March 2012 Archive

30th March

• 20Mbps goes live for more than 400,000 UK homes: Broadband Rollout Roundup
• App Friday: Draw Something
• Free Olympic Games tickets with Samsung Galaxy smartphones
• £100m Yorkshire public broadband scheme needs £10m taxpayer loan to stay afloat
• New O2 On & On tariff targets data use
• Foxconn factory probe wins overtime award for Apple workers
• Virgin makes 30Mbps & TiVo standard in new ‘Collections’ for broadband, TV and home phone
• Nokia Lumia handsets to get Nokia TV app?
• Updated: BlackBerry maker RIM won’t quit consumer market

29th March

• Samsung leading the push in AMOLED technology in 2012
• HTC Sensation: Ice Cream Sandwich update rolling out to Vodafone
• Freesat Awards 2012 pits TV stars vs real stars
• Samsung Galaxy Note Review: In Depth
• Mobile broadband shortage could force drastic Freeview re-tune in 2018
• EU Commission rules to lower mobile roaming charges: cheaper calls abroad
• Britain’s first 300Mbps fibre-only village unveiled
• iPad 3: Top 5 camera apps
• Top ten free games on Android phones
• LG to bring flexible e-ink technology to the European market next month
• Digital Switch: One in 10 London TVs not digital just days before analogue starts to to shut down
• Software update boosts battery life for Nokia Lumia 800
• Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 update rolling out to Google Nexus S, Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Motorola Xoom
• Best Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime cases
• Samsung Galaxy S2 Tips and Tricks
• Is Apple building a smaller iPad?
• New iPad 3 still charging two hours after claiming full power

28th March

• Mobile broadband roamers get a triple-boost of cheaper Euro data, worldwide price alerts and Euro provider choice
• Superfast broadband for all, says Scots politicians
• Wednesday Deals: Samsung Galaxy Ace, Orange Phone Fund and more
• Google TV review: good and bad apps
• Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tips and tricks
• Smart TV: It’s not the Web on TV!
• ‘Awesome’ Asus Transformer Prime update coming
• Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime Review: In Depth
• Angry Birds Space new iPad and iPhone 4S cases available for pre-order
• How to update your Samsung Galaxy S2 to Ice Cream Sandwich ICS (video)
• Amazon Kindle Touch and Amazon Kindle Touch 3G available for UK pre-order

27th March

• Porn piracy claims could hit 9,000+ O2 Broadband subscribers
• Digital Switchover: Crystal Palace’s new transmitters in pictures
• Harry Potter eBooks available for Amazon Kindle and Kindle app
• Motorola MOTOLUXE Review: In Depth
• New iPad 3: Is it revolutionary? (video)
• Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update available on O2
• Samsung Galaxy S2 (Ice Cream Sandwich) VS Sony Xperia S (with video)
• Apple new iPad 3 comparable to Asus EeePad Transformer Prime in heat tests
• Ofcom delays ruling on 4G speeds over 3G networks and Three UK mulls legal action
• Apple new iPad 3 review (video)
• HTC shuts down HTC Sense.com

26th March

• Free WiFi networks to be extended to London’s Overground rail system
• Digital Switchover: London to light up Crystal Palace for end of analogue TV
• HTC Wind spotted: dual-sim phone running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• The Cloud expands London transport WiFi on Overground stations
• Apple makes nano-SIM patent free for all
• BT’s killer RABIT foils copper cable thieves
• Nvidia: Kepler GPU technology could come to mobile phones and tablets
• Nokia Lumia 800 camera creates ‘bullet time’ snowboard video
• Farmville creator Zynga extends into mobile gaming
• RIM revealing BlackBerry 10 mobile phone prototypes in May
• Apple TV 3 unboxed: in pictures
• Apple iPhone 5 ‘Three steps beyond’ concept images show three Retina displays

25th March

• Could the Samsung Galaxy S III be released on 30th March in the UK?
• Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace passes 70k app milestone
• Foxconn recruits 20,000 new employees for iPhone 5 production
• Pre-registration opens for Instagram on Android

24th March

• Rovio u-turns decision and will bring Angry Birds Space to Windows Phone
• HTC One X and One S available for pre-order from Vodafone
• Droids fooled in China
• New iPhone to include LTE, new Micro Dock Connector and 3.5-inch display?

