Archos 28 Internet “Tablet” – Just too cheap

Hey you, my lovely bargain hunting buddies. How do you fancy buying an Android “tablet” for just £29? Interested? Well, I should perhaps start off by saying that this “tablet” has a 2.8″ screen, so it’s probably more of a small MP3 player if we’re honest. The Archos …

Demo of Sony Xperia Ice Cream Sandwich beta ROM

Here is a long awaited demo of what the new Sony UX will look like with Ice Cream Sandwhich installed. I for one am very excited by this as it’s really flying along on the Arc S. On the Xperia S well we can only imagine how good …

Sky Go for Android extends handset support

Dave Dibble has sent us a quick update on the Sky Go for Android app. It launched fairly recently but there were only certain handsets that it would work on. Well, since then Sky have posted this update on their site.. UPDATE — Sky Go app now available …

HTC promise us ‘something authentic’

Another little snippet of news from HTC today! Their official facebook page is currently advertising that this Sunday, a day before the Mobile World Congress, that we will hear about something authentic from HTC. What could it be? Well it was accompanied by this image… My guess? Well it sounds like …

HTC One X breaks cover – First press shot

The Mobile World Congress is getting closer and closer which means it seems to get harder and harder to keep things under wraps, the impressive HTC One X (Endeavour) being the latest device to get a leak. We ran a few stories about its name change (here) and its …

White Motorola RAZR Arrives At Phones4U

Phones4U will shortly be selling the Motorola RAZR exclusively in white… and by shortly we mean just days away starting 1st March!. The RAZR was recently reviewed by myself and you can see this review here.  For more information check out the press release below. LONDON – Feb. 23, 2012 – More …

Galaxy S2 sales now 20m and counting

Samsung have announced that the Galaxy S2 has now sold over 20 million units since its launch in May last year. That’s pretty good going for a phone that even today, nearly a year after launch, is still one of the best handsets available, on Android or any …

Using your mobile abroad – Another way ?

When you go on holiday or working abroad you’ve got a couple of options for keeping in touch. You can either take your own mobile and keep every conversation really short, or you can buy a SIM card for a local network from eBay, unlock your phone, stick …

Can’t decide between a tablet or a laptop? Step forward Solana

We’ve seen hybrid designs before, and if I’m honest when I first heard about the Solana I thought someone was talking about the hotel in “Benidorm”. Not so, this is the new Android tablet slash Windows 7 laptop from novero. It’s got a 10″ screen and has a …

Huawei IDEOS S7 Slim Review

The lovely people at Clove loaned us a Huawei S7 Slim recently so we’ve had a good week or two to test it. The IDEOS S7 Slim, to give it the full name, is available in a WiFi-only and WiFi / 3G combo version. Just like it’s name, …

Gartner Smartphone Sales figures prove tough reading

The latest Gartner figures are out and, for Microsoft, they’re probably best ignored. Less than 3 million Windows Phones sold worldwide for a Q4 1.9% market share, down from last year’s Q4 of 3.4%. Windows Phone,market share is still lower than the Bada OS. Although this was to …

White Galaxy Note Comes To Three UK

Three have just announced that the Samsung Galaxy Note in White is coming to their network here in the UK and as you would expect with Three there is a great YouTube video to go with the annoucnement On the Three Blog they say: The evolution of the …

Everything Everywhere 4G Moving Closer

Everything Everywhere have today announced steps to bring quicker data speeds to the UK using HSPA+ and LTE technology. For anyone interested in how the network works or if you are like me, obsessed with data use and the quickest speeds possible then the press release below is …

8 ZTE Phones At Mobile World Congress

It looks like ZTE are upping their game with 8 new devices to be announced or shown off at this years Mobile World Congress. The event kicks off in just a few days time in Barcelona and we’ll be on site with the latest news. ZTE really are …

XDA Premium HD app released on the Android Market

Love them or hate them, XDA Developers are a massive part of the Android community. Their forums cover hundreds of different devices and you can normally find no end of useful information, ROMs, tweaks and apps for your handset. The forums are sometimes difficult to browse on a …

Optimus 4X HD Announced Before MWC

LG have announced the Optimus 4X HD handset just days before MWC is due to kick off and this is a quad core monster of a phone with specs to match. We will be at MWC bringing you coverage of this phone starting from next Monday 4.7 Inch …

HTC Prepare for launch

It looks like the HTC Facebook team are starting to drip-feed info about their upcoming Mobile World Congress launch this Sunday. This image, coupled with the text, “This Sunday you’ll discover something fast.” We’ll be reporting live from the event, so tune in for the latest. Link – …

LG Optimus 3D Max on the way to MWC too

LG have already told us about plenty of new devices this week. They’ll grace the LG stand in Barcelona while we run around the event shouting, “Phones! Phones! Phones!” The 3D Max, which we knew was on the way some time ago, is now confirmed to appear and …

Smartphone evolution

  Smartphones are pretty amazing. We can do a myriad of things with them from the obvious email and internet to something niche that somebody has written an app to do. The amount of technology crammed into these devices is staggering compared to where we were twenty years …