December 2011 Archive
31st December
- Smartphones: The best of 2011 and which phones to buy in 2012
- Intel and LG to debut Medfield smartphone at CES 2012?
- 60beat GamePad brings console style controls to iOS devices
- Acer Iconia Tab A700 to feature Tegra 3 processor, 1920×1200 display
30th December
- Best Android Photography apps
- Apple patent reveals face recognition for multiple users for iPhone and iPad
- Metro newspaper app launches on Windows Phone
- Nintendo 3DS ‘snakeskin’ Metal Gear Solid edition inbound
- HTC releases bootloader to unlock mobile phones launched after September 2011
29th December
- 6.8 million new Android and iPhones activated on Christmas Day 2011
- 1 million Samsung Galaxy Notes sold worldwide
- Windows Phone roadmap leak points to autumn launch for Apollo
- Rumour: Apple to unveil two new iPads, with 8 and 5-megapixel cameras in January
28th December
- Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab won’t be getting Ice Cream Sandwich after all?
- Motorola MOTOACTV: hands-on video
- Gameloft sale: All Android Gameloft games 69p!
- iPhone 5: Aluminium back plate as found on iPad2?
- Smartphone Security: Top Tips
27th December
- How to set up and use Gmail on your Android phone
- 2011 – The Year in Mobile
- LG Fantasy: Windows Phone Mango phone poses for photos in the wild
- Fancy a Porsche for £1,275? Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981 revs up in Harrods
- “Hundreds of thousands of” GSM phones vulnerable to premium-rate hacks
- How to transfer photos from your iPhone
26th December
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24th December
- Dungeon Hunter 3 hacks n slashes onto iOS
- Spreaker Radio app lands on Android
- Day 24 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win Christmas App pack with Monopoly and Scrabble
23rd December
- Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play gets a booster with OnLive
- Carphone Warehouse brightens 2012 with a huge sale!
- The British Journal of Photography iPad app, take 2
- Cut the Rope turns comic series for iOS
- Day 23 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win £100 Love2Shop Voucher
22nd December
- Last minute Christmas present ideas
- Orange San Francisco II goes white for winter on Coming Soon page
- HTC Sensation Ice Cream Sandwich hands-on video
- Sony Ericsson LT28at gets Bluetooth certified: 4.55-inch screen, LTE, 13-megapixel camera
- Steve Jobs immortalised in bronze by Graphisoft
- HTC Watch price drop: Rent Christmas movies for 49p throughout December
- Day 22 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win Sennheiser/adidas PMX 680 Sports Headphones
21st December
- Bayan 7: Hands-on with the dual iPhone speaker dock
- Sony Ericsson unveils Ice Cream Sandwich 2012 timetable: Xperia Arc, Arc S, Neo V and Ray to get Android 4.0 first
- Tablets: The best of 2011 and what to expect in 2012
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus Vs Apple iPhone 4S video review
- GetJar Gold: Over 100 free Android apps including Loky, Samurai II: Vengeance and Paper Camera
- Fun Face Swap app hits Windows Marketplace, we get deja vu
- Cut the Rope update brings iCloud support
- White Samsung Galaxy Note melts hearts in South Korea
- Google Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich update on hold
- Day 21 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win Vue Cinema tickets
20th December
- Nokia: no ‘exact’ plan to enter tablet market
- BlackBerry Playbook Facebook app gets Groups update
- Archos 35 Home Connect: Hands-on video and first impressions
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: The most pre-ordered Android Honeycomb device of all time
- iPhones and iPod Touches stuck on iOS 3.1.3 can’t buy directly buy from the App Store: Sync from your desktop
- Freestyle football and Samsung Galaxy Note demonstrations at Victoria Station until 3pm today
- Nokia to annouce new handset in January: Lumia 900?
- Apple wins minor victory against HTC in the US
- Day 20 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a BlackBerry Curve 8520
19th December
- Flash mob in London today promoting the Samsung Galaxy Note
- Google Nexus Tablet within 6 months?
- BlackBerry Music: free for six months
- Atomic Floyd SuperDarts +Remote for iPhone: hands-on
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs Motorola XOOM 2
- Nokia Lumia 800: how tough is the screen?
- BlackBerry gets saucy: Adult filter bypassed by software glitch, grubby palmed teens delight
- Day 19 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a Scosche boomCAN portable speaker
18th December
- New iTunes Match subscriptions temporarily halted in the UK
- New iOS 5.0.1 build opens up possibility of Siri on iPhone 4
- Video: Pay as you go phones from T-Mobile for under £15
- Day 18 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win App Player Board Game
17th December
- Video: Best pay as you go phones for Christmas from Orange
- Day 17 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win Vogel’s RingO universal mounting system for iPad and iPad 2
- Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich update now available
- Motorola Xoom sees early Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 build
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus gets Android 4.0.2 update, already superseded by 4.0.3
16th December
- Best HTC Sensation XL cases
- Best Nokia Lumia 800 cases
- Best iPad 2 cases
- Best iPhone 4S cases
- BlackBerry 10 phones not arriving until late 2012
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: Where to buy it and how much it costs
- Sony Ericsson logo taken down from London HQ, the beginning of the end?
