Archive for the month of February, 2010
Nexus One UK release date confirmed by the Telegraph
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By Andrew Lim on Saturday, 27th February 2010
According to the Telegraph, which is based across the road from Google’s UK HQ, the Google Nexus One will launch in April with Vodafone. UK Nexus fans have already been buying the HTC-made device from the US, but without a SIM....
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Hack-friendly Nokia N900 turned into a remote flash
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By Andrew Lim on Friday, 26th February 2010
The Nokia N900 is a tinkerer’s dream phone. We’ve seen it hacked to play SNES games using a PS3 controller and even used to control dancing robots. Today we’ve stumbled on yet another clever hack – a remote flash....
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Future iPhone features: Camera could be used as controller
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By Kate Solomon on Friday, 26th February 2010
The back of a phone is often no man’s land, housing just the camera lens, battery cover and not much else. But plans appear to be afoot to put the iPhone camera hardware to more use, according to a patent application from Apple...
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O2 tariff updates: New iPhone SIM-only deal
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By Kate Solomon on Friday, 26th February 2010
O2 has just announced a value SIM-only deal for iPhone owners. If you’re happy to keep your existing iPhone or purchase the handset at full retail price, you can enjoy Visual Voicemail, 300 minutes, unlimited text messages, data and...
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Orange To Charge For Smartphone Support
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Orange is to start charging their smartphone customers for product support. The dedicated hotline assistance that will also include a remote assistance service, which would enable Orange staff to remotely connect to a device and solve any issues.
Special...
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O2 Launches New SIM Only Tariff For iPhone And Updates All Pay Monthly Tariffs
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It’s all change at O2.
From today, 02 are offering a new range of Mobile and Mobile Broadband tariffs including new sim only for iPhone with inclusive Visual Voicemail, unlimited text messages, data and Wi-Fi from just £15 per month.
O2 customers...
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Controlling the Nokia 7020
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If there is one phone that proves that designer styling does not have to come with a hefty price tag, then that phone has to be the Nokia 7020. However, the 7020 is more than just a pretty face, as it has several features that make it smarter than the average mobile phone. The most...
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Samsung Diva Preview
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The Samsung Diva, which will also go by S7070, is a fashionable little smartphone that offers itself as a more feminine alternative to other midrange mobiles such as the Genio or the LG Pop. Its distinctive styling and impressive touch screen interface makes it much more interesting...
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Windows Mobile Handsets May Get 7 Series Upgrades
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Well this could make all the pain and suffering worthwhile…
Speaking on Twitter, Alex Reese – the head of Microsoft’s mobile business group – admitted Windows Phone 7 Series upgrades may be available for devices running versions of Windows Mobile. “It’s...
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Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO-Business oriented features
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Looking for a business smartphone that comes with stylish outlooks? This new Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO is a gorgeous business-oriented smartphone that features sliding-out QWERTY keyboard.
Great processing ability, running on the latest Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, it features...
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Vodafone 360 M1 – Driven by excellence
Vodafone 360 M1 is nothing short of an excellence driven handset that has everything great about it which includes memory space, battery support, data features and even entertainment features.
The Vodafone 360 M1 is an outstanding handset whose features are listed below:
1.The LiMo operating system in the handset along with ARM Cortex as the 600 Mhz processor is the best combination that any handset...
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HTC Legend, the Hero 2 Available to Pre Order Now
The HTC Hero launched last year helped put Googles Android operating system on the map and was a huge success. Following in its foot steps the HTC Hero 2 has been launched as the HTC Legend.
The HTC Legend incorporates a very similar form factor to the original HTC Hero with its turned up thumb area at the base of the handset with a single trackball in the centre. It’s had a revamp though with...
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Apple App Store to Add New Explicit Category
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According to recent reports, Apple is now considering adding a new “explicit category” to its apps store. This is perhaps a reaction to the severe backlash that the company received from having purged over 5000 applications due to inappropriate content.
For those who missed the...
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Daily Sadness: Google Execs Convicted in Italy
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You do not prosecute a mailman for delivering hate mail.
In a surprising twist, the courts of Italy have convicted the heads of Google Italy for “allowing” the invasion of privacy of a 17 year old boy with Down syndrome.
The events are as follows, a video of the 17 year old boy...
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The Toshiba K01 – QWERTY Power for the People
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One of the biggest drawbacks many people have been seeing with one of Toshiba’s latest big releases – the TG02 – is that despite the phone being powerful and coming with a capacitive touchscreen it lacked a tactile element brought about by QWERTY keyboards. While not all users...
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Samsung S5620 Monte – Social Networking for the New Age
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The new Samsung S5620 Monte is, on first examining, an extremely good device for those heavily into social networking, and seems to be a natural progression from the company’s earlier Genio incarnations. Similarly to these earlier devices Samsung’s Monte is bright and vibrant,...
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Virgin launches EU net surfing ‘travel passes’
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Following on from the recent announcement made by Orange, Virgin Media has launched passes that offer 1 hour or 24 hour access for £4 and £6 respectively – or passes for 1, 3, 7 and 30 days at £10, £15, £30 and £60 respectively.
Every pass has a data cap, which can be...
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