July, 2011

Pottermore, J.K. Rowling’s assault on the big name eBook publishers, will be partnering with another relatively new – but still rather large – eBook supplier to get the Harry Potter series on the Android phones and tablets.

When you buy a Harry Potter book via the Pottermore site you will be able to choose from a variety of formats in which to download. One option will be to save the book to the cloud – using Google Books.

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Samsung Wave II owners who can’t wait to try the new version of the Bada OS will no longer have to – a build of the new & improved Bada 2.0 has been leaked and can be downloaded by the curious (and brave – it might brick your phone).

Check out the video clips below to see it in action.

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Take two phones into the shower? No need, with a dual SIM handset you can have two numbers on the same mobile, so one for pleasure and one for business.

They’ve been in other countries for years, and there are a few on sale in the UK, though the networks haven’t been pushing them. To find out what they don’t want you to know, and see three handsets with a total of six phone numbers, read on.

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Uh-oh, looks like somebody’s got a bad case of the Manboobs. Er, we mean Mondays.

Yes, the iPhone autocorrect can be both a curse and a blessing. For every ‘teh’ that gets quietly swapped to ‘the’ there is an equal chance that a perfectly legitimate word will be auto-corrected into something obscene, amusing or horrifying.

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Pics leaked from a factory in China suggest that HTC may be about to release a new HTC Flyer tablet – this time with a 3D camera.

3D is everywhere at the moment, but are HTC wise to be stuffing it in to more devices or is it just a fad? Either way, it looks as though the next HTC Flyer will sport some 3D capabilities whether you need them or not.

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It’s the battle of the BlackBerrys as the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the BlackBerry Torch lock horns in our extensive head-to-head test. The Torch made big waves when it was released last year, but it faces stiff competition from the brand-new Bold 9900. The prowess of both phones’ keyboard isn’t in question, but which of RIM’s phones is worth your cash? We’re here to tell you.

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They may not be household names – yet – but these Chinese companies have been behind some of the biggest selling phones of recent memory. And now they’re getting more of a foothold in the UK, pretty soon you really won’t be able to avoid them.

So what’s the secret to their success? What can we expect them to do next? And how are they shaping our mobile landscape? Read on to find out all about the companies you can’t afford not to know.

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Amazon is to take on the likes of Steam by launching its own online games store in the UK. Amazon has been trialling a games download service in the US but  progress has been slow. A full store will be launching on this side of the pond some time in October.

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