January 2012 Archive
31st January
- Samsung Galaxy S2 best prices and deals
- Which smartphone is easiest to create apps for? Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone
- HTC Ville hands-on video: ICS, Sense 4.0 and one thin chassis
- LaunchPort for iPad 2: Charge wirelessly a la the Palm Pre’s Touchstone
- HP Pre Review: In Depth
- BlackBerry Bold 9790 Review: In Depth
- Samsung Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) by March
- Smart TV Tuesday: Marks & Spencer rings the tills on Samsung Smart TV
- McAfee announces next-gen Mobile Security 2.0 for Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones
- RIM still in the race for enterprise, Android on top.
- SNES9x port for BlackBerry PlayBook: 16-bit ROM fun on the fire sale BlackBerry tablet
- Upgrade your BlackBerry, get £106 for your old one.
- Sky Go app coming to Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Sensation and others next month
- Windows Phone Tango: Support for 120 languages?
- Sony Xperia Smart Tags: NFC tags meet Sony styling
30th January
- Dual-core Samsung Galaxy S Advance goes all official, coming in February
- Motorola RAZR Developer Edition incoming, European version to ship with unlocked bootloader
- iWatch2 concept: The Apple iPhone wristwatch
- LG Optimus L3 E400 budget Android 2.3 Gingerbread phone appears in Sweden
- Sony Xperia S on Play.com: delayed
- Amazon Kindle Fire sold 6 million units in Q4?
- T-Mobile’s The Full Monty: Unlimited calls, texts and internet on all phones, coming 1st of Feb
- Samsung Galaxy S Advance: Curvaceous new body meets dual-core power
- Nokia Lumia 910: 12-megapixel version of the Lumia 900 mooted
- Sony Xperia S 12MP camera is one fast shooter
29th January
- Qualcomm MSM8960 GPU gets benchmarked, bests Galaxy S II
- I Ain’t No Saint to offer customised covers for the Nokia Lumia 710
28th January
- T-Mobile to take on Three’s One Plan with The Full Monty?
- Next Samsung Galaxy Tab to feature 2Ghz dual-core processor, 2560×1600 display?
27th January
- Motorola posts $80m losses for Q4, $249m for 2011
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: First Impressions
- BlackBerry Playbook price slashed to £169 at Carphone Warhouse
- Video: Guide to T-Mobile You Fix
- HTC Sense 4.0 features leaked: 50GB of DropBox storage, physical buttons to stay
- BBC News app launches for Android tablets
- Update: Samsung “still reviewing options” for Galaxy S3 launch at MWC
- HTC to reduce smartphone range: create ‘hero’ approach
- Download Steam iOS and Android apps for free now (beta)
- Samsung hits record profits thanks to the Galaxy S2 and others
- Android camera phone face-off part 2
26th January
- Q4 2011 Android tablet sales boom. iPad still on top.
- T-Mobile Vivacity Review: In Depth
- BlackBerry Curve 9320 and 9220 outed in RIM roadmap leak? Plus, white Bold 9790 incoming
- HTC Explorer vs Samsung Galaxy Mini vs T-Mobile Vivacity vs Orange San Francisco 2
- Nokia shifts 1 million Lumia’s in 2011, but huge operating loss
- Samsung Galaxy Mini Review: In Depth
- New iPhone 5 set for summer launch?
- LG Prada 3.0 coming to Phones 4U tomorrow
- Acer Iconia Tab 700 pricing revealed, Full HD for £460? Yes please.
- Open webOS 1.0 to arrive September 2012
- ZTE Light Tab 2: £235 tablet out Feb 2012
25th January
- HTC Explorer Video Review
- Acer Iconia Tab A510 release date and price confirmed
- HTC Explorer Review: In Depth
- BlackBerry Bold 9790 Vs BlackBerry Bold 9900 review
- Apple iOS sees most growth. Android UK number one. Window Phone sales slow.
