September 2010 Archive

30th September

• HTC Spark: The latest HTC Windows Phone 7 leak
• Dictionary.com: Free reference app for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry
• Samsung releasing more than one Windows Phone 7 phone this year
• Google Maps 4.5.1 update for Android adds weather to live wallpapers

29th September

• White HTC Desire and Silver HTC Wildfire available to pre-order now
• Nexus One takes control of NASA rover, Androids prepare to invade moon
• RIM: We don’t need 200 fart apps for App World success

28th September

• Apple files lawsuit against Nokia in the UK
• Dot and Dot Two inject some balls into the Android Market
• Sony Ericsson LiveView: Mini touchscreen remote for Android phones
• BlackBerry PlayBook: First look eyes-on

27th September

• Free Kindle app en route to BlackBerry PlayBook
• BlackBerry PlayBook: Some early official pictures
• BlackBerry PlayBook to take on the Apple iPad – now with video
• RIM to bring advertising, payments and BBM to your BlackBerry apps
• Gwabbit makes saving BlackBerry email contacts quick and easy
• The SUB: Underwater Android phones are just what we need…
• Microsoft to host Windows Phone 7 event this October
• Palm bounces back: Two new phones and webOS 2.0 screenshots leaked

24th September

• App Friday: Lord of the Rings tower defence game on iPhone
• Field Goal Flick Kick: American footie fun on your iPhone or Android phone
• Revinyl music quiz is the best looking iPhone and iPad music quiz app
• Windows Phone 7: Taking on HTC could be Nokia’s next big mistake
• Martin King, co-inventor of T9 predictive text, passes away
• The Firefox Phone: Mozilla Seabird concept phone and video
• Windows Phone 7 to support tethering, networks could still rain on the parade

23rd September

• WWF launches virtual gift animals as iPhone apps
• Gangstar iPhone game goes to Miami
• TuiTwit solves your expensive Twitter roaming issues
• SwiftKey is the Google Instant of text input methods for Android
• Fruit Ninja hacks and slashes its way to Android
• iPhone 4 tumbles out of hotel window, breaks skylight, still works

22nd September

• LG Town C300 Preview
• Extrasound phone hack amplifies handset speakers using a funnel
• LG Town C300 goes to town on social networking
• Windows Phone 7 set for Orange, O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile and Three
• Wikipathia: How to get from Sex to SMS in five moves
• The Moron Test Section 1: now free on Android phones
• HTC Desire Z pops up on Amazon for £430, 11th October official release date?
• More HTC Windows Phone 7 leaks: HTC 7 Trophy and HTC HD7 surface?
• Match Me Sexy tests your lady-silhouette memory
• Amazing Spiders invading your iPad… in HD!
• HTC lets slip confirmation that Windows Phone 7 handsets will launch next month
• 30 Rock gets its own iPhone and iPad games

21st September

• Animate real life in real time with Doodle Cam
• Apps: Find your lost phone
• Foursquare iPhone app gets a 2.0 update
• Pedlars Dog of the Week comes to iPhone
• Orange San Francisco: Cheap Android handset that doesn’t look terrible
• HTC Mozart: Specs leaked for HTC’s first Windows Phone 7 device?
• iPad chopping board is multifunctional: Does breakfast and supper
• Google Earth search update allows you to explore the seas on your iPhone and iPad
• The Telegraph launches its iPad app

20th September

• Cheesy ‘BlackBerry Boys’ advert perks up our Monday afternoon
• Lie to your pals with Tall Tales’ location spoofing
• HTC Desire: Android 2.2 update now available for T-Mobile customers
• Official Tetris for Android finally arrives in the Market
• How to make your boring phone look like your dream camera
• Rumpelstiltskin stars in a pop-up iPad e-book
• Plane Finder AR app lets you identify planes… in the sky!
• The Secret of Monkey Island gets an iPad Special Edition
• No fart apps on the App Store? Tell that to Fart Girl…

17th September

• App Friday: Kaerumin the Japanese frog
• HTC Desire HD coming to O2, Vodafone and Three as well
• Calorific: Colour-coded calorie counting Android app
• Combine elements to create beer and vampires with Alchemy for Android
• iPhone 4 gets turned into a NES controller, sort of
• T-Mobile snaps up HTC Desire HD, Nokia C7 and LG Optimus One
• Nokia C3 Touch and Type: A touchscreen with 12 keys
• Justin.tv now lets you broadcast live video from your iPhone
• Flipboard for iPad gets revamped with an update
• iPhone 4 vs HTC Desire HD vs Nokia E7 vs LG Optimus Chic
• Facebook Places checks in for UK iPhone users