23rd March

• Superfast broadband for 73 UK exchanges: Broadband Rollout Roundup
• Apple New iPad 3: Tips and Tricks
• iMovie for new iPad Review
• Apple iOS 6 to be revealed on the 11th June?
• Netflix iPad app update released with HD video “to follow”
• Sony’s Music Unlimited app heading to iOS
• Android regains market share over iPhone
• Nokia releases Windows Phone music app update: plus Play To in beta
• Broadband Rollout Roundup: the master log
• What is YouView?

22nd March

• New Sony Xperia ad, made of imagination, shot in stop motion!
• iPhoto for new iPad review
• New Freeview HD channel to launch this autumn
• Watch, Gold and Alibi coming to BT Vision
• Samsung GT-i9300 picture revealed: is this the Samsung Galaxy S3?
• T-Mobile’s Best of MWC: HTC and Sony Mobile (video)
• TalkTalk billing woes send it to top of customer complaints chart; Orange getting worse
• Opinion: The new iPad and the impact of mobile devices behind IT’s Iron Curtain
• Spotify announces 12 new music apps for fans
• Video: The World’s First Augmented Reality Hotel
• Apple iPhone 5: rumoured to use larger 4.6-inch Retina display
• Samsung Galaxy Note Ice Cream Sandwich comfirmed: Q2 with Premium Suite upgrade
• Angry Birds Space is now available for download on iOS and Android
• Nano-SIM sparks new conflict between Apple and Nokia, Motorola and RIM

21st March

• Hands-on: Comigo Smart TV Android set-top box
• Smart TV Tuesday: The Guardian shows off its Google TV app in the US (photos)
• Option XYFI: Hands-on with the world’s smallest 3G and Wi-Fi dongle
• Sky+HD 1TB gets an Anytime+ storage upgrade
• Budget 2012 Broadband to get £50 million boost from UK Government
• £15 billion needed for broken Broadband Britain says former BT technology chief
• Sky Anytime+ open to all Sky+HD…ITV Player arrives tomorrow
• Wednesday Deals: Apple iPhone 3GS, Samsung Galaxy Mini, Samsung memory card and more
• Rural broadband blackout forces farmers to use car-park WiFi hotspots
• Comigo Smart TV Android set-top box: We go hands-on
• Sky unveils NOW TV for pay-as-you-go online films, sport and entertainment
• BBC iPlayer now on Xbox 360
• Toshiba AT200 unboxing video
• Android set-top box proof of concept: Vestel DVB-T2 BiShop

20th March

• Sagemcom’s Android TV ecosystem
• BBC iPlayer on a Freeview box: Vestel HD DVB T2 PVR (T7650)
• Hansun Android Bar: We go hands-on with the Android version of Kinect
• Video: what is fibre to the home broadband?
• Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update available on Three
• 10p per year charge to stop phone numbers running out
• The new iPad 3 camera, any good?
• Sony Xperia Arc S Review: In Depth
• Smart TV Tuesday: Picture Box movies coming to Freeview & Freesat

19th March

• BT Vision 2: Launching in 2012, YouView by another name?
• Vodafone UK CEO hits out at Ofcom’s 4G spectrum refarming
• Video: Opera demos next-gen TV web browsing
• Comigo Smart TV: Record and watch Freeview from your iOS and Android device
• Misleading broadband speed and download limits banned
• Broadband better than sex for 25 per cent of the UK
• Competition: Win one of five customised Nokia Lumia 710’s

18th March

• Mobile hotspot functionality comes to Nokia’s Lumia 800 & 710 soon
• iPad jailbroken within hours of release
• New Sonic game brings together Windows Phone and Xbox
• Nokia gets sensitive and applies for skin-friendly haptic material patent

