Month: March 2013
Sony drops a pair of new smartphones – the Xperia SP and Xperia L
Some pretty big news this morning from Sony which has unveiled a pair of high-end smart-phones that it hopes will maintain the momentum of its successful Xperia X handset. The Xperia SP is a kind of younger sibling to the Xperia Z. It delivers 4G LTE performance, has a high quality 4.6inch HD Reality Display…
Is Apple's bizarre response to the Galaxy S4 (Schiller interview/weird email) tarnishing the brand?
There's a very interesting story over at Mobile Industry Review which concerns an email that appears to have been sent to Apple iPhone 5 owners in the UK. The email, which was sent to the editor Ewan MacLeod, had the subject heading of How will you love it? Let us count the ways. And it…
Samsung Galaxy S 4 – round up of pics
Here is a quick round up of pics of Samsung's exciting new mobile.
Samsung Galaxy S4 – only EE will have the 4G version in the UK for now
As we expected EE has confirmed that it will offer the new Samsung Galaxy S4. It will be available to pre-order from the 28th March, with handset available online, through telesales, and in EE stores from 26th April. Importantly EE will be the only UK network to launch the new Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone…
Samsung Galaxy S4 UK launch is April 26th
So says Phones 4u which has confirmed that it will be offering its customers the new Galaxy S4 from 26th April. I can't imagine that other retailers will get the phone earlier. So there is your date. Scott Hooton, Chief Commercial Officer at Phones 4u, comments: 'The anticipation surrounding the next Samsung Galaxy device has…
The Samsung phone that has changed the shape of mobiles – and it isn't the one you are thinking of
A couple of years ago at the 2011 IFA exhibition in Berlin Samsung unveiled a phone that even by its own admission was deemed a bit of an experiment. They paraded the first version of the Galaxy Note. The phone was unusual for two reasons. Firstly it came with a stylus. Now styluses were common…
Samsung Galaxy S4 – the basics; release date, specs and more
So here we go with the basic information Screen size and resolution - 5inches - that's a tad larger than the 4.8inch display on the S3. It will have resolution of 1920x1080 - or around 441 pixels per inch (PPI) - that's more than the resolution of Apple's Retina display technology. Design - The phone…
All UK networks have confirmed Samsung Galaxy S4 now – except O2
Here's a very interesting little snippet. Every single UK mobile phone network has now confirmed they will be selling the Samsung Galaxy S4, apart from one - O2. The others all have registration pages - Vodafone was the last, they added their page today - as do the big dealers. But there is radio silence…
Samsung Galaxy S4 UK Networks (EE, O2, Vodafone, Three, Tesco) update
So which UK networks have the Samsiung Galaxy S4 coming then? Here is our list which will be updated over the next 24 hours. The phone will go on sale in the UK on April 26th. Networks Vodafone - Registration page is live here. O2 - Nothing on the website EE - Confirmation that the…
Big surprise as Twitter readies music disovery app Twitter Music
Didn't see this one coming. There's going to be another big player in the online music market - Twitter. In a scoop from Cnet, the website says that after acquiring the music discovery service We Are Hunted last year Twitter is now going to put together an Apple iPhone and iPad iOS app called Twitter…