Category: Android
During the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc review we mentioned the lack of predictive dial. Let me be honest and say that I love predictive dial and have used it since it appeared in Windows Mobile 6.5. It’ll let you start typing a name or number and will locate …
Dan popped down to London the other day to see the all-new HTC Sensation in action. The all-new HTC Sense 3.0 was shown off and you can see even more of it here. It looks rather lush and Tom Mannington wanted to know if HTC had plans to …
The Android Behemoth continues to storm across the planet. During their Q1 earnings call Jeff Huber, Senior CP of Commerce at Android, stated that 350,000 devices are being activated every day. Add that up and you get nearly 2.5 million devices being activated every single day. Imagine everyone …
The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY is now available to buy on the T-Mobile UK website. It now sits alongside the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc which we reviewed recently and the Samsung Galaxy Ace we reviewed a week or two ago. T-Mobile also have the Motorola Atrix and LG …
We’ve managed to secure a special deal on the very latest Samsung handsets. UR Mobile are selling a wide range of Samsung handsets including the Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S, Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Ace and the all-new Galaxy SII. If you buy from the site be sure to enter …
Vodafone have started selling the Xperia PLAY today too. The handset is available for free on plans costing £35 or more. It comes with 6 pre-loaded games – Crash Bandicoot, Fifa 10, Star Battalion, Tetris, Sims 3 andBruce Lee. We’ve already had a hands-on and there’s a great …
The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY is now available for on Three with plans over £40 per month. You pay a £49 up-front cost to get the phone but after that there’s all-you-can-eat data courtesy of The One Plan, 5000 texts, 500 Three-to-Three minutes and 2,000 other minutes. We …
We’ve just had word that the HTC Sensation will be arriving on T-Mobile too. Yesterday we received confirmation that the device would be arriving on Orange. Three will also be carrying it after the short Vodafone exclusivity deal ends. The handset features a dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon CPU, 1GB …
The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc has a lot going for it. A curvy yet painfully thin design, with an 8.1 megapixel camera, HDMI output, a massive 4.2″ screen and HD video recording with constant focus. It has the Sony Bravia display engine for a crystal-clear display and something …
You may know Conor by now, he’s the PR guy from Orange. We’ve emailed him to ask whether the HTC Sensation will be available on their network. Turns on it will and you’ve only got to wait until June. If you haven’t done so already, have a look …
One for your lunch-time viewing today – Rory Cellen-Jones has just added a video on the BBC website comparing the iPad, Motorola Xoom and Blackberry PlayBook. In the video Mike Lazaridis, from RIM, shows some of the features of their new tablet and how it stacks up against …
Remember when we first saw the Motorola Xoom priced up for £449.99? Remember how it then shot up to £499 ? Well, now it’s down to £479.99 on the PCWorld website. If you’ve got stacks of cash washing around your bank account, give it some consideration. Link – …
Whilst at the HTC event today I managed to get a quick hands on video with the Sensation and with a member of the team there talking me through some key points. One thing which the people who arrange press events must take into account when arranging them is the …
Wanna see a little more of the HTC Sensation ? Well, grab yourself a coffee and soak up a bit of a video feast. HTC have added a number of videos showing you around the handset, plus there’s some extra ones via Mobile Bulgaria showing you around the …
With the HTC Sensation now official the guys at Three have stepped forward to confirm that they will be offering the dual-core 1.2GHz beast “soon”. Vodafone have got a one month exclusivity deal on the HTC Sensation, so we’re guessing it’ll arrive on Three in May sometime. The …
HTC have just announced the Sensation handset to the world and wow what a beauty. A 4.3 inch gorilla class screen, unibody aluminium case, 8 megapixel camera will 1080p HD video recording and much more It seems Vodafone have a short exclusive on this handset and will start …
We will be covering the HTC event in London LIVE today bringing you all the news and information as it is announced. HTC Event
Vodafone have just gone and posted a link to the HTC Sensation which is due to be announced today If you want a high-performing phone that lets you take HD video and see things clearly on its 4.3″ screen, choose the HTC Sensation. Take crystal-clear HD video …
Opps. Well, it looks like those earlier rumours could be coming true today. Qualcomm Germany have just posted this tweet which details the dual-core 1.2GHz chip inside the all-new HTC Sensation which is expected to be revealed today in London. We’ll have live coverage of the event as …
Android tablets are all over the place at the moment. The prices of current Android tablets are plummeting such as the Galaxy Tab and the Advent Vega. There are also lots of new tablets being announced every week such as the Asus Transformer and Acer Iconica. Due to …
