Richard Trenholm

Motorola Atrix due on Orange with a dazzling dock discount

Orange is ready to dock with the Motorola Atrix. The dual-core powerhouse smart phone attaches to a range of pricey docking accessory doo-dahs, and Orange is delivering a decent dock discount. The Atrix slots into two accessories: an HD Multimedia Dock, or a Lapdock. The multimedia dock turns the phone into a mini-telly type thing, …

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BlackBerry 9900 heading for O2, Three and Vodafone

We got 9900 problems but a choice of networks ain’t one — Vodafone and Three have confirmed they’re planning to sell the newly announced BlackBerry Bold 9900, and O2 has just revealed to CNET UK that it will also offer the 9900. The 9900 was revealed yesterday by BlackBerry-makers RIM at BlackBerry World in Florida, which is either a conference …

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BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 are thinnest BB blowers yet

Prepare to be Bold over. It’s the BlackBerry Bold 9900, the new smart phone from Research In Motion. The 9900 and its identical US cousin the 9930 introduce the new BlackBerry 7 software in the thinnest BB blower ever. The new Bold is battened down in a brushed stainless steel frame with high-gloss, glass-weave backplate. How do you weave glass? …

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BlackBerry 7 beefs up software beefs up graphics, HTML 5, NFC and 720p

Forget Disney World, this week the only world that matters in Florida is BlackBerry World. We imagine there’s a parade every hour on the hour, topped off with a man in a giant Mike Lazaridis costume storming off. Sadly, that may remain a dream, but one thing that’s very real is BlackBerry 7, the latest version of the software for …

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Ofcom reveals TalkTalk and Three are most complained

Ofcom has revealed the phone and broadband companies that have been really getting your goat. The communications regulator has compared the number of complaints it’s received from customers of the main mobile-phone networks and Internet service providers, giving a picture of who’s providing the best — and worst — service. Ofcom has added up the complaints you made between October …

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iPhone secretly tracks your location, but here’s why you shouldn’t worry

Every breath you take, every move you make, iPhone’ll be watching you. Researchers have created an app called iPhone Tracker that highlights how your iPhone records where you’ve been at all times — but it’s not the sinister plot they claim. Yes, as you roam hither and yon, your iPhone and 3G iPad keep iTabs on you. Your device logs your latitude …

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Samsung Galaxy S 2 hits Phones4u a week early

The Samsung Galaxy S 2 is so close we can practically taste it. The dual-core powerhouse is due for release on 1 May, but Phones4u reckons it can put the phone in your hands nearly a week early, while T-Mobile apparently won’t see it for another month. Phone networks O2, Orange, Three and Vodafone are scheduled to sell the phone from 1 May, the …

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Apple announces £3.6bn profit so far in 2011, as cash pile approaches £40bn

There’s gold in them there technology hills, and none are more stuffed with cash than the hill occupied by Apple. The company has announced gobsmacking earnings for the first quarter of 2011. The sale of 18.65 million iPhones, 9.02 million iPods, 4.69 million iPads and 3.76 million Macs equals a head-spinning £3.65bn of profit. That’s three and a half billion quid …

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Angry Birds Magic and Nokia phones flock together with NFC

Nokia phones will flock together with Angry Birds Magic, a new version of the smash hit game. Tapping your new Nokia C7 to another Nokia phone will unlock new annoyed avians, by the magic of near-field communications (NFC). Angry Birds Magic wants you to make contact with other Nokia phones that contain NFC chips in order to continue playing. You …

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Samsung Galaxy S on O2 updating to Android 2.3 Gingerbread in May

Oh that magic feeling — oh, for an O2 Android update. It’s good news for owners of the Samsung Galaxy S on the network, who will be getting an Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for their smart phones in a matter of weeks. O2 tweeted the news in answer to a stroppy customer tired of being bereft of Gingerbread, as spotted …

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