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3 to launch the HTC Wildfire on their Network

Posted by Admin on May 20th, 2010 No Comments

The HTC is a cost effective Android 2.1 based smartphone with a 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen.

The camera’s on HTC have improved over the last year and the Wildfire is no exception with it’s Five-megapixel camera with auto focus and LED flash.  The Wildfire also includes a standard 3.5mm audio jack so you won’t need an adapter  to plug in your headphones.

The HTC Wildfire includes the HTC Sense interface so that keeping up with your social networks and instant messaging is very easy.

Not all Android phones have to be expensive to provide top of the range features.

The HTC Wildfire will be available from 3uk shortly.



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3 launch Google Maps Navigation on their Android Handsets

Posted by Admin on April 23rd, 2010 No Comments

3 have become the latest of the UK based Mobile phone networks to enable Google Maps Navigation across their network.

The tool which is integrated into the existing Google Maps application uses the internal GPS functionality on the phone handsets to help you find your destination and includes step by step voice navigation along side the latest live traffic news.

Converging technology can produce interesting applications, and the synergy of GPS and live 3g data can help you plan the best route and can really help you have better, quicker and hassle free journeys.

If you have an Android phone then down load the free application from the Android Market.


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The Samsung Galaxy Portal with Augmented Reality is launched in the UK

Posted by Admin on March 31st, 2010 No Comments

3UK have launched the Samsung Galaxy Portal smartphone  into the UK Market.

The 13.2mm thick Samsung Galaxy Portal comes  with the Android Operating System (Version 1.5) which whilst not the most up to date version is certainly polished, powerful and easy to use.

Augmented Reality is finding a home on the new wave of Smartphones and The Samsung Galaxy Portal features Layar – the popular augmented reality application which combines the phone’s camera, compass and GPS data to gives you information about where you are like your nearest petrol station or cash point.

Android provides plenty of customisation options and the Samsung Galaxy Portal provides 10 home screen for your applications and Widgets, show your iPhone owning friends android widgets and watch them turn green with Envy.

Whilst there are other more powerful Android phones out there, this handset provides a cost effective way to enter the Android market.

The Samsung Galaxy Portal is available from 3UK in red & black or white & green from £20 a month with unlimited internet, texts and 200 anytime any network minutes on a 24month contract and costs £184 on Pay As You Go.


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Using Google Latitude to find your friends

Posted by Admin on March 21st, 2010 No Comments

Google Latitude is a tool that lets you see the location of your friends on your computer or Mobile phone using the Latitude App.

Google offers Latitude tools for several mobile phones but we have been testing the Google Latitude Widget on Android.

The Android Widget runs on one of your phones home screens and uses the most up to date location data available, eg GPS, or Mobile Mast location, to automatically update the Latitude service with your where abouts.

Your friends can then see your location on their device or by using the iGoogle widget on their computer.

The app works great although you will notice an extra drain on your mobile phone battery, this is a perfect tool for finding your friends


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Telegraph news Android App – get the latest news straight to your mobile

Posted by Admin on February 21st, 2010 No Comments

With so many apps now available for most mobile devices it’s hard to spot the good apps from the not so good apps, so if it helps, as we find a useful app we will share it with you here.

Today’s app is the Telegraph App available free of charge from the Android Market

There’s currently an uproar from the printed press about the BBC’s plans to launch a free app which will provide news feeds to users, but the functionality is already available, free of charge through the fantastic Telegraph App.

Delivering all the top news from the Telegraph.co.uk website,  over either Wifi or Mobile data,  straight to your Android Mobile Phone (eg the HTC Desire, Google G1 etc) , this fantastic app becomes a virtual newspaper and  is the only tool you will ever need to keep you in the loop.

You will certainly never need to buy a news paper again.

The video below shows the Telegraph application in action.



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The HTC Desire available soon in the UK

Posted by Admin on February 18th, 2010 No Comments

The HTC Desire Smartphone will soon be available in the UK through the 3 network.

The handset runs the ever improving Android Operating System and features an incredible 3.7-inch AMOLED display, so images, videos and web pages will look crisp and vibrant.

The Android operating system has always been incredibly user friendly and easy to use, although it can sometimes be a little sluggish on early handsets, but the Desire features a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, like that found in the Google Nexus One, so there is plenty of processing power available to allow fast multi-tasking of applications.

Android is designed to allow the use of Widgets, of which there are now many, which deliver information straight to your phones desktop, so you will never be without those sports results or weather updates again.

The Android Operating System is designed to be integrated with the Internet, in practice this proves to be a great asset and turns Android phones into true multi-purpose communication devices, emails, Facebook updates, tweets and the like can be sent straight to the handset in real time, so that you are never out of the loop with friends or work.

The integrated 5 megapixel camera in the Desire in significantly improved over early Android models and features, Face detection, Auto focus and flash, Widescreen photo capture and Geotagging.

As standard the HTC Desire HTC Desire will feature Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Email on 3 and Twitter alongside an integrated Facebook application.

The HTC Desire is an incredibly desirable handset so keep an eye on the 3 Website for a formal release date

The video below shows the HTC Desire in action.



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Sony Ericsson to release an Android Phone, the Xperia X10, in 2010

Posted by Admin on November 4th, 2009 No Comments

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Sony Ericsson are set to launch their first Android phone, the Xperia X10 AKA Rachel, in the first quarter of 2010. The X10 runs version 1.6 of Android and inside has a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor from US chip firm Qualcomm, the user interface will be optimised to support social networking applications. The built in camesony-ericsson-xperia-x10-Androidra will be better then most cameras found in  Android phones weighing in  at an impressive 8.1 megapixels, and the unit also boasts a large 4-inch capacitive touch display with a 480×854 pixel resolution.  The X10 follows the recent trend in the smart phone market to target fans of Social networking sites and Sony Ericsson are hoping that the X10 will win back some of the market share that they lost in recent times.


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Google to Launch Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0

Posted by Admin on October 29th, 2009 No Comments

mobile_logo Google are set to launch an update to their Google Maps Application, which will add full turn by turn GPS voice guided navigation functionality.

nav-overview-5The application, which will rival the functionality of traditional sat nav devices, eg TomTom and Garmin, will be included free of charge with version 2.0 of Google’s Android Operating System and will also include speech control.

Google’s web site outlines the following features:

# Search in plain English. No need to know the address. You can type a business name or even a kind of a business, just like you would on Google.

# Search by voice. Speak your destination instead of typing (English only): “Navigate to the de Young Museum in San Francisco”.
# Traffic view. An on-screen indicator glows green, yellow, or red based on the current traffic conditions along your route. A single touch toggles a traffic view which shows the traffic ahead of you.
# Search along route. Search for any kind of business along your route, or turn onnav-overview-8 popular layers such as gas stations, restaurants, or parking.
# Satellite view . View your route overlaid on 3D satellite views with Google’s high-resolution aerial imagery.
# Street View. Visualize turns overlaid on Google’s Street View imagery. Navigation automatically switches to Street View as you approach your destination.

A video of Google Maps Navigation can be seen below



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