Three is the latest major UK carrier to announce that it will get the iPhone 4 at launch. Launching its pre-order campaign on 15 June and starting actual sales on 24 June, Three becomes the fifth UK operator to offer Apple’s latest mobile phone
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One of Nokia’s most affordable smartphones, the full touch 5530 XpressMusic, has just got a software update. The new firmware version 30.0.009 is said to bring universal kinetic scrolling to the 5530 as well as some other goodies
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Surprisingly, without an announcement, the new Samsung Galaxy Apollo showed up on the company’s website. But what is even more interesting, the thing appeared on the Orange UK page as well. Apparently, the Galaxy Apollo is actually the highly rumored Samsung I5801 which we’ve spotted several times for the last few weeks
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Although Fring could still be the champ across a range of mobile platforms with its free video chat offering, Skype is slowly moving up the ladder to keep its own iPhone app competitive among the crop. Skype 2.0.0 for the iPhone is now available for the taking which enables users to place Skype-to-Skype calls over
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Multitasking has always been a much-needed feature by smartphone users and some of the major operating systems have had it throughout the years
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Acer’s dabbling with Android have culminated in the Acer Stream. It’s got all the needed ingredients to fight it out with the best available Androids – in fact it’s resemblance to the Nexus One is uncanny, but the Acer Stream comes out on top in some parts of the spec sheet
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Long-time Sony Ericsson users may find the Hazel the perfect cure for nostalgia. Monster gadgets like the Vivaz and the XPERIA X10 are trusted to get the brand back on track. But for all we know, it takes a good old-fashioned slider to rekindle the romance
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Our homepage is the natural home of the deadliest smartphone carnivores. We normally don’t mind but this time is different. Are we about to start feeling a wee bit nervous or what. It’s a beast that tops the food chain, instilling fear and terror into the hearts of its prey. Our test lab is Jurassic
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The LG Ally is an affordable, yet powerful Android 2.1 powered smartphone that works on Verizon Wireless’ 3G network. At launch, it costs $99.99 with a two-year contract – half what the Motorola DROID costs. And like the DROID, it sports a speedy 600MHz processor, a wide-VGA resolution touchscreen, and a slide-out 4-row QWERTY keyboard
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Finnish phone maker Nokia and browser firm Opera said that they would support the Adobe’s Flash software in its bitter fight with Apple, escalating a heated battle between the two Silicon Valley giants
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