January 2011 Archive

31st January

• Motorola VS Apple: Motorola throws the first punch in Superbowl advert
• LG Optimus 3D first pic leaked
• The Cloud to offer 15 minutes of free WiFi across London.
• UK networks must offer 12 month contracts under EU law
• iPhone 4 ‘Glassgate’ Antennagate Mk II?
• Hands-on: How to use Facebook Deals. We test it out.
• Angry Birds Rio trailer released
• Facebook Deals: Launch deals in full. Free coffee, cake, sushi and more
• Facebook Deals launches in the UK, get free stuff with your mobile
• BlackBerry trumps iPhone in Christmas smartphone sales

28th January

• App Friday: Top photo editing apps on the iPhone
• Stanford researchers show off future uses of NFC. Exchange your photos with a touch. Literally.
• iPhone 4 White: May cost more than black
• More details on Disney’s 3D Android Phone. Still Japan only!
• Facebook: ‘There is no Facebook Phone’
• RIM’s 2011 range leaked: This year’s Blackberry phones revealed
• BBC iPlayer app for iPad and iPhone nearing release

27th January

• The best Android music apps
• Poll: How much do you want a white iPhone 4?
• The Moron Test is coming to iPad, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7
• Kongregate Arcade returns to the Android Market
• Shift for Android is the new Angry Birds. Sort of
• What kind of iPhone owner are you?
• Spotted: Photos of HTC’s next big phone.
• Sony Ericcson Xperia Play: Latest Pics
• Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Tab 2 to be shown at MWC
• Google previews Android 3.0, releases SDK and platform highlights
• $100,000 for the best texters in the world. Guinness world record smashed.
• Orange and T-Mobile to offer SIM card NFC payments this summer
• PlayStation Suite announced, Android devices to get ‘PlayStation-like’ games
• Holy Hand Grenades Batman, Worms arrives on Android phones

26th January

• Dead Space jumps out onto your iPhone
• Ones to watch at Mobile World Congress
• White iPhone 4 ‘paint problems’ were true.
• HTC rumoured to be making official ‘Facebook phone’,
• O2 to offer free Wi-Fi hotspots across UK- not just for O2 customers
• Amazon Android shopping app: Buy stuff on your Android phone with 1-Click purchasing
• Samsung Galaxy Ace coming to Three in February
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc: Available for preorder. Shipping April 1st?
• Samsung announces its Galaxy family: Galaxy Ace, Galaxy mini, Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Gio

25th January

• LG Optimus 3D slips out. LG promises: ‘Into the new dimension’
• How good is Windows Phone 7? Depends what country you’re in.
• The best iPhone music apps
• £806 for an iPhone case: Watchmaker launches exclusive range of cases.
• The best Ben 10 apps for your iPhone/ for your kids
• Blackberry develops software to control our fun.
• Nokia N8 price cut: £375 sim-free, or free digital radio headphones with contract
• White iPhone 4s appear on Orange and Three’s sites
• iPhone 5 and iPad 2 rumoured to have NFC chips
• Google Nexus S spotted in white, will probably be out before white iPhone 4

24th January

• Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc extensively previewed
• Toshiba’s Tablet shows off its stuff in a video, kicks sand in iPad’s face
• How to: Get Started with Blackberry.
• I use Blackberry, therefore I am cool
• Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 “in the pipeline”
• Crocodile doesn’t find Nokia phone hard to swallow, but does give it stomach ache
• HTC Sensation trademarked, could this be HTC’s tablet UI?
• Androids in space: Phone to launch with satellite.
• Nvidia leak reveals 3D phone processor to rival Nintendo 3DS
• HTC 7 Pro free on £30.65 Vodafone contracts via Expansys
• LG Optimus 2X: Out now in Korea, coming soon in white.
• Leaked pics of a Nokia-branded MeeGo device surface: Is it a phone or is it a tablet?
• Apple’s 10 billionth app: Paper Glider

21st January

• LG Optimus 2X free on Vodafone contract
• HTC 2011 Roadmap Leaked?
• Photo gallery: Nokia’s Push Snowboarding sensors
• Transparent iPhone 4 case mod: Haven’t we seen this before?
• Grallery for iPhone and Android gets updated with some new backgrounds
• How to: Maximise Your iPhone Battery Life
• Hands-on: Nokia Push gamifies snowboarding on the Nokia N8
• Fruit Ninja for Android updated, adds long-awaited Arcade Mode
• Nokia N9 to run on 1.2GHz Intel processor and run MeeGo?
• Nvidia to announce dual-core sequel: Tegra chips aim for Android phones

