January, 2011

Android Honeycomb UI preview: Google gets cooking

January 28, 2011 10:01 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software, Apps & Software Tags: Android, Google, honeycomb

Android Honeycomb has been giving another run out in public with Google revealing more of the UI for the tablet OS. It’s expected to make its debut next month on the Motorola Xoom and you can see a preview of what that might look like above. Ars Technica reports Android Honeycomb is still “incomplete and has a lot of rough edges” but praises the new scrolling home screen widgets and says the OS contains very “novel elements”. Take a gander at the preview shots for yourself and let us know what you make of the Android Honeycomb UI?

Out TBC | £TBC | Android (via Ars Technica)

Best BlackBerry apps of the month: January 2011

January 28, 2011 9:35 am by Damien McFerran

Categories: Top 10s & Lists Tags: Blackberry, RIM, top 5

The best BlackBerry apps of the month are rolling into town once again: five delicious downloadable dollops of digital delight. As always, we’ve done the hunting so you don’t have to – showcased below are some of the finest apps ever to grace the internal storage of your BlackBerry handset. Without any further ado, let’s get to business…

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Nokia Android phones incoming? CEO hints at change of heart

January 28, 2011 9:25 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Android, Nokia, Nokia N8, Stephen Elop

Nokia is still taking a battering with its third quarter profit shrinking faster than a Hollyoaks actress desperate for an FHM covershoot. The difficulties have got Nokia thinking the unthinkable and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop hinted yesterday that another OS could get a look in, specifically Android. Nokia Android phones were unthinkable when the company compared Android to peeing in your pants (yes, really) but those scatological slurs have long gone…

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Dell Venue Pro review

January 28, 2011 9:09 am by Ben Sillis

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Dell, venue pro, Windows Phone 7

Even if the AMOLED screen technically isn't "super", it certainly looks it

The Dell Venue Pro, perhaps more than any other Windows Phone 7 handset, has caught the eye of the chic geek crowd. Once again, Dell has refused just to make a clone phone, instead changing the form factor to something unexpected, but something awesome too.

Does that portrait QWERTY keyboard underneath its delicious screen make this the Windows Phone 7 blower for BlackBerry addicts? Is it time to convert? Read our Dell Venue Pro review right now to find out.

UPDATE: Our HTC 7 Pro review is now live – check out what we made of the Venue Pro’s closest rival!

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US Update: white iPhone 4, Windows 8, PSP 2

January 28, 2011 3:00 am by Nick Marshall

Categories: Gadgets Tags: HTC, Microsoft, mwc 2011, samsung galaxy tab, Sony PSP 2, US Update, white iPhone 4, Windows 8, Xperia X Tab

Fire up that pot of joe, it’s time for your daily dose of tech news. In today’s US Update we break down the latest on the white iPhone 4, review a Sony Ericsson Xperia tablet concept design, uncover two new HTC smartphones and more.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab sales top two million units

January 28, 2011 2:00 am by Nick Marshall

Categories: Gadgets Tags: galaxy tab, Galaxy Tab 2, mwc 2011, Samsung, samsung galaxy tab

With only a few weeks away until Samsung unveils the Galaxy Tab 2 and Galaxy S 2 at MWC 2011, the original Galaxy Tab is still breaking headlines — and more importantly, sales records. Samsung has confirmed via press release this morning they’ve sold more than two million Galaxy Tabs in the three months since launch.

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Sony PSP 2 to run Windows 8?

January 28, 2011 1:00 am by Nick Marshall

Categories: Gaming Tags: Microsoft, PSP 2, psp2, Sony, Sony PSP 2, Windows 8

Earlier today Sony unveiled PSP 2 next generation portable (NGP), now we’re hearing word that it might be able to run Windows 8. According to winrumors.com, the Arm processor used in the PSP 2 is compatible with an early build of Windows 8 which Microsoft demonstrated at CES 2011.

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Two unofficial HTC smartphones spotted

January 28, 2011 12:30 am by Nick Marshall

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: HTC, mobile world congress, mwc 2011, Verizon Wireless

Live images have surfaces of an unnamed HTC smartphone with Verizon branding and what appears to be HTC’s next flagship. The two smartphones match previous renderings, confirming HTC’s 2011 Mobile World Congress line up. Here’s the latest on the upcoming smartphones.

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