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The Acer Liquid Express is announced

James Richardson | November 28, 2011 |

Following the launch of the first Acer Liquid smartphones equipped with Android, Acer are now extending their range with a new model – the Acer Liquid Express – the company’s first NFC-equipped device. ‘As a technology of the future, NFC is a priority for Acer as it can be used for multiple purposes: payment, transport, […]

HTC Titan Review

Patrick Rigby | November 28, 2011 |

The Titan is one half of the newest phones released by HTC with the latest version of Windows Phone 7 but this is the most interesting device. Mainly because of the gargantuan 4.7 inch screen, a fast 1.5 GHz processor and Windows Phone 7.5. There is no doubt that it certainly impressive on paper but […]

Best Buy to close stores on January 15th

James Richardson | November 28, 2011 |

We mentioned just a couple of weeks ago the demise of Best Buy here in the UK. The joint venture between Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse has failed to make expected  profits and the company will close its eleven UK stores on January 15th. The good news is that Best Buy will have a closing […]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus benchmark

Matt | November 27, 2011 |

Earlier this week I got my hands on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and recorded a pretty long unboxing and demo video. Normally, as part of the demo video, I include a quick run through using Quadrant to benchmark the relative performance of a new device and this time was no different. I commented in the […]

Everything Everywhere open new store in West London

James Richardson | November 26, 2011 |

Everything Everywhere will soft launch a new concept store in the White City Westfield shopping centre in west London this weekend before its official opening on Monday. The store (pictured), is the 20th EE branded store to be opened in the UK and a former T-Mobile store,  will be the first to offer a dedicated […]

BlackBerry 9790 launches in Indonesia and causes chaos

James Richardson | November 25, 2011 |

The BlackBerry is already massively popular in Indonesia (6 million users) and the launch of the latest Bold, the 9790 has proved this. With the first 1000 people being offered a 50% discount on the 9790 the people of Jakarta came in their thousands. Police and officials were prepared but it apparently caused chaos and […]

Introducing the T-Mobile Vivacity

James Richardson | November 25, 2011 |

T-Mobile today announced the launch of the T-Mobile Vivacity – a great value, stylish Android smartphone ideal for enjoying multimedia on the move. The T-Mobile Vivacity will be available exclusively in T-Mobile stores, on the online shop and via telesales from today. Running Android’s Gingerbread 2.3 OS, the T-Mobile Vivacity offers a winning combination of […]

SwiftKey X price drop

James Richardson | November 25, 2011 |

If you are an Android user chances are you may well have tried some alternative keyboards to the stock one. If you have not tried SwiftKey X before this may be a good time to do so as prices have been slashed for this weekend. Starting Black Friday, you’ll be able to buy SwiftKey X […]

Mobile Broadband Wi-Fi Hub, now available on Three

Matt | November 25, 2011 |

Three have just announced that they’ve made their new Mobile Broadband Wi-Fi hub available in stores from today. The new Mobile Broadband Wi-Fi hub allows people to turn their existing mobile broadband dongle into home Wi-Fi so they can connect all their Wi-Fi devices or share their connection with partners, friends or family. The Wi-Fi […]

Telefónica Digital and RIM announce NFC payments with BlackBerry smartphones

James Richardson | November 24, 2011 |

We all know that more and more smartphones are shipping with NFC capabilities, however the use of NFC is somewhat limiting. RIM in Spain are now testing NFC wireless payments and I would imagine this will roll out to other countries in due course. You can see the the full press release below. Telefónica Digital […]