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HTC Tattoo Software Upgrade (Orange UK)

HTC have a new software update available for Orange customers by visiting the HTC support page online and following a few simple steps. Nothing yet on what exactly is upgraded or fixed with this new version but any new version is more than welcome for...

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. ...

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...

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...

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

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...

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 …

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Latest Flash Player for Android demo

Now, you've probably heard. Adobe Flash and Apple have had a big falling out. Flash on Android is working well though, and now it's working silky smooth on this Nexus One complete with Android 2.2 (Froyo). This YouTube video shows Ryan Stewart browsin...

Android Outsells the iPhone in America

According to stats from NPD, Android sales for the first quarter of 2010 were greater than iPhone sales in the USA. This puts Android into the number two position, behind RIM, with Apple trailing third. The difference is quite substanstial too, with A...

Android solves the Rubik’s Cube

I had a Rubiks Cube when I was a kid (y'know, in the late '90's) and quickly became a master at peeling the coloured stickers off. Apparently though this isn't the way to do it, and now someone has built a robot out of lego to speed the …

T-Mobile Pulse Mini in the house!

Back in February we snapped the T-Mobile Pulse Mini on the Huawei stand at Mobile World Congress. The Pulse Mini is actually the Huawei U8110 with a T-Mobile logo stuck on it - although T-Mobile wouldn't let us near one in their MWC area. No matter, b...

X10 Mini Pro Hitting CPW In July

On checking the Carphone Warehouse Coming Soon section tonight I came across the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro listed on there for launch sometime this July. There is no information on possible pricing or networks but they at least have a coming soon dat...

Sprint Hero 2.1 Update now NOT coming Friday?

So, just a short while ago we told you that the HTC Hero would at last be getting the 2.1 update tomorrow. We saw a picture from a Best Buy store proving it but, according to Sprint Forums they're now stating that no, it won't be coming out …

Motorola Milestone gets the 2.1 treatment

The Motorola Milestone firmware update is now available for UK owners here and yes, you're getting Android 2.1. The PDF details the new features which include .. "Exciting new widgets, wallpaper functionality and a security upgrades." Extra screens ...

X10 Family to get Android 2.1 goodness soon

Sony Ericsson are pushing out Android 2.1 to their entire X10 family in Q4 this year. The Product Blog reveals that a UXP upgrade will also improbed the Timescap and Mediascape apps and there's wireless home connectivity via DLNA. The X10 Mini we spo...

Official Dropbox Android App – Now available!

The official Dropbox app is now available in the Android Market. It's the mobile app which allows full read / write access into your online account. You simply sign up for 2GB of space, then upload stuff, link to it, download it or even stream music a...

HTC Hero Update for Sprint owners on Friday

HTC Hero owners have been told that the 2.1 update is either just around the corner or quite a way off for some time now. Today there's another twist to the story, with Spint customers apparently due to receive the update on Friday. This screenshot ha...

See the X10 interface working – Live

So what happens if you put a brand-new Xperia X10 under a web-cam and stick it live on the web? You get a live phone, umm.. err.. on the web. Send emails, Tweets or Facebook messages to the guys on xperiaxten.com and it'll appear live on the camera. …