Category: Android

Google Nexus One available on Vodafone this Friday

Vodafone have just announced that the Google Nexus One will be available in UK stores from Friday. The handset, which is similar to the HTC Desire, will also also be selling in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and in France through SFR during Ma...

Android 2.1 Gallery app reduces colour depth

Here's something I bet you didn't know, and I want to thank Dr. Raymond Soneira for emailing me and pointing this out. Android version 2.1 has an interesting "difference" in the gallery app colour depth compared to 2.01. Using a Motorola Droid Dr Raym...

Office Windows Phone 7 features on show

Wanna see a bit more of the Office integration in Windows Phone 7 ? Well, click on. MobilityDigest have a Emails, Events and Schedule video and this "Office HUB" video to enjoy. They show how your mails, schedules and events are kept together and how...

Want Android Apps? Now choose from over 50,000!

Just a couple of weeks ago we told you about the 44,000-odd apps in the Android Market and that, despite the "quality vs quantity" argument, more choice is generally a good thing. Microsoft need to ensure that developers are busy beavering away on Win...

Sirius XM Android app just around the corner

In the US a cool service called Sirius XM exists. I tried it out in Florida in a hire car and it was pretty weird listening to BBC Radio 1 whilst cruising around Disney World. A stereo in your car picks up the signals from the Sirius XM …

Dropbox beta now running, full version almost done

Last month we mentioned the official Dropbox app for Android. It's on the way to a phone near you and, although there is a "read only" web-app on the Market already, we're after this official one with the ability to upload files from your handset to t...

America – Win yourself a HTC HD2

UK readers have currently got a chance to win the HTC Desire and now, on the very same day, there's a competition to win a HD2. This one is for our American readers and it's direct from Microsoft. To be in with a chance just tell them what …

Vodafone To Stock HTC Mini HD

Vodafone are due to stock the HTC Mini HD either next week or the week after I have reliably been told by a contact at Vodafone.  The Mini HD was announced back at Mobile World Congress and the key features are: 600 MHz processor. HTC Sense. 5 m...

Win yourself a HTC Desire

Shortlist.com currently have a competition to win a brand new HTC Desire. All you need to do is answer the incredibly simple question and email them before May 3rd. If you're not lucky, don't worry - there's still plenty of deals. Edit - Apologies guy...

Additional KIN specs now available

Extra specs for Microsoft KIN phones have now appeared online. The details, which appear solely on gdgt for some reason, reveal a 600Mhz CPU at the heart of both phones and Exchange support plus light, motion and proximity sensors. The KIN ONE and KI...

Legend owners, get your update!

An over-the-air update is now being pushed out to HTC Legend owners to fix a bug which makes certain apps vanish from the Android Market. According to HTC this is due to a camera issue but the update should make things all better again.Update - There ...

Android 2.2 Already out there somewhere ?

It seems that the development of Android continues and an insane pace. Android 2.2 has now been pictured running on a myTouch 3g / HTC Magic. Sure, it could be a fake and although Androidandme have seen OS 2.2 handsets browsing the web we're still not...

Dell Flash appears

Another Dell handset to appear today is this, the Flash. It's a phone made from "curved glass" and is powered by an 800Mhz Qualcomm MSM 7230 CPU. There's a 3.5" WVGA LCD screen, triband HSPA and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with image stabilisation....

Dell Thunder – Android, a new GUI and more

Aimed as "creative and imaginative people" this is the Dell Thunder. It's another handset to leak from Dell HQ and packs Android 2.1 with a 4.1" WVGA OLED screen. A custom UI from Dell, called "Stage", has been added and it'll pull in your social netw...

Dell Smoke – Android QWERTY leakage!

The Dell leaks continue, this time it's Android and another QWERTY portrait device. Meet the "Smoke" complete with the very latest version of Android. Targetting the messaging / Blackberry consumers it's got a 2.8" QVGA and will pop up in Q2 of 2011. ...

Dell Lightning leaked. Windows Phone 7 on board

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Dell Lightning. It's powered by Windows Phone 7 and has just been leaked by engadget. Reminding us ever-so-slightly of the Orange SPV M2000 it's a portraid QWERTY slider with some very hot specs. A 1GHz QSD8250 Snapd...

Android on an iPhone? Yes, actually

Want Android on an iPhone ? Well, it looks like this is now possible. After a boot through "OpeniBoot" the penguin pops up and Android begins to boot. The video below shows it working it, to be honest, it's not all that slow either. It'll browse, use...

Hero 2.1 Delayed Until June!

HTC have today said the following..... "HTC will be providing a free update to Éclair for European HTC Hero variants.  Starting in June, anyone owning an HTC Hero will receive an initial preparatory update, shortly followed by the full &Ea...

Google Maps Navigation – Now for the UK too

Google Maps appears to have been updated this morning and now, here in an ash-covered Britain, version 4.1.1 should give us the fully-functional Google Maps Navigation. Some users are having to reboot and this is a beta but it does appear that the UK...