- Asus Transformer Prime wallpaper: get yours today
- Apple results show huge iPhone and iPad sales
- O2: Sharing your number?
- Pink Samsung Galaxy S2 available to buy now
- Transformer Prime? Convergence? Wait till you see the Fujitsu Lifebook 2013
24th January
- Batman Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia 800 hands-on Video
- Lookout launches Mobile Threat Tracker, visualises real-time virus protection on your Android phone
- Orange San Francisco II Review: In Depth
- Nokia Lumia 910 coming to Europe in May?
- 360Cities panoramas coming to Nokia Maps
- Sony’s new CMOS sensor, the future of mobile camera phones?
- ZTE Tania priced and set for February launch
- LG Optimus 3D 2. Yes. Really.
- Nokia Lumia 900 coming to Carphone Warehouse in June
- 20Mbps broadband opened to 125,000 UK homes
23rd January
- Rumour: HTC Flyer to get Ice Cream Sandwich early 2012
- Hailo: The best cab app for Android and iOS?
- Datawind Ubislate 7: £22 7-inch Android tablet hands on pics
- London Eye capsules to get Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
- White Nokia Lumia 800 incoming?
- Nokia Lumia 710 unboxing video and first impressions
- OnLive Desktop iPad app: free access to Windows apps from the cloud
- Windows Phone Tango: Shifting minimum requirements down to 256MB?
- The future of Apple iBooks?
- RIM co-CEO’s step down: all change for BlackBerry maker
- Sony Xperia U aka Kumquat ST25i picture leaks: The next Xperia phone?
- Virgin plots super-fast wireless broadband
22nd January
- Apple rumoured to be opening a new store in Harrods
- Microsoft’s Windows Phone predicted to overtake iOS by 2015
- Cufflinks that double up as a WiFi hotspot from Brookstone
- Developer takes a stand against Android Market, builds own store for banned apps
21st January
- Super slim and impressive quad-core LG X3 photos leaked
- Angry Birds Seasons unleashes the Dragon in update for iOS and Android
- Nike unveils the next generation of accelerometer with Nike+ Fuelband
- Jabra releases follow up to EXTREME Bluetooth headset
20th January
- Gameloft drops prices of 9 iPhone and iPad games to 69p for Chinese New Year
- HTC Evo 3D UK price slashed in half
- White Samsung Galaxy Note coming to John Lewis in the UK on Monday
- HTC Edge: Quad-core hero in store for Mobile World Congress?
- LomoKino Smartphone Holder: Directly digitise hipster flicks with this handy phone mount
- Self-sustaining OLED solar cell touchscreen concept trips the light fantastic
- Shipments of NFC phones to top 100 million if iPhone 5 comes an NFC chip
- Google: 250 million Android activations, 11 billion app downloads
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime GPS updates coming, it’s not a GPS fix though
- Official: Samsung Galaxy S2 HD ‘not coming to the UK’
19th January
- LG Prada 3.0 arriving late Jan on Phones 4U and Feb on T-Mobile
- iBooks Author released: Drag and drop to create iBooks for iPad
- Nokia Lumia 710 vs ZTE Tania
- Lovefilm coming to LG Smart TVs in the UK
- Nokia Lumia 800 PR 1.1 update arrives, brings improved battery life
- Freesat Awards open for 2012 nominations
18th January
- ZTE Tania: hands-on photos with the budget Windows Phone
- Yoda star of new Vodafone TV advert
- Rumour: Apple planning iPad 3 event in February
- Asus: UK-bound Eee Pad Transformer Primes free from the dreaded Wi-Fi bug
- Sony Xperia S comes to Play: Release date 30th of January
- Whale Trail arrives on Android Market
- Nokia Lumia 710 coming to Vodafone
- Ice Cream Sandwich update hitting Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xooms
- Internet piracy legal shark suspended for two years
- Virgin suffers widespread broadband outage
17th January
- BlackBerry Bold 9790: Phones 4u UK contract prices revealed
- Rumour: 7-inch PlayBook coming in April, first BlackBerry 10 phone in September
- Sony Windows Phone prototype leaked in pics: Early build or clever fake?
