The Samsung Omnia W comes packing Windows Phone Mango right out of the box, and is the follow-up to last year’s Omnia 7. Bucking the industry-wide trend for sticking bigger and bigger screens on new smart phones, the Omnia W has a modest 3.7-inch Super AMOLED display. That’s even smaller than the Omnia 7, which …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S2 smart phone has passed the 10 million worldwide sales mark, making it a very popular mobile indeed. In late July we reported that Samsung had shifted 5 million of the Android-powered blighters. That was eight weeks ago, suggesting the incredibly slender S2 is continuing to go great guns. Those 10 million devices appear to represent channel sales, …
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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray will be coming to Vodafone. The red-tinged operator is the latest UK network to confirm it will be selling the Android-powered smart phone, by means of a ‘coming soon‘ page on its website. Details of the actual launch date are still scant, with the Vodafone registration page simply saying the phone will be landing ‘soon’. …
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The monumentally patronising HTC Bliss phone aimed at ladies seems to have surfaced online, under the moniker HTC Rhyme. German site HTC Inside has acquired press shots of the Rhyme, which apparently boasts a 3.7-inch screen, and runs Android version 2.3 Gingerbread. There are no other specs at the moment, but going by the photo this Android smart phone will …
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Orange has a new phone that uses its ‘Quick Tap‘ NFC tech that lets you pay for stuff in shops using your phone. The Samsung Wave 578 joins the earlier Samsung Tocco Lite Quick Tap in being able to transfer wonga when you slap it down on a special machine. The downside? It only works if you’ve got a Barclaycard, …
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Tech juggernaut Microsoft has filed a patent for a crazy mobile phone with swappable accessories, that could include a game controller, a spare battery or a physical keyboard, Unwired View reports. If you take a squizz at the picture above, you can see what Microsoft has planned — it’s a Windows Phone with a sliding tray-like compartment, just like a …
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Acer’s newest mobile has been leaked by Orange. The Android-powered C6 Liquid Express has popped up on the network operator’s website, along with a list of its specs. The C6 Liquid Express, spotted by Unwired View, will come running Android version 2.3 Gingerbread, backed up by both Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. It’s going to have a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, and …
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Stevie Wonder has sung the praises of Apple, for making its iPhone and iPad devices accessible to people with disabilities. At a nightclub appearance in Los Angeles, Stevie (who’s been blind since shortly after he was born) took a moment to give a shout out to recently retired Apple founder Steve Jobs, The Next Web reports. We’ve embedded the video …
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LG is smashing a bottle of champagne against the hull of another smart phone, welcoming the LG Optimus Q2 into its Android armada. Packing a 4-inch display, the Optimus Q2 wants to be a slim slider phone. That’s no mean feat — we’ve found mobiles with sliding Qwerty keyboards such as the HTC Desire Z are much bulkier than their …
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