- Samsung Galaxy Xcover delayed until January
- Adobe Flash Player 11.1 hits the Market, brings support for Ice Cream Sandwich, Galaxy Nexus
- Apple iPad 7.85? Smaller iPad on its way to rival the Kindle Fire and 8-inch Android slates
- Day 16 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a Nokia C3-01
15th December
- Grand Theft Auto III Anniversary Edition out now for iOS and Android: Totally works on the Samsung Galaxy S2
- Ice Cream Sandwich alpha on Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S, neo V and ray
- Archos 35 Home Connect: Android-running TuneIn Radio-powered radio
- Archos 35 Smart Home Phone: Android-running DECT phone is the missing mobile link
- HTC Sensation XE now available on Three, order online tomorrow
- Today’s 10p Android apps: Camera Zoom FX and Apparatus
- 50GB free cloud storage for all Sony Ericsson Xperia users
- Nokia Lumia 900 render in sexy red appears: Looks a lot like a Lumia 800
- Android gaming gets a new face: Snapdragon Game Command from Qualcomm
- Day 15 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win JVC headphones
14th December
- LG Prada 3.0: Hands-on shots and first impressions
- LG Prada 3.0 announced: Catwalk queen with 4.3-inch 800 nit screen
- Holy Marketing Exercise Batman! Nokia Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises edition unfurls its bat-wings
- Steampunk phone mods from Croatia: Andrew Ryan just called, Rapture wants its mobiles back
- Samsung Galaxy S2 running Ice Cream Sandwich ROM with TouchWiz (video)
- Android Market 3.4.4 available for download: Adds apps to your homescreen automatically
- Best Airplay speakers for iPhone and iPad
- LG Prada 3.0 press renders leak: Suitably fashionable custom UI in a slinky black dress
- Best Samsung Galaxy S2 accessories
- Square hits 1 million activations in the US: The shape of mobile payments to come is quadilateral
- Nokia 900 coming end of February: Swisscom leak?
- Skype update brings photo, video and document sharing to Android
- Day 14 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
13th December
- Microsoft SkyDrive app: iOS and Windows Phone
- TV planning for Christmas on your phone: Catch up apps and TV guides
- Android BBC iPlayer update on its way – 3G streaming included
- T-Mobile Vivacity vs Apple iPhone 4: Separated at birth?
- Playstation Vita-Droid!
- Ice Cream Sandwich running a Motorola Razr (video)
- The Dark Meadow coming to Tegra devices
- Siri hacked to enable voice-assisted torrenting (video)
- Live voice typing: Coming soon to an Android 4.0 phone near you
- Sony Ericsson Nozomi gets its close up
- Google’s acquisition of Motorola on hold – for now
- iLuv introduces first Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 speaker dock
- Apple iOS 5.1 beta 2 brings Photo Stream fixes
- Day 13 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a T-Mobile Zest 2 handset
12th December
- BBC iPlayer app for iPhone launches
- Mobiroo introduces Android and BlackBerry app-gift card
- Be careful what you download: Fraudulent Angry Birds and Cut the Rope apps make their way into the Android Market
- Today’s 10p Android apps: Flick Soccer, Flight Control, SoundHound and Doodle Jump
- Androidify goes all seasonal with a winder update
- Best white mobile phones
- Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Winners announced
- Day 12 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a Proporta Ted Baker iPhone case
- Apple iPad 3 only months away?
11th December
- The Beatles arrive on iPad
- O2 launch iPhone 4S phone leasing deal
- Shaun the sheep’s baaa-ck in Home Sheep Home 2
- First image revealed for the BlackBerry Milan
- Day 11 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win Garage Band for iPhone and iPad
10th December
- Motorola XOOM™ 3G update rolled out in Europe
- Merry Christmas from iTunes
- Happy Birthday Angry Birds!
- Sharp turns up cameraphones to 11
- Day 10 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win Dr Oetker goodies and an Angry Birds cookbook
9th December
- HP giving WebOS to the open source community
- Google Wallet to debut in London for the Olympics 2012
- Gametel for Android hands-on: Turn any Android phone into an Xperia Play (sort of)
- Today’s 10p Android apps: Shazam Encore, Need for Speed Shift
- Day 9 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win an LG Optimus 3D
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime available for pre-order via Clove
- Nokia Lumia 800 video review
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus video review
- Nokia Lumia 710 shipping today: €270, still no UK ETA
- A day with the Motorola MOTOACTV and Iwan Thomas
- Opinion: iPhone 5 vs Android next-gen rumours
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 with retina resolution?
- Spotify Radio arrives in beta form: You can be the DJ
- Panasonic getting in on the Android game: 4.3-inch screen, NFC, coming in March
- HTC Sense 3.0 rolling out to HTC Desire HD and Incredible S
8th December
- iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 stocking essentials
- iPhone 5: to get a quad-core A6 processor?