15th September

• HTC Desire HD and Desire Z hands-on videos and photos
• Russian 4G Android smartphone appears to have front-and-back screens
• Random House hopes book-apps for kids are the next big thing
• Ubrain promises a ‘digital tonic’ for iPhone music fans
• Pocket Frogs social game hops onto iPhone and iPad

14th September

• Poo Log HD is an iPad log for, er, logs
• LG Optimus Chic Preview
• LG announces Optimus One and Optimus Chic, confirms LG tablet
• Nokia E7 hands-on video and photos
• How to flatten any Angry Birds level. For a price.
• Nokia C6 and C7 hands-on videos and photos

13th September

• Froyo-filled Acer Liquid Metal coming to the UK end of October
• Apple to stop offering free iPhone 4 Bumper cases at the end of September
• SID Player for Android: 8-bit Commodore 64 goodness
• Bella Girl Beauty Assistant launches for iPad
• What do you get if you cross Flight Control and Doodle Jump?
• Four Play iPad browser lets you surf four sites at once
• Tinie Tempah launches a pocket-sized iPhone app

10th September

• App Friday: Super Mega Worm sends tremors through iPhone-land
• Samsung Galaxy Apollo Review
• LG Optimus Review
• CBS Sports launches impressive American Football iPad app
• DJ Hero spins its way onto BlackBerry
• TomTom releases free car kit adapter for iPhone 4
• We’ve played Need For Speed Shift on the Samsung Galaxy Tab

9th September

• Native Union Moshi Moshi 04: Hands on review
• Face2Face Hold’em turns your iPad into a poker table
• London Taxi Meter app calculates your fare for you
• Fisher-Price launches family sharing app for iPhone
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars goes HD for iPad
• 10 best iPhone games that already support iOS 4.1’s Game Center

8th September

• The first Game Center game is… Ms. Pac-Man!
• iMovie for iOS gets updated with new features
• iOS 4.1 and Game Center: First Impressions
• Nokia N8 goes on sale in the last week of September
• 3 to sell the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab
• My6sense RSS reader for Android sorts the wheat from the chaff
• Give your digits a work out with Finger Race for Android
• How to make the best wallpapers for your Android phone

7th September

• Mio GPS car kit for the iPhone
• Free Zombie Hero – Kill Angry War Ninja goes HD
• Beauty Score app tells you how ugly your friends are
• Even postage stamps come with augmented reality technology nowadays
• I’ve lost my phone

6th September

• Will the desktop PC lose out in the device wars?
• Wordfeud: Scrabble-esque fun on your Android phone
• Scott Pilgrim vs Your Android phone: e-comic now available
• Bye Bye Brain makes us yearn for a Windows Phone 7 handset
• Flickr Studio offers photo nirvana for iPad owners
• PC World launches cloud media service for your iPad
• Flash is now available for iPhone and iPad. No, not that one.
• Orange and T-Mobile customers to gain access to both networks from October 5
• Angry Birds Lite Beta hatches in the Android Market

3rd September

• App Friday: Change the colour of clothes or buildings using your phone
• Nokia E5 Review
• Angry Birds The Movie: On its way to a cinema near you?
• Virgin Media offers brilliant BlackBerry deal to tempt students
• Cassette tape iPhone case is cool but will make you look crazy

2nd September

• Twitter launches its official iPad app. And it’s awesome.
• Sagem Puma phone Review
• Mirror’s Edge powerslides its way onto iPhone 4
• Huawei Ideos revealed: Budget Android 2.2 handset for the unwashed masses
• Earos phone cushion concept makes your economy phone calls feel first class
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 32GB Preview
• Windows Phone 7 OS is done and dusted: Now for the manufacturing

1st September

• Apple activating 230,000 new iOS devices a day
• Apple’s new Ping music social network works on iPhone too
• Apple’s iOS 4.1 out next week, iOS 4.2 following in November
• Samsung Wave 723 Preview
• TerryTouch: Who said work experience placements had to be boring?
• Hands-on with the Motorola Milestone 2 and Motorola Defy
• Motorola Milestone 2 Preview
• Lyric Legend iPhone game tests your knowledge of song lyrics
• Qubical iPhone app turns Facebook into a 3D cube
• CloudClick iPhone app is your in-flight concierge service
• Orange launches HD Voice in the UK
• Motorola Defy: Life-proof Android resists water, dust and scratches
• Motorola Milestone 2 announced for the UK: Tethering goodness and Android 2.2