Nokia Lumia 800 goes on sale in UK
The Nokia Lumia 800 has gone on sale in the UK, bringing the latest Windows Phone 7 Mango OS and a huge burden of expectation. The Nokia partnership with Microsoft represents a huge deal to both...
View ArticleAndroid snaps up 52% of mobile phone market
Google has reason to celebrate this week, with a recent study showing that Android, its mobile phone operation system, has now take 52 per cent of the smartphone market.This percentage is even more...
View ArticleVideo: BlackBerry Curve 9380
BlackBerry's Curve 9380 is aimed at a younger market – bringing all of the social networking tools and BBM that its target audience desires and adding in a touchscreen. Billed as the first "all-touch...
View ArticleGoogle Music adds download store
As expected Google has taken the wraps off the full version of its Google Music application, which now features a fully functional MP3 download store.At an event in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon,...
View ArticleAndroid activation total doubles in six months
Google has now activated an astonishing 200 million Android handsets, a figure which has doubled in the last six months alone.The company made the announcement prior to the unveiling of the...
View ArticleExclusive: Orange San Francisco 2 officially announced
Orange has finally announced the new San Francisco 2, the next generation of its budget handset brigade.It packs a number of new features over the original model, including an upgraded 800MHz...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Nexus now available to buy
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has finally gone on sale in the UK - but only in one store in London.Phones4U is the first store to be stocking the much-hyped Galaxy Nexus, and opened its doors at 8am to give...
View ArticleNokia Lumia 900 outed in new promo video
Nokia has unveiled a new promo video for its Windows Phone line-up and in the process outed what's likely to be the Nokia Lumia 900.The smartphone in the promo looks a touch different from the Nokia...
View ArticleGoogle Checkout rolled into Google Wallet
Google has rolled its two major payment systems up, with Google Checkour becoming part of the Google Wallet brand. It's not surprising that Google has chosen to group the products, simplifying things...
View ArticleGoogle 'welcomed' to digital music by Spotify, 7Digital
7Digital and Spotify have welcomed the arrival of Google Music, although the former has suggested that the search giant can no longer be considered 'neutral, open and agnostic". Google Music came out...
View ArticleHands on: BlackBerry Curve 9380 review
RIM has decided the world needs to be more touchy-feely, and has released a touchscreen-only version of its BlackBerry Curve 9380.The new version is almost precisely the same as the soon-to-be-popular...
View ArticleAmazon planning Kindle smartphone in 2012?
Amazon looks like it's not content with just having a shot at the e-reader and tablet market, with reports emanating from Asia that it wants a smartphone too.According to CitiGroup, Amazon is looking...
View ArticleSmartphone and tablet growth to slow in 2012
Growth in smartphone and tablet buying is set to cool in 2012, with the CEA – the people behind CES – predicting a big fall in popularity for the devices.2011 was a massive year for tablets, with Steve...
View ArticleHands on: Gametel Android joypad review
The arrival of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play didn't exactly show the world that there is a need for analogue game controls over touchscreens, but that hasn't stopped Fructel from releasing the...
View ArticleCalls for no limits to unlimited phone data offers
Phone companies are being asked to make sure their 'unlimited' data deals are in fact unlimited and not confuse consumers with a fair-usage policy.According to the Guardian, Lewis Shand Smith, an...
View ArticleHTC Quattro release date set for March 2012?
HTC's quad-core tablet, codenamed the HTC Quattro, won't be making its dent in our bank accounts until March 2012, according to Digitimes. And that's the very earliest that the souped-up 10.1-inch...
View ArticleUpdated: Google: Flash for Ice Cream Sandwich yet to be released
Update: Adobe has confirmed that it will indeed be releasing Flash Player for ICS.It said in a statement sent to Pocket-Lint, "Adobe will release one more version of the Flash Player for mobile...
View ArticleThicker iPad 3 slated for 2012?
After years of paring our smartphones and tablets down to the thinnest possible dimensions, Apple could launching a thicker iPad 3 and a larger iPhone 5 in 2012. The iPad 3 is bulking-out reportedly so...
View ArticleFacebook to launch own-brand 'Buffy' phone?
Facebook may yet release a smartphone of its own, with the latest rumours pointing to an HTC-made handset codenamed Buffy. The handset is supposedly being built on Android, but a heavily customised...
View ArticleIntel in talks with HP over Palm sell-off
HP is in discussions with Intel to buy off the company's Palm assets – the most important of which is WebOS.In a week where HP's financial numbers revealed that WebOS, the acquisition of Palm and the...
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