March 2011 Archive

31st March

• CoPilot Live v8 for Android and Windows Mobile: 20 per cent off throughout April
• In-app payments arrive on Android: Tap Tap Revenge 4, Gun Bros and Dungeon Defenders supported
• PlayStation Pocket and Get Games: How to get games on your Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
• Death Rally shunts onto iPad and iPhone: Destructive fun.
• UPDATED: Xperia Play and Xperia Arc delayed, due to ‘freight issues’
• HTC Pyramid resurfaces with Android 2.3 and 1.2 GHz dual-core processor
• Adobe announces new Photoshop app developed for iPad
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Review
• Rumour: Samsung Galaxy S+; Samsung Galaxy family becomes a clan

30th March

• Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc video review
• Nokia N8 sent to the skies for UK aerial photography project
• “BBM coming to iPhone next month” is hoax say RIM.
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Review
• Angry Birds Rio now available on Android Market. For free-o
• HTC Desire S appears on Vodafone pre-order: Free on £30 a month 24 month plans
• PAH! establishes a new style of gaming
• Smartphone market to grow by almost 50% in 2011: Windows Phone 7 to rise to no. 2?
• Windows Phone 7 to get NFC in near-future
• Final Fantasy III arrives on iPhone: Sudden battles, moogles and the rest

29th March

• Firefox 4 for Android arrives: Bookmark and history sync, add ons, oh, and it’s pretty fast too
• O2 announces new phone tariffs: Are they cheaper? It depends on data
• New leaked massive LG phone gets obvious name
• Amazon Cloud Player and Cloud Drive for Android: Another cool thing from Amazon that’s US Only
• Rumour: Autumn release for iOS 5
• Angry Birds champion crowned in Finland
• The patent wars continue: Nokia files another suit against Apple
• Give your iPad the gaming love it deserves with an arcade cabinet case and arcade controls
• Amazon MP3 app for Android: An MP3 store and replacement for your music player
• Win an iPad 2, Xperia Play and more with Recombu and Three Mobile’s “All You Can Easter” Competition
• Marware Microshell Folio for iPad 2: A Smart Cover that’s twice as smart
• HTC 3D Evo coming to Europe. A rival to the Optimus 3D?

28th March

• The Phone O’Clock News: 28/03/2011
• White Nexus S sneaks out on 12 month Vodafone contracts: £179 on a £35 a month deal
• Make your own Angry Birds: Papercraft
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Play: What’s in the box?
• Apple developers gather: Is June 6 iPhone 5 announcement day?
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc: What’s in the box?
• Rumour: Google-branded tablet to be made by LG?
• Android update to come to Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 . Not Froyo but Gingerbread.
• iPad 2: Best network deals

26th March

• iPad 2: The best apps on launch
• iPad 2 + Photo Booth + a cat

25th March

• iPad 2: What’s in the box + hands on pics
• HTC Desire S: What’s in the box?
• Only one iPad 2 in stock, per store at Phones4U
• Xperia Play games revealed by Gameloft. Plus: Buy One Get One Free on their Android games
• iPad 2 Smart Cover prices: £35 for polyurethane covers, £59 for leather
• Xperia Play and Xperia Arc ready for pre-order from Three UK, from £35 per month
• Orange prices and tariffs for iPad 2 SIM only: £5 for 250MB, £10 for 1GB + 1GB Quiet Time
• Acer announces April launch for Iconia A500 and W500 tablets
• Three announced iPad 2 prices, £199 for 16GB for existing customers
• Updated: iPad 2 UK launch: Where? When?
• T-Mobile UK iPad 2 prices: £199 for 16GB for existing customers, no 64GB version
• Nintendo 3DS review
• iPad 2 available now on UK Apple store. 2-3 weeks to wait, already

