Ice Cream Sandwich works on the very first Android phones. Intrepid Android fans have gone back to the source and got the latest version of Google’s software working on the venerable T-Mobile G1. The clever folks at XDA Developers have managed to make various Ice Cream Sandwich features and apps working on the G1. Hit …
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Sony Ericsson is turning Japanese — we really think so — with the Sony Ericsson Nypon. And we’ve had a first sneaky glimpse of the insides of the rumoured phone, complete with Android Ice Cream Sandwich on board. The Nypon, also known as the Sony Ericsson Nypon LT22i, packs a 540×960-pixel screen. Word on the street is it will be …
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Rumours of a Facebook phone are swirling once again, as everyone’s favourite place to poke and play FarmVille is reportedly heavily involved with a new HTC phone — codenamed Buffy. Nerdgasm name aside, Buffy is reported by AllThingsD to run a customised version of Android, modified by the folks at Facebook to build social features into various aspects of the …
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Apple has won the latest round of legal shenanigans with rival phone makers. US trade regulators have cleared Apple of naughtiness, messing up HTC’s carefully laid plans. HTC’s plan was to challenge Apple by buying a company called S3 graphics, then challenge Apple for infringing patents owned by S3. But the US International Trade Commission has ruled that Apple has …
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Arrested Development is coming back! Great news for fans of the cult US comedy — and for online telly-watching, as the new episodes are financed by on-demand service Netflix. And there’s even more good news for us Brits, as Netflix will have launched over here by then. The popular US online movie and TV service will begin streaming to the …
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Fancy having a chat with Siri but don’t want to splash out on an iPhone 4S? Some cunning app experts have figured out a way to try out the voice-controlled assistant on any phone or tablet that run an app. Siri is a new feature in Apple’s latest iPhone. Ask Siri a question, and it will perform a task, search …
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TiVo is teeing up a tasty update. Virgin Media is automatically updating TiVo boxes tonight and over the next week to bring you a raft of new features. The update to Virgin Media’s clever set-top telly recorder lets you search iPlayer, type more easily and record programmes with your iPad through a new TiVo iPad app. When you get the …
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The Amazon Kindle Fire has lit a fire under the iPad and rival tablets — but with no UK launch in sight, is it worth waiting for? The Android-powered Amazon tablet has many of you asking us if you should save your pennies, but it isn’t due to go on sale outside the US for some time — so let’s …
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Nokia has given us a first glimpse of its rumoured top-of-the-range Windows Phone. A new video reveals the Nokia Lumia 900, also known as the Nokia Ace, the big brother to the Nokia Lumia 800. Meanwhile outside the smart phone world, Carla and Donna will follow Belle as the next Symbian updates. A Nokia boss hinted yesterday at a new …
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Nokia is planning a Windows 8 tablet for next summer — and a bigger brother for the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone too. The tablet teaser was revealed by Paul Amsellem, Le General Manager du Nokia en France. He let slip that we could expect a Windows 8 tablet from the Finnish company in June 2012. Our Gallic confrère also …
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