- Samsung Galaxy S2 HD: UK bound?
- BlackBerry Bold 9790 coming to all Vodafone contracts
- Motorola DEFY+ JCB Edition announced: DIY Android phone for the UK
- Sony Xperia S not coming to Vodafone
- Pink Samsung Galaxy S2 coming to the UK
- I’m Android wristwatch: hands-on photos
- Dell Streak 7 gets an unofficial Ice Cream Sandwich port
- LoveFilm gets Lost in ABC deal
- Game of Thrones makes its next moves on Sky Atlantic in April
16th January
- Nissan introduces world’s first self-healing iPhone case
- Recombu Exclusive Orange £8 SIM-Only deal ends tomorrow
- Nokia Lumia 900 coming to AT&T in March: UK launch at the same time?
- New Angry Birds Seasons levels coming next week: Year of the Dragon teaser
- Infobar C01: Android phone from Japan with a 12-key keypad
- CES: MySpace and Skype make Panasonic appy for 2012 TVs
15th January
- Skype for Windows Phone coming soon, according to Microsoft
- Poynt lets you to find cheap petrol in your area
- Lenovo K800: hands-on photos of the first Intel Atom Android phone
14th January
- iPad 3 in production: quad-core processor, high res display, LTE?
- Nokia Lumia 710 release set for February 1st
13th January
- HTC Wildfire S Review: In Depth
- PQI Air Drive: 8mm thick Wi-Fi hard drive, connects up to 5 iOS and Android devices (photos)
- Three to sell the Nokia Lumia 710
- Sony Xperia S gets priced up on Clove: Ready for pre-order, coming 5th of March
- Apple store in Beijing egged by iPhone 4S-hungry fans
- BlackBerry PlayBook UK prices creep up: Now £249 for 16GB edition
- BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0: Calendar, contacts and email hands-on photos and video
- Motorola Defy MINI: Hands-on video
- Archos G9 tablets getting ICS update in Feb: hands-on photos
- Polaroid’s 16-megapixel Android phone: SC1630 Smart Camera hands-on photos
- Huawei Ascend P1 S Vs Fujitsu F-07 D: world’s thinnest smartphones hands-on videos
- Nokia Lumia 900 Vs Nokia Lumia 800: hands-on photos and video
- Virgin puts Sky Sports F1 channel in pole position
- Ofcom to keep spotlight on international calling cards
- CES: Smart TV takes centre stage for Samsung
- Ofcom demands 98 per cent coverage for next-gen wireless broadband
- Netflix streams TV and film to British screens
12th January
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime UK delay blues: When is yours arriving?
- Asus EeePad Transformer TF101 Ice Cream Sandwich update coming Feb?
- Razer’s Razerzone ‘Project Fiona’ concept tablet comes to life: Hands-on photos
- BlackBerry Bold 9790 on sale Jan 20th, pre-order now
- BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2: Android apps on the PlayBook video
- Asus MeMo Pad: Hands-on pictures with the $249 Tegra 3 tablet
- BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0: turn your BlackBerry into a PlayBook controller (video)
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer 700: Hands-on photos
- Huawei MediaPad getting IceCream Sandwich 4.0 update
- Asus Padfone connections hint at keyboard dock? Hands-on pictures and video
- Huawei Ascend P1 S: hands-on photos
- CES: LG Smart TV Updaters connect all TVs
- CES: LG adds Smart TV to more than half its range in 2012
- CES: Homeplug AV2 promises faster home networks with no new wires
- Cameron praises Virgin’s broadband speed boost
- Virgin to double broadband speeds for most users
11th January
- T-Mobile will also be selling Sony Xperia S in the UK
- Visa certifies NFC’d BlackBerry, Samsung and LG phones for its payWave platform
- Shazam Player for iOS: Replace your iPhone’s music app with an advanced player
- New Apple iPad spotted at CES along with Apple staff
- Sony Xperia S coming to Orange
- LG Spectrum: Hands-on pictures and video
- Dell returning to the tablet market later this year, Android and Windows 8
- Street Fighter IV HD: Coming to Android Market May 2012 (video)
- Kooky QOOQ: Linux-based cook’s tablet hands-on pictures
- Toshiba Excite X10 Android tablet: Hands-on photos and video
- Sony Vaio Slate laptop tablet concept pictures: Looks like a Transformer Prime
10th January
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE Hands on video
- Apple working on Siri Dictation for iPad?
