Category: Mobile phones
Microsoft Lumia 535 arrives in the UK – here’s where to get it
Microsoft has announced that the Lumia 535 is now available in the UK. The mid-range phone runs Windows Phone 8.1, and sports a 5" 960x540 display, a 1.2ghz quadcore Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, 8GB of storage - as well as a 5MP rear and 5MP front-facing camera. Here's how Microsoft's press release describes some of…
Third party support comes to Google Now
Google has added support for a number of non-Google services to its creepily prescient "Google Now" service, which serves up "cards" relevant to whatever the service thinks you need. For example, if you're about to get on a plane it will show you your boarding card from your inbox, and before a meeting will show…
Dixons Carphone is to launch a mobile network
Dixons Carphone - the company that was formed by the merger of Dixons (Currys/PC World) and Carphone Warehouse has announced its intentions to start its own mobile phone network. The new network will be a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), leasing space from the Three network. Dixons claims that the new network will "bring innovative…
Is Microsoft making a back-up plan by investing in Cyanogen?
Perhaps the most intriguing news of the day is that Microsoft has bought a minority investment in Cyanogen Inc - the company that is behind the popular Android "fork" CyanogenMod. CyanogenMod doesn't come as standard on normal Android phones - instead it is an open source alternative to Google's version of Android that can be…
Huawei Ascend P8 coming in April
Huawei will be launching a new flagship smartphone in April - the Ascend P8 - and it will be makings its debut in London. According to Gizmodo UK, the company won't be announcing this year's iteration at Mobile World Congress, which is being held a month earlier in March because there the focus will be…
Sky planning to launch a mobile network
Sky has announced plans to move into mobile phones - having secured access to create a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), piggybacking on the O2 network. As an MVNO, Sky won't be building its own phone masts or anything like that - but it is leasing space from Telefonica, which owns O2 - similar to…
Apple is now selling as many phones as Samsung, apparently.
Apple sold 74.5 million phones last quarter - which is about the same as Samsung according to one analyst, meaning that Apple could also be the number one phone seller, as well as the most profitable. The claim is being made by Strategy Analysis Inc (by way of Bloomberg), and would be another reassertion of…
What can Apple do with its record $18bn profits?
The big tech news today is that Apple has posted record profits: A staggering $18 billion in the last quarter - that's more than any company in history. The success is largely down the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which have both been wildly successful - with over 74.5m iPhones shifted in that period. Wow.…
Carphone Warehouse begins LG G Flex2 pre-orders
Carphone Warehouse has announced that the LG G Flex2 - LG's second curved screen phone - will be available in its stores from 19th March - with pre-orders starting today. Here's how Carphone Warehouse describes the phone: "The latest smartphone from LG has a futuristic curved design and an almost indestructible plastic screen. With no…
Android Lollipop now available for HTC One M8 in the UK and Europe
Good news for British HTC One M8 owners - you have a software update! According to HTC's Jeff Gordon, the Lollipop update has hit today, meaning that you can finally install Google's latest operating system. HTC One (M8) owners in Europe, have a sweet tooth this morning? Check your software updates!— Jeff Gordon (@urbanstrata) January…