Are you a Vodafone Huawei Ascend G300 owner? Well watch out as Ice Cream Sandwich is coming your way. Vodafone dropped us an email earlier today to say that the roll out is commencing so as well as you having possibly one of the best value handsets of the year you also get a well deserved OS update. Smiles all round.
If you are a new Android user you can head on over to the Vodafone eForum where all will be explained. How jolly decent of Vodafone to offer such as service. A pat on the back for them.
Enjoy your update G300 posse.
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Samsung Mobile UK today announced that the Galaxy S III Mini, a compact version of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, will be available in the UK from Thursday 8th November with free content, including The Sims 3 and Bejewelled 2.
The stylish and compact design offers a comfortable grip and an impressive 4.0-inch AMOLED screen, allowing people to enjoy a fantastic range of features such as Chat On, Buddy Photo Share, Social Tag and the Official Top 40 Charts app.
Simon Stanford, Vice President, Telecommunications & Networks, Samsung UK and Ireland said: “Our latest addition to the Galaxy portfolio, the Galaxy S III Mini brings the high performance, intuitive ease-of-use and nature-inspired design of the Galaxy S III in a new elegant yet compact form. Following the massive success and popularity of the Galaxy S III and all its features, we are confident customers will enjoy the Galaxy SIII Mini when it hits the shelves on the 8th November.”
The Galaxy S III Mini is powered by AndroidT 4.1 (Jelly Bean), the latest version of the world’s most popular smartphone operating system, benefitting from fast, fluid and smooth graphics along with a new Google SearchT experience featuring Google Now.
Packed with the key features that have made the Galaxy S III, one of this years’ most sought after smartphones, including intelligent technology designed to make interacting with the phone natural and intuitive, this compact version features the ability to understand human gestures, S Voice; which provides customised commands as well as Direct Call which allows customers to automatically call that person simply from the motion of lifting the phone to their ear collate to make an efficient and natural user experience.
In addition, the Galaxy S III Mini gives customers access to the Samsung Video and Games Hub, as well as a 50GB Dropbox which is free for two years. Smart Stay and Best Photo features are also provided, helping to capture the prefect shot when using the 5 mega pixel camera. The Galaxy S III Mini will be available to buy in the UK across all major networks, key high street and out of town electrical retailers and online retailers from 8th November.
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Tomorrow see’s the first day of Movember and for the first time I shall be taking part. For those that know me you will be aware that I only have a beard trim once a week anyway and to be honest with just a moustache I look blooming stupid, so it should make for a comical month!
The funds raised in the UK are directed to programmes run directly by Movember and our men’s health partners, Prostate Cancer UK and the Institute of Cancer Research. We work with these partners to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programmes in line with our strategic goals in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.
If you are in the position to make a small donation to a very worthwhile cause we will be most grateful. You can do so by visiting http://mobro.co/jamesrichardson73 and if you want to keep up to date with silly moustache pictures I will post one a day on our Twitter page. I’m blushing just at the thought of it but it isn’t about me – we need to raise for funds for men’s health.
For those that can help I thank you in advance – James
It almost sounds too good to be true doesn’t it? Yes, you can get paid to test apps and give your opinions. AppXpert is an app that gives you the chance to earn cash, iTunes gift cards or Amazon promotional codes and it only takes a few minutes each day.
Available to the iPhone and iPod Touch with future support coming to the iPad (I hope) AppXpert is free to download yet will earn you some cash for your time spent inside the app – Sounds perfect if you ask me.
Nearly every day, you’ll have the opportunity to take part in paid app investigations. It’s simple: you download the app that we recommend, try it out and then answer a short multiple choice questionnaire. There you go! You’ve just earned 20p in a matter of minutes!
You can also keep up to date with what’s happening in the world of AppXpert on our favorite social media sites. Click the following links: FaceBook, Twitter.
Remember to turn on your push notifications to be the first to know when new investigations are available! So check out AppXpert and prove you’re at least as good as 007!
If you are a developer and are interested in having your app tested by our online community, please email us at [email protected]
You can download AppXpert for the iPhone or iPod Touch here. What are you waiting for?
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Clove have the HTC One X+ available to order for £474.00 including VAT. Order here.
