Not the most noted name in the manufacturing and selling of mobile handsets, Acer have announced a range of high end smartphone products at this years Mobile World Congress that are worth noting. Running on either Android or Windows Mobile, these devices deliver high end specification and serve to further enhance Acer’s growing reputation.

The first [...]

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We now turn our attention to the announcements at the Mobile World Congress from HTC. HTC have come a long way in the industry from the early days, when they were mainly responsible for supplying network branded Windows Mobile devices, bring the likes of the SPV on Orange, MDA on T-Mobile and XDA on O2 [...]

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Sony Ericsson have been strutting their stuff at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the largest phone exhibition in the mobile industry calendar, showcasing three new handsets, which are variations on handsets already announced by the Swedish/Japanese manufacturer. The first of these is the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro.

We took a look at the Sony Ericsson Vivaz [...]

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Samsung caused a bit of a stir recently, with the announcement of a proprietary smartphone platform they were planning to launch, called Bada, which is designed as a complete platform running high performance native applications, services and products. The initial news was rather coolly received, with many wondering just where yet another smartphone platform would [...]

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Avenir Telecom, the UK’s leading distributor in mobile telecoms, is set to make a series of high profile announcements this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
A partnership with Energizer, one of the world’s largest battery manufacturers, will be announced for the design, manufacture and distribution of an innovative range of new mobile device chargers. [...]

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Working in the mobile industry, you get used to learning a whole new language of technical terms and acronyms. For even the casual observer, terms like GPRS, MMS, SMS and 3G will have some kind of meaning. Then there are newer terms such as HSDPA, HSUPA and HSPA, all relating to new technology that allows [...]

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It has been a tough period for Nokia over the last 12 – 18 months. Although still the market leader in mobile phones, very slowly the lead they have over the competition has been eroded away as manufacturers like Samsung flood the market with capable devices that compare favourably with price and functionality to Nokia [...]

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It seems that T-Mobile will be refreshing their tariff line-up in February, looking to offer consumers ‘ultra flexibility’ with ‘great consumer offers’, which all sounds great until you notice that one of these ‘great consumer offers’ is the removal of all 12 month contract options!
If the rumour is true, February will see the discontinuation of [...]

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AQA is one of those excellent services that is just perfect for mobile. Send a text to the short code number 63336 and ask a question, and within minutes you’ll get a reply to your question. AQA, which stands for Any Question Answered, are now re-branding, and will be known by the short code number [...]

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To some, it seems as if Google is looking to take over the world. They have the premier internet search engine, an excellent email system, support a popular blogging platform, own the most well known video site and have a vested  interest in the fastest growing mobile phone operating system, Android. And that is just [...]

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