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Acer Iconia Tab A510 release date and price confirmed
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
The Acer Iconia Tab A510 will be the mid to high end offering pitched directly against the likes of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime with its quad-core processor, Android 4.0 and 10.1-inch display. Expected to land in Europe this coming April at a price of €500 (£415), the Iconia Tab A510 will ship with either 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of memory as well as microSD expandability and an HDMI port. A 3G version can be expected to land in the form of the Iconia Tab A511 later in the year, so...
A for April.
Apple iOS sees most growth. Android UK number one. Window Phone sales slow.
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
The Kantar ComTech Smartphone OS Barometer results are in for the last three months and things are looking very good for Apple whichever way you look at it. With the weeks surrounding December showing a 12% rise in iPhone purchases over last year here in the UK, it's across the pond that things are really swinging in Apple's favour, with a massive 22.6% rise. So significant are Apple's sales, that when coupled with Android's 5.2% drop from last year this gives Apple the majority...
iOS: Douze Pointe
Asus Transformer Prime wallpaper: get yours today
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
If you’re waiting patiently for your Asus Transformer Prime to arrive or you’re lucky enough to already have one, but want to be reminded of it's beauty all the time, Asus has released some desktop wallpaper. Available via the Facebook page, you can link through and download the wallpaper, which is a stunning sketch of Asus's new Android equipped tablet. Of course, it's no substitute for the tablet itself, with it's dual-core processor and removable screen. Check out...
Prime paper
Apple results show huge iPhone and iPad sales
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Apple has released it’s financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2012 and they show a huge increase in the number of iPhone and iPad sales. Apple’s revenue for that period is $46.33 billion, of which $13.06 billion is net profit. In the same period last year revenue was £26.74 billion, of which $6 billion is net profit. In the 14 weeks up to December 31st the sales break down as follows. Percentage increase/decrease is from the same quarter a year ago. iPhone sales...
Getting richer
O2: Sharing your number?
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Whether you're one of those people who dishes out your number at the drop of a hat or guards it with your life, odds are you'd be pretty miffed if you found out your network operator was sending it out to each and every website you visited on your phone when browsing via a mobile data connection. After all, your browsing patterns are extremely valuable, telling a lot about you as a consumer and potentially opening you up to unwanted, very targeted SMS adverts and cold calls...
Ono
Pink Samsung Galaxy S2 available to buy now
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
For any Samsung fans desperately waiting for the pink Samsung Galaxy S2, the Android-equipped mobile phone is finally available to buy in the UK. Unlocked Mobiles is the first UK retailer to be selling the unlocked sim-free version for £445.97, this is a good two/three weeks before other retailers, with Phones 4U confirming the phone will be available from February 16th. At 8.5mm deep the Samsung Galaxy S2 is one of the slimmest phones on the market, and has a generous 4.3-inch...
In the pink
Transformer Prime? Convergence? Wait till you see the Fujitsu Lifebook 2013
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
After a pretty impressive show from Fujitsu at CES 2012 with their Arrow range combining skinny and waterproof, it looks like they're taking combining to a whole new level with their latest concept device dubbed the Lifebook2013. Offering up to four devices in single laptop chassis, rather than having a keyboard, a crater where one should be docks a tablet that turns into a full-sized digital QWERTY. The fun doesn't stop there, we did say four devices after all and number two on the...
EverythingBook
Batman Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia 800 hands-on Video
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Batman, The Dark Knight Rises starring Christian Bale and Anne Hathaway is due for general release here in the UK on 20 July 2012 and excitement for the film is mounting, especially here at Recombu HQ. Having just gotten our hands on a Dark Knight Rises special edition Nokia Lumia 800, we've given it a quick once over with a video and pictures for your viewing pleasure. With only fourty of these special edition Nokia Lumia 800s made, Nokia have kept customisation to a minimum, with the...
Nokia <3 Batman
Nokia Lumia 910 coming to Europe in May?
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
We got up close and personal with the Nokia Lumia 900 at CES 2012 and were pretty candid about our first impressions, stating: "the Nokia Lumia 800 works because of its design, lithe, comfortable to hold and pocketable. The Lumia 900 is the 800 blown up and loses the refined feel in the process. If it got a pixel bump, or a camera boost, we might think differently, but as it stands, we're happy with these specs in their current, Lumia 800 sized form factor." We clearly weren't...
NokiaMayZing
360Cities panoramas coming to Nokia Maps
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Nokia has announced it’s panoramic image library 360Cities will be coming soon to Nokia Maps on Symbian devices, running version 3.8, including the Nokia 700 and Nokia N8. Speaking on the Nokia Blog Noknok.TV CEO Stephen Elop posted the news, stating that Symbian users would be able to access the world’s largest collection of geo-tagged panoramic photos. Users will be able to browse 360 degree shots taken by expert photographers, either at the location, or even at home. 360 Cities...
360 Symbian
Sony's new CMOS sensor, the future of mobile camera phones?
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Yesterday, Sony lifted the lid on a new camera technology that could change what's expected from our pint sized mobile sensors, both in terms of size and quality, potentially allowing hardware manufacturers to make thinner phones and allowing for decent quality camera sensors to make their way onto even more devices such as USB keys, pens and watches. While the standard composition for a CMOS sensor places the circuitry and pixel section atop a supporting substrate, thus requiring the...
CMOSmaller
ZTE Tania priced and set for February launch
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Some early pricing has appeared online for the ZTE Tania, the company’s first Windows Phone handset to hit the UK. Clove is selling it for £249.99 (including VAT), with stock due the week commencing February 13th. Expansys is also advertising the ZTE Tania for £249.99 and is accepting pre-orders for both the white and black version, although there’s no news when exactly it will be available. The ZTE Tania is an interesting proposition, it includes a 4.3-inch screen (one...
Middle Window
LG Optimus 3D 2. Yes. Really.
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
After the HTC Evo 3D and the LG Optimus 3D, there were a lot of people scratching there heads as to why LG are set to churn out a second 3D phone. It isn't that the prior phones were altogether terrible, rather that the 3D was one of the lesser compelling aspects of the handsets. That and the inconceivably bad battery life. PocketNow however have semi-confirmed another venture into 3D from the Korean tech-giant having acquired some exclusive renders of what looks like the LG Optimus 3D 2...
3D2
Nokia Lumia 900 coming to Carphone Warehouse in June
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
The Nokia Lumia 900 will be coming to the UK and will be on sale in Carphone Warehouse from June, according to information on the Carphone Warhouse website. The Nokia Lumia 900 was announced at this years CES, since then there has been speculation about whether it will or won't be coming to the UK. Nokia hasn't officially confirming a launch date either way, but now the phone has appeared on the Coming soon page of the Carphone Warhouse website. The Lumia 900 is the most powerful...
Carphone bound
Rumour: HTC Flyer to get Ice Cream Sandwich early 2012
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
A quick one this; we’ve spotted word that the HTC Flyer might be in line for some Ice Cream Sandwich fun fairly soon. According to French HTC fansite HTC-Hub, a customer service spokesperson spilled les haricots during a call about problems with the upgrade to Android 3.2 Honeycomb. According to Android and Me where we first saw this, the HTC employee told HTC-Hub’s Bruno Miguel that there were two options available. Either send the Flyer back to have the original UI and 2.3...
Flying to our faces?
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