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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 12, 2011
The cat was let out of the bag a tad early, but that doesn't mean we're any less excited about the new HTC Sensation (formerly the Pyramid), just announced at a special event in London and dest...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 11, 2011
Samsung has announced that its dual-core Galaxy S II will be released in the UK on May 1. The Gingerbread-powered Galaxy S II brings some impressive specs to the table -- a dual-core 1.2GHz proc...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 11, 2011
UK retailer The Carphone Warehouse is now listing the Flyer, HTC's unique 7-inch tablet, for pre-order for £599.99 (~$960). This fits with earlier pre-order prices for the device -- way back in ...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Apr 08, 2011
HTC's new Gingerbread-powered Desire S is now available on all five major British networks. Three, Orange and T-Mobile are offering the phone for free on contracts of £35 per month. If yo...
Review
by Alex Dobie
Apr 06, 2011
The original HTC Desire hit in spring 2010, and was part of the Android boom that saw the OS’s market share explode in just a few months. Twelve months later, HTC offers up the Desire S -- a...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Apr 06, 2011
HTC's frequently-leaked Pyramid will be announced at a press event next Tuesday, and will launch in the UK as the "HTC Sensation", according to reports from tech blog Pocket-Lint....
Article
by Alex Dobie
Apr 05, 2011
Three UK has revealed via its official Twitter feed that it expects to release the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for its Samsung Galaxy S phones "in the next couple of weeks". However...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Apr 04, 2011
Android is already confirmed as the leading smartphone OS in Europe as a whole, and now it's stolen iOS's crown in the UK, according to a study carried out for Intelligent Environments, a ...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Apr 02, 2011
After being the first carrier to confirm the HTC Desire Gingerbread update, Three UK has now given an estimate of when they expect to push the update out to Three-branded Desires. Respondin...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 31, 2011
Bad news for any Brits hoping to get their hands on a shiny new Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc or Xperia Play this weekend. Reports on multiple sites suggest that "freight issues"...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 29, 2011
O2 UK has announced a host of changes to its smartphone tariffs, which will affect anyone taking out or renewing a contract with the carrier. The biggest news is that tethering is now included w...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 25, 2011
T-Mobile UK is giving away four entry-level Android handsets on contracts of £10.21 per month for the next week. Right now anyone signing up for T-Mobile's cheapest contract can also walk ...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 24, 2011
Asda Direct, part of the British supermarket chain of the same name, is offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab at a reduced price of £299 (~$500) for a limited time. This is a pretty good deal co...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 21, 2011
HTC's new Desire S was expected to be released on Apr. 18 in Europe, but now it seems that some retailers may be stocking the device a little earlier. On its blog the UK-based Clove Techno...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 20, 2011
O2 UK has announced that it's enabled a 900MHz 3G network in London, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham, after the carrier obtained permission to use the spectrum from communications regulator Ofc...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 19, 2011
T-Mobile UK will begin carrying the Motorola Atrix from June, according to a recent update to the carrier's "coming soon" page. Previously the Atrix has only been available on T-Mobile...
Article
by Jared DiPane
Mar 17, 2011
If you live in the UK, and have been eying the HTC Flyer ever since it debuted at Mobile World Congress, the wait for the device is coming to an end. Online retailer Clove Technology has put the ...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 15, 2011
It's no secret that Android is big in Europe. Now UK retailer the Carphone Warehouse has given us a new set of ridiculous sales numbers to show just how far the platform has come in the past twe...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 11, 2011
Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play, the first PlayStation-certified Android smartphone, will launch in the UK on Mar. 31 with six games pre-installed, according to reports on UK gaming site MCV. The Xpe...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 04, 2011
Following yesterday's price and availability announcement for the UK Wi-Fi Xoom, the Carphone Warehouse has updated its preview page with pre-order pricing and other info for the UK 3G vers...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 02, 2011
Looks like the price that briefly leaked yesterday for the British Wi-Fi Xoom was just a little too good to be true -- precisely £50 too good to be true, in fact. PC World updated its Wi-Fi Xoom...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 01, 2011
UK retailer PC World opened its Motorola Xoom promotional page today, which for a brief time showed the Wi-Fi version of the tablet priced at a shockingly reasonable £449.99 (~$720). The p...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2011
Mobiles.co.uk and parent company The Carphone Warehouse are now shipping HTC's new Incredible S in the UK. SIM-free, the Incredible S can be yours for £499.95 (~$800), while on-c...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 26, 2011
Samsung's dual-core, Gingerbread-powered Galaxy S II has appeared on Play.co.uk alongside a tentative SIM-free price and release date. According to Play, which is currently taking pre-orders for...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Feb 22, 2011
Several on-contract prices for the upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Play have been posted by British phone retailer Mobiles.co.uk. The site is currently listing Xperia Play contracts on Orang...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Jan 26, 2011
If you fancy either the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc or the LG Optimus 2X and are down with unloading some cash for pre-order, then Play.com has just what you are looking for. Both devices are now ...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Jan 21, 2011
British retailer Expansys UK is offering the LG Optimus 2X for the low price of free when paired with a Vodafone UK contract. The phone itself is listed as being available starting Mar. 21 but i...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Jan 19, 2011
It looks like the Optimus 2X, LG's dual-core Tegra 2-powered monster will soon be landing in Europe. UK-based online retailer Expansys is currently taking pre-orders for the device for £499.99 (...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Jan 14, 2011
Excessive disposable income got you down? Samsung, Giorgio Armani and UK retailer Phones4u have you covered. Phones4u announced today that it's obtained UK exclusivity for the Giorgio Armani Galaxy S,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 24, 2010
The good news: Samsung says that Froyo is now available for all Galaxy S phones in the UK. The bad news: You still have to use that bastardized Kies software to download and install, and that's j...