Handcent SMS Reviewed

You're almost spoilt for choice when it comes to Android applications. Our regular App Review Show from Tom Ranson is already proving popular and now Chris Pratt is on board with a full written review of the Handcent SMS app. Handcent SMS is a free a...

LG Introduce the GT540

The LG GT540 has just appeared in a variety of colours over on lgblog.fr. According to theunwiredview there was a reference to it being named the "LG Optimus" but now the blog calls it the "LG GT540" or the "Swift". It appears to be a budget touchscre...

Another update from Three regarding the Desire

Three have posted an update regarding the delivery of HTC Desire handsets to customers. A few lucky punters have already got theirs, but the continuing flight delays due to volcanic ash have meant that some deliveries in Asia have not occured. The rem...

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 – Multi-touch coming

So, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 we have here doesn't do multi-touch and runs Android 1.6. However, according to mobiles.co.uk it can do multi-touch and an update in September will boost it to Android 2.1 with the multi-touch magic. Don't forget to ch...

KIN – A full demo

The all-new Microsoft KIN phones were announced on Monday. Aimed at those wanting to keep in touch with online and offline friends without the huge data package, these are arriving on Verizon in the USA soon and here in Europe on Vodafone in the autum...

HTC Desire live on Orange website

The HTC Desire is now listed on the Orange website. The brown one is currently showing as available but the black one is coming soon. Let's not beat around the bush. The HTC Desire is one utterly amazing handset and I'm really trying to find a way to …

Nexus One gets dizzy in a centrifuge

I'm sure we've all seen a lava lamp. You can sit and gaze at the lovely floating blobs of wax float around, perhaps trying to forget the fact that your flight to Ibiza is grounded until the weekend. But would that lovely lava lamp still work in the …

HTC Sync 2.0.33 now available

So there we are, desperately looking around the HTC website for SOME SIGN of the HTC Hero Android 2.1 / HTC Sense upgrade (hellooooo!!!!) and instead we find this, an updated version of the HTC Sync software. Get this if you've got the HTC Legend, HTC...

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 – Up-close

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is here and, if I can get myself off this lovely sumo chair, I'll have a full review online soon enough. Until then there's the usual up-close photos to keep you busy. This white one is available on Orange. The X10 has som...

Co0kie’s Home Tab – Adds flexibility to Sense

OK, so the Windows Mobile version of HTC Sense isn't quite as flexible as the Android version but, with the help of Co0kie's Home Tab it very nearly is. This excellent app will let you modify the Home Tab on your HTC Sense interface. You can move stuf...

DROID Incredible announced

Remember the DROID ? Of course you do, it's the Motorola handset that caused such a stir in the US a few months ago following a huge PR campaign. It was launched on Verizon in the USA and had a small outing here in Europe as the MILESTONE. …

HTC HD mini – Reviewed

As promised yesterday we now have the HTC HD mini review online. It's got all the videos we recorded, the up-close photos and the screenshots from the HTC Sense interface. We've also included the pictures taken with the phone and you can add your comm...

HTC HD mini on Orange soon?

We're getting anonymous emails stating that the HTC HD mini is coming to Orange. If you've heard anything please do let us know, as we can't confirm this as yet. The new Windows Mobile 6.5 device was here just last weekend and we filmed the videos bel...

HTC Desire and Legend – Mini Reviews

You may remember that recently we had the HTC Desire and HTC Legend for a couple of days each. It's not really enough time for a full review, but we've now packaged the pictures and videos together in a smaller, more concise review. After several minu...

LG Show Off The LU2300

Over a the LG UK Blog they have shown off the replacement to the In Touch Max and is called LU2300 (hopefully a better name to follow) Features: 3.5inch capacitive touchscreen 1GHz Snapdragon Processor 4 line landcape slide QWERTY keyboard DivX suppo...

The ‘KIN 15 minute-delay

The fireworks went off yesterday as the Microsoft KIN phones were announced. KIN will connect you to friends without the need to worry about who's on which social network. It's your social network connection, but reports from engadget state that updat...

HTC HD2 Vodafone Update

A new HTC HD2 update has popped up for Vodafone customers. Version 1.72.161.3 is now available to download and will "improve the efficiency of your phone". Now, as usual don't forget to backup your on-device data and ensure that the phone is charged u...

Windows Phone goes social – KIN

Microsoft, Sharp, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone have today unveiled KIN. This is a "social phone" designed to share your life, your special moments, your feelings and your thoughts. Those renders from last year are now a reality and will be arriving i...

Time to Share – Live from San Francisco

Today Microsoft revealed their Pink phones. They're now called "KIN" and the live feed has now been recorded and stored below. If you'd like the full low-down on the KIN handsets, click here for our full write-up!

Getting ready for the Pink phones

Microsoft are prepping for their big event in San Francisco. It'll be broadcast live here at 6PM UK time (10AM Pacific). We've already talked about the Project Pink phones and there's now rumours of it targetting the "tween" market (children between 9...

Motorola goes square

This small square Motorola device appeared briefly on Droiddog, although it's now been pulled. To be honest we don't know a fat lot about it other than the square screen, swivel keyboard, Android 2.1 OS and MotoBLUR. This square screen adds yet anothe...