Category: Android

Motorola FlipOut Announced Today

Motorola today announced a new Android powered device called FlipOut and has a rather interesting design which I personally really like.  As you can see in the picture, the FlipOut has a square design with a rotating screen to reveal a keyboard. ...

T-Mobile To Stock X10 Mini Pro in July

T-Mobile UK have updated their coming soon page which now includes the Sony Ericcson X10 Mini Pro (wow thats a mouthful) and it will be going on sale in July this year. No information yet on what price plans this will be available on, that information...

Dell Streak…. Hard As Nails!

With O2-UK launching the Dell Streak in just a few days time, any concerns or worries about what screen protector to buy are about to be thrown out the window and put your mind at ease. Engadget have done a test no normal person would have ever consid...

Dell Streak O2 Price Plan Information

Saving the best news until last, we have today found out that the exclusive Dell Streak will be available on two types of contract from O2. £25 a month for a 24 months data only price plan or £35 a month on a data with voice price plan …

O2-UK Launching Sony Ericsson X10 Mini

O2 are also going to be launching the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini in the UK in June in what looks to be a bumper Android month for the company.  As with the Galaxy S story, no news yet on price plans to get for free but it is …

O2-UK Launching Samsung Galaxy S in June

O2-UK are set to release the Samsung Galaxy S sometime in June it has been confirmed.  At present no information on pricing only that is will be sometime in june and will be on Pay Monthly only (not Pay As You Talk). Keep an eye out on the …

Vodafone 845 Slips To June Release

Until today, Vodafone had the release date of the Vodafone 845 down for May, which has now just slipped until June for some unknown reason.  The 845 is a Vodafone branded Android device much like the T-Mobile Pulse Mini which is already on sale. ...

Sony Ericsson X10 Mini… LIME!

Orange have just added the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini to coming soon in a brand new colour not seen before. LIME!.  Yes that is right you can own your very own lime green Android device with the same 5 megapixel camera, GPS and 1.6 OS as the original...

HTC Wildfire Coming To Vodafone UK

Vodafone are the latest network to sign up the HTC Wildfire onto its UK network but at of yet no date has been mentioned for launch only that it is coming soon to pay monthly the Wildfire packs a 3.2 inch touch screen, Android 2.1, GPS,Bluetooth,Wifi ...

Dell Streak Exclusive To O2

Dell and O2 today announced the Dell Streak which is an Android based tablet device and will be going on sale only on O2 starting from just next month. The main features are as follows: Operating system: Google Android Processor: 1GHZ Qualcomm Snapdr...

Update: Motoroi Coming To The UK

The original MotoRoi was a touch only version of the Motorola Milestone which sorry to say never made its way over here to the UK but now it seems we know why. eXpansys have an updated version of the Android 2.1 device due to ship in the UK …

LG Optimus Coming To Orange UK

Orange are continuing to push out the Android range of phones and have today added the LG Optimus onto their coming soon page on both Contract and PAYG. The LG Optimus has a 3 inch touch screen running Android OS, 3.15 mega-pixel camera, Bluetooth &am...

Nexus One Getting FroYo Already!

Today is has been reported that Nexus One customers are starting to receive the FroYo 2.2 update although slowly and in stages.  Don't be surprised to have to wait a short time to receive your update but it does look like Google have flicked the ...

X10 Mini Coming To Orange UK

Orange UK now have the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini down on their books as 'Coming Soon' and what is an interesting move is the fact it also shows as coming soon to PAYG!. The X10 Mini was announced back at this yeard Mobile World Congress where I was …

Android 2.2 ‘FroYo’ Announced Today

Google today announced 2.2 FroYo version of the mobile OS to the world with some pretty sweet updates in features.  The 4 main updates are Speed, Now 2-3X faster than 2.1 in a lot of applications including browser Market Updates now can be auto-...

HTC Wildfire deals now coming online

Our HTC Wildfire deals are now online now that pricing and pre-orders are available. I've had a quick scoot around the offers and found the following. If you want a cheap deal (albeit without any data bundled) there's a a Vodafone 12 month package. I...

WinPhone 7 – LG Panther gets more hands-on time

That Windows Phone 7 prototype from LG has been snapped yet again. It was spotted out in the open just the other day after originally appearing in February. The device now has a name, the "Panther" and will be appearing here in the UK sporting Windows...

Pulse Mini Just £79.99 Today!

Over on the official T-Mobile UK website there is a special 20% off sale for a limited time TODAY ONLY!.  One of the star handsets on offer is the just released Pulse Mini which runs Android 2.1, has a 3.2 Megapixel Camera, WiFi, Bluetooth and GP...

3UK To Range HTC Wildfire

3UK have announced they will be ranging the HTC Wildfire on their network very soon.  The following statement was taken from the Media Centre from the official website: Sylvia Chind Head of Branded Devices said "It’s great to be a...

Windows Mobile Dropbox client – CloudFiles now final

You may remember the public beta of Ruttensoft's CloudFiles recently. It's a Windows Mobile client for Dropbox, which is an online file storage system for uploading, editing, downloading and streaming of files in your account. Selling normally for $6...