24th March

• Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP for iPad: Beautiful and mesmerising point and click audio sensory adventure
• Nintendo 3DS hands-on gallery
• Microsoft NoDo/Cut and Paste update: Coming within the next ten days, T-Mobile still ‘testing’
• Vodafone iPad 2 price details emerge: 16GB with Wi-Fi and 3G £199 for existing customers, £229 for new customers
• Motorola developing Android alternative
• BackStab: New Gameloft game exclusive to Xperia Play
• iPad 2 only £199 on a 24 month contract for existing Orange customers
• Original Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to be renamed the 10.1V, still Vodafone exclusive
• iPhone survives fall from a plane with barely any damage

23rd March

• Drunk Android uncle embarrasses Xperia Arc at wedding in Taiwan
• Nintendo 3DS gets Android based AR cards app
• Selling your old phone? Delete everything before you do so
• Microsoft begins rolling out long awaited NoDo update
• Steam could be headed to iOS and Android
• Power-less: How we extended our battery life
• Samsung Galaxy S II gets in depth preview
• ‘Gay Cure’ app pulled from iTunes
• BlackBerry PlayBook will match iPad 2 price on launch
• Latest Xperia Play advert features Kristen Schaal playing with herself
• Control a kitchen island with your iPhone.
• Nokia E7 apparates onto O2’s Coming Soon page, ETA May 2011

22nd March

• iPhone 5 to launch in Q3 with 4 inch display
• Xoom vs iPad 2: Motorola continues its scrap with the iPad 2
• LG Optimus Pad hands on: 3D Camcorder and 3D Gallery apps in action
• Official: iPad 2 is (slightly) cheaper than iPad 1
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 officially announced along with a new-look Galaxy Tab 10.1
• Amazon Appstore is live now, but ‘not yet available’ in the UK
• ‘£1-£10 games will come to Xperia Play’
• Ofcom confirms UK 4G auction for 2012
• How to use a smart cover on your iPad 1
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 specs leaked: Dual-core, Android 3.0, new-look custom UI
• Amazon App Store: Apple sues over naming, and US store goes live with free Angry Birds Rio

21st March

• The Phone O’Clock News: 21/03/2011
• Tesco Phone Shop selling Xperia Play for £30 a month on Vodafone
• Angry Birds Rio: Flying to you on a samba beat. We play it and get stuck.
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Arc for £35 and £30 a month on Vodafone: Pre-ordering begins now
• iPad 2 European launch: Worries surface- then disappear. In short; no delay
• 80,000 strong petition against iPhone ‘gay-cure’ app
• Nokia already developing Windows Phone handsets
• Smart Office 1.5 for iOS, Android, Symbian S60 and Bada: Send documents to the cloud
• Alcatel launches Royal Wedding phone
• Human hamster wheel from Nokia charges your phone battery
• Get one of the first ten Xperia Play phones- before the shops
• Galaxy S II Mini leaked along with Three’s UK roadmap: HTC Flyer, BlackBerry Playbook, Nokia X7 and LG Optimus 3D

18th March

• Plants vs Zombies developer donating sales to Japan for 48hrs
• App Friday: LocalEats app makes sure you pick a good restaurant
• INQ Cloud Touch: Coming to Carphone Warehouse 6th of April on £20 contracts and £200 on pay-as-you-go
• Analyst says iPad 2 supply may be affected by earthquake in Japan
• Motorola Atrix to come to T-Mobile
• Gaming on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
• Hands on with the ZTE Light: 7-inch Android 2.2 tablet
• Don’t like the look of the iPhone 4? Turn it into an original iPhone
• Hands on with the ZTE Skate
• iPad 2 smartcover’s extra feature: Fridge magnet

17th March

• Want fast-loading web-pages? Android phones trounce iPhones – depending on the test.
• First look: PlayStation Pocket app on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
• Exclusive: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play UK edition hands-on pics
• Google data shows Android 2.2 most popular version of Android
• iPhone and iPad get improved Google Search app complete with a sexy new-look UI
• Channel your inner Flava Flav with this iPad 2 accessory.
• Mobile internet traffic in Japan jumps following earthquake and tsunami
• HTC tablet to arrive in mid-April: £600 on pre-order
• Rumour: iPhone 5 design similar to iPhone 4

