Android touchscreen ‘reference design’ demoed on BBC

So far we have only seen a key driven interface for Google’s Android OS but yesterday, a video that appeared on the BBC website seemed to confirm that there is already a touchscreen version of the OS up and running.
The sleek looking unit pulling this trick is referred to in the video only as a [...]

Is the Xperia X1 delayed until 2009?

The word round the campfire today is that Sony Ericsson’s recently announced flagship handset, the Xperia X1, might be facing a delay of up to a year. The source of this unconfirmed rumour is the SEMC Blog, which claims to have a table of legitimate release dates for all of Sony Ericsson’s announced new handsets [...]

A greener phone that won’t end up in your sock drawer

Criticism is regularly levelled at mobile phones for how often they are replaced and the huge surplus in dust collecting handsets that trend creates. A Dutch designer called Gert-Jan van Breugel has come up with something to combat the problem with what must be the world’s first biodegradable mobile concept.
Named the Bamboo Phone, the device [...]

iPhone finally launching in Ireland

While many of us have been fawning over our iPhone’s for a good few months now, spare a thought for the territories that Apple has yet to bless with its touchscreen wunderkind.
The wait is almost over for Irish Apple fans however as O2 has announced that it will be launching the device in Ireland on [...]

Fancy becoming the mobile face of Playboy?

Playboy Mobile is looking for a face to solidify its credentials in the mobile porn space. So if you are an aspiring glamour model and are looking for the chance to secure $5000 in exchange for some nude photos of you at the Playboy Mansion (as well as the accolade of Miss Playboy Mobile 2008) [...]

Vodafone launches two new entry level handsets

It’s not like Vodafone’s new branded phones are going to be turning any heads for their looks. In fact they are not going to be winning any prizes for their feature set either as both the 227 and the 228 sport the shallow accolade of a ‘color screen’ and not much else.
But that’s ok because [...]

Business users love the iPhone. But do they really?

Market research firm ChangeWave Research claims that 59% of iPhone-owning business customers are “very satisfied” with the handset, compared to 47% of BlackBerry users, 40% of Nokia users, 30% of Samsung users, 25% of Motorola users and a lowly 10% of Palm users.
People have already seized on the survey as proof that the iPhone could [...]

iPhone firmware 1.1.4 released, but no new features

Okay, so the iPhone SDK wasn’t released yesterday after all, meaning developers are going to have to wait a bit longer to start creating native iPhone apps. However, Apple did quietly release the latest firmware update for iPhone, v1.1.4.
However, don’t get too excited: the update is basically bug fixes rather than new features for the [...]

ShakeMe – new accelerometer app brings it all together

Those accelerometer-based apps for new Nokia phones keep on coming.
Although most of them are one-trick-ponies – this one locks your phone, that one sends a text, etc. – ShakeMe seems to be shaping up as more of an all rounder.
The latest release of the beta app will let you use a flick of the wrist [...]

Google2Go – ‘unofficial’ Yahoo! Go rival

Hmm.  We can’t see this one lasting very long
At first glance, Google2Go seems like a Googlized version of Yahoo! Go – Yahoo’s Symbian and Windows Mobile portal app.  And it kind of is.  Kind of.
Google2Go is in no way an official Google product,  and seems to have been knocked together by a fan of the [...]