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No Ice Cream Sandwich For Galaxy S

No Ice Cream Sandwich For Galaxy S

It was announced a short while back that the latest version of Android would not be heading to the Samsung Galaxy S. At this time we presumed that the rollout was delayed and that owners would soon be revelling in Ice Cream Sandwich heaven. However, the word on the grape vine is that that the [...]

Samsung Announce ICS Rollout Plan

Samsung Announce ICS Rollout Plan

Korean smartphone maker Samsung has revealed its plans for rolling out the latest version of Android across its Galaxy range. The update for the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note will start in the first few months of 2012, with other Galaxy devices following shortly behind. Samsung has confirmed that the devices eligible for upgrade [...]

Cumbrian Village Gets Free Three Broadband

Cumbrian Village Gets Free Three Broadband

As part of the Rural Broadband Working Group, mobile phone network operator Three has provided people living in Kaber, a small Cumbrian village, with a year’s free mobile broadband. Access to the internet is provided via a MiFi device or dongle. The RBWG project sees Three partner up with Race Online 2012, The Countryside Alliance, [...]

Adobe Flash Player Now Available For Android 4.0

Adobe Flash Player Now Available For Android 4.0

Adobe has released a new Flash Player update onto the Android Market allowing for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich compatibility. The launch of Samsung Galaxy Nexus without any Flash Support was a major setback for Android and the smartphone manufacturer, but this update should resolve any issues users were experiencing. This is thought to be [...]

Samsung To Start Shipping Bendy Smartphones

Samsung To Start Shipping Bendy Smartphones

Samsung has announced that it plans to start selling smartphones with flexible screens early next year. The mobile phone maker has already demonstrated some of these screens at technology shows throughout 2011, but they are now going into production. The latest demo to hit the internet shows off some very futuristic looking tech that could [...]

HTC Sensation XL With Free Wii Fit Plus

HTC Sensation XL With Free Wii Fit Plus

The HTC Sensation XL is one of the latest smartphones from the Taiwanese smartphone giant, and it is now available from just £36 per month, complete with a free Nintendo Wii Fit Plus on O2. The Sensation XL has to be one of the most powerful smartphones on the market right now. It features a [...]

Huawei’s Honor Chinese Beta Ice Cream Sandwich

Huawei’s Honor Chinese Beta Ice Cream Sandwich

At the moment the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the only smartphone running the latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, in Europe. Many manufacturers have announced updates to other devices but none of these have materialised just yet. However, Huawei has released the OS for the Honor smartphone on its support site. So, you might [...]

Panasonic to sell 15 million smartphones annually by 2016

Panasonic to sell 15 million smartphones annually by 2016

Panasonic has announced that it intends to expand its smartphone business into Europe by March 2012, and sell 15 million each year by 2016. The Japanese electronics company lost $5.5 billion in the last quarter, the biggest loss in over ten years, and as such has vowed to make some changes. The smartphone market is [...]

HTC Smartphones To Get Android And Sense Update

HTC Smartphones To Get Android And Sense Update

Whilst those with snazzy new devices are revelling in getting their smartphones upgrades to the all-new Android Ice Cream sandwich, owners of the HTC Incredible S and HTC Desire HD are being updated to the most recent version of Gingerbread. This isn’t the only new software to be hitting the software this month, both devices [...]

Vodafone Launches Parental Control App

Vodafone Launches Parental Control App

UK network operator Vodafone is in the process of introducing a range of parental controls for smartphones. The move comes following many worries about what sort of content children could be accessing on their mobiles. The new service will allow parents to prevent their kids seeing certain content such as blocking texts and calls, restricting [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab HD On The Way?

Samsung Galaxy Tab HD On The Way?

Samsung just seems to be going from strength to strength these days, and seems intent on beating Apple at its own game. We have heard the rumours that the iPad 3 is on its way at some point in the near future, so it was only a matter of time before Galaxy Tab leaks started [...]

Samsung Hits 300 Million Shipments

Samsung Hits 300 Million Shipments

Samsung made records last year with the number of shipments it made, but 2011 has proven to be even more lucrative, as the smartphone giants breaks through the 300 million barrier. The launch of the Galaxy S II will have obviously had a significant impact on the company’s sales, but that does not take away [...]

Everything Everywhere To Invest £1.5bn in 4G

Everything Everywhere To Invest £1.5bn in 4G

The joint T-Mobile and Orange venture Everything Everywhere is currently running a 4G trial in Cornwall which improves connection speeds compared to that of cabled ADSL broadband. There were originally concerns that rolling out 4G around the UK would take years to achieve, but Everything Everywhere has just announced a staggering £1.5 billion investment. The [...]

O2 Now Carrying Nokia Lumia 800

O2 Now Carrying Nokia Lumia 800

Mobile network operator O2 is now carrying the first Nokia device from the Windows Phone 7 range, the Nokia Lumia 800. The device has been launched on the network through the official O2 website, and will be appearing in stores around the UK within the next couple of days. The tariffs available for the new [...]

Amazon Kindle Fire To Launch In January?

Amazon Kindle Fire To Launch In January?

The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet has proven to be a major hit with US consumers searching for an Android bargain. Channel 5’s The Gadget Show has claimed that an Amazon insider has suggested that the Fire will be available in the UK in January 2012, much earlier than originally anticipated. Although this is an Android [...]

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