The Dell Venue Pro could fall into your lap within days, after all. Dell told us just moments ago that the delayed Windows Phone 7 smart phone will be available on 1 March, and confirmed the official price. The Venue Pro runs the slick Windows Phone 7 operating system. Windows Phone 7 includes Bing search, …
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The Vodafone network has been hit by, struck by, a smooth criminal. An unknown number of UK customers have been left without phone, text or data signal after a break-in at a technical facility during the night. The problem appears to have started at some point during the small hours of Monday morning and is still continuing, according to disgruntled …
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Leaked pictures have popped up of two new Samsung Galaxy phones. Eurodroid reports that the Galaxy Ace and the Galaxy Suit run Android 2.2 and are set to be unveiled next month. The Ace up Samsung’s sleeve is the first smart phone to be named after a Doctor Who companion from the 1980s. Other Who-related names were discounted: one prototype …
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Minecraft is digging its way on to your phone. The word-of-mouth smash-hit world-building game will be arriving on Apple iPhone and Android mobile phones some time this year. Minecraft is a Java game that’s already sold more than a million copies, despite having no publisher or advertising and still being in beta. It was developed by Swedish programmer Markus “Notch” …
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The HTC Desire and its desirable siblings will receive an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but owners could be facing a long wait. The current Desire range won’t be updated until after the new Desire S launches in spring. A HTC representative confirmed that the phones would be upgrading to Gingerbread during our natter at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but he …
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Behold: the Incredible S! It’s a bold heart that names a phone so presumptuously, but HTC clearly thinks fortune favours the bold. The HTC Incredible S is straining credulity at Barcelona phone fiesta MWC this week. The Incredible S sports a 4-inch screen in its unusual casing. The rubberised back has a ridge around it, which HTC calls “inside out” …
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It’s been a huge day for Nokia and Microsoft, joining forces to bring Windows Phone 7 to Nokia smart phones. Will this union be strong enough to triumph over the mighty iPhone and all-conquering Android? We turned to Twitter and Facebook to see what you think. Bert Igbokwe reckons Nokia can become the dominant Windows Phone 7 manufacturer, as HTC …
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Like Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder side-by-side at a piano keyboard, Nokia and Microsoft are joining together in perfect harmony. We met the two companies to discuss the collaboration, and what the news means for Windows Phone 7 and Nokia’s current operating system, Symbian. Crave sat down with Kai Öistämö, Nokia’s executive vice president of umlauts corporate development, and Andrew …
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The BBC’s iPlayer app for the Apple iPad will arrive this week. A BBC engineer has let slip that the app will hit tablets on 10 February. BBC online engineer Geoff Marshall, a self-described “Beeb operational techie”, tweeted “iPlayer App for iPad is being released this Thursday – 10th Feb. 3G connection is browse only. Browse+Playback requires Wi-Fi.” Marshall hedged …
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More bad news for Nokia as it stands on its “burning platform“: reports suggest MeeGo has been delayed and it seems the N9 is no more. MeeGo is Nokia’s new operating system, first revealed last year but yet to be seen in a phone we can actually buy. That may not change any time soon, as Reuters reports Nokia has …
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