20th January

• iPad 2 to release on February 9th?
• Exchangeable backings for LG Optimus Black revealed. Not necessarily black.
• Real life Fruit Ninjas on YouTube
• Windows Phone 7 ‘Phantom Data’ explained
• Samsung Galaxy S2: More details. Codename Seine?
• Angry Birds ‘the animated series’
• Facebook app released for non-smartphones. Feeds for all!
• Sony Ericsson Vivaz 2/MT15i extensively previewed by Eldar Murtazin
• Apple reveal all-time top free apps for your iPhone
• The UK’s best-selling apps, ever.
• Is it a plane? Is it a Toblerone? No, it’s an Android phone concept with 3 folding screens
• HTC Gratia: Pearl White model revealed
• HTC 7 Pro: Arriving in the UK in February 2011

19th January

• Readable offline: Guardian offers video-friendly app upgrade
• Kongregate Arcade removed from Android Market after just one day
• Smartphones ‘could revolutionise crime scene investigation’
• Nokia C5-03 Preview
• Nokia C5-03 available to order now for £189
• A History of the iPhone
• Get ready for Burns Night with the Robert Burns app
• Apple to sell 100 millionth iPhone this year
• White iPhone 4 arriving on the 27th of February?
• Android beating iPhone in Carphone Warehouse UK sales
• HP’s PalmPad tablets emerge: Topaz and Opal first pics
• Playboy on iPad to be uncensored, apparently the iPad is for porn
• The next Samsung Galaxy S; ‘Evolution is fate.’
• Nokia E7 available to pre-order now from Finland for €600, arriving February

18th January

• Kongregate Arcade brings hundreds of Flash games to the Android Market
• Windows Phone 7-powered Asus E600 revealed
• HP Pre 2 Review
• More Playstation Phone video
• Smartphone gaming roundup: Retro
• More retro game goodness from Square
• 10% of all customers to take up 90% of network traffic.
• Which phones get Android upgrades first?
• iPhone 5 and iPad 2 to come with dual-core chips?

17th January

• Can’t play Dungeon Defenders: First Wave? You need Gurk, the 8-bit RPG
• Dungeon Defenders: First Wave is the shape of Android gaming to come
• 2010 Recombu Giveaway Extravaganza: The Winner
• Kijjaa: a 3D shooter on a bigger screen
• Disney Japan to release Android phone
• PlayStation Phone: To come in Orange?
• Apple counts down to 10 billion apps sold.
• Best Buys: Windows Phone 7
• Could this be the Blackberry Storm 3?
• Official: Nokia’s Ovi Music Unlimited/Comes With Music to power down end of 2011
• Orange offers top-ups from 10p. Double tiny top-ups in March.
• Samsung Galaxy Ace decloaks: Galaxy S Mini in disguise?
• Double the resolution: iPad 2 rumours
• Google Music Sync feature spotted: Google Music coming to Android 2.3 phones?
• No more touchscreen: Control your iPhone with your mind

14th January

• How to customise your Android phone: Top 5 tips
• iPhone shatters in extreme cold
• App Friday: Why isn’t CityVille on the iPhone or iPad?
• Galaxy S Mini pics leaked?
• Justin Bieber lyrics? There’s a new iPad app for that…
• White BlackBerry Torch coming to Vodafone contracts
• BlackBerry Torch 2 and BlackBerry Curve Apollo: More BB OS 6.1 and NFC action
• Discovr is the latest awesome iPad music discovery app
• iPad 2 camera app screenshots leaked

13th January

• First Direct launches Banking On The Go iPhone app
• Blackberry Dakota leak
• Photo Guide: Getting started with mobile TV
• Make TV mobile.
• Google Places comes to iPhone, complete with Hotpot feature
• Shazam and Spotify: Together at last!
• Google Translate for Android adds Conversation Mode for real-time translations
• iOS 4.3 details revealed: Find My Friends, FaceTime effects, AirPlay upgrades and iPad multi-touch
• iPhones to get Wi-Fi tethering with iOS 4.3 in March

12th January

• T-Mobile data U-turn: ‘500MB data cap won’t apply to existing customers’
• iPhone 5 could be without ‘death grip’?
• Keep your iPhone going longer
• Pose is a social photos service for iPhone fashionistas
• Rock Prodigy teaches you real guitar licks on iPhone and iPad
• Android 2.4 will be Ice Cream Sandwich, may bring Honeycomb features to phones
• INQ Cloud Touch: Facebook phone emerges, runs on Android

11th January

• Official PlayStation app for iPhone and Android out now
• Best Android Market Apps: A beginner’s guide
• Orange launches My Star social iPhone game with a music twist
• Kindle update for iPhone: More free books, import through iTunes
• Samsung Galaxy S2 leaked: is this the Nexus S’ long lost twin?
• The world’s first dual-core phone; yours for £500.
• NVIDIA’s Tegra Zone app: the beginnings of an Android gaming community?
• Get the Android 2.3 keyboard, launcher and live wallpaper on your phone without rooting
• ‘No dual-core superphone. Yet.’ says Blackberry CEO.
• The Inbetweeners get a soundboard app for Series 3
• Penguin Books launches Ladybird Baby Touch app for iPhone and iPad
• Google Goggles can now solve your Sudoku puzzles
• Windows Phone 7 chows down on data, even when idle
• T-Mobile: ‘Save your downloading and streaming for your home broadband’

