Free call provider Skype is looking anxiously over its shoulder at Apple’s new FaceTime video-calling service, a company filing reveals. Although Skype is available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, Apple and mobile networks reserve the right to change the terms of inclusion in the app store. The company warns in an SEC filing, …
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Vodafone has given HTC Desire owners the option of choosing a standard HTC version of the Android 2.2 software without any Vodafone 360 ‘bloatware’. This serves as something of a peace offering to the army of angry HTC Desire owners who downloaded what they believed to be the Android 2.2 Froyo update, only to be bombarded with Vodafone 360 branded …
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Motoblur — the custom Android user interface skin from Motorola — might soon be consigned to history less than a year after it was introduced. The move will be welcomed by Android enthusiasts as a sign that manufacturers are keen to get out of the way and let the operating system shine. The company will focus more on the hardware …
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Vodafone is offering the iPhone 4 on pay as you go, which means you now have the choice to pay a pound of flesh up front or bleed out slowly on a long-term contract. The black iPhone 4 32GB is available for £570 and the iPhone 4 16GB for £480, which is £20 cheaper than buying it unlocked from the …
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Want to ensure you have complete control of what Facebook friends can see on your smart phone? Good news: the social network has put in privacy controls for mobile users. Facebook has announced that all the privacy controls it recently introduced to desktop users are now available to anyone using a browser-enabled mobile device. To change your privacy settings on …
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The Apple engineering executive who oversaw the development of the iPhone 4 has left the company just weeks after it was forced into a humiliating climbdown over problems with the phone’s antenna. The exit of Mark Papermaster, who joined JobsCo from IBM just over a year ago, was confirmed by Apple. It didn’t provide any more details. The latest development …
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Pictures and a video of a rumoured successor to the HTC Desire have been leaked on the Web. Under the name HTC Desire HD and running Android 2.2, the handset is pictured on a Hong Kong forum with a large screen but no front-facing camera. It also goes by the name HTC Ace and is reported to have 4GB of …
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O2 is offering five BlackBerrys on pay as you go, making it easier to get your hands on a smart phone without signing up to a long contract. Cynics among you might say it’s also a good way for the network to clear old stock and make way for new BlackBerrys. The devices on offer include the BlackBerry Curve 8520 …
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What looks to be the fourth-generation iPod touch has appeared online, with pictures of the next-gen iPod leaked to MacRumors from a parts supplier — and it has a hole for a front-facing camera in the front bezel. Unlike the iPhone, the iPod touch has never included a camera — its addition would greatly increase the value of the device …
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T-Mobile is now offering the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 on pay as you go, in line with the current movement away from long-term mobile phone contracts. You can now buy the smart phone for £250, and get an extra six months free email and Internet if you sign up before the end of August, as long as you buy £20 …
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