17th March

• Android users can find a home with new Rightmove app
• German court puts a pause on Apple vs Samsung slide-to-unlock patent proceedings
• Recombu’s unboxing video of the new iPad
• How to make cheap international calls from the UK
• First photos of Apple’s new store within Harrods revealed
• Apple TV 3: no apps, no future

16th March

• Sony Xperia S: Tips and tricks (video)
• Competition: Win a MacBook Air Recombu Digital
• TalkTalk recruits for YouView pre-launch trial
• Google Nexus Tablet: 7-inch screen, made by Asus, priced at £95 (rumour)
• Best iPad apps for watching TV
• Samsung Nexus S Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will happen
• Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus launch date 17th of March, coming to Vodafone
• Where to buy the new iPad in Manchester
• App Friday: London Bus Checker
• Where to buy the new iPad in London
• T-Mobile new iPad prices announced, 16GB and 32GB but no 64GB
• Vodafone new iPad prices announced
• AppleCare: Do I need it for my new iPad?

15th March

• HTC One X arriving on O2 5th of April
• New iPad accessories
• Video: Sky Sports for iPad updated with F1 companion app
• Video: Sky Sports F1 for iPad app hands-on
• The new iPad, pricing across networks
• Prestigio Multipad 9.7: iPad-sized Android 4.0 tablet for £160
• iPlayer-to-own: BBC boss explains Project Barcelona
• HTC One X and HTC One S with free HTC Media Link HD on Phones 4U
• BBC DG promises Youview in time for Olympics
• Samsung Galaxy S3 render surfaces, looks fake
• Archos G10 xs, Archos Elements, Archos Arnova announced (video)
• Samsung considering Android digital camera?
• Orange announces new iPad 3 price plans plus iPhone and new iPad bundles

14th March

• Virgin gives Londoners free Underground WiFi
• What is 4G?: Will the new iPad 4G+WiFi work with 4G in the UK?
• Free broadband for Britain’s 20 worst-connected locations
• Sony PlayStation Store and games on the Sony Xperia S (pictures)
• Apple TV 3: video preview
• Three announces pricing for the new iPad
• COMPETITION CLOSED: Win A MacBook Air with Recombu Digital
• Casio VX Tablet: 10.1-inch Android tablet with a rugged body
• Wednesday Deals: Sony Xperia S, Samsung Galaxy S2 and more
• Orange & T-Mobile to get 4G broadband in 2012
• Zooka: Janet Jackson-endorsed Bluetooth speaker for your new iPad
• Mobile phone roaming charges are ‘unacceptably high’ says the House of Lords
• Tag Heuer Racer: £2300 Android phone for the rich and famous
• HTC confirms Android 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich update for 16 mobile phones
• HTC One S micro arc oxidation explained

13th March

• Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich final version: Pictures and video
• Best new iPad 3 apps
• Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich: When is it coming to O2, Orange, T-Mobile Three and Vodafone?
• Elgato EyeTV Mobile: Turn your iPad 2 into a Freeview TV
• iRoom iDock and iDock Touchcode: Wall cavity mount for your iPad
• 4G UK coverage: Ofcom proposes 98 per cent coverage and likely 2013 rollout
• BlackBerry Mini Keyboard turns a BlackBerry PlayBook into a laptop (video)
• 80Mbps fibre broadband opened to all UK broadband providers
• New iPad RAM: doubled to 1GB
• Smart TV Tuesday: Sky News iPhone app update adds live blogging and galleries
• Asus Padfone appears on pre-order, Asus says it’s not legit
• BBC touts download-to-own iPlayer for complete archive
• Sky News iPhone app updated
• 7digital Android 4.0: Tap to share playlists with NFC and Android Beam
• O2 WiFi lands in Harvester, Toby Carvery, Vintage Inns, Browns, All Bar One and O’Neill’s
• Samsung: Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich coming to the UK 19th of March
• Sony Xperia sola confirmed: Android mobile phone with non-touch technology
• Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade rolls out
• Best new iPad 3 cases

