Mobile Phone News

Mobile Phones :HTC lays out the design ethos for their phones

Okey dokey, here we go, folks; another day, another post about HTC. It may be due to the fact that not an awful lot has happened over the weekend, or it may be further evidence of my unhealthy obsession with the brand, but anyway, here we go. Y’see, according to Engadget, HTC [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mobile Phones :Apple iPhone Nano Rumour Starts Again

One of the most reoccurring rumours has started the rounds again, with the China Times claiming that Apple are set to release a Nano version of the Apple iPhone. Pretty much since the debut of the original iPhone, there has been speculation that a Nano version was in the pipeline, [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mobile Phone News :Samsung teaser (presumably for the Galaxy S III) appears online

We’re getting ever nearer to the magic date when Samsung plans to take the wraps off their next Galaxy phone (which hasn’t been confirmed as the Samsung Galaxy S III, but that’s what everyone is betting it’s called), and so, it’s time for a teaser video, [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mobile Phones News :HTC to bring chip production in-house for lower end smartphones

HTC is said to be planning to partner with ST-Ericsson to bring chip production in-house for its lower-end smartphones. According to China Times the Taiwanese manufacturer is looking to bring production of application processors for future low end devices in-house, allowing greater [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mobile Phone News :Samsung Unpacked app accidentally confirms Galaxy S III name, it seems

Right then, we all know the Samsung Galaxy S III is due to be unveiled soon, but the bit that has a question mark hanging over it is whether it will be called the Galaxy S III. Up till now, y’see, Samsung have only called it “the next Galaxy phone”, so although everyone [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mobile Phone News :Google Drive Offers Free Cloud Storage

Google has launched a new cloud based storage service, called Google Drive, offering online storage space for photos, videos, files and more. Taking on established cloud based services such as Dropbox and Microsoft’s SkyDrive, the Google Drive service provides users with 5GB of online [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mobile Phones News :Good news – HTC’s revenues predicted to go back up again

It’s no secret that HTC didn’t have the best of starts to the year; their Q1 2012 financial results revealed that there’d been a 35% drop in revenue since Q1 2011, which was disappointing to see. There’s been many theories as to why it happened, with the most [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mobile Phones :Oppo teases the world’s NEW thinnest smartphone

I did a blog post the other day, about why HTC designs their phones the way they do, and the biggest reason is that they’re aiming to make uber-thin (while still powerful) phones. Thin smartphones seem to be the in thing nowadays, so when I see a phone that’s touted as [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mobile Phone :iPhone Sales Surge Drives Apple Revenue

It seems predictions that interest in the iPhone was on the wane were wide of the mark, as Apple posted higher than expected revenue figures, on the back of a surge in sales of the iconic smartphone. In the last quarter, from January to March this year, Apple sold just over 35 million [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mobile Phone News :Ooh look, it’s a DIY mobile phone made of wood

Now then, I have a bit of a thing for pointless nerdery, as long time readers will have probably noticed, and it doesn’t come much more nerdy than building your own DIY mobile phone (well, okay, it potentially does… someone could work on the LHC, at CERN, and have Stephen [Read the rest of this entry...]

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