O2 has restarted the process of sending out Android 2.2 Froyo to the HTC Desire, more than three weeks after its first attempt turned into a big, fat fail. O2 has confirmed the second roll-out, with Desire owners on the network already receiving Froyo. The first attempt to roll out Android 2.2 turned into a …
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There will be no fully featured Firefox browser for the iPhone due to technical and logistical problems, Mozilla has announced. Instead, if you’re looking for access to your Firefox data — history, bookmarks and tabs — on the iPhone, you’ll have to make do with an app called Firefox Home. The app will be updated in the future, and will …
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A big fish at BlackBerry pickers RIM has confirmed that the BlackBerry Tablet OS — shown off with the new PlayBook this week — will find its way into smart phones. An unnamed RIM vice president was said to have confirmed the QNX-built operating system will be in all BlackBerrys at some point in the future, according to Intomobile. He …
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Nokia fans desperate to get their hands on the N8, the company’s latest Symbian smart phone, will probably have to wait until October to finally play with it. Last week online retailer Play.com said we would be able to get our hands on the N8 by the end of August, but has now changed that date to 8 October. Play.com …
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After waiting for what seems like two ice ages, Nokia has finally got round to shipping the N8 smart phone from factories in Finland and China. We took delivery of ours this morning and will have a full review for you quick-smart. Although there were suggestions that the N8 would suffer another longish delay, Nokia has kept more or less …
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You’ll be able to pick up the N8, Nokia’s first Symbian 3 phone, from 1 October on the high street, the Finnish manufacturer has confirmed. It’ll be free on a £35-a-month, 18-month contract, and cost £429 SIM-free. The N8 will be available online from the last week of September. Packing Symbian 3, an 89mm (3.5-inch) AMOLED touchscreen and a 12-megapixel camera, …
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Tesco Mobile is offering the Nokia N8 SIM-free for £330, a good £100 less than the official Nokia store. On the Tesco Direct website, the black version of the N8 is on sale at £329.97, much cheaper than the online Nokia store, where it’ll set you back £429. The catch seems to be that it’ll be locked to the Tesco …
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Those who pre-ordered the Nokia N8 online may have it in their hands before the end of September, and not October as we previously thought. A reader of the website NokNok spotted that Nokia Online has been buying up Google ad words which say the Nokia N8 will be be ready for dispatch on September 23, “one week before anyone …
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iPhone and iPod touch owners will be able to download the new Sonic the Hedgehog game from iTunes on 7 October, ahead of the spinny, spiny blue mammal’s debut on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. It’ll be an episodic side-scrolling platformer in the style of the first three classic Sonic games. It’s not clear whether further episodes will …
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If you’re quick off the mark and ready to commit to an 18-month contract, you could get hold of the white HTC Desire by next week. Carphone Warehouse will receive stock of the white HTC Desire on Friday 1 October. You can pre-order it now from the phone vendor’s Mobiles.co.uk website. As we previously reported, the white Desire will sport …
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