, Optimus L5 and Optimus L7 will all unsurprisingly have the …
If you’re an Android user, and a Motorola device owner, you might just enjoy this one! Motorola give an overview of the development cycle of such upgrades and deliver timings by region and by device on their Android Software Upgrade page. Some of the main 1GB devices they …
New Barcelona-bound handsets from HTC look set to have another name change if rumours are correct. The Endeavor, which should of course be called the “Endeavour”, has already been spotted as the HTC Edge and we heard it might get called the “Supreme”. Now it looks like this …
This unnamed smartphone from Motorola is said to be the first using the Intel Medfield Atom platform. Running Android 4.0 it’ll be “graced” with Motoblur. We expect to see this at Mobile World Congress in just a few days time, so we’ll get more details then. Link – …
We knew that the Galaxy SII Ice Cream Sandwich update was coming in Q1 but we didn’t know quite when. Now the inimitable Eldar Murtazin had provided us with a start date and it’ll arrive via Samsung Kies too. Update – A new tweet now says between March …
HTC have released an update on the progress of their ICS upgrades for various devices. The first round of updates will hit the HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation 4G and HTC Sensation XE by the end of March, with the Sensation XL following soon after. It’s also announced some other …
It’s February, it’s rumour month, and Samsung are again making headlines. This shot, from xda.cn, apparently shows why Samsung are keen to keep the upcoming Galaxy SIII under wraps for a little while longer. There’s specs on the site too, although we’d like you to remember the word …
HTC’s Dutch office have issued a press release stating that an updated white version of the great HTC Sensation will go on sale from 1st March in the Netherlands and will be running ICS Android 4.x. This is good news for existing HTC Sensation owners as it indicates …
Android 4.0, aka ICS, aka Ice Cream Sandwich … here in the UK we’re not overly familiar with the term “Ice Cream Sandwich”, but I did used to eat something like this when I was a kid. Anyway, I digress. According to the Facebook page for Samsung Norway …
If you are reading this the chances are that you are a Samsung Galaxy S owner and you are frustrated. Samsung decided that there was not enough space on the Galaxy S to fit the Ice Cream Sandwich update, which left a lot of people rather angry with …
HTC have been rumoured to have mentioned a future update for the HTC Flyer to Ice Cream Sandwich to a customer complaining about how they disliked the Honeycomb update. Apparently whilst discussing how the customer could downgrade their tablet to Gingerbread the customer service-type-person mentioned that they could …
Last year, when we were covering Mobile World Congress, we asked Orange why they weren’t retailing own-branded tablet devices here in the UK. Now they are, in the shape of Orange Tahiti. Under the paintwork it’s a Huawei MediaPad running Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). Now, however, Huawei have announced …
Huawei have just announced the Ascend P1 and P1 S Android smartphones. First up, the Ascend P1 S. This is just 6.68mm thick and has a slight buldge at the bottom just like the Galaxy SII from Samsung. It’ll run the very latest Android OS – Ice Cream …
I’ve been using ICS for about a week now on my Nexus S and feel I have enough experience with it to note down my impressions. This isn’t a structured review by any means, just my comments on things I like and dislike. UI/Feel I love the new …
Wehay! Official Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs for the Samsung Galaxy SII are arriving, and through the Samsung Kies software too….. apparently. Android 4.0.1 and Android 4.0.3 have leaked out, although it looks like there’ll be certain markets and variants getting the new OS update first. This roll-out has …
Further to our article about the Nexus S price reduction, I finally got my handset yesterday and immediately set about trying to update it to ICS. To cut a long story short, it’s not as easy as just going through the settings menu and requires a little manual tinkering, The …
