http://blog.mobiles.co.uk Mobile phone news with a UK perspective Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:09:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Like the look of the recently released Motorola Milestone but not sure if you want to take the plunge? Well, how about a nice shiny promo video to help you make that all important decision? Well, it's Motorola to the rescue as the manufacturer has released just that; a short ... http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/new-phones/motorola-milestone-promo-video-surfaces/ The iPhone has finally made it into the big league with a special guest appearance on The Simpsons, cementing its place in comedy folklore. Americas favourite family are the perfect match for Apple's all conquering smartphone with the extremely responsive 3.5 inch touchscreen even compatible with Homer's rather pudgy digits. ... http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/mobile-news/iphone-gets-ultimate-accolade-with-simpsons-appearance/ No more envious looks at our friends across the pond with their fancy Droid's; the Motorola Milestone has now launched in the UK and is in stock now at Mobiles.co.uk! Europe's first Android 2.0 (or Eclair if you're keeping up with the pastry themed code names) phone, the Milsetone is ... http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/new-phones/motorola-milestone-in-stock-now-at-mobilescouk/ For those of you who kept an eye on CES last month, you may recall that Palm announced they were working on an app that would transform the Pre into a wireless modem. The app allows you to connect Wi-Fi enabled devices such as a Laptop or Netbook to the ... http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/mobile-phone-applications/turn-your-htc-hd2-into-a-wi-fi-modem/ Symbian is currently the Operating System boasting the highest number of installed users with an incredible 330+ Million phones being powered by the Symbian software. With this is mind, it's surprising to hear Symbian is also one of the last OS's to offer a major update, even though it is ... http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/mobile-news/symbian-os-goes-open-source/ Officially unveiled earlier in the week, the Aspen is Sony Ericsson's stab at an eco-friendly smartphone. Whilst previous members of the GreenHeart family have kept things simple with a focus on more feature phone attributes (such as the upcoming 5MP camera-toting Elm), the Aspen means business. Packing a full QWERTY ... http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/coming-soon-handsets/sony-ericsson-aspen-debuts-on-video/ For those of us here in the UK who have been eying up the iPad since it was unveiled on 27th January can now be reassured with a UK release date. Apple have announced via its UK website that the 3G version of the iPad will be shipping in April. ... http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/mobile-news/uk-release-date-for-the-3g-apple-ipad-announced/ In 2009, all of Samsung’s divisions performed very successfully, and the recently published reports show that Q4 was definitely no exception. Despite the worldwide financial crisis, the number of Samsung mobile phones shipped continued to increase. There was a total of almost 227 million units sold throughout 2009 which is ... http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/mobile-news/samsungs-q4-financial-report-released/ Want the latest smartphone but are conscious about your carbon footprint? Then Sony Ericsson have the answer with the Sony Ericsson Aspen! Running the latest version of Windows Mobile and with serious green credentials, the Aspen definitely sets itself apart from the HTC's and BlackBerry's of the business world but ... http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/mobile-news/sony-ericsson-aspen-grow-a-greener-business/ After teasing us with a demo video back in November, Mozilla have finally released the mobile version of their excellent Firefox web browser. Available for the Maemo operating system, Firefox can be downloaded for the recently released Nokia N900 as well as the N810, Nokia's earlier attempt at a Maemo ... http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/mobile-phone-applications/firefox-web-browser-comes-to-nokia-n900/