HTC Sense, the Taiwanese company’s custom skin that improves the user experience on its Android phones, is one of the best manufacturer add-ons for Google’s OS — we particularly liked the way Sense worked with the original HTC Desire. Now thanks to the website Android Spin, you can take a quick look at the new …
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Online retailers have started to publish 18- and 24-month contract deals for the HTC Desire HD and Desire Z smart phones, with SIMs from O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone and Orange all available. For the Desire HD they’re all much of a muchness: you get the phone free if you pay from £35 or £40 per month on 18- or 24-month contracts. …
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British music-streaming service We7, which ‘boasts’ rock star Peter Gabriel as one of its founders, now has an Android app to go with its one for the iPhone. The app is available for free on the Android Market to those who sign up to the Premium Plus service, which like Spotify charges £9.99 per month to stream unlimited music from …
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The Samsung Cetus SGH-i917, a potential launch device for Windows Phone 7, has been caught on video messing around with some guy’s house. WMpoweruser got hold of an internal video showing Windows Phone 7 program manager Charlie Kindel having a play with the phone, using a home control system which would allow him to switch the lights on and open …
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It might not be Android 2.2, but those of you who recently bought the Milestone XT720 will get a free speed boost thanks to a new software update. We commented on the XT720’s processor in our original review, as although it had a maximum speed of 720MHz, Motorola capped it to 550MHz. In a Facebook post, Motorola Europe said you …
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Nokia is developing camera software which could turn any old TV into a touchscreen, and may eventually lead to Iron Man-style air-touch technology for everyone — not just troubled billionaire geniuses. Plug and Touch is deceptively simple: point the N8 smart phone‘s camera at a HDTV, and connect to the same TV using an HDMI cable. The TV then becomes …
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After the horns-blaring, pompom-shaking announcement of the C6-01, C7 and E7, Nokia has quietly slipped out the C3 Touch and Type. It’s very different to the previously revealed phones, as it doesn’t run on Symbian 3 or carry a Qwerty keyboard. Instead it has a traditional numeric keyboard with a display offering ‘touchscreen functionality’, which could turn out to be …
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Amazon UK has put the unlocked HTC Desire Z up for sale with an 11 October release date, pricing it at £430. This matches the price we saw yesterday from another online retailer, Mobile Fun. It had a slightly different 8 October release, however. We’re not sure whether Amazon cut the price of the smart phone to match that of …
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Sony Xperia X10 and X8 owners on the near-antiquated Android 1.6 OS are still hanging on for a 2.1 Eclair upgrade, but a leaked roadmap from the Xperia X10 blog shows they may have to wait until next year for a 2.2 Froyo update, if they ever get it at all. Late last month, Xperia X10 owners got a snippet …
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Nokia World was all well and good with the new C6, C7 and E7 smart phones, but secretly we’ve always yearned for a phone that looked like the original Star Trek communicator. And guess what? Nokia actually designed some, TrekMovie.com reports. Back in 2008, Nokia designed a mobile phone built to externally resemble the original Star Trek communicator from the …
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