16th March

• Top 5 iPad 2 apps we want to see
• Sky News launches iPad app, free for a limited period
• Microsoft and RIM could offer MobileMe style service for business
• Hex Defence for Android: Tower defence with pretty high res graphics
• Dell Venue Pro to be in stock 26 March
• Amazon Appstore details and prices leaked, some cheaper than Android Market
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 emerges in a preview video
• Nokia patents N8 style tablet.
• More Motorola Droid 3/Milestone 3 leaked pictures, shows off 5-row Qwerty
• Facebook for Android updated, upload photos to groups and friend’s walls

15th March

• T-Mobile improves its International Pass plan: Calls to Columbia for 5p p/m
• HTC Pyramid, HTC Ignite and HTC Prime Android and Windows Phone 7 pictures leaked
• Ofcom rate cut may hit pay-as-you-go customers
• Official: Vodafone selling the iPad 2 in the UK
• T-Mobile to be first mobile network to offer Groupon deal.
• Doodle Jump hits 10 million download: iPad version, cuddly toys and other cash-ins coming soon
• Smartphones and apps now included in UK inflation rate calculations
• Motorola Droid 3 pics leaked: Is this the Motorola Milestone 3?
• Motorola Milestone finally gets updated to Android 2.2 Froyo in the UK
• Not Angry Birds anymore: Tiny Wings makes our hearts flutter.
• Nearly a million Windows Phone 7 sales in February 2011?
• O2 introduces 18+ 3G content filter, thinks of the children
• Mobile phone charges could fall up to 80%: Ofcom announce rate cut
• Carphone Warehouse: 1 million Android smartphones sold in Europe
• Shocking origin of Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play Android’s ‘thumb donor’ revealed
• Amazon Appstore to launch on 22nd of March with Angry Birds Rio and paid ad-free Angry Birds

14th March

• The Phone O’Clock News: 14/03/2011
• Power-less: No mains, or USB charging. We go off-grid for a week.
• Office Rush for iPhone and Android: Climb the corporate ladder, kill ninjas
• Top Ten PlayStation games we want to see on the Xperia Play
• Three UK will stock iPad 2
• Windows Phone Marketplace hits 10,000 app mark
• Mysterious Nokia slider revealed with number keypad.
• iPad 2 benchmarks show Apple tablet bests Tegra 2 by up to 6x
• Industry analysts say iPad 2 sold out
• Samsung Galaxy S to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread 20th of March
• Flash Player 10.2 coming 18th of March to Android 2.2 phones and in beta to Honeycomb tablets
• The man from Apple confirms: White iPhone 4 coming this spring
• iPhone 5 ‘will not have have NFC’
• iPhone clock messes up again: Glitch sends users two hours into the past
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Play coming March 31st

11th March

• App Friday: GarageBand for iPad
• Gear4 launches Angry Birds cases for iPad 2
• White iPhone 5: White model pictures leaked with full-width screen
• Infinity Blade gets graphics upgrade for iPad 2
• PlayStation games coming to Tegra 2-powered tablets and smartphones
• St. Patrick’s Day edition of Angry Birds Seasons on iPhone and Android now
• Mnuze for Android replaces all those takeaway menus – coming soon to iPhone and BlackBerry

10th March

• Create a wireless hot-spot on your iPhone 4, but you may have to pay for it.
• Retrogawp: Hands on review, Nokia 8110
• iOS 4.3: What do you get? We update our iPads and iPhones.
• Leaked photo: Nokia E6, with BlackBerry looks
• iPhone 5 will be dual-core: Same chip as seen in iPad 2

9th March

• Android could top iOS as most profitable app developer platform
• Blackberry Playbook to come with 7digital music store
• iOS 5 event in April?
• Auto-tune Steve Jobs sings it: I’ve gotta get me an iPad 2
• Pocket Legends: Mobile RPG makes more money on Android than iPhone
• Samsung Corby II: Coming in yellow, pink and white. What, no black?
• Samsung readies new 8.9-inch tablet for 22 March

