November 2011 Archive

30th November

• Spotify Platform announced: Rolling Stone, TuneWiki and Songkick and more announced as app partners
• Nokia Lumia 900 specs revealed?
• Windows Phone HTML5 demo gives us a taste of Mango on our iOS and Android phones
• Windows Phone HTML5 demo gives us a taste of Mango on our iOS and Android phones
• Alphalabs: inspiring creative Windows Phone apps that will wow you
• Nokia goes indoors with 3D maps, Bluetooth 4.0 and a Parrot AR Drone. The future of indoor mapping?
• Google Maps gets indoor mapping in latest update – goes inside shops and airports in the US and Japan
• O2 selling Nokia Lumia 800 Friday the 9th of December
• Motorola Defy + Review: In Depth
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Adobe Flash support coming December
• Nokia introduces white N9
• Nokia N8 used to shoot ‘Olive’, a feature-length film that’s destined for theatres
• Sonos update for Android tablets
• Motorola Defy Review: In Depth

29th November

• Samsung Galaxy Sleek trademarked
• Rovio launches Angry Birds cookbook
• Daily Mail App on Android
• Strong iPhone 4S sales sees Apple overtake Android
• New Apple iPhone gets reference in code
• iPhone 4S gets a Game Boy case
• Motorola MOTOACTV comes to the UK
• iTether for iOS arrives in App Store: £10.49, cocks a snook at your iPhone’s tethering plans
• BlackBerry Mobile Fusion: RIM to give your boss Sauron-like powers over your PlayBooks, iOS and Android devices
• Camera phone: 3 tips for better photographs

28th November

• Camera phone: Jargon buster
• HTC Wildfire S Vs Samsung Galaxy Ace video review
• Acer Liquid Express: NFC Android smartphone launching
• ‘Bluechip’ Android smartphone for under £80
• So, the Nokia Lumia 800 did do alright: Big spike in Windows Phone 7 Facebook activations over the last two weeks
• LG Optimus 2X, Optimus 3D, Optimus Black and Optimus LTE confirmed for ICS and ‘as many LG phones as possible.’
• Nokia sees jump following Black Friday sales
• MoDaCo releases Samsung Galaxy Nexus volume bug fix
• Acer Iconia Tab A200 leaks in snowy promo clip
• Competition: Win a BlackBerry Curve 9300 with Tesco Mobile
• Fuzhou Rockchip Android 4.0 PAD gives us a glimpse of Ice Cream Sandwich on a tablet
• White Motorola Razr on the horizon?
• iPhone 5: 4 inch Hitachi / Sony display?
• Asus EeePad Transformer judged Product of the Year 2011

27th November

• Student builds iPad to win girlfriend’s heart
• Sharp strikes a deal with Apple to supply LCDs for next iPad
• New photo emerges of the HTC Ville
• iPhone customers most loyal, BlackBerry lags behind

26th November

• Top Eleven coming to iOS
• St John Ambulance makes iPhone app free for Christmas
• Opinion: Taking on South America and giving up my smartphone
• Infinity Blade 2 launching on iPhone and iPad December 1st

25th November

• Android Sound Box streams your tunes, Bluetooth style
• Nokia Lumia 800 launch: Success?
• Motorola Defy+ unboxing video
• HTC Sensation XE coming to Three in December
• Nokia Lumia 800 in Cyan available on Three
• Motorola Defy+: What’s in the box?
• Cloud music services: Spotify vs iCloud vs Google Music vs the rest
• T-Mobile Vivacity confirmed: budget Android smartphone
• Siri plus a hacked iPhone 4S can start and unlock your car: More KITT than HAL
• Apple one-day discounts revealed: iPad and iPod savings

