Archive for the ‘Mobile Phones’ Category

Mobile Advertising Comes to YouTube

In a money-spinning effort, popular video sharing site YouTube has included ads on its mobile site.
YouTube has been in desperate need of extra funds for awhile now, and still remains in the red.
The new mobile banner ads seem unobtrusive enough as a screenshot, but on the small screen they do actually take up a fair [...]

British consumers spend 52 billion a year on Gadgets they don’t know how to use

Well, this is what we’re here for. C’mon you guys, really…?
So anyway, we spent all this money on stuff we can’t even use… kinda sad. And what’s more, a poll conducted by sky HD says that we also don’t even use half the features our gadgets have… making half the time and effort put in [...]

Apple Sues HTC For Copying the iPhone

Look, Apple, we know you’ve cornered the phone market, but it’s a just a little rude suing all and any competition to the iPhone. Apple is hereby putting out a lawsuit on HTC for apparantly breaking some very specific patents Apple created on specific features of the iPhone.. such as their Patent No. 7,479,949: “Touch [...]

Samsung Diva Phones released (with free Makeup!)

The Samsung Diva handsets are finally on sale as of last week, but for those of you expecting to get a free PSP or some cash back on the mobile contract setup, you need to think again. As the Samsung Divas are aimed at the ladies, Samsung have a slightly alternative package on offer.
For those [...]

Skype App comes to the Nokia Ovi Store

Further to our recent feature on the future of Skype and mobile phones, today it has been announced that Nokia will be bringing a Skype app to their Ovi store.
The Skype for Symbian app will be an entirely free download and will enable Wi-Fi or 3G connected Nokia users to make phone and video calls [...]

Orange and T-Mobile merger get’s European Commission approval

The European Commission has finally given the green light on the proposed merger of two of the UK’s leading mobile network operators. A T-Mobile and Orange merger was, announced in August 2009 as a 50:50 joint venture and has been waiting since then for the EC to give the go ahead to create what [...]

Nokia C5 Smartphone Announced as Part of Nokia Cseries

Nokia has just announced their new smartphone called the Nokia C5. The Nokia C5 is the first phone of many which will represent the new series of phones called the Nokia CSeries. This adds to the Nokia ‘series’ family which includes the Nseries, Xseries and Eseries devices.
Compared the higher end Nseries and Xseries [...]

Quick Tips: Importing a CD to MP3’s on iTunes

When importing all of your CD’s into your iTunes it’s always a little annoying when you go to transfer your music to another media type (like your mobile phone) and the iTunes standard file will not play!
Well fear not people, we are here to help.
The MP3 format is the de facto standard of digital music [...]

iPhone 4G Release Date Expected for Q2 2011 due to 4G Chip Delay?

Most of you will probably be anticipating the release of the iPhone 4G, however in true Apple-like fashion, the iPhone makers have remained tight lipped about a proposed release date or specifications of their next generation phone.  However, until more official information is confirmed, the tech world has been latching onto speculations and rumours to [...]

LG Windows Phone 7 Handset to be Released in September

When Windows Phone 7 was announced, Steve Balmer told the technology world that we would likely see the release of it ‘during the holidays’, which suggested Christmas time. However, gadget and technology blog, Engadget have revealed that LG could be preparing for the launch of their first Windows Phone 7 Series handset between September [...]