The long awaited Samsung Galaxy S2 has been given an official release date of the 1st of may. The successor to the multi million selling Galaxy S (Obviously!) it set to potentially raise the performance standard even higher with it’s 1.2Ghz dual core Cpu . Chances are this will be …
Think you’re on the right contract ? Most people do, but according to research from Billmonitor three-quarters of customers are chucking £200 per year down the drain. Nearly all the networks were examined with 28,000 bills getting diagnosed as part of the study. Most were wasting money on …
Now then, this was never meant to be an idea for a blog post, but an innocent question on twitter prompted an excellent response, sufficient for me to put the findings on here. Clearly this is a very scientific study carried out with painstaking effort and to the finest detail….. …
I really like Windows Phone 7’s Metro UI, which essentially puts your application shortcuts on a series of tiles on the homescreen. Android developers being, well, Android developers have created a few different launchers for Android that mimic Microsoft’s sexy Metro UI. I’ve tried a few, but Launcher …
Now, I may get flamed for this, but I wanted to put my thoughts down on the current state of the market where tablets are concerned. So, we started off just over a year ago with the iPad, it was ‘amazing’ and ‘magical’ and it has gone on to …
Battery life has always been a concern with a lot of Android phones. In extreme cases, devices like the US-only HTC Evo 4G would only manage four hours with heavy use. The Desire HD is also another device that has battery life issues; it’s clear to see that …
We have just had a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play turn up for review today so here is a quick video overview of the device and what you get in the box. This device was kindly loaned to us by Clove Technology One thing I did miss in the …
There are a huge amount of Twitter applications over in the Android Market, so choosing the right one can be pretty confusing. While there are some good apps, many of them are, quite frankly, pretty terrible. When I used to own an HTC Hero, I was using Twidroid, …
Cold-callers get on my pip. We’ve all had them. You sign up for something, fill in a form or add your mobile number to an email only to receive dozens of “Withheld numbers”. It’s annoying. Luckily there’s an app called Mr Number which blocks unwanted calls and texts. …
For me, tablets represent a great way to replace paper and digitize publishing. Amazon’s Kindle & Apple’s iBooks are going great guns on Ebooks, and there are now some great digital magazines on the iPad already. Android has been playing catch up, but now iGizmo – a digital …
Go Contacts is a replacement for your normal contacts app. If you run HTC Sense there is not much point in reading this as your “People” app does everything this does. This app is more for the people who have an Android device without a fancy skin on …
Well it’s been a while since the last episode hasn’t it? I was forced to take a hiatus from producing the show on account of the growing amount of projects I had to undertake for my University degree but as of today that has all finished. Hopefully after …
Samsung have now confirmed they have managed to up the CPU speed of the Galaxy S2 from 1.0 to 1.2Ghz on the Dual Core processor built inside. Samsung Estonia on Facebook have said: Super news! S II processor, the 1.2GHz Galaxy (1.0GHz instead of the previously mentioned). It …
Google Maps has reeived another update. Version 5.0.3 introduces History for Latitude. Until now Latitude has helped you see where your friends and family are located but now you can see just how long you spend in certain areas. Other extras include the ability to add your own …
A big HTC launch always brings rumours and many have already mentioned the Pyramid device – a handset we hoped would appear at Mobile World Congress. Here in the UK it seems that the phone will be called the “HTC Sensation”. Screenshots on XDA-developers show a 1.2 GHz …
New versions of some of Google’s official Android apps have leaked online and also been made available for download. The highlight is probably a new version of the default Android Music Player which has been brought in line with it’s Honeycomb counterpart. There is a greater emphasis on …
We’ll be up-front about this from the start. The HTC Desire S has a lot of the same characteristics and specs as the original HTC Desire. We almost felt a little let-down when it first appeared in Barcelona, especially up-against dual-core 1GHz phones. Somehow I felt insulted that …
Three have just stuck the HTC Desire S on their shelves. It’s available from £359.99 for PAYG customer and you can then add a £15 “All in One 15” top-up for 30-days of all-you-can-eat data. For contract customers you can buy the phone for £30 per month. We’ll …
Swiftkey is a great keyboard that has been available for a while now. “Swiftkey predicts your most likely next word based on what you’ve already written. It learns as you use it from your message archive to make predictions amazingly accurate over time”. They have two new free …
The picture says it all really. The Motorola Atrix, a phone we snapped and filmed at Mobile World Congress, is now sitting proudly on the Orange shop and will be arriving in shops soon. It has a 4″ capacative touchscreen with Corning Gorilla glass and a 960×540 qHD …
