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Dual-core Samsung Galaxy S Advance goes all official, coming in February
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That Samsung Galaxy S Advance we heard about earlier today; it’s now all official and aboveboard. We’ve just got hold of the official press release from Samsung detailing the ins and outs of it’s spec and it’s availability. Coming to Europe sometime in February, we’ve not heard anything specific about a UK release date yet. We’re still waiting to hear back from Samsung in the UK on that one so until then, here’s the low-down on the Samsung Galaxy S...
Another Galaxy
Motorola RAZR Developer Edition incoming, European version to ship with unlocked bootloader
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Some semi-good news for those who petitioned Motorola to unlock the bootloaders of its Android phones. Motorola today announced via its Motorola Europe Facebook page that there’s Developer Edition of the RAZR in the pipeline. Motorola the RAZR Developer Edition will be virtually the same phone as the original RAZR, but with an unlockable/relockable bootloader. For customers in Europe, the Motorola RAZR Developer Edition is available to pre-order now for €499 (roughly £417)...
Arrested Development
iWatch2 concept: The Apple iPhone wristwatch
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After seeing the very real Motorola MOTOACTV and the I’m Watch around and at CES, it was only a matter of time before we clapped eyes on an iConcept equivalent. The work of Antonio De Rosa, the same chap who gave us the iPhone SJ concept, the iWatch2 concept is conceived as a kind of “personal companion for your iPhone or iPad, on your wrist.” So this would act as a second screen, pinging you notifications of Facebook updates, texts and the like and allowing you to control...
One 2 Watch
LG Optimus L3 E400 budget Android 2.3 Gingerbread phone appears in Sweden
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We’ve yet to hear anything about the LG Optimus 2 headed to the UK, but we might be getting the similarly-specced LG Optimus L3 aka the LG E400. Available to pre-order now from CDON for the equivalent of £120 (converted from 1290 kr), the LG Optimus L3 has a 3.2-inch screen (320x240 pixels) a 3-megapixel camera (no flash) and comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Design-wise it looks a little like Nokia’s Lumia 800 with that curved metallic edge on the front and sides and a bit...
Swedish Gingerbread
Sony Xperia S on Play.com: delayed
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UPDATED: If you've pre-ordered a Sony Xperia S on Play.com and expected it to ship today, it looks like you'll be facing some pretty significant delays. The new date to etch in your mind is February 13 when the first Sony Xperia handset will launch sim free for £449.99. Officially announced here at CES with an HD 4.3-inch screen offering a pixel density of 345 and an angular, bold aesthetic, the Sony Xperia S certainly looks out to make an impression stylistically. Inside the phone...
Play Delay.
Amazon Kindle Fire sold 6 million units in Q4?
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Analyst reports are in and it looks like the Amazon Kindle Fire has taken the tablet market by storm. With predictions from Jordan Rohan, a Stifel Nicolas analyst suggesting the affordable tablet from Amazon has sold 6 million copies in Q4 2011, given that the tablet isn't even globally available yet, these are some very impressive numbers. With each Kindle Fire selling in the US for $199.99, a $10 loss is made on each tablet sold. This however is said to average out to a $10 profit after...
Wildfire.
T-Mobile’s The Full Monty: Unlimited calls, texts and internet on all phones, coming 1st of Feb
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We heard some rumblings of T-Mobile’s plans to do The Full Monty, offering punters unlimited calls, texts and internet data over the weekend - now it’s been officially announced. Taking a leaf from Three’s The One Plan book, T-Mobile’s The Full Monty 24 month plans start at £36 and give you unlimited calls to other T-Mobile numbers, (2,000 minutes to other numbers) unlimited texts and crucially, unlimited data. For those who want the fully Full Monty package, those...
