Not too long ago, the sub-£100 smartphone was a pipe dream. Processors, touchscreens, software – it all cost too much. With a big new price drop on the Samsung Galaxy Europa today though, network Three has just put the dumbphone on notice. Now, you can buy an Android phone for under £50.
August, 2011
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is out in the UK today but if you’re angling for a slighter smaller slate, news of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has dropped today too.
It’s been listed on Amazon with a UK release date of August 12. That means you should be able to get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 next week for £605. Take a look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 video to help you make your mind up.
There have been two notably absent apps eluding the Apple iPad: Facebook and Skype. Earlier this week, after months of waiting, Skype delivered on its promise to offer a native app for Apple’s slate: Skype for iPad. We’ve done some extensive testing and the app has passed with flying colors. Here’s our quick preview of Skype for iPad.
Samsung and HTC, you’ve been warned. Huawei is leaving the low to mid-range smartphone game and coming to play ball in the big leagues with its Vision smartphone. The Huawei Vision packs a 3.7-inch display, 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 5-megapixel camera with 720p video recording and a unibody frame that even Apple could admire.
Remember the days of purchasing content from iTunes only to later realize you accidentally deleted the files or forgot to back up? According to a report from appadvice.com, Apple is planning to launch its new iTunes Replay service in the coming weeks — a service which will put these fears to rest. Soon you’ll be able to re-download music, movies and TV shows without a call to customer care, any time day or night.
The Motorola Droid Bionic is still rumored to launch on Verizon Wireless in the U.S. this week, but we’ve yet to receive any sort of confirmation from Motorola. Over on the MotoDev website, the manufacturer has added the super phone to its list of comparable products, placing it side-by-side with the Photon 4G and Droid 3. Here’s how the Droid Bionic stacks up.
The BlackBerry 7 powered Bold 9900 is locked and loaded, set to debut at Phones 4u from 18th August. As the largest retailer of BlackBerry smartphones per store in Europe, Phones4u has also confirmed it will add the Torch 9860 and Torch 9810 smartphones at a later date.
So how much is a ride on BlackBerry 7 OS with Liquid Graphics going to cost? The Bold 9900 will be available for free on a choice of networks with £35 a month plans. Of course you’ll need to sign a contract to the land the deal, but that’s a small price to pay for RIM’s latest flagship. Read more
We’ve given more attention to the BlackBerry Torch 9860 at RIM’s launch today, but alongside that touchscreen only phone is this, the brand new BlackBerry Torch 9810. It’s a successor to last year’s Torch hybrid phone, and comes packing a slide out QWERTY keyboard and a touchscreen. We went hands on with it this morning: for our thoughts, read on!