Mobile Phone Reviews

Motorola has made a new announcement today that their latest Android smartphone ‘Defy Mini’ will hit UK in late March. The handset will retail for about 175 GBP (about $275) unlocked. To refresh your memory, the Defy Mini packs a 3.2-inch 480 x 320 scratch proof Corning Gorilla Glass touchscreen display, a 600MHz processor, a 512MB RAM, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), a VGA front-facing camera, a 3.0MP rear-facing camera, HSPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, a micro USB port, a 3.5mm headset jack, a 1650mAh battery and runs on Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread OS. [Press Release]

The new Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus is now available for pre-order in the UK via Expansys. The handset can be yours for 249.99 GBP (about $395). Just to remind you, the Galaxy Ace Plus packs a 3.65 320 x 480 touchscreen display, a 1GHz processor, a 512MB RAM, a 3GB storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and runs on Android 2.3 OS. [Product Page]

Sony Ericsson is looking to make a big name for themselves in the current market with two of their forthcoming models namely the Xperia Play and Xperia Arc. While the Xperia Arc is largely your standard smartphone running Google’s Android the Xperia Play is quite unique. When I say unique I mean it features a [...]

There are so many different tablets on the market that it’s getting hard to choose which one may be right for you. First there is the Apple iPad 2, then Honeycomb powered tablets like the Motorola XOOM and even the BlackBerry PlayBook. Of the three the BlackBerry PlayBook is the most recent to hit store [...]

HP’s latest entry into the smartphone arena, the Palm Pre 2, hopes to bring webOS 2.0 to the forefront of the mobile hemisphere.  Unfortunately there are some pretty big sharks in the water, Google and Apple for starters.  In a story published by Softpedia this morning, the website has outed the official Palm Pre 2 UK release date as Friday, November 12, 2010.  If the date is to be believed, then you can expect the Palm Pre 2 to be offered in SIM-free form out the gate.  Those hoping for a deal will probably want to sit tight and wait for the individual carrier release dates, but if you must have webOS 2.0 at your fingertips this weekend, have at it.

The Palm Pre 2 features a 1 GHz CPU, 5-megapixel camera, Flash 10.1 support and webOS 2.0.  Besides being the first webOS 2.0 device on the market, the Palm Pre 2 represents the first device to be released under HP’s newly acquired ownership of Palm.  Rumors indicate that there will be no less than 5 webOS 2.0 devices released by HP in 2011, not including the Palm Pre 2.  So how bout it, anyone looking to pick up the Palm Pre 2 sans-contract this Friday or did you already jump on the deals from SFR France?

The Sony Ericsson LiveView is scheduled to be released in the UK on November 19.  The delayed launch has largely been due to the lack of Android 2.1 updates to Sony Ericsson’s handsets.  Android 2.1, as you know, is one of the key requirements for the LiveView so SE’s announcement that Xperia X10 owners would start receiving the update this week, had even bigger implications.  Unfortunately, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 will not be able to work with the LiveView at first unless a miracle Android 2.1 update arrives on the handset within the next 16 days.

The Sony Ericsson LiveView will be priced at 69 Euros when it goes on sale Nov. 19 in the UK.  According to online retailer play.com, the recommended price they’ve received from Sony (MSRP) is 59.99 euros so they will sell it for 49.99 Euros with free delivery.  If you have received your Android 2.1 update for your Xperia X10 and plan on picking up the LiveView in a few weeks drop us a line in the comments section below, thanks.

HTC is gearing up to launch a whole slew of devices running a whole slew of different platforms. However, the platform that they will focus on the most thanks to previous success is Google’s Android. This mobile source operating system has powered success handsets previously released by HTC such as the EVO 4G on Sprint.

A future handset that HTC will release running Google’s Android is the Desire HD. We’ve heard about this device several times in the past with its 4.3-inch touchscreen, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 768MB of RAM and 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash. As you can tell from the specs, it’s basically an HTC EVO 4G minus the 4G connectivity.

Those in the UK looking to get their hands on the HTC Desire HD will be happy to hear that it is officially coming to Vodafone UK. We’ve been notified of this release by the leaked poster that you can see above.

Anyone looking to grab the HTC Desire HD when it’s made available?

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Remember the Alcatel OT-980 cellphone that we mentioned back on February 2010? The device is almost available for purchase on the UK at the Carphone Warehouse – it will be released on October 2010 for $160 in a “Pay As You Go” contract.

In case you forgot the Alcatel OT-980 first used Android 1.6 as the operative system but it has been upgraded to Android 2.1 Éclair. Specification-wise it has a 2.8-inch touchscreen with 320×240 as the resolution, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, bluetooth 2.0, a 2-megapixel camera for photos and videos, as well as e-compass and WiFi.

While much of the media hype is surrounding things like Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, overseas Nokia is still chuggin’ away with a hefty share of the market. However ever since the beloved Nokia N900 hit store shelves, the Finland based company has yet to release any hard hitting devices.

Today, however, it was made known that the Nokia N8 we’ve been hearing about for so long will officially be made available online in the UK in the last month of September for £429 without a contract or completely free with a £35 per month contract. If you’re looking to purchase the Nokia N8 offline, you’re going to have to wait until October 1st as only then will it be available in brick-and-mortar retail locations.

If you’re not familiar with the Nokia N8 it features a 3.5-inch AMOLED multitouch display, a 680MHz processor, 256MB of SDRAM, a 12 megapixel camera with Xenon flash, a Carl Zeiss optics lens and 720p HD video recording, 16GB of built-in storage, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, HDMI out, Bluetooth 3.0 and more.

No word on when it will be coming to the States but we’ll let you know as soon as we do.

Press release included after the break.

GET YOUR NOKIA N8 THIS MONTH!

London, September 8th – The much-anticipated Nokia N8 will be on-sale at the Nokia Online Shop for £429 SIM free or on contract from £35 per month.

Pre-order now at www.nokia.co.uk/N8 to make sure you’re one of the first to get a Nokia N8 when it goes on sale exclusively at the Nokia Online Shop during the last week of September.

The Nokia N8 will also be available from Carphone Warehouse, O2, Orange, Phones4u, T-Mobile, Tesco Phone Shops, Three Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone from Friday 1st October.

The Nokia N8 offers amazing functionality and usability:
It will come bursting with new and exclusive Ovi apps
12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash
Record HD quality videos; edit using a unique, built-in editing suite and play-back with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound
Connect to your social networks and view live feeds from Facebook and
Twitter in a single app directly via up to three personalised home screens
Flick scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, plus a faster and more responsive user interface.

Mark Loughran, General Manager, Nokia UK, says, “The Nokia N8 is a great multitasker, packed with market leading innovations, which include the best picture and video capability available on a smartphone.

“The Nokia N8 is perfect for creating and sharing great content in high-definition, using HDMI out to connect to your TV as well as hot-USB swap. We’re making it fun and easy to capture and share memorable moments on the go.”

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All the way from the UK comes a new cellphone for Virgin Mobile, more specifically the Alcatel VM202 which is available in one exclusive color: Dazzle Pink.

The Alcatel VM202 features a 2.2-inch display screen with a QVGA resolution of 320×240 pixels, a 0.3-megapixel camera for the photos and videos, and a 3.5mm headphone jack so you can easily listen to your radio. One of the good details is that the Opera Mini browser is already pre-loaded in the device, and the other good detail is the battery life that can last up to 7 hours while talking, or 450 hours in standby. The rest of the goodies include 2MB of internal memory, a slot for microSD memory cards of 8GB, and a QWERTY keypad.

The Virgin Mobile Alcatel VM202 cellphone costs $45 with 300 free text messages.

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