- Nintendo 3DS can now record 3D video
- Nokia announces firmware update for Lumia 800
- Everything Everywhere investing over £1.5 billion in 4G LTE upgrades
- Nokia to sell its luxury Vertu arm?
- My Xbox Live for iOS: Access your Xbox Live profile from your iPhone
- OnLive launches for phones and tablets: Android app available now
- Google+, Maps and Goggles updated
- Motorola reaffirms its Ice Cream Sandwich intentions, sheds light on the Android upgrade process
- Facebook for Android updates to 1.8.0: Adds games and apps, pinch to zoom on photos
- Nokia Lumia 710 coming January 6th?
- Instagram on Android – it’s coming
7th December
- Day 8 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a £50 Tesco Voucher
- Second set of 10p Android apps rounded up, Glu Mobile’s Deer Hunter 3D coming tomorrow
- Apple loses claim to iPad name in China
- Motorola Xoom 2 Review: In Depth
- Bejeweled Blitz to go freemium on iOS, new version of Bejeweled incoming
- Faithful port of Dragon’s Lair hacks and slashes its way to the Android Market
- Flipboard iPhone edition lands
- Grand Theft Auto III Anniversary Ed. coming to iPhone 4S, LG Optimus 2X and more next Thursday: Wot, no Galaxy S2?
- Blackberry BBX renamed BlackBerry 10 following injunction
- Archos G9 101 filmed running Android 4.0.1: Ice Cream Sandwich on a tablet
- Sony Ericsson LT26i Nozomi in black surfaces in the wild
- Best Christmas Card apps for iPhone and iPod
- Megaphone for iPhone looks like a Swiss Alphorn: Fondue cheese and cuckoo clock not included
- Day 7 of the Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a £25 iTunes voucher
- Are tablets just big smartphones?
6th December
- 7digital to launch Windows Phone app
- Android Market’s ‘10 Billion’ promotion: Minecraft, SwiftKey X, FieldRunners HD and more all for 10p each
- Motorola Atrix Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread finally rolls out to T-Mobile UK customers
- Amazon Kindle Fire coming to the UK in January: Price TBA
- Amazon’s Kindle Fire sales second place to iPad, set to ‘vaporise’ other Android tab sales
- Motorola Razr video review
- Motorola Razr Review: In Depth
- Facebook for Android update to add dedicated Nearby places app?
- Best mobile gaming rip-offs
- iPhone 5: Resolution revealed? Could suggest 4-inch screen.
- Which BlackBerry should I buy?
- Ainovo NOVO7: 7-inch Ice Cream Sandwich tablet for £102.35
- Apple iOS Code Names revealed
- Day 6 of Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a Maroo iPad 2 case
5th December
- Sony Ericsson: What can we expect in 2012?
- Orange San Francisco II: What’s in the box?
- Asus Transformer Prime video shows off origami-style folding Sleeve
- Play Angry Birds on Chrome to win a Samsung Galaxy Note
- Sony Ericsson Xperia concepts: the shapes of Nozomi, Nypon and Aoba to come?
- US Judge rejects Apple ban on Samsung Galaxy sales
- Xbox Companion launches tomorrow: LoveFilm primed for the UK, 4oD and Demand 5 coming later this month
- Day 5 of Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win an IDAPT i1 Eco mobile phone charger
4th December
- Google employees seeing Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich update, official rollout soon?
- Sony Ericsson Nozomi spotted once again in official render
- Day 4 of Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win Cut the Rope
3rd December
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus official accessories break cover, up for pre-order
- Amazon cancelling Asus Transformer Prime pre-orders
- Infinity Blade II crashing on certain iOS devices, including iPad
- Day 3 of Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a Logitech W360 Wireless Keyboard
2nd December
- Tesco introducing free WiFi nationwide to biggest stores
- Mobile apps to hit one million: Apple iOS dominates
- Androidland – Android store opens in Melbourne
- Best cheap pay as you go phones
- Acer Iconia Tab A210 announced, Tegra 2 and ICS in tow
- Infinity Blade 2: Number one in Apple app store
- Privacy: Carrier IQ used by UK networks?
- Samsung updates SamsungApps.com for OTA Android and Bada app downloads
- Apple patent could reveal new iPhone 5 feature
- Apple iPhone: Free homescreen settings shortcuts without hacking
- Day 2 of Recombu Advent Extravaganza: Win a Jabra Drive
1st December
- Best Samsung Galaxy S2 cases
- Vodafone now selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus
- Orange’s Pay Monthly price rises: Will the other networks follow suit?
- Nokia introduce budget dual-SIM handset
- FIFA 12 hits the Xperia Play free and exclusive ‘til February: Coming to other Sony Ericsson Xperias later
- HP to announce the fate of WebOS “in the next two weeks”
- Asus Eee Pad MeMo: 7-inch Android tab arriving January?
- 12 Days of Christmas: The Angry Birds remix
- ASUS Transformer Prime: More hands on videos emerge
- Vodafone now selling the cyan Nokia Lumia 800
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus volume bug fix rolls out
- Motorola Xoom 2: What’s in the box?
- Recombu Advent Extravaganza launches: Win Dead Space for iPad