12th March

• Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update outed: Coming to Korea tomorrow
• HTC One X vs LG Optimus 4X HD vs Huawei Ascend D quad vs ZTE Era
• TalkTalk 80Mbps broadband to launch in April
• BlackBerry PlayBook price £169 again at Carphone Warehouse
• Samsung Galaxy S Advance price and Sony Xperia S price at Carphone Warehouse revealed
• Samsung Galaxy S3 appears on pre-order
• Toshiba Places 2012 hands-on
• Plusnet 80Mbps fibre trial wants you
• Instagram app for Android better than iOS?
• England on track to unlock £530m broadband fund
• Apple: new iPad pre-orders sell out in USA, UK still in stock, early April ETA
• Marvel Comics augmented reality app
• Nokia Windows 8 tablet launching in Q4?
• HTC Golf picture leaks: HTC Explorer sequel incoming?

11th March

• Sky offers Londoners a 12-month mortgage or rent holiday

9th March

• New iPad 3 VS Asus Transformer Prime VS Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 VS Galaxy Tab 11.6 VS Motorola XOOM 2 ME
• Opinion: What will be the best-selling mobile phones of 2012?
• Winner of Recombu and T-Mobile LG Prada 3.0 competition announced
• Asus Google Tablet to get May announcement?
• Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace to be shut down
• Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update NOT coming March 10th
• Angry Birds Space. The final frontier? Not a chance.
• Video: Sky’s Richard Gibbs on Sky Sports F1 on Red Button and iPad

8th March

• The new iPad: Also for horses
• Nvidia: “It’s nice to hear Apple compare themselves to Tegra 3”
• Sony SmartWatch for Android hands-on video
• Archos G9 tablets getting Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich now
• Proporta announces new iPad cases: first ever Ted Baker iPad case
• HTC Sensation XE Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich HTC Sense 3.6 update hitting Germany
• Apple iPad 2 Vs the new iPad: Which iPad should I buy?
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 to get announced tomorrow?
• Orange’s best of Mobile World Congress: HTC One X, HTC One S and Sony Xperia U (video)
• iOS 5.1 camera unlocker: There’s no security flaw
• BT to test drive ‘white-space’ broadband in Cornwall
• LG Prada 3.0 Review: In Depth
• O2: data plans for the new iPad will be the same as for iPad 2
• Sky Store brings over 1,000 films to Anytime+
• iOS 5.1 update for iPhones and iPad: Japanese Siri, improved battery life, camera slider
• Apple TV boosted to Full HD, Netflix, Airplay and iCloud
• T-Mobile posts pre-order page for the new iPad
• First new iPad advert emerges
• Orange selling Apple’s new iPad
• Vodafone selling the new iPad
• Sony Xperia S now available on Three

7th March

• The new Apple iPad: hands-on photos and first impressions
• The new iPad Camera: Why 5-megapixels?
• Apple updates iMovie, GarageBand and iWork
• Apple’s new iPad is coming to Three
• Update: iPad 2 remaining in line-up £329 16GB Wi-Fi only, £429 for 16GB 3G and Wi-Fi
• The new iPad: Carphone warehouse confirms availibility and trade-in deals
• iPhoto for iPad: Photo editing tools and sharing options
• The new iPad announced
• New iPad UK prices and launch date: Coming 16th of March
• Next iPad specifications confirmed
• iOS 5.1 announced, coming today
• Ofcom cuts broadband rates – will consumers benefit?
• Best Apple iPad alternatives
• Sony PlayStation Suite SDK open beta launching in April
• Multi-screen Sky Sports F1 coverage for Red Button and iPad
• Best free iPad games
• Wednesday Deals: Apple iPhone 4S, Nokia Lumia 710, HTC Radar and more
• Apple iPad 3/ iPad HD release date revealed?
• The Sun for iPad – App review
• Apple iPads optimised for New York cab credit-card payments
• Nokia Lumia 800 update reportedly tripling battery life
• Google Play Shop: Android Market rebrand rolls out in the UK
• New Three contract abolishes extra data charges

