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The chairman of O2 parent company Telefonica Europe, José María Álvarez, today announced that he wanted to find the ‘Steve Jobs of Europe’ and revealed a London base for 10 tech start-ups who become finalists in a competition hosted as part of the Telefonica Think Big project. What do Telefonica get out of the deal? [...]
Manufacturer launches handset targeted at lower end of the market with all major retailers and operators confirmed as stockists HTC has launched the HTC Desire C, an entry level handset targeted at users upgrading to their first smartphone. The Desire C features a 3.5-inch screen, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC’s Sense 4 user [...]
iLuv today announced two new products for 2012 – an Apple workstation and Android dock system. The Professional Workstation for iPad is a case and keyboard combined, with added kickstand and the option to remove the keyboard. Interestingly, there dedicated keys for iPad actions and a decent battery life – iLuv quote 30 days standby [...]
The EU has voted for new regulation on call prices and data roaming fees which will impact all UK mobile phone users. From July 2012, mobile networks will be able to charge a maximum of 0.70 Euros per Megabyte, or 56p. A ‘cut-off’ cap will also be introduced, stopping you paying more than £40 for [...]
It’s almost a year since HTC overtook Nokia in terms of market value. Admittedly, Nokia was in an almightily pickle at the time but hey, it’s not bad for a company that, 15 years ago, was churning out generic PDAs under the dated guise of ‘High Tech Computer Corp’. Fast-forward to 2012. HTC co-founder Cher [...]
The LG Optimus L3 E400 is the sub £99 Android from LG that looks set to go against the Huawei Ascend G300, Samsung Galaxy Ace and own brand network offerings. The budget spec starts with a 3.2 inch screen, which means the body is small and slim – palm size in fact at just 102.6 [...]
High-end iPod docks are nothing new but high-end iPad docks certainly are. Timed perfectly to accompany the launch of a new native Spotify iPad app, the BeoPlay A3 iPad dock is an imposing slab of classic design. It’s not as flat as it looks (so no wall mounting), shaped like a triangular wedge of cheese [...]
Touchscreen phones and smartphones are permanently inter-twined, thanks to Apple’s pioneering iPhone. But not all smartphones are touchscreens – see BlackBerry – and the Alcatel OT-602 touchscreen phone is definitely not a smartphone. At just £20 on Pay As You Go, it’s a teeny, tiny, first mobile for tweens, with just enough features to keep [...]
RIM has announced a new BlackBerry and aims to target ‘socially connected consumers’ with the BlackBerry Curve 9320, loaded with BlackBerry 7.1 OS which will feature Wi-Fi calling as well as various parental security functions. "The new BlackBerry Curve 9320 is designed to make it incredibly easy for users to stay socially-connected," said Carlo Chiarello, [...]
Last September, South Korean gadget giant Samsung used its enormous stand at the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin to show off a brand new tablet, an answer to Apple’s all-conquering iPad. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 received praise for its beautiful build quality and unique 7.7-inch 1280 x 800 AMOLED touchscreen display – [...]
A UK release for the Galaxy S III is set for 30th May and, in terms of specs, the Korean giant is aiming squarely at the iPhone 4S. The Galaxy S III features Android 4.0 out of the box but the headline spec surprises are a 1.4 Ghz quad-core processor and 16GB, 32GB or 64GB [...]
In February last year, Nokia dropped a bombshell on the mobile world: its new CEO, Stephen Elop, stood on stage in London with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer to announce that it would begin to make Windows Phone devices. That was a remarkable about-turn for Nokia, but it also spelt the end for Symbian, the operating [...]
Let’s get this clear from the start. The Vodafone 155 is not one of the new breed of feature phones aping the functionality of more expensive smartphones. Where Nokia’s new Asha S40 handsets can surf the web, navigate, chat with iPhone and Android users on WhatsApp and even play Angry Birds, the £25 Vodafone 155 [...]
Nokia has been in freefall for years now, rapidly losing smartphone market share: sure, it’s still the world’s biggest mobile manufacturer, but that just means it’s had further to fall. The company’s partnership with Microsoft to produce Windows Phone devices, aimed at stemming the flow and announced early last year, bore fruit in October, with [...]
50 Cent arrived at the Gadget Show Live yesterday to launch his new range of SMS headphones, including the SYNC by 50 wireless headphones which cost £299 and go head to head with the Beats by Dre range of headphones which dominated over-ear headphones sales last year. The SYNC by 50 headphones have a wireless [...]
The original Asus Eee Pad Transformer broke new ground, blurring the line between tablet and notebook PC. The Transformer Prime builds on the original concept with a 1.3GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor that makes it the fastest tablet to be released in the UK. Power is useless if not wielded properly, however, and in [...]
HTC, like Samsung, has made a name for itself by producing high-tech Android phones with big screens and high-end specs, yet both companies have dabbled in entry-level smartphones for years. 2012 is where the battle really kicks off. HTC’s affordable Android heritage can be traced back to the 2009 Tattoo, which featured a tiny 2.8-inch [...]
The new iPad might have a similar profile and look and feel to iPad 2 but the Retina screen tech and A5X processor are actually the biggest upgrades to the iPad ever. The screen upgrade covers Apple’s movie ambitions, taking on HD TVs ahead of any Apple television set announcement and the quad-core processor is [...]
Apple gathered European journalists in Kings Cross, London today to host a video link to the big announcement happening in San Francisco at Apple HQ. Following months of speculation, rumours and a fair bit of cynicism following the iPhone 4S launch last year (when fans expected iPhone 5) Apple’s Tim Cook took to the stage [...]
Samsung aren’t done with new product announcements after last week’s Mobile World Congress. The Galaxy Pocket is yet another Galaxy based phone, following the Galaxy Y which caused raised eyebrows and anger from Apple due to the fact it looked very much like an iPhone 3GS. The Galaxy Pocket is a mini Android phone with [...]