- Kingston 64GB Wi-Drive for Amazon Kindle Fire announced: Full Android app incoming?
- Run Android apps on Windows 8 tablets with BlueStacks
- TomTom iPhone and iPad apps to get more sociable with Facebook-powered directions
- Monster Power Control: control electric devices using your smartphone
- 3M Series 100 Smart Pens: Squidgy stylus for capacitive touchscreens
- WikiPad, the first glasses-less 3D Ice Cream Sandwich tablet hits CES
- Phones 4U nabs exclusive on white Sony Xperia S: ETA March 2012
- Will Smith, Kelly Clarkson, mind-blowing 3D and … Walkmans?
- Sony Xperia S coming soon to O2
- Lenovo IdeaPad YOGA: Windows 8 ultrabook and tablet
- Sony Walkman Z 1000: Android-powered portable music players
- Orange Tahiti: 7-inch Android tablet available this week
- Nokia Lumia 710 coming soon to Orange
- Sony Xperia S coming soon to Three
- Sony Xperia S announced: Bye bye Ericsson, hello 12-megapixel camera and HD screen
- Nokia Lumia 900; another beachhead in the ecosystem war
- Sony Xperia S (aka Nozomi) Hands-on video and first impressions
- Asus 7″ tablet: Tegra 3 and Ice Cream Sandwich for $249
- Panasonic introduces Myspace TV app for TVs, smartphones and tablets
- Freesat adds Manhattan to next-gen box brands
9th January
- Nokia Lumia 900 confirmed for US
- Samsung’s AllShare Play allows you to push and pull content across devices
- Angry Birds coming to Samsung Smart TV sets
- RIM showing off PlayBook OS 2.0 at CES: New email app, BlackBerry Video Store, coming in February
- LG Spectrum: 4.5-inch IPS LCD pips Retina Display PPI count, borders on Galaxy Nexus size
- LG’s Google TVs to feature L9 dual-core chip
- BlackBerry 7.1 OS announced: BlackBerry Tag and Wi-Fi tethering released today
- Asus annouces new Transformer Prime with improved screen
- Huawei Ascend P1 S: world’s slimmest smartphone and Android ICS
- Toshiba Excite X10 (AT200) world’s slimmest tablet confirmed for US
- Griffin Twenty Audio Amplifier: makes your speakers Airplay compatible
- Vexia Navlet range: Android tablets with sat-nat features to the fore
- Sky+ iOS apps to add zeebox features, turn your iPhone and iPad into remote controls
- Pure Contour 200i Air: Airplay iPhone and iPad dock
- Lenovo K91: world’s first Ice Cream Sandwich TV makes its debut
- Acer Iconia A700: hands-on with the quad-core ICS tablet
- Acer Allegro Windows Phone: Hands-on and first impressions
- Netflix now live in the UK, £5.99 a month – we go hands-on
8th January
- Combat Arms: Zombies storms onto iOS with 3D Unreal Engine 3 back up
- Opinion: Mobile Predictions for 2012
- Angry Birds most popular app for Windows Phone 7 users in 2011
- Motorola Mobility releases teaser video on wireless charging at CES
- Could Polaroid be launching a tablet and colour screen e-reader at CES?