24th November

• ‘Black Friday’ is tomorrow: Apple iPad discounts?
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Plays used to control Kasabian singer and Darren Bent
• Kobo Vox eReader hands-ons and first impressions
• Amazon Kindle Review
• Nokia Lumia 800 battery improvements on their way
• I now pronounce you Mandroid and Wife: Android-themed wedding pushes the boundaries of fandom
• Network loyalty programs: What’s the best one?
• O2 now selling the Motorola Razr on contract
• T-Mobile G1/HTC G1/HTC Dream gets an Ice Cream Sandwich port, looks slower than a snail on tranquilisers
• RIM and Telefónica announce Telefónica Wallet for BlackBerry NFC payments service
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus beefs up Stateside
• Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone: Best operating systems for mobile gaming
• Puppy Buying Guide launches on Android Market
• Google Music Android app updates on our Nexus One: UK rollout imminent?
• Starbucks launching one-touch payment app for iPhone
• iPad 3 display rumours surface: Retina Display-pipping 2048×1536, 7.85-inch ‘iPad nano’ mooted
• LG Prada phone 3.0 confirmed

23rd November

• BlackBerry Curve 9380 Review: In Depth
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus: 3×3 top tips
• San Francisco II now orderable from Orange: Android 2.3 Gingerbread for £100
• Sony Ericsson Nypon LT22i leaked: qHD display, 1GHz dual-core chip, Ice Cream Sandwich
• Kobo Vox colour Android slate comes to WHSmiths: £170 for a Gingerbread ereader
• Samsung Galaxy ad takes on Apple iPhone queue dwellers
• Galaxy Nexus volume bug: software fix on the way
• Asus Transformer has US release date confirmed

22nd November

• NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor meets Ice Cream Sandwich on an ASUS Transformer Prime
• Chrono Trigger coming to iPhone and iPod Touches next month, just in time for Christmas
• Sony PlayStation Vita 3G coming to Vodafone next February: The real PSP Phone?
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review: In Depth
• iPhone 5 concept video offers us a glimpse of how things might be
• Buffy the Facebook Slayer: HTC’s latest Facebook phone?
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus now shipping from Clove
• Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 gets early Ice Cream Sandwich port courtesy of XDA
• Asus Padfone tablet phone hybrid gets benchmarked

21st November

• Adobe will release Flash for Ice Cream Sandwich before the end of the year
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus affected by volume bug
• Samsung Galaxy S III could feature quad-core CPU
• Is this the Nokia Lumia 601?

20th November

• AOSP Ice Cream Sandwich build for Nexus S now available

19th November

• Adobe Flash nowhere to be seen on the Galaxy Nexus, coming later?
• Windows Phone Marketplace surpasses 40,000 published apps
• Ice Cream Sandwich already ported to Galaxy S II, LG Optimus 3D

18th November

• HTC Sensation vs HTC Sensation XL
• BlackBerry Curve 9360 White on Orange.
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus camera: Is 5-megapixels enough?
• Gametel: transform your Android smartphone into a gaming handheld
• Apple iPhone 4S unlock discovered without hardware or software changes
• Samsung Galaxy Note on sale at O2
• ZTE-made T-Mobile Vivacity emerges: Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a 3.5-inch screen
• Blackberry Bold 9790 coming to Vodafone
• Motorola’s stockholders approve merger, welcome their new Google overlords
• HTC Quattro rocks out in rumour-land: Quad-core Tegra 3 tab with a 10.1-inch screen

17th November

• Nokia Lumia 800: tips and tricks
• Samsung UK’s Twitter confirms that the Galaxy S2 will be getting Ice Cream Sandwich
• Nokia leaked video pulled. Lumia N900?
• Samsung launching modified Galaxy Tab 10.1N Android tablet
• We ask three Samsung Galaxy Nexus buyers – Why Google?
• BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 get tenative O2 release dates
• Recombu Exclusive Deal: Orange SIM Only £8 for 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB data
• Orange officially confirms San Francisco II: We leave our hearts in San Fran again
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus unboxing video
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus UK prices and dates: Who’s selling it, when and for how much?
• Minecraft Pocket Edition finally tunnels its way to iPhone and iPad

16th November

• Google music out of Beta and in your [US] Android Market
• Nokia is planning to undercut rivals to get a bigger marketshare?
• Shazam’s LyricPlay for free and paid iOS and Android apps: Turn your phone into a karaoke machine
• Beats by Dre introduces Executive over-ear headphones
• Klipsch S4A: first dedicated earphones for Android smartphones
• BlackBerry Curve 9380: Hands-on pictures and first impressions
• Nokia tablet and high-end Lumia on the way?
• Epson Moverio BT-100 review: Android glasses anyone?
• Nokia Lumia 800: Pricing and availabilty for all UK networks
• HTC Zeta: Quad-core, 2.5GHz and Ice Cream Sandwich?
• Nokia Lumia 800 available to order from Vodafone in black, cyan version now pre-ordeable
• Blackberry Bold 9790 hands-on video