8th March

• Samsung Wave II Review
• HTC 7 Pro Review
• HTC Incredible S vs HTC Desire HD
• Samsung Galaxy S II release pushed back to May 2011
• Android sees 1580% sales increase between 2009 and 2010
• Nokia X1-00: Huge external speaker, no camera, €34 (or £30)
• Leaked Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 ‘will not see release’
• Stereotype O’Clock: Angry Birds Seasons to go green on St. Patrick’s Day
• Microsoft reportedly to pay over one billion for Nokia’s WP7 allegiance
• In The Night Garden app to steal your iPad. And keep it while giggling and drinking juice.
• Opera Mobile Store for Symbian, Java, Android, BlackBerry and Palm: Another mobile app store
• Google Maps Navigation gets traffic adjustments on Android phones

7th March

• HTC Incredible S Review
• We7 launches free Android music app
• The Phone O’Clock News: 07/03/2011
• Xperia Play shows off its gaming chops: Havok physics engine, coming to Android phones
• Tesco goes for the ‘Grey Groat’, targets older customers with Doro Phone Easy 409s
• Samsung Galaxy Pro revealed: Coming to Three UK
• Unlimited data now available on Pay-As-You-Go Three mobile
• Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 prototype gets spotted: slide-out keyboard, Xperia Neo looks

4th March

• iPad 2 bashing continues with ‘banned’ promo vid
• HTC Incredible S: What’s in the box?
• App Friday: Best Apps for Bada
• iPad 2 launch: Through the eyes of Charlie Brooker
• Nokia E7: Coming soon on Three Mobile
• Elfoid: Meet the sinister humanoid mobile that transmits your voice and ‘presence’
• Body-popping Japanese salarymen streak- Dell Streak
• “Apple is getting cocky.”
• iPad 2: Everything we know

3rd March

• Motorola Xoom 3G price revealed: £599.99 exclusively at Carphone Warehouse.
• Infinity Blade gets new arenas, enemies, items- and a price cut
• BlackBerry Messenger: Coming to Android, and then iPhone?
• HTC 7 Pro: What’s in the box?
• The Best Android Tablets of 2011
• iPad 2: Second thoughts
• iPad 2 VS iPad
• Share the photo love on new Flickr app for Windows Phone 7.
• Wi-Fi only Xoom available to pre-order from Dixons: £499 for 32GB, arriving 9th of April
• Cheap iPads: Price gets knock-down. 16GB iPad for £329
• Gingerbread is here. We update our Nexus One to Android 2.3.3

2nd March

• iPad 2 Smart Covers in detail
• iPad 2: Hands-on pics
• iPad 2: Hands-on preview
• iPad 2: Available from Orange and T-Mobile UK
• iPad 2 event live: It begins!
• What iOS 4.3 will bring to your iPhone 4, iPad and iPod Touch
• iPad 2: Thinner than iPhone 4, packing cameras, same price, here March 25.
• Pro ad-free version of Words With Friends for Android coming soon, along with a tablet edition
• I Love Katamari available on Windows Phone 7
• Hey! I own an iPad already!
• iPad 2 specs and release date leaked on Amazon Germany: 9.7-inches, 1.2GHz chip, coming 17th of March
• Disney opens its first phone store in Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Google pulls hidden malware apps from Android market
• ‘iPad 2’ shows up in China (with a seriously wonky screen)

1st March

• Nvidia’s Tegra Zone app opens eyes in Android Market
• In-app purchases coming to Android apps and games this May
• Virgin Media offers lowest priced mobile tariff; £5 SIM-only for existing customers
• Downloadable TED Talks come to the iPad
• Vodafone explains network outage following break-in
• What is a BlackBerry phone? All you need to know about BlackBerry
• HTC Desire S coming in April from O2
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 to be announced on 22nd of March?
• Motorola Xoom: Priced in the UK. £449.99
• T-Mobile introduces 6 month contracts for business customers
• Optimus 2X European arrival delayed
• Android phones under increased security risk from malware hidden in apps