The brand spanking new BlackBerry Torch 9800, announced by Research in Motion yesterday, will be available on Vodafone UK. Other networks will have RIM’s latest, but Vodafone displayed the speed of the puma to be the first to announce it would offer the phone. You can register your interest in the BlackBerry Torch at the …
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system is set to hit Europe before it arrives in the US. The hotly anticipated next-gen OS is “likely” to arrive on these shores in October, according to a Microsoft exec. Microsoft big cheese Kevin Turner said that Windows Phone 7 would put the company “back in the game” in the smart-phone market, allowing it to take on the …
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Virgin Media has put down its cocktail long enough to file a complaint against Project Canvas, the BBC-led consortium developing a free-to-view Web TV standard. Virgin reckons Canvas is anti-competitive, and is too closed-off to allow others in the broadcast industry to give every company their own distinctive branded version. There are two versions of this story: Virgin Media — …
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What could be the first Windows Phone 7 mobile has leaked on to the Web. We’ve had a tantalising glimpse of the specs for the Samsung Cetus, also known as the SGH-i917. The specs for the Cetus were turned up the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, although no-one has yet confirmed whether the name was inspired by Cletus the slack-jawed yokel. …
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T-Mobile has finally crashed the iPhone 4 party. The pink-hued network is selling Apple’s smart phone from today, it has announced to customers who registered an interest. From today, you can buy yourself a black 16GB or 32GB model on a monthly contract. 8GB, pay as you go and white models are marked as coming soon. We asked T-Mobile for …
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It’s not just the iPhone 4 and its incredible disappearing phone signal that’s drawing the wrath of consumers down upon Apple. US iPad owners have launched a lawsuit over the tablet’s penchant for shutting down when it gets a bit warm, soon after a CNET reader told us his iPad had wilted in the blistering heat of a Welsh summer’s …
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3 is to drop the iPhone 4 this Friday. The last of the major networks to get Apple’s latest smartphone into shops will offer it on sale from Friday, 30 July, according to an email circulated to potential customers today. The 16GB iPhone 4 will be free on a two-year, £45 monthly contract, while the 32GB model starts at £90 …
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Android alert! Eagle-eyed phone fan Mauricio Reyes got a surprise when he spotted a poster advertising 3 on Oxford Street, showing the Nokia 5230 and X6 apparently rocking the Android interface. Don’t get too excited though: it’s clearly a snafu by a dozy designer. Just this month, Nokia officially nixed suggestions it would employ Google’s operating system. Instead, the Finnish …
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Vodafone has transferred in three new phones to its starting line-up. The BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105, LG Optimus GT540, and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro all pull on Vodafone colours today. The Pearl 3G, which costs about £300 on its own, is free on a £25, 24-month price plan. That nets you 300 minutes talky-chat and unlimited texts. Data …
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The Acer Stream is a new Android-powered multimedia mobile rocking a giant screen and social-network integration. Acer unveiled the brand-new smart phone amid a flurry of announcements today. A new 3D front end has been plastered over Android 2.1, including a peeling gesture to unlock the phone, three types of predictive keyboard and a smart dialler. The redesigned contacts list …
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