15th November

• Nokia Lumia 800: Our top 10 free apps
• BlackBerry Bold 9790: Hands-on pictures, video and first impressions
• Why Nokia Windows Phones are different
• Adobe Photoshop Touch for Honeycomb review
• Ice Cream Sandwich re-confirmed for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia 2011 line up
• RIM fires up BBM Music for the UK: MP3 mixtapes meet instant messaging
• BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 announced: Two more NFC ‘berries for Team OS 7
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi update pulled

14th November

• Winner of £250 Tesco Fuel Card with Tesco Phone Shop announced
• Lenovo’s 10.1-inch tablet has Ice Cream Sandwich, is Tegra 3-powered and is coming end of 2011
• Motorola RAZR works with SDXC microSD cards: You can has an extra 64GB (almost)
• Google Music Store shots emerge: Free Song of The Day to go with your cloud locker? Don’t mind if we do
• Galaxy Nexus: Google and Three phone giveaway
• Amazon.co.uk launches Kindle Daily Deal for Kindle and Kindle app users
• Acer’s A510/A511 Tegra 3-powered Android tablets decloak: Wi-Fi only and 3G versions
• Orange San Francisco II leaks
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus available to pre-order now from Three
• Phones 4U nixing £10 minimum top-up for Christmas and gives away 3 months of free Wi-Fi with The Cloud
• LG Nitro HD aka Optimus LTE heading to AT&T in the US
• O2 brings 4G trial to London
• HTC quad-core tablet rumoured to be in the pipeline: Ice Cream Sandiwch plus Nvidia’s Tegra 3?
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus is not delayed
• Samsung Galaxy Note finally pops up on O2 Coming Soon page

11th November

• Samsung Galaxy W Review: In Depth
• Maroo introduces ‘Nylon’ Apple iPad 2 cover range
• Ice Cream Sandwich Face Unlock fooled?
• Motorola Razr: unboxing video
• Apple introduces iOS 5.0.1 update with battery fix
• Philips introduces Android speaker dock trio
• Ice Cream Sandwich delayed until December?

10th November

• Archos 101 G9 Review: In Depth
• Nokia Lumia 800 vs HTC Titan vs HTC Radar
• Nokia Lumia 800: making of video
• Pink Samsung Galaxy S2 launches
• Nokia GEM concept: A touchscreen that wraps around the whole phone, does away with physical buttons
• LOVEFiLM App lands on the Android Market.
• White BlackBerry Bold 9900 available to buy from Vodafone now
• Tango videocalling app arrives for all Mango Windows Phones with front cameras
• Google Translate for iPhone updates, 63 languages now supported
• Nokia Lumia 800 joins the all-you-can-eat data buffet on Three, includes 2 months of Spotify

9th November

• HTC Sensation XL video review
• HTC Ville appears with Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense 4.0
• Google pulling Blackberry Gmail app
• Apple confirms Siri not coming to iPhone 4
• Samsung Windows 8 tablets coming second half of 2012
• PayPal Android app adds P2P NFC support, makes getting that tenner off of your friends easier
• Adobe stopping development of Flash for mobile browsers
• Try Android games for free or rent from 12p per day with WildTangent
• Asus EeePad Transformer Prime confirmed with Nvidia Tegra 3 chip
• Nvidia reveals Tegra 3: Quadcore chip for phones and tablets

8th November

• Samsung Galaxy W: What’s in the box?
• Apple Store 2.0 update hits: Buy Apple stuff on your iPhone, pick up in store, US-only for now
• Huawei Vision: Hands-on and first impressions
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 kicks off on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
• Interview: Ustwo’s Mills on Whale Trail, the rise of freemium and the death of 69p gaming
• HTC Edge: Quad-Core phone specs and pic leak
• Spotify for Windows Phone 7 finally launches, music to our ears