10th January

• Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro successor surfaces; Slightly bigger, much faster
• HTC phone stops bullets
• Oldboy director makes iPhone film
• Dolphin Browser Mini for Android comes out of beta, brings a handy Flash on/off feature
• Dell Streak 7 Preview
• Vodafone Australia customer database leaked
• PSP Phone video: Handles PlayStation 1 games
• iPad 2 vs Motorola Xoom vs BlackBerry Playbook vs Dell Streak 7
• Android defeats iPhone in US
• More iPad 2 rumours: To come with 128GB SSD
• Bitesize iPhone apps aim to help with GCSE revision
• Antiques Roadshow: the iPhone game
• Toilet Check-in is like a Foursquare for loos. No, really.
• iPad 2 launching on the 1st of February?
• More PSP phone leaks: Size comparisons, Asia launch?
• Angry Birds meets Zork on BlackBerry phones, kind of
• Motorola Xoom pops up on pre-order for £660

9th January

• CES Photos: Ingenious iPhone TV Hat keeps prying eyes off your screen
• CES Photos: iPhone bottle opener case vs iPad cushion case
• CES Photos: BlackBerry Playbook

7th January

• NVIDIA storms CES with Tegra 2 dual core processor
• Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 arrives on Three on £15 contracts
• The Motorola Xoom, Motorola’s 10.1-inch Honeycomb tablet in action
• Hand-made Angry Birds Pig eye mask
• The Motorola Atrix reveals its secrets: it can be a PC, laptop and a smoothie maker
• Panasonic launches Viera tablets
• CES 2011: The story so far
• Please don’t make an N-Gage Sony
• Dell confirms Streak 10
• Amazon launches app store
• Dell Venue goes Android
• App Friday: The Rise of Two-Screen TV Viewing
• Porsche and Mini cars now have their own iOS video apps
• Social Sudoku offers multiplayer number-puzzling for iPhone and iPad
• PlayStation Phone: More pictures, more details.
• CES Photos: Motorola Cliq 2 aka Motorola Dext 2
• Dell Streak 7, the Dell Streak’s bigger brother
• CES Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
• CES Photos: Motorola Atrix Laptop Dock

6th January

• Samsung demos some very flexible AMOLED screens at CES
• Three CEO Kevin Russell hits out at Ofcom’s 2G plans
• Acer Liquid Mini: Tiny Android phone in a range of colours
• Ofcom allows 3G switchover
• New iPhone 5 case leaked?
• Acer beTouch E210: Android 2.2 phone with a Qwerty
• Jeff Minter’s Minotaur Rescue goes live (and hairy) for iPhone and iPad
• TekTrak claims to be better at finding your lost iPhone
• British Library launching Treasures app for iPad
• Windows Phone 7 phones to get cut and paste and other updates over the air, plus a host of new games
• Will dual core-only Honeycomb mean cheap Gingerbread tablets?
• Motorola Xoom announced: Android 3.0 Honeycomb dual-core tablet with a 10.1-inch screen
• Motorola Atrix, Motorola and Orange’s dual-core beast
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc announced: Android 2.3, HDMI and a 4.2-inch screen

5th January

• LG’s Optimus 2X announced at CES, packed with Tegra 2 goodness
• LG Optimus Black announced at CES, thinner than an iPhone 4
• nPower PEG stores kinetic energy, charges your mobile
• iPhone developer sim Game Dev Story gets ported to Android phones
• BathingCat for Android replaces your battery meter with (surprise) a bathing cat
• iPad 2 case shown at CES- with an iPad 2 mock-up inside.
• BlackBerry Playbook shows off its Facebook and Flash playing capabilities
• Bluetooth poster campaign helps Hull smokers to kick the habit
• More PSP Phone pictures leaked. Part of the Xperia family?
• Amazon’s Android app store coming soon: Pay for Android apps using Amazon’s one-click system
• Corel launches Paint It! Now photography app for iPhone
• Vlip is an Instagram for your iPhone-shot video clips
• Garmin StreetPilot iPhone app set for launch this week

4th January

• Why Angry Birds makes me angry
• Alcatel OT-209: What’s in the box?
• Carphone Warehouse is selling an Alcatel OT-209 for just 1p
• VAT hike hits your phone bill
• Opera for Tablets is in the works, shown off on a Samsung Galaxy Tab
• Toshiba’s 10.1-inch Tegra 2-powered Android 3.0/Honeycomb tablet gets leaked
• PlayMeNext might be the ultimate iPhone party app
• Social Interlock app saves you from your drunk mobile status updates