6th March

• Apple iPad: Best reading apps
• Toshiba 7.7-inch and 13.3-inch concept tablets: Hands-on pictures
• iOS 5.1: What can we expect?
• Android app size limit now 4GB – developers rejoice
• Recombu Digital launches today: broadband and digital TV news and reviews
• Emporia 3GS Connect: Hands-on photos
• Carphone Warhouse announces Nokia Lumia 900, Sony Xperia U, Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and LG Optimus L3
• HTC One X and HTC One S coming to Carphone Warehouse in April, HTC One V coming late April/May
• Orange offers 1,000mins call-to-mobile + broadband
• New iPad to be called Apple iPad HD?
• Welsh broadband activists declare war on trees
• Nokia’s Pure View camera coming to Nokia Lumia Windows Phones
• Samsung Galaxy Pocket confirmed: budget Android mobile phone
• Orange: 1000 free mobile minutes with your broadband
• TED Talks app for Android: Streaming and offline video
• Pink Samsung Galaxy Note official
• Reckless Racing for real on a Sony Xperia S and Xperia Play

5th March

• Apple iPad 3: rumour round-up
• BlackBerry Confetti concept video
• iPad 3: Accessory names point to it not being called iPad 2S (but maybe iPad HD)
• Norway to notch up world’s fastest broadband
• Sky Sports apps land on TiVo’s red button
• How to get a cheap Apple iPad
• Android apps share your texts, photos and more.
• Archos: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for Archos G9 range in two weeks
• Apple iPad 3 is literally leaked in a magical video
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 hands-on video
• HTC Beats Audio hack terminated
• Will Freeview Smart save connected TV?
• Android 6.0 to be Key Lime Pie?
• Google’s voice-activated Assistant coming with Android 5.0, watch out Siri
• Asus to make Google Nexus tablet for June reveal?
• Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update landing March 15th?
• SwiftKey powering BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 keyboard predictions?
• Sky Talk vs TalkTalk Phone

4th March

• First benchmark of the Samsung Galaxy S3 reveals no HD screen?
• iPad 3 leaked parts brought together to create mock-up tablet
• Channel tunnel unveils mobile connectivity for its customers
• Samsung’s “Slide-to-unlock” patent case dismissed

3rd March

• Asus hints a Windows Phone is on the cards
• Apple surpasses 25 billion app downloads
• iPad 3 price not to change from iPad 2
• What can we expect from next week’s iPad 3? New pics reveal at least a home button

2nd March

• Mobile World Congress 2012: The Recombu Round-up
• Opinion: What will Windows 8 ARM slates be? Because they won’t be PCs
• Design: Sony Xperia S vs Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S (with Video)
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 hands-on video
• BlackBerry Bold 9790 Vs BlackBerry Curve 9380 video review
• App Friday: Get Taxi
• HTC Sense 4.0 – full version won’t be coming to the HTC Sensation line
• Flipboard for iPhone and iPad updated
• Scroll Extreme Tablet PC: sub £200 with Ice Cream Sandwich
• Archos Child Pad: Android 4.0 tablet for kids

1st March

• Google’s privacy policy and your smartphone
• HTC One V: Hands-on pictures
• HTC Sense 3.6: ICS Sense for your HTC Sensation
• Panasonic ELUGA Power sim-free price revealed
• BlackBerry Porsche Carrera S concept: Car of the future?
• Freeview deal: Sony SVR-HDT500B HD recorder £179
• Touchnote for Android on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (video)
• Automatic data caps to curb bumper mobile broadband bills
• Sony in 2012: No quad-core, new flagship Q3 or Q4?
• Windows 8 Consumer Preview available to download (and video)
• Cornwall surges ahead of Broadband Britain
• ZTE app store coming in 2012/2013
• Virgin unleashes broadband speed-doubling programme
• Apple iPad mini not arriving alongside iPad 3 after all?