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by Alex Dobie
Jul 18, 2012
We're live in London, where ZTE has just announced its new mid to high-end smartphone for Europe, the Grand X. It's a 4.3-inch device with a qHD screen, and a design that will remind Android...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 18, 2012
With some retailers reportedly cancelling orders of the 64GB Samsung Galaxy S III in parts of Europe, rumors have been circulating that Samsung had canceled that version of its 2012 flagship. Howeve...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 17, 2012
Announced a couple of months ago, the water-resistant Sony Xperia Go has gone on sale in the UK, and is now available SIM-free, as well as subsidized on-contract through O2 UK. The Go is the follow-up...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 16, 2012
British broadcaster Sky has announced that its new Internet-based, on-demand TV service Now TV will be launching on Android and other platforms tomorrow. Competing with the UK's LoveFilm and the...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 13, 2012
As you might have guessed by the continuing news coverage, the London Olympic Games are almost upon us. And now the BBC is launching its official Olympic app for Android (and iOS), allow...
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by James Richardson
Jul 12, 2012
Looks like something big is happening down at the ZTE camp. The company's just tweeted that it'll be launching 'advanced gaming smartphone' in just six days time. That'll be next...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 12, 2012
Update: O2 says its network has been restored for all customers affected by the recent downtime, and advises anyone still experiencing problems to restart their handset.
Original: T...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 11, 2012
British network O2 says it's experiencing problems on its network which are causing some customers to have "difficulty making or receiving calls, sending texts or using data." Bizarrel...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 09, 2012
As announced last week, today sees the launch of Sony Mobile's "Xperia Unleashed" promotion, which challenges Xperia fans in the UK to track down tiny robots in order to win Sony swag....
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 09, 2012
Apple has been defeated in a court case against Samsung in the UK, which sought to determine whether the Korean manufacturer's Galaxy Tabs were infringing upon Apple's registered community d...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 05, 2012
The Sony Xperia Miro, the social-focused, entry level offering from Sony, has gone up for pre-order in the UK at Clove. The price is set at £126 SIM-free, which is an incredible price-...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 05, 2012
As part of its latest marketing effort, Sony will be "releasing" thousands of tiny QR code-equipped robots in London and Manchester. And in return for capturing one of the elusive 'bot...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 04, 2012
British broadcaster Sky has announced some major updates to its Sky Go streaming application for Android. The update adds on-demand streaming of Sky Movies content, and "popular entertainment c...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 04, 2012
It's something that shouldn't come as a surprise, and something we commented on yesterday, but now we have official word from Google that the UK won't be getting Play Music, Magazines or...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 04, 2012
Intel finally arrives on Android, but is it everything we were hoping for?
The Android/Intel love affair kicked off officially in January back at CES in Las Vegas. Back then, the computing ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 04, 2012
Samsung has teamed up with music app-maker MusicQubed to launch an official UK Top 40 chart app across its range of smartphones. The app will debut on the Galaxy Ace II, which Sammy says is launchin...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 28, 2012
The Google Play device store has launched in the UK, with pre-order pages now up for both 8 and 16GB flavors of the new Nexus 7. And Google's being just as aggressive with its British prici...
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by James Richardson
Jun 25, 2012
When it comes to value, most of the UK's phone networks are after the top spot. Three have traditionally been number one in terms of what the customer gets for his/her money.
Things are heatin...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Jun 19, 2012
Huawei today announced that the Honour, its 4-inch, Gingerbread-powered smartphone, is now available in the UK through independent retailers. Don't let the British spelling fool you-- the Honour...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 18, 2012
Following similar statements from O2, Vodafone and Three over the past few weeks, T-Mobile UK is the latest British network to announce new European roaming rates. The announcement comes i...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 15, 2012
The Samsung Galaxy Note is one of the surprise Android success stories of the past six months. And now British retailer the Carphone Warehouse is offering the device for free on a surprisingly reaso...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 14, 2012
Broadcaster's Euro 2012 and Olympic live streams will be available over 3G on phones and tablets
The BBC has traditionally been big on Android, and mobile content in general -- back in 20...
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by Richard Devine
Jun 13, 2012
Following on from fellow UK carriers O2 and Vodafone, Three UK has pulled the wraps off their own EU data roaming deal, known as the Euro Internet Pass. Todays announcement is huge news for Three cu...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 12, 2012
The latest update to the Carphone Warehouse's "coming soon" page brings news of the UK launch window for two new Android phones from Sony and Samsung. The Galaxy Beam, Sammy's pico...
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by Richard Devine
Jun 12, 2012
Are those 4.7-inch displays getting you down? If you're in the market for something small -- read really small -- and based in the UK, this could be for you. The tiny Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini c...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 12, 2012
On account of the EU's recent decision to impose price caps on mobile roaming, European operators have been forced to change price plans to abide by the new Europe-wide rules. Vodafone UK is the...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 11, 2012
We has broad details of the Optimus 4X HD's European launch from LG Korea a few days back, but today brings confirmation that the device is launching right now in Germany. Other European territo...
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by Richard Devine
Jun 08, 2012
So, we finally have an Intel powered Android smartphone in our hands. Having gone on sale earlier in the week, we went and got hold of one so we can take a proper look at just what's what. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 07, 2012
Looks like the somewhat tardy "pebble blue" Galaxy S III is finally starting to see broader availability, after the first stock began arriving in Europe and Australia a couple of days ago....
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 07, 2012
In news that sounds more exciting than it actually is, British mobile networks O2 and Vodafone have announced an agreement to combine and share their existing 2G, 3G and (eventually) 4G network infr...
