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by Alex Dobie
Jun 15, 2011
Update: ... And apparently HTC has changed its mind and decided to update to Gingerbread after all. Go figure.So you woke yesterday morning to the news that your trusty HTC Desire wil...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 13, 2011
Amazon UK is currently listing the LG Optimus 3D (SIM-free) for pre-order, with an expected release date of next Monday, June 20. At just a penny less than £600 (~$980), the Optimus 3D...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 11, 2011
As a veteran Android manufacturer that rapidly rose to the top of the smartphone food chain, the news that HTC was working on an Android tablet didn’t come as much of a surprise. But when the H...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 09, 2011
Asus is following up its popular EeePad Transformer tablet with the EeePad Slider and EeePad Transformer 3G, which will both launch in the UK this August, according to a post on the manufac...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 08, 2011
Sprint customers will soon be getting their maximum 4G uplink speeds boosted to 1.5 Mbps, according to an internal screen captured by Android Police. The change will kick in this Friday, June 10...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 08, 2011
Right now Vodafone is the only network in the UK that's able to hook you up with a shiny new HTC Sensation. But that's about to change, as the Carphone Warehouse has begun listing the devic...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 08, 2011
Vodafone UK has announced that it's abandoning its plans to offer the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v, instead opting sell its slimmer, lighter sibling -- the "new" Galaxy Tab 10.1.Confu...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 07, 2011
HTC may be preparing software updates for the Sensation which will unlock its bootloader, if a new "stock" answer from customer support representatives proves to be accurate. Several XD...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 07, 2011
Following up on yesterday's E3 game announcements, Sony Ericsson sends word today that desert racing title Cracking Sands will be making its way to the Xperia Play later this year. Developed by...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 07, 2011
The ChaCha, one of HTC's new Facebook phones, has launched in the UK, with SIM-free prices hovering around £250 (~$400). Currently Three is the only British network offering subsidized Cha...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 06, 2011
The Droid Bionic saga continues, with the latest incarnation of the phone we first saw at CES now appearing in the wild, in pictures snapped by tech blog MobileGearz. The LTE-equipped Bionic now...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 03, 2011
There’s no escaping the blistering pace of technological progress when it comes to Android smartphones. Last year’s 1GHz monsters are already being left in the dust by a slew of new...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 03, 2011
A new firmware update has been released for the HTC Flyer, bringing the 7-inch tablet up to version 2.00.405.3. HTC promises "improved system performance" in this new OTA, and before yo...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 02, 2011
Sony Ericsson has announced that Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard will be launching exclusively on the Xperia Play tomorrow, and that it'll be following up the release by showcasing another 20 game...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 01, 2011
The Motorola Atrix is now available on T-Mobile UK, ending the handset's brief period of exclusivity on T-Mo's sister network Orange. T-Mobile is offering the Atrix for free on 24-month contract...
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by Alex Dobie
May 31, 2011
Following almost two months of delays caused by software issues, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play has finally launched on British network O2. The phone is available now in O2-exclusive white and the orig...
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by Alex Dobie
May 31, 2011
Better late than never, eh? Today Sony Ericsson has announced on its official product blog that the Android 2.1 update is now available for Xperia X10 users on AT&T. Alongside the newer...
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by Alex Dobie
May 28, 2011
Since its announcement in April, the HTC Sensation has become one of the most anticipated phones of 2011 so far. Combining a sleek unibody design with a dual-core CPU and the shiny new HTC Sense...
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by Alex Dobie
May 25, 2011
We spend a lot of time here on Android Central obsessing over the latest high-end, high-spec, high-price handsets -- devices aimed at nerds like us who crave shiny new toys every few months. But in t...
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by Alex Dobie
May 25, 2011
Following on from the BBC iPlayer app launched on Android a few months ago, the Beeb has today released an official BBC News application for users of Android 1.6 and above in the UK. ...





















