7th November

• Huawei Vision Android smartphone official
• Huawei MediaPad confirmed: 7-inch Honeycomb tablet
• Orange offering free premium headphones on PAYG handsets
• HTC Sensation XE video review
• Pre-order your Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Phones 4U via Facebook
• Capped-sims: What are they?
• Apple testing Siri on the iPhone 4?
• HTC’s next tablet coming February 2012: Ice Cream Sandwich? We hope so
• Best Buy stores in the UK to close, Carphone Warehouse to take on majority of employees
• Siri ‘competitive threat’ to Google according to Eric Schmidt
• HTC unwraps Ice Cream Sandwich plans: HTC Sensation XE and HTC Sensation XL confirmed for 2012

6th November

• Sony Xperia Arc HD/Nozomi leaks, confirms 720p display
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus pricing: £549.99 unlocked, £529.99 PAYG?
• ChevronWP7 allows you to sideload apps onto your Windows Phone
• Sony Live with Walkman Review: In Depth

5th November

• ZTE Skate Review: In Depth
• SwiftKey X will come pre-installed on Motorola Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition
• Nokia Lumia 800 will receive internet tethering in future update
• Acer Iconia Tab A200 poses for a quick photo

4th November

• HTC Sensation XL: What’s in the box?
• Gingerbread finally overtakes Froyo as the most used Android version
• Asus Transformer Prime flexes muscles in benchmarks
• Simply Tap launches: Use codes to buy phones and chocolates on your iOS and Android devices
• The ten best iPhone 4S apps to get you started
• Black Nokia Lumia 800 available on Vodafone pre-order now: £60 of vouchers for the first 10,000 orders
• Amazon working on 8.9-inch Kindle Fire tablet?
• Winner of Recombu Awards prize bundle announced
• HTC Explorer heading to Three: £27 a month on The One Plan

3rd November

• Motorola Xoom 2 pricing: £379.99, Media Edition £329.99
• Bing for iOS updates with HTML5 features, now more like the Windows Phone app we know and love
• Bing for iOS updates with HTML5 features, now more like the Windows Phone app we know and love
• Clove announces UK prices for Motorola Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition
• Sony working on the Xperia Arc HD with 720p screen?
• Apple believes Kindle Fire will cause more Android fragmentation, help Apple
• Motorola Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition: Hands-on and first impressions
• Motorola Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition official
• Sony Ericsson brings their version of Swype, Gesture input, to Xperia phones
• BBM Music for BlackBerry gives music a social twist
• Kinectimals heads to Windows Marketplace: £2.29 for Tamagotchi 2.0
• 7digital Premier Android tablet app launches: iTunes for Honeycomb tabs
• Opera Mini 6.5 heads to iPhones, BlackBerry, Symbian and Java phones, puts a cap on your data
• Apple confirms iPhone 4S battery issue, fix coming with iOS 5.0.1
• Griffin introduce their DriveSafe range of car accessories

2nd November

• HTC Sensation XE vs Samsung Galaxy S2 review
• Opinion: The smartphone needs to go back to basics
• Native Gmail app for iOS out now (UPDATE: Pulled)
• Samsung Galaxy Note launch event tomorrow at Carphone Warhouse
• How much data does Siri use? Less than you think.
• HTC Sensation XL now available on Vodafone
• LG Optimus 2X will receive Ice Cream Sandwich after all
• £5 million to spare? Your dinosaur bone and gold iPad 2 awaits.
• BlackBerry Bold 9790 poses for the camera yet again
• Nokia to use ST-Ericsson chipsets in future Windows Phones
• Android Market 3.3.11 now being rolled out

1st November

• Nokia and Spectrum Interactive bring free WiFi to London
• Carphone Warehouse leak shows the Motorola Xoom 2 priced at €399
• Nokia Lumia 800: What’s in the box?
• Three announce Mobile Broadband Wi-Fi Hub
• HTC Sensation XL now in stock at Clove: £486 inc Beats Audio headphones (and inc VAT)
• Nokia shows off its Public Transport and Pulse apps coming to the Lumia 800
• Spotify Gift Cards available in UK stores, starting with Morrisons
• Native Gmail app coming soon to iOS?
• HTC Sensation XL available on Three today
• Unlocked LG Optimus 2X’s getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread today, Optimus 3D and Optimus Black later this month
• What is BlackBerry Messenger and how does it work?