Remember when Sony Ericsson’s Walkman phones were ubercool? In recent times, the brand has faded from view for early adopters, since it’s remained a feature-phone thing, rather than making the leap to smart phones. That’s all changing now though: the W8 is the first Walkman handset to run Google’s Android software. Hold your horses before …
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Nokia is still keeping mum on when its first Windows Phones will go on sale, with speculation that their debut could slip into 2012. But what will those phones be? Industry blogger Eldar Murtazin claims to know, predicting that Nokia’s first two Windows Phone devices will be the W7 and W8. Eldar who? The Russian blogger has been something of …
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Dell has started selling its Streak 7 tablet in the UK, with the 7-inch slate streaking ahead of similarly sized rivals such as the HTC Flyer and BlackBerry PlayBook. The Streak 7 runs Android 2.2 Froyo, and is being sold by Dell for £299. That’s for the Wi-Fi-only model, mind: Dell says the Wi-Fi and 3G version will be available …
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One of the more impressive features of the new HTC Sensation smart phone (pictured) is the latest version of HTC’s Sense user interface that sits on top of Android. Bad news for owners of older HTC Android phones though: Sense 3.0 will not be coming to your mobile in its full form. We asked at the launch last week and …
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The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is about to go on sale in the US, and the first wave of reviews have been published online, commending RIM’s new device for its strong hardware design and performance, but pinpointing software issues and a lack of apps as weaknesses. We’ve been reading through the various tests, including those from the New York Times, Wired, …
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O2 says it will soon start selling the Xperia Play PlayStation phone, after Sony Ericsson fixed most of the bugs that had made the network delay its debut of the gaming handset. The operator had been planning to launch the device on 1 April alongside other UK networks, but took the unusual step of publishing a blog post pointing to …
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Vodafone may have an exclusive on the new HTC Sensation Android smart phone when it launches in May, but all the major networks will jump on the bandwagon in June, including O2, Orange and T-Mobile. O2 told us today that it will sell the phone, but doesn’t have any details yet. Orange and T-Mobile’s parent company, Everything Everywhere, told Pocket-lint that …
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It’s not the size of your tablet, it’s how you use it. So what would you use a 23-inch tablet for? Lenovo is planning to launch a monster slate this year, which will be more than twice the size of rivals like the iPad 2. “We think there is potential for a 23-inch tablet,” Lenovo’s senior specialist in marketing William …
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Yesterday saw the unveiling of the new HTC Sensation smart phone, but the company also revealed a firm release date for the HTC Flyer tablet here in the UK. The company’s first Android slate will go on sale on 9 May. We knew the device was expected to touch down that month already, since Carphone Warehouse, Clove and Amazon were …
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Looking forward to getting your hands on Sony Ericsson’s new Xperia Neo Android smart phone? You’ll have to wait a little longer, unfortunately. The company has confirmed that the handset has slipped to a third-quarter release date, although online retailer Clove says that will mean a July debut in the UK. The cause of the delay is the recent earthquake …
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