When it was first announced last year, the iPad received a mixed reception with many critics dismissing it as an oversized iPhone/ iPod Touch. Despite this, Apple’s Tablet device has gone on to achieve phenomenal success and carve out a market many thought simply didn’t exist. Now, following Apple’s success it would appear other manufacturers [...]
Archive for July, 2010
BlackBerry and HP/Palm both prepping iPad rivals?
July 30th, 2010 
Dan 
Posted in Mobile Gadgets, Mobile News, Tablets 
Tags: blackberry, HP, iPad, Pad, Palm, RIM, Slate, Tablet 
1 Comment »First look: Nokia N8 USB on the go!
July 30th, 2010 Dan The Nokia N8 isn’t due out for another month or so but we thought we’d take a look at some of the reasons it will be worth the wait. Today, we’re going to look at a little known feature called USB on the go. The Nokia N8 is no slouch in the memory department with [...]
BlackBerry Pearl 3G in stock now at Mobiles.co.uk!
July 29th, 2010 Dan Had a hankering for a BlackBerry but wanted something more on the pocketable side? Well say hello to the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, BlackBerry’s most pocket friendly phone ever which has launched and is now in stock at Mobiles.co.uk! The BlackBerry Pearl 9105 is a milestone for BlackBerry as it’s the companies first phone to feature [...]
Posted in Mobile News, Mobile Phones, New Mobile Phones Tags: blackberry, BlackBerry Messenger, Pearl 3G 2 Comments »Android 2.2 Froyo coming to HTC Desire today?
July 29th, 2010 Dan Whilst some of you will already be aware of an unofficial upgrade to Android 2.2 Froyo for the HTC Desire, the process involves quite a bit of tinkering that will scare of your average user. But, if you’ve still got your eye on that upgrade but don’t want to wade through the murky depths of [...]
Posted in Mobile News, Mobile Phone Applications, Mobile Phones Tags: Android, Desire, Froyo, htc 5 Comments »Nokia 5250 leaks online!
July 28th, 2010 Dan It would appear Nokia are as loose lipped as Samsung at the moment as the Finns have also let slip about an upcoming product on the Ovi Store support site. Details are thin on the ground at present with all we have to go on based purely on one image but as they say, a [...]
QWERTY packing Samsung Galaxy Q in the pipeline!
July 28th, 2010 Dan Samsung are rumoured to be prepping a QWERTY version of the recently released (and current Android top dog) Galaxy S based on a spec sheet that found its way on to Samsung’s Download Support page. Whilst there was no accompanying image, the spec sheet was fairly detailed and looks to point to a high-end touchscreen-qwerty [...]
Posted in Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, New Mobile Phones Tags: Android, Galaxy, samsung 2 Comments »Affordable Android: LG GT540 Optimus in stock now at Mobiles.co.uk!
July 27th, 2010 Dan The LG GT540 Optimus, LG’s take on the mid-range Android smartphone, is now in stock at Mobiles.co.uk. Packing in all the features you’d expect from a high-end smartphone without the price tag, the LG Optimus certainly punches above its weight. Running Android OS 1.6, whilst it misses out on the Éclair goodies enjoyed by the [...]
Posted in Mobile News, Mobile Phones, New Mobile Phones Tags: Android, Google Maps, GT540, LG Optimus, Swift 2 Comments »Nokia announce Q2 financial results: Sales up, profits down
July 27th, 2010 Dan Nokia have announced their financial results for Q2 2010 and again it’s mixed results for the number one mobile phone vendor. The Finnish outfit posted a rise in sales with €10.005 Billion net sales, 1% higher than the previous year and 5% higher than the previous quarter. The bad news comes in the shape of [...]
Apple begins iPhone 4 Case Program!
July 26th, 2010 Dan Just over a week ago Apple held a press conference concerning the iPhone 4 and, whilst the majority of the event consisted of back slapping due to the phones phenomenal success, there was an important piece of information for those of you who’d already taken the plunge and bought into the new iPhone. Amidst accusations [...]
Posted in Mobile News, Mobile Phone Accessories, New Mobile Phones Tags: App store, apple, Bumper, iPhone 4 2 Comments »BlackBerry 9780: The New Bold?
July 26th, 2010 Dan Looks as though BlackBerry are this months Apple with more product leaks than you can shake a stick at. We’ve seen the latest addition to the Curve family, a new Storm and countless glimpses of BlackBerry 6 OS, but what of the flagship Bold range? Well, if this most recent leak is to be believed [...]
Posted in Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, New Mobile Phones Tags: blackberry, BlackBerry 6, Bold 3 Comments »