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Lookout launched Signal Flare for Lookout on Android a few weeks ago, and millions of people are already are using it. Lookout’s research showed that 30% of people say they could not recover their lost or stolen phone because of a dead battery. To put an end to the problem, it created Signal Flare.
Signal Flare is the simple and easy way to help find your iPhone with a dead battery. If you lose your phone as your battery is about to die, Signal Flare flags your location at www.lookout.com so you can see where your phone was last, giving you a fighting chance of getting it back.
This update also includes iOS 6 and screen optimisations for new iPhone 5.
If you have an iPhone you NEED this app! You can download here for both OS’s and the best news is that the app is free. What are you waiting for? Go, Go, Go!
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Although we were not expecting it until tomorrow Expansys have just told us the device is now in stock for those that have been waiting. The HTC One X+ Will set you back £494.99 for the 64GB model so get your orders in quick.
The full specs can be found below and I must say, they do look rather impressive. In particular (although not really that exciting) I’m loving the battery size.
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SIZE: 134.36 x 69.9 x 8.9mm
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WEIGHT: 135 grams with battery
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DISPLAY: 4.7 inch super LCD 2 touch screen, HD 720p resolution, with Gorilla® Glass 2 for greater durability. Optical lamination for superior sharpness, clarity and reduced light reflection
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CPU SPEED – NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 AP37, 1.7 GHz quad-core
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Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with HTC SenseTM 4+
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MEMORY – Total storage: 32GB & 64GB, available capacity vary, RAM: 1GB
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NETWORK – HSPA/WCDMA: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz, GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
ALK Technologies, leading developer of mobile navigation applications, is pleased to announce a major update to its free CoPilot GPS mapping and planning app for Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Also perfect for the new iPad Mini with GPS!
The latest update (v9.3) optimised for iPhone 5 and iOS 6 brings updated offline maps, and new and improved navigation features for the popular free version of CoPilot, which has been downloaded by two million users since it was launched in the summer 2012.
New in v9.3 are:
- Optimised for iPhone5 – full screen navigation on the iPhone5’s new taller screen
- Free map update – the latest NAVTEQ street maps, including the addition of the Hindhead tunnel, the M74 extension in Glasgow and the second Tyne Tunnel
- Google search – CoPilot’s Local Search is now powered by Google
- Apple maps integration – navigate with CoPilot from Apple Maps
- New info display – including Current Road
- Themes – four new free colour schemes are available to personalise your CoPilot
- Drive for a cause – a paid-for pink theme in support of Breast Cancer Awareness (all proceeds go to charity)
- Numerous user interface enhancements
CoPilot GPS is the free edition of the award-winning CoPilot navigation range. It includes powerful trip planning and offline maps. Turn by turn navigation is available via in-app purchase.
CoPilot GPS v9.3 for iPhone and iPad is available now as a free download from the iTunes store.
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Superfast services are available for consumers and businesses for the first time ever today as EE, the UK’s most advanced digital communications company, launches its new 4G service in 11 cities. The launch is set to offer a timely boost to the UK economy offering firms the opportunity to increase innovation, boost productivity and cut costs, as has been the experience of companies in countries such as the US, Sweden, Japan and Germanysince the technology was first introduced. Today also marks the arrival of over 700 EE stores on high streets across the country in one of the biggest and fastest transformations in UK retail history.
Olaf Swantee, CEO at EE, said: “Today is a landmark day for our company, the UK mobile industry and, most importantly, the country’s businesses and consumers.
“But this is just the start as our 4G network will continue to grow stronger and wider by the day. We’re investing £1.5 billion in our network to be the first company to offer mobile 4G in the UK, alongside the biggest 3G network. Combined with our Fibre Broadband and revolutionary service model we have a pioneering and unique offer to customers across the UK – superfast speeds in the home, superfast speeds on the move and expert service on nearly every high street in Britain.”
The delivery of 4G and the company’s retail transformation has been underpinned by an intensive employee training programme as well as a comprehensive national IT infrastructure upgrade to ensure that EE customers receive expert service.
In its first phase, the 4G service is going live in Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton. This will allow users to:
. Access the web on the go in an instant
. Download large email attachments quicker than ever
. Watch live TV on the move without buffering
. Download high-definition movies in minutes
. Play live multiplayer games on the go
. Make high quality video calls on the move
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