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Published on Monday, February 22, 2010 by Neil Bird
Google Earth is now available for Android 2.1 handsets
Last week during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Google showed off Google Earth finally running on an Android handset - the Google Nexus One. Today that application has now gone live in the Android Market.
Sadly the Application only supports the latest version of Android - 2.1 and that means currently ... Read More »
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Published on Monday, February 22, 2010 by Neil Bird
Get the Sky News App on your Android mobile
Following the success of the Sky News App for iPhone which has recently reached One Million downloads, Sky have annocunced that the app is now available for Android mobiles.
The Sky News App for Android is available for free from the Android Market.
The Android app delivers breaking news in text, images and video and f... Read More »
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Published on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 by Neil Bird
New ROM Upgrade for UK HTC Hero available for download
HTC have started rolling out their long awaited update for the HTC Hero that resolves the performance issues when using the phone. The update was released last week for Nordic user, but now the UK HTC Hero ROM Update is availabe for download.
The update version Hero_2.73.405.5 can be downloaded from the ... Read More »
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Published on Friday, September 4, 2009 by Neil Bird
A new Market in Android 1.6 is coming
An updated Android Market is on its way in Android 1.6. The changes to the look and feel of the place that Android users buy and download games and applications will bring some much needed improvements to the discovery of products. The Android Market will now feature Top Paid, Top Free and Just In categories making the user e... Read More »
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Published on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 by Neil Bird
Review of the Android HTC Magic
The HTC Magic is the second HTC handset to hit the shelves running Google's Android platform. If you were a little disappointed by the G1, then you will want to take a look at the HTC Magic.
Hardware
The Magic is the second Android phone produced by HTC, the first of course being the Google G1 that launched the Android platform... Read More »
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Published on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 by Neil Bird
T-Mobile's myTouch 3G is being advertised by Whoopi Goldberg
Popular movie star Whoopi Goldberg is one of 3 big names that will be fronting T-Mobile's new advertising campaign in America for the myTouch 3G (the HTC Magic as the rest of the world knows it). Also on board are Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson and TV personality Jessie James.
You can check out th... Read More »
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Published on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Neil Bird
Review of the Google G1 - the first handset to run Android
On the 22nd October 2008, Google entered the mobile world with it's first mobile phone, called simply the G1. The handset manufactured by HTC was powered by a brand new mobile operating system designed by Google called Android.
Get Started
Once you have the phone out of the box and powered on, you wil... Read More »
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Published on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 by Neil Bird
Find your mobiles IMEI number
What is an IMEI Number?
Each mobile phone has a unique identity number called a International Mobile Equipment Identity (or IMEI) that is stored within the handset during manufacture.
An IMEI number is used to identify a handset to the mobile network that it is connected to.
Should your handset get lost or stolen you are usually a... Read More »
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Published on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 by Neil Bird
The Pocket OS Choices
There are 3 main 'advanced' mobile phone OS's that are currently dominating the (UK) mobile market today:
Symbian
Symbian is the oldest of the 3 mobile OS's having been around for numerous years and can primarily be found on a range of Nokia handsets.
The most popular version of the user interface (UI) for Symbian OS is Series 60 or S60... Read More »