It was over a year ago that Amazon announced the Appstore would hit other countries. They claimed a summer release date, and they made it. And those who wanted it so bad (I wonder who still does) now have it in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. For Italy, France, and Germany, it will be called “App-Shop,” in Spain it’s “Tienda Apps,” and for… Read more
In the UK, it’s Bank Holiday weekend time, the last 3-day weekend of the summer. To commemorate the occasion, tech retailer Carphone Warehouse has released some nice deals for Brits looking to do some quick holiday shopping. The retailer currently has the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition up for promotion. While it may come out of the box running… Read more
The Hauwei Ascend P1 has only just been made available in the UK, but sources are now reporting that the smartphone will be given a few hardware improvements as it makes a full-scale launch. Before the smartphone hits European stores, Huawei will be overhauling the hardware to give it a more “premium” feel. In addition, an extended 1,800mAh battery… Read more
Here in the US we’ve had the Galaxy Tab 10.1 2 for quite some time, but the same cannot be said about our friends across the pond. As it turns out, Samsung will be launching the Tab in the UK, with a slated date of August 22nd. Priced at £300 for the base WiFi model, adding another £100 scores something you can’t get in the US: a 3G radio. While… Read more
Acer hasn’t had a major impact in the mobile industry with their main focus on tablets but they’re now beginning to move into phones as well. The Acer Cloudmobile was originally announced back at Mobile World Congress and is just now becoming available in the UK from online retailer, Expansys. It may be several months old by now but the… Read more
Over the last week, speculation on the web has been rampant over rumors of an alleged Black Samsung Galaxy SIII. We originally posted on a potential leak on Carphone Warehouse that gave credibility to these rumors but there was never an official confirmation. That was until now. According to Phandroid, UK Retailer MobileFun has confirmed the phone’s… Read more
Living in the UK and feeling jealous of Americans and their Transformer Pad Infinity’s? Well, you won’t have to envy much longer as ASUS UK reported via Twitter this morning that a 64GB Transformer Infinity bundle is coming on August 31 for £599.99 which will include both the 64GB Transformer Infinity and its infamous keyboard dock. That comes out to… Read more
The ZTE Grand X, while nowhere near high end status, is definitely a good offering for those on Virgin Mobile’s pay-as-you-go plans. The phone has a 4.3″ qHD screen (which is a pretty good pixel density), a 1GHz dual core Tegra 2 processor (they weren’t even very good when they came out, I own a Tegra 2 device), a 5MP camera, a VGA front facing camera,… Read more
British retailer, Carphone Warehouse, has updated their “Coming Soon” page on their website to include two new Android phones. The first of them is the Samsung Galaxy Beam which Samsung introduced alongside of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 2. The most notable feature of the Galaxy Beam is the pico projector that Samsung managed to stuff inside of it. Other… Read more
Amazon’s Appstore has given Android users an alternative to the Google Play Store for nearly a year and a half, but so far only users in the US have been able to take advantage of it. Sources familiar with the matter are reporting that the third-party app store will make its debut in the European market “sometime this summer”. In addition the release of… Read more
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