7th January
- Microsoft to announce purchase of Nokia smartphone devision at CES?
- OLPC set to reveal $100 XO 3.0 tablet at CES
- BSkyB Sky Sports News app arrives on iPad
- Gorilla glass gets tougher at CES
6th January
- iPad 3: Quad-core A6 processor looking very promising
- Samsung Galaxy Y Preview
- LG Prada 3.0 available from Clove, coming 6th of February
- Winner of BlackBerry Curve 9300 with Tesco Mobile competition announced
- iPad inside a G-Form Extreme Edge case becomes space-proof (video)
- O2 Samsung Galaxy Note competition
- Apple releasing iPad 3 in March, iPad 4 in October to combat Android and Windows 8 tabs?
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus white edition gets official pictures
- Toshiba’s tablet twosome: ‘World’s thinnest’ 10.1-inch and cost-effective 7-inch slates tipped for CES
- Motorola introduce two new phones: MOTOLUXE and DEFY MINI
- London to get Europe’s largest free WiFi zone
- Apple iPhone 5 ‘SJ’ concept pictures appear: we want one
- LG Google TV: 3D Android-powered TV coming to CES 2012, not out in the UK ‘til 2013
5th January
- Samsung: No Ice Cream Sandwich or value pack for Samsung Galaxy S or Galaxy Tab
- HTC to unleash quad-core big guns at MWC 2012?
- Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition Review: In Depth
- BlackBerry Milan and Colt cancelled
- Qualcomm Snapdragon Game Command gets January 10th launch
- White Samsung Galaxy Nexus coming February 6th: pre-order now
- Kobo reports seasonal spike in ebook sales
- Motorola customers launch petition for bootload unlock
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Review: In Depth
- Nokia Lumia 800-branded passenger jet is plane crazy
- Nintendo to release 3DS Lite in 2012?
- Google Nexus Tablet to be a 7-inch Kindle Fire killer?
4th January
- Motorola RAZR projected from air cannon, penetrates cake and lives (with video)
- BlackBerry PlayBook vs Dell Streak 7: Which one should I buy in the January Sale madness?
- Samsung Galaxy Note gets an extended battery come kickstand
- HTC Radiant picture leaks: 4G Windows Phone?
- Dell Streak 7 now going for less than £100
- 3G and Wi-Fi PS Vita gets unofficial price cut in Japan ahead of UK launch
- Ice Cream Sandwich: Roboto through a lens
- BlackBerry PlayBook drops to £169 on Carphone Warehouse and PC World
- Google to make Android 4.0 Holo themes the norm, allows for faster rollout of Android updates
- Samsung Galaxy M: Super AMOLED for the masses
- Asus Transformer Prime WILL be getting unlock for bootloader
- LG Optimus 2 outed: Affordable-looking Android 2.3 Gingerbread phone
3rd January
- Samsung Galaxy Extreme Xcover coming to Clove next Monday
- Asus Transformer Prime getting ICS (Android 4.0) from January 12th
- INQ ditching the Cloud Q, to “focus efforts on future products”
- Android 3.2 Honeycomb update rolling out to Wi-Fi-only HTC Flyers
- Samsung Galaxy Note: Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) alpha – hands-on video
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Play drops to £150 on O2 pay-as-you-go
- Nokia Lumia 900 aka AT&T Ace details leak
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime Mini and Padfone coming to CES?
- How to reset your voicemail PIN and protect your voicemail from hackers
- Motorola MOTOACTV Full Review
- Cerberus for Android: Three ways to protect and track your phone with one app
- Samsung Ace Plus Preview
- Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus confirmed: 1GHz processor meets iPhone 3GS styling
- Apple planning ‘media related’ announcement this month
- Ask Ziggy Siri-alike hits Windows Phone Marketplace, the ultimate pub quiz companion
2nd January
- ChevronWP7 sells out of its 10,000 unlocks, more on the way?
- Asus Transformer Prime shipping with locked bootloader