Archive for October, 2008
Top Ten Mobile Phone News Stories of the Week - 31st October
Friday, October 31st, 2008Trick or treat? If you picked a treat then you’ll be rewarded with stories of the Android G1, news on Motorola, a super high-res Sharp phone and the continuing quest for silence aboard the UK’s trains, however if you picked a trick, then you may get landed with a bill for the latest Plantronic [...]
Mobile phone users sending 217 million texts per day
Thursday, October 30th, 2008A recent study has revealed that mobile phone users in the UK are sending a staggering 217 million text messages per day, adding up to 72.9 billion messages a year.
Despite multimedia messages not even being available on the iPhone the number of MMS messages is rising quickly with 1.5 million being sent every day.
Internet use [...]
Samsung Pixon M8800 Ultimate Review
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Who is Nick Turpin and what are his adventures? Well, if you have been following the release of the latest mega-megapixel camera phone, the Samsung Pixon, you will probably know! Nick Turpin is a street photographer and he has been let loose with the Pixon to photograph his life in detail for a [...]
The Ultimate Sony Ericsson W902 Review
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008The Sony Ericsson W902 is often compared to its Walkman relative, the W595. Announced at the same time and aside from differing designs, similar in terms if features, it’s logical to pit them against each other for comparison. However, there is a clear difference between the W595 and W902, they occupy different market [...]
Nokia N85 Ultimate Review
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008We’ve been anticipating the latest pair of Nokia N-series handsets, the N79 and N85, ever since we first caught sight of them in August. Now, with the October 31st release of the N85 almost upon us, it’s time to take a closer and more in-depth look at this new multimedia powerhouse from Nokia. [...]
Top Ten Mobile Phone Stories of the Week - 24th October.
Friday, October 24th, 2008This week sees the release and announcement of several exciting handsets including the amazing Samsung Pixon M8800, two HP iPaq’s, the BlackBerry Flip and, of course, the Android G1. We also learn who the most annoying mobile phone users are…
1. Android G1 On the Streets.
On the 22nd October, the G1 was released with [...]
Nokia N85 - Special Release Report
Friday, October 24th, 2008The Nokia N95 has been replaced, however perhaps not by the numerically logical N96, but instead by this, the Nokia N85 - its spiritual successor. The N95 was for sometime one of the most powerful phones on the market, filled with at the time, up to date features and cracking innovations, something it shares [...]
Cellphone Society Shifts
Friday, October 24th, 2008The mobile phone has drastically affected society; a hand-portable device capable of transmitting your voice around the globe will do that sort of thing. With 50% of EVERYBODY ON THE PLANET owning one at the end of last year, handsets now outnumber most species. Not just the pansy endangered ones, either, but major [...]
Flip Out with the BlackBerry Pearl Flip!
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Research in Motion are on a roll! We’ve recently had a look at the BlackBerry Storm, their first full touchscreen handset and now we have the BlackBerry Pearl Flip, which as the name suggests is a clamshell version of their super-popular Pearl mobile phone, and again, it’s the first time RIM have used the [...]