Wildfire priced up, SIM free

We've not managed to find any Pay As You Go deals for the HTC Wildfire as yet, but mobilefun.co.uk do have it up for £229.95 and will have it ready for despatch soon. Slap a SIM in it and you're away. We should point out that the Wildfire …

Android 2.1 arrives for Sprint Hero

Sprint Hero owners can now at last get their hands on the highly anticipated Android 2.1 update. It's available from the support site and gives enhanced corporate email support, HTC Sense improvements, better camera quality and all the Android 2.1 im...

Android – Now over 60,000 apps available

Look how many Google Android apps are showing up over on AndroLib. It's less than a month since we ran a story showing 50,000. Further proof, if needed, that the Android Market growth shows no signs of slowing. Link - AndroLib.com

Sony Ericsson Aspen reviewed

The Aspen was launched in February and, as with many Windows Mobile-powered Sony Ericsson phones, things have started off badly. PDA-247 haven't got many good words to say about it unfortunately... "I love how the whole phone creaks when I type... it ...

LG handset spotted running Windows Phone 7

It's no secret that we're a little worried about Windows Mobile. The Kin phones have had a number of critical reviews, the all-new version of Windows Phone isn't due to arrive until December and we're concerned about the number of apps available at la...

Market and Nexus One – Changes made, more needed

We're always linking to sites like androlib.com when we're linking to Android apps. It's generally because the official online version of the Android Market is pretty poor. It just shows a selection of apps and doesn't do a great deal to help you sear...

Leaked Windows Phone 7 reveals HTC Mondrian name

An early Windows Phone 7 OS has been leaked on xda-developers and it's already getting picked apart. This image, taken from part of the ROM, could either be a generic Windows Phone 7 image or it could be the HTC Mondrian - a device name mentioned else...

HTC Wildfire announced – We go hands on

This is the HTC Wildfire. It's the new name for the HTC Buzz and we got a sneak peak at it last week. Available in Q3 this looks like a smaller version of the HTC Desire. It's not quite as powerful though, and is perhaps a more entry-level …

Kin – How teenagers see it. The final thoughts..

A couple of days back we covered the Kin handsets - as seen by teenagers. ZDNet blogger Matt Miller had his two daughters use the Kin One and Kin Two and they've already delivered their first impressions. They've now been using the devices every day f...

Samsung Galaxy S 16GB version coming to Vodafone

Another Android handset has popped up on the Vodafone Coming Soon section. This is the Samsung Galaxy S and the 16GB version will be landing in Voda shops soon. It's a speedster too, with a 1Ghz CPU and a lovely 480x800 4" AMOLED screen. This 16GB ver...

X10 Mini now on Vodafone website

A couple of weeks back we spotted the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini in Vodafone catalogues. Now it's popped up on the "Coming Soon" section of their site with further details showing the 5 megapixel camera, on-board GPS and WiFi / HSDPA connectivity. ...

Android 2.2 to bring WiFi tethering out of the box

Android is going up through the version numbers faster than the national debt, and 2.2 is revealing even more goodies. Not only will it be faster but it'll also have full Flash support plus WiFi and USB tethering out of the box. There's ways of doing ...

First Mozilla, now Skype stops Windows Phone 7 efforts

Whether this stance will change in future we're not sure, but it looks like Skype won't be developing software for Windows Phone 7. They intend to develop and continue supporting their VoIP software for Android, iPhone and iPad phones. According to sm...

Office Mobile 2010 now available for free

The Office Mobile 2010 update is now available in the Marketplace for 6.5 owners. It features a touch-friendly UI, SharePoint Workspace Mobile, easy updates, seamless copy and paste plus many other new features. The Press Release states that... "With...

Windows Phone 7 and Kin to merge?!

The Kin phones have already had a rough few weeks. Harsh reviews and a fairly high price plan have forced Microsoft and Verizon onto the defensive. Senior Product Manager for Mobile Communications at Microsoft, Greg Sullivan, has now revealed that the...

HTC Desire available on o2 at last

Yesterday we were hassling the lovely people at o2 for an update on the HTC Desire. Just when will it be available? They stuck to their "mid-May" time-frame and indeed their main shop still has a front-page HTC Desire link taking you to the coming soo...

Android 2.2 clocked – Runs like lickety split

Yesterday you may have noticed a quick glimpse of Android 2.2 right at the end of the Flash Player demo. The guys at AndroidPolice have also got a Nexus One running the new Froyo version, and they've clocked it going 450% faster than Android 2.1. That...

Android 2.1 for Sprint Hero – May 21st?

Getting tired of this now? Yes, us too. Hero owners have had the Android 2.1 upgrade dates moved around more than Gordon Brown's luggage. At Mobile World Congress we were told "late March" and this was mentioned again shortly after. We were then told ...

Bing updated – Microsoft do turn-by-turn nav too

Microsoft have launched their own turn-by-turn navigation system in the latest version of Bing for WinMo. It's restricted to a few US network handsets at the moment, but here's hoping they'll do a "Google" and roll out the car-nav system to the rest o...

Motorola Flipout – Spin that screen

Motorola are loving Android at the moment. The OS has pretty much brought them back from the brink and now this square device has popped up on gizmodo. It's a device we saw briefly last month but we can now see the interesting keyboard mechanism. Moto...