Full frontal
Samsung Galaxy S Advance: Curvaceous new body meets dual-core power
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What have we got here - the latest addition to the Samsung Galaxy S family? It certainly looks that way with the Samsung Galaxy S Advance being a specced up Samsung Galaxy S expected to be announced at MWC this coming February. Featuring a bumped up 1GHz dual-core processor inside, perhaps more exciting than the innards is the overall design, with much of the styling borrowing heavily from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, it appears to have a curved glass fascia and a minimalistic physical button set....
Curves meet clout.
Nokia Lumia 910: 12-megapixel version of the Lumia 900 mooted
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We practically slavered over the Nokia Lumia 900 when saw it at CES this year. So we were pretty chuffed to learn that it would be coming to Carphone Warehouse, after some speculation whether the UK would get it or not. But now we’re hearing that there might be an even more powerful Lumia in the works. The Nokia Lumia 910 hasn’t been officially confirmed by Espoo, but Dutch retailer Typhone.NL has a landing page for one all the same. Specs for this are virtually the same as the...
Lumi Tunes
Sony Xperia S 12MP camera is one fast shooter
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The 12-megapixel Camera on the upcoming Sony Xperia S is to be one of its key features. Being released with some impressive multimedia specs such as a 4.3-inch 720x1280 screen, the handset will offer pixel-density to better that of the iPhone 4 and display the high resolution photos taken on it incredibly. That said, one of our worries was how the 12-megapixel photos would be handled on the phone's dual-core processor. Given that the highest end handsets expected for MWC will be rocking...
Meep meep. Snap.
Qualcomm MSM8960 GPU gets benchmarked, bests Galaxy S II
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The next generation of Snapdragon processors (codenamed “Krait”) aren’t expected to be seen in mobile devices until later this year, but benchmarks are already starting to leak out. A NenaMark2 benchmark has emerged which shows the performance of the MSM8960 chipset, apparently clocked at 1.5Ghz (most likely dual-core) with an Adreno 225 GPU. Although this is probably a development device, it also runs on Android 4.0.3 and sports a resolution of 1024x600. The score? 54.90...
Need for more speed.
I Ain't No Saint to offer customised covers for the Nokia Lumia 710
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One of the features of the upcoming Nokia Lumia 710 is the interchangeable covers. If you’re not content with the standard colours that Nokia provides, you’ll be able to swap the back for something more to your liking. Artists and designers are already planning to take advantage of this feature. I Ain’t No Saint normally provide tattoos, but have taken an interest in the Lumia 710. Posting on their website, they say that in the near future they will be offering one off custom...
C-C-Changes
T-Mobile to take on Three's One Plan with The Full Monty?
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If you want a good value for money, it’s hard to go wrong with The One Plan from Three, especially with the allure of unlimited internet. According to TechnoBuffalo, T-Mobile may be ready to launch their own alternative, called The Full Monty. The two-year plan would cost £36 per month, regardless of the phone you wanted on the contract - right now Three’s prices fluctuate depending on what smartphone you want to take home. For the money you’ll get 2,000 minutes, which...
Price wars
Next Samsung Galaxy Tab to feature 2Ghz dual-core processor, 2560x1600 display?
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Mobile World Congress is fast approaching, and while there have been doubts about whether or not we’ll see the Samsung Galaxy S III make an appearance, the latest rumour points to an all new Galaxy Tab. Android and Me have slowly put the pieces together and speculate that Samsung will be unveiling the next Galaxy Tab at MWC, possibly coming in at 11.6-inches. Supposedly it will be powered by an Exynos 5250 dual-core processor clocked at a whopping 2Ghz, and will also feature a 2560x1600...
Ludicrous speed, go!
Motorola posts $80m losses for Q4, $249m for 2011
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Despite having been acquired by Google last year, there’s still unquestionable pressure on Motorola Mobility to be profitable and prove itself after a rocky track record over the past decade. Unfortunately, if Q4 2011 sales figures are anything to go by, with $80 million losses posted thanks to low sales figures, as a business, the road’s still rocky for this Moto. With just 200,000 XOOM tables shifted in the period and 5.3 million smartphones, Motorola’s 2011 total sales adds up to 42.4...
Motoring on.
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