Ready for a curve ball from BlackBerry? Photos have emerged of the BlackBerry Curve 9360, a new phone mysteriously left out of the big BB launch this morning. The BlackBerry Bold 9900, Torch 9810 and Torch 9860 were announced today alongside international variations. But the 9360 was conspicuous by its absence. BlackBerry launched the three …
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Ain’t no party like a Nokia and Microsoft party! The software giant behind Windows Phone and the financially troubled Finnish phone flinger are getting together for a soiree in Germany — but will the guest of honour be a Nokia Windows Phone? Nokia plans to launch its first smart phones using Windows Phone software before the end of the year. …
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Psst. Over here — did anyone follow you? Are you sure? Good, then we can reveal more details on the Sony S1 and S2 tablets, Sony’s forthcoming Android-based rivals to the iPad. Our transatlantic chums at CNET News in the US chatted with a deep throat who knows the ins and outs of Sony’s tablet plans. There will be four …
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When we wake up, yeah we know we’re gonna be, we’re gonna be the phone fans who wake up next to the new Nokia 500 — but before you walk 500 miles and then 500 more, we need to proclaim this isn’t the hotly anticipated Nokia Windows Phone. No, the 500 is an entry-level touchscreen smart phone running Nokia’s much-maligned …
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Phone playing up? Can’t work out what’s wrong with the blessed thing? Before you hurl it against a wall — stop! A new LG service lets LG staff fix your phone by reaching into it with their minds. Well, with their computers actually. When you contact LG customer services with a problem, they’ll connect to your phone over 3G or …
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Pack your bags, we’re going on ‘oliday — super-cheap phone network GiffGaff has finally introduced overseas Internet browsing. And is it cheap as frites? Yes and no. Mobile data roaming costs £1.50 per MB to browse the Web, check your email or update social networks in countries in the EU. That’s pretty decent. Outside the EU, however, it’s £5 per …
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BlackBerry Messenger 6 is chatting up apps. The latest version of the wildly popular BlackBerry instant messaging client will let you chat in apps and games on your smart phone, tell your friends which apps you love and even challenge them to head-to-head contests. For the first time, BBM chats appear in the apps themselves, so you can chat with …
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Say konichiwa to Windows Phone Mango. A new video from Japan shows Mango in action on the Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T, the first phone powered by Windows Phone 7.5. The Windows Phone 7.5 update, also known as Mango, will reach all Windows phones in the autumn, but the IS12T is the first device we’ve seen with Mango built in from the kick-off. The …
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T-Mobile and Orange shops are to be renamed and rejigged to Everything Everywhere — but shops will continue to sell Orange and T-Mobile phones and deals separately. Which made us slap our forehead so hard we actually blacked out for a minute. The newly crowned largest mobile operator in Britain has tried the Everything Everywhere brand in six shops, which …
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The only pay is Essex, according to ITV. The broadcaster will test payments for its online services before the end of the year, but in the meantime ITV Player catch-up is now available for free on freesat. ITV Player lets you catch up with shows from ITV, ITV 2, ITV 3 and ITV 4, including Emmerdale, Corrie, The Only Way …
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