08 February 2012
PlayStation Vita hits the shelves on February 22nd and costs £229 for the wi-fi version and £279 for the 3G version. While the pricing has been in place since last month, Vodafone today annoucned some surprise freebies for the 3G bundle. The PlayStation Vita 3G bundle from Vodafone will include a free download copy of launch [...]
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08 February 2012
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei might not have established itself in the UK, but it’s already thinking big. Over the next ten years it expects to boost turnover from $6billion to $100billion – grabbing a slice of the tablet market in the process. First step to realising those rather lofty ambitions? The MediaPad, the company’s first [...]
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02 February 2012
HTC’s design language is pretty distinctive. The company has said it would like you to know it’s an HTC even if the label fell off. The Sensation XL is the latest handset in the Sensation series, and the second to feature the Beats Audio logo on the back. HTC now part-owns Beats and is making [...]
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30 January 2012
T-Mobile announced a new ‘unlimited’ smartphone tariff today, offering unlimited data, calls and texts as part of a 24 month subscription package. Importantly, there’s no ‘fair usage’ policy and the offering is open to new and existing T-Mobile customers. Called ‘The Full Monty’, the unlimited plan starts at £41 per month, rising to £61 per [...]
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27 January 2012
What Mobile visited Sony Computer Entertainment today to take a look at PlayStation Vita, the first 3G enabled games console which is set for release on 22nd February in the UK after a pre-Christmas launch in Japan. At launch, PlayStation Vita will be offered in ‘wi-fi only’ or ‘wi-fi + 3G’ variants and Vodafone are [...]
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26 January 2012
RIM’s fallen on troubled times, with deflating shares and its next-generation operating system, BlackBerry Ten, not set to appear until the very end of the year. In the meantime, the Canadian company is pushing the Bold 9790, a slimmer version of its successful QWERTY smartphone for business professionals. The Bold 9790 design may not win [...]
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25 January 2012
The London Eye today revealed a new look and a high-tech overhaul of each capsule. Visitors to the landmark tourist attraction will now find six Samsung Galaxy Tabs installed in each of the 32 capsules. Each tablet is encased in a chunky white surround to match the design of the capsule and to prevent impressed [...]
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24 January 2012
Sony revealed their complete 2012 line-up of products earlier today in London and, for the first time in over a decade, a new smartphone joined the display of integrated consumer electronics. The Xperia S was shown alongside DLNA speaker technology, high-end iPod docks and a range of Android based Walkman products. Still carrying the ‘Sony [...]
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23 January 2012
Smart UK project, a competition to find the most innovate UK mobile company, today revealed a shortlist of 19 companies which hope to triumph in the government backed scheme. The shortlist covered inventions of every kind from apps involving the NHS, museums and taxis to waterproof hardware technology. Introducing the event in London earlier today [...]
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23 January 2012
Following the debut of the Lumia 800 in 2011, Nokia has plans to bring the Windows 7.5 OS to lower priced smartphones in order to compete with mid-range Android smartphones. What Mobile headed to Nokia HQ this morning to get the low-down on the Lumia 710. So, how is the Lumia 710 different to the [...]
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20 January 2012
The clever code boffins at Whited00r have engineered a software update, Whited00r 5.1, which gives iPhone 2G and 3G users access to features and functionality only previously available via iOS 5 on iPhone 3GS and above. The Whited00r site has a full installation guide but, naturally, accepts no responsibility if the update goes wrong – [...]
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19 January 2012
The first Windows Phone from ZTE was announced in London last night as ZTE hosted a launch bash headlined by Professor Green. The ZTE Tania offers a 800 x 480 pixel 4.3inch screen, 4GB of storage, 1 Ghz processor, 512MB RAM and a 5 megapixel camera. Aiming to introduce Windows Phone to lower price phone [...]
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18 January 2012
LG has recently returned to the UK phone market with the LG Prada 3.0 and has revealed a new tablet which is just 9.34mm in width and packs a few surprises – 32GB of storage, full size SD card compatibility and a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor. The LG Optimus Pad LTE doesn’t come with Android [...]
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17 January 2012
As Apple prepare for a big announcement at the end of the month, the Apple rumour mill has gone into overdrive, spurred on by statements and coverage emerging from CES 2012. The biggest story comes from Bloomberg who quote a source from the iPad Asia production line – Apple use several manufacturer and distribution partners [...]
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17 January 2012
There’s been a minor battle in the race to create the ultimate in rugged phones recently and Motorola has added armour to the already sturdy Defy +. In partnership with JCB, the phone is aimed squarely at those in the construction or building industry, like the recent Samsung Solid Immerse. Where the Defy + JCB [...]
16 January 2012
It’s a funny thing, Android. It’s open source, but it’s not. You can use the code to do whatever you want with it, for free, but if you want all those Google apps like Gmail, Google Maps and the Android Market download store, you need to agree to play ball with the search giant. To [...]
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13 January 2012
When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad in January 2010, Apple jumpstarted a tablet market that had never really taken off. Naturally Google, as the company behind the Android, had to get involved but it was caught off guard by the iPad’s success, and it took some time to modify Android for use on larger, higher [...]
12 January 2012
The world’s biggest gadget convention has featured more phone debuts than ever before. As Sony reveal the Xperia S, a host of other manufacturers have used CES to unveil new phones early, while those absent are saving their announcements for Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona next month. HTC Titan II 16 megapixel camera uncovered [...]
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12 January 2012
At its core, Android is an open source operating system. Not only does that mean that any manufacturer can do what they like with it, but they can put it on whatever they like too. As a result there’s a growing line of budget Android smartphones out there, running Google’s mobile OS on barebones specs [...]
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11 January 2012
The HTC Sensation XE is a familiar phone. Just six months ago HTC launched the Sensation (see review on p58) and this modest update doesn’t mess with the impressive Android formula. What you’re looking at is a striking, curved design carved out of cool machined metal, a 4.3-inch, sharp 540×960 16.7 million colour screen, a [...]
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PlayStation Vita: Vodafone 3G bundle includes freebies
Huawei MediaPad review
HTC Sensation XL review
T-Mobile launches unlimited call, text and data plan
PlayStation Vita UK release date, pricing and hardware preview
BlackBerry Bold 9790 review
London Eye gets Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 upgrade
Sony demo Xperia S ahead of UK launch
6 new UK mobile inventions to change your life
Lumia 710 unboxed, hands-on preview
