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Samsung confirms Galaxy S3 not coming to Mobile World Congress - but it is coming
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Those looking forwards to seeing the Samsung Galaxy S3 at Mobile World Congress this year are in for some disappointment; Samsung has confirmed that the follow-up to the super-popular Galaxy S2 won’t be on show at Barcelona. Speaking to TechRadar, Samsung has said that the Galaxy S3 will instead be “unveiled at a separate Samsung-hosted event in the first half of the year, closer to commercial availability of the product.” This points to a summer release of the phone, which...
No S3 for February
Disney Mobile Android smartphones land in Japan
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While robots and machine people are nothing new to Disney, our personal favourite being the Tin Man in return to Oz, the latest is they've officially cast a little green Android on the NTT Docomo's network in Japan. Going by the brand Disney Mobile on Docomo, the global entertainment brand and mobile network will be releasing two Android smartphones styled with fun Disney accents and feature additional content such as animations and wallpapers. The F-08D is a will also feature a...
The mouse on Android
Spark: Linux-based tablet for €200 (£166) runs KDE’s Plasma Active interface
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If you’re after a tablet that’s completely open and guaranteed to be free from any kind of locked bootloader nonsense, then the Spark could be the non-droid you’re looking for. This is a 7-inch slate that comes with some respectable specs - a 1GHz ARM processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage - and a pretty nice price, €200 (£166). From the pic above we can see that you get two mini USB connections, a microSD card slto for expansion and what looks like a mini...
Guilty Spark
New BlackBerry 10 'London' smartphone picture appears online
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A picture reportedly showing the first handset to run BlackBerry 10 has appeared online. Codenamed the BlackBerry London, it’s the first phone running RIM’s new operating system BlackBerry 10. BlackBerry 10 is the latest evolution of it’s QNX software currently included on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and previously called BBX, but designed for tablets. Pictures of the BlackBerry London first appeared at the end of 2011, but the styling of the phone was totally different to...
London calling
NEC Medias ES N-05D: Super-thin 6.7mm Android phone blows minds and picks locks in Japan
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NEC has announced another super-skinny phone, the Medias ES N-05D, which measures up at a super-skinny 6.7mm at the sides. That’s a whole millimetre thinner than last year’s positively size zero Medias N-04C, which had a 7.7mm waist. As well as being a slinky little thing, it’s packing some respectable hardware inside; a dual-core 1.5GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. The 4.3-inch LCD screen also has a 1280 x 720 (720p) resolution and the 8.1-megapixel camera has an illuminated...
Thin-spired
Samsung Galaxy S2 best prices and deals
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With quad-core Samsung Galaxy S3s and HTC Edges incoming, dual-core Android phones are due to lose their current du jour status. Samsung has anticipated this; yesterday it announced the Galaxy S Advance, a mid-range Android phone that comes with a 1GHz dual-core processor. The first signs of dual-core for the masses perhaps. But where does that leave the Samsung Galaxy S2? Sure other phones will come out this year which’ll run rings round the S2. But it’s still a great phone with...
Galaxy Quest
HTC Ville hands-on video: ICS, Sense 4.0 and one thin chassis
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Podgorica, Montenegro, location of the latest video uploaded from HTC-Hub, the first grainycam video we've been treated to in a while and a pretty in depth look at the HTC Ville, the mid to high end offering expected to be announced at MWC 2012 by HTC. While details surrounding the Ville have surfaced already, with specs suspected to include a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, a 4.3-inch qHD display as well as an 8-megapixel camera, we weren't entirely sure as to how Android 4.0...
Grainiy cam's back.
LaunchPort for iPad 2: Charge wirelessly a la the Palm Pre's Touchstone
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One of the cooler things about the dearly departed Palm/HP Pre range was the Touchstone charger. This was a little device that you'd prop your Pre up on and it'd charge up the battery using magic magnetic inductive charging panels. The LaunchPort system for the Apple iPad 2 works on a similar principle. The only difference is that the LaunchPort requires you to slip your iPad 2 into the PowerShuttle case for the technology to work. What makes LaunchPort really cool is the ability for...
Ready for Launch
Samsung Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) by March
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Samsung have been very communicative in assuring us that the Samsung Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note would indeed be getting the update to Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. They've even alluded that we should expect it in early 2012, however now they've confirmed that it will definitely be Q1, so we can expect it to land by the end of March at the very latest. The announcement was made on the Samsung Norway Facebook page suggesting updates will be Europe-wide. As for the rest of...
ICS by end Q1. Oh yes.
RIM still in the race for enterprise, Android on top.
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It's been a long and winding road for RIM since it was originally catapulted to smartphone stardom in a world with no iPhones, no Androids and a lot less Google. With consumers now acutely aware of BlackBerry's shortcomings with press and bloggers ever-swift to point out each and every stumbling block RIM face, it's been questioned of late as to whether RIM still have the majority clout in the boardroom. According to the latest from Forrester Research, with 4000 information workers...
Still here.
SNES9x port for BlackBerry PlayBook: 16-bit ROM fun on the fire sale BlackBerry tablet
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Who needs a PSP Phone when you could have a SNES-Book? Another good reason to fork out £170-odd for a BlackBerry PlayBook is that you you can now side-load this SNES9x emulator which’ll allow you to play old SNES classics like Super Mario RPG (pictured). N4BB has published a short tutorial (see the source link) on how to install SNES9x on your PlayBook which we’re going to have a go at going as soon as we’ve got a spare hour or two. You’ll need to have Development...
Putting the Play in PlayBook
Upgrade your BlackBerry, get £106 for your old one.
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BlackBerry addict? Upgrade on the horizon? We've got something pretty juicy for you. An initiative from BlackBerry themselves titled BlackBerryTrade Up allows users to upgrade to a new BlackBerry and for a limited time get up to £106 for your old one. Simply get a quote from the Trade Up site (image illustrated below), buy your new BlackBerry from a retailer of your choice and send your old one to RIM where they can turn it into a cheque just for you. If you're wondering how the...
Simples.
Sky Go app coming to Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Sensation and others next month
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Sky Go, the streaming service that’s available for iPhone and iPad is coming to a handful of high-end Android phones next month. Sky Go allows you to watch 39 of Sky’s TV channels live on your phone over 3G and Wi-Fi on your iOS device and will be heading to brace of Android phones including the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the HTC Sensation. The full line up of Android phones to get SkyGo is as follows: HTC Desire HTC Desire S HTC Desire HD HTC Incredible S HTC Sensation Samsung...
SkyNet Online
Windows Phone Tango: Support for 120 languages?
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One of the key drives of Windows Phone's next update which is going under the codename Tango is increased appeal. Given Microsoft's determination to increase their smartphone marketshare after some concerning stats were released earlier this month, we are already hearing of two patterns emerging that will help the operating system flourish across markets. Firstly, will be made evident by the release of the Nokia Lumia 710 and the ZTE Tania, there is likely a consumer-base for lower...
Beeping in tongues
Sony Xperia Smart Tags: NFC tags meet Sony styling
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While NFC Tags have been around for a while, they haven't captured the attention of mainstream consumers thanks to the fact that the majority of phones released haven't supported NFC technology and the tags themselves haven't been widely availability. The latter however has now changed, with NFC Tags being inexpensive and easy to pick up online. Couple this with the fact that 2011 will be the year of the NFC enabled smartphone and it's perfectly understandable as to why Sony are...
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