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Mobile Internet Use to Increase Dramatically by 2015

March 31st, 2010 by Caroline

We are going to increase our usage of mobile internet by 2015, according to a new study. Carried out by Coda Research Consultancy, the study has found that in the next five years, mobile phone users in the US are anticipated to expend 327,000 terabytes of mobile data each month, increasing at an annual rate [...]

Samsung goes Green with Target to Recycle One Million Handsets

March 31st, 2010 by Caroline

It seems Sony Ericsson is not the only mobile phone company to commit to being environmentally friendly when it comes to handsets – Samsung has just announced a new green programme as part of its March to a Million pledge. The brand new eco-friendly scheme is being launched in the US, and will be aimed [...]

Samsung Smart Phones Get DivX Head for UK

March 31st, 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts

The first DivX certified smart phones with HD touch screens are heading for the UK. No specific announcement has been given as to when the two phones will hit the shelves, but it is said that the phones might be locally available by May. The Samsung S8500 Wave is the first of the two devices [...]

Orange Goes All Black with Desire

March 31st, 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts

When it comes to delivering operator exclusive colors, it seems like Orange knows how to get first dibs. Recent reports have confirmed that the all black version of the upcoming HTC Desire Android smart phone will be an operator exclusive for Orange Mobile UK. Just last week, it has also been confirmed that the Sony [...]

T-Mobile’s Desire Gets Software Problems

March 31st, 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts

If you were hoping that T-Mobile’s early offer of the upcoming HTC Desire would bring you the Android handset early, prepare to be disappointed as news reports reveal that T-Mobile’s release of the smart phone has been delayed by software issues. According to reports, the problem is due mostly to the software being used by [...]

Augmented Reality Bringing New Dimension to Print

March 31st, 2010 by Simon

The Apple iPad touch screen tablet is coming in a few days and the brand new device is promising plenty in terms of changing the way we access the internet –possibly altering the industry of publications in a massive way. Of course, change is not always good for all; tablet technology has the potential to [...]

Orange Launches iPhone Games

March 30th, 2010 by Caroline

Hot on the heels of its mobile gaming service with HMV, Orange has announced it will launch a number of iPhone games in April. And much like the gaming service introduced with HMV which had the straightforward name of “HMV Mobile Games”, Orange’s latest offering will be called “Orange iPhone Games” – clearer than crystal, [...]

iPad: It’s Showtime

March 30th, 2010 by Caroline

Countdown has well and truly begun to that special day when the first of us mere mortals can get our hands on Apple’s latest device: the iPad. If you live in the US and are super-quick off the mark, you may be lucky enough to grab an iPad when it launches this coming Saturday, 3 [...]

Augmented Reality: Bringing London Literature to Life

March 30th, 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts

There’s a new app for book fans that is sure to make walking around London quite the exciting trip: Get London Reading. This new iPhone augmented reality application will have users walking all over London looking for locations and landmarks that have been prominently used in literary works. Point your iPhone camera towards famous streets [...]

HTC HD2’s Stubborn Fight for WP7

March 30th, 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts

Owners of existing HTC HD2 smart phones certainly feel like they go the bad end of the deal when Microsoft announced that the new Windows Phone 7 series operating system will not be compatible for the HTC HD2. A recent modification from Tom Codon, an Admin Developer from the HTCpedia forums has shown that through [...]