Mobile Phones
LG Mini GD880: Miniature by name, minuscule by nature
LG has unveiled its latest effort in the mobile-phone arena -- the GD880. If you find that name a little tricky to wrap your tongue around, you'll be delighted to learn it also goes by the Mini moniker.
As you may have guessed, the Mini's main draw will be its size. When it's released to European markets in March, the Mini will be rocking a decidedly petite, 81mm (3.2-inch) touchscreen. Continue reading...
Nexus One beaten to a pulp in Google's behind-the-scenes video
A start-of-the-week treat for iPhone fanboys -- Google has released a new entry in its series of behind-the-scenes Nexus One videos, this time featuring the search giant's smart phone being squeezed, dropped, bent and subjected to several other flavours of abuse.
This being a Google production you won't get to see the phone actually splinter and break -- frustrating stuff considering that CNET UK's resident Nexus One managed to self-destruct last week without the help of any industrial equipment. Check out the video after the jump. Continue reading...
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 coming to UK shores this April
The decidedly hawt Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 -- previously known as the even sexier-sounding Rachel -- will finally be available in the UK from April.
At the time of writing, Vodafone is the only UK network provider confirmed to be offering the X10 -- but stay tuned as this may well change. With Mobile World Congress coming up in just over a week, announcements will be coming thicker and faster than a footballer driving through a built-up area. Continue reading...
Nexus One cracked screen: How did our Google phone break? 
They say never to leave a candle or a baby unattended. In our case, that's just extended to one of our favourite smart phones.
We left our Google Nexus One charging on a desk during lunch today. When we returned the screen was rife with hairline cracks and a horrible purple bruise had spread across the gorgeous AMOLED touchscreen. Continue reading...
Samsung M100S: Android 2.1 is big in Korea
Samsung's first phone to run Android 2.1 has been spotted in the wild. Samsung Hub has pictures of the SHW-M100S being shown off in Korea.
It packs a giant 94mm (3.7-inch) AMOLED touchscreen, displaying Samsung's TouchWiz (giggle) user interface. Inside is an 800MHz processor, 802.11n Wi-Fi and GPS.
The 5-megapixel camera also shoots 720p high-definition video, and plays back DivX video content. Continue reading...
Symbian goes open source: A mobile OS for the masses
The Symbian Foundation has announced that its mobile operating system will become completely open-source from today.
The newly branded 'Symbian Platform' is available for anyone to muck about with right now on the developer Web site. Symbian will be hoping that making its code open to everyone will encourage more third parties to start developing applications for the platform, whether for mobile phones or any other kind of device. Continue reading...
Motorola Devour Android phone: Eats a Dext, excretes a Milestone
The Motorola Devour is chomping its way into the USA, offering the brain of the Motorola Dext packed into a body like the Motorola Milestone.
The Devour has Motoblur, the user interface and online backup tools that we saw on the Dext, with home-screen widgets that automatically update with Facebook statuses and tweets. It also offers a universal inbox that brings together texts, Facebook messages and emails into one home-screen widget. Continue reading...
World of Warcraft Auction House app coming soon to iPhone
In olden times, a player's World of Warcraft experience ended when they dragged themselves away from their PC. Thankfully those dark and miserable days are long gone, as game-creator Blizzard has announced it will shortly be expanding its hugely successful Armory app to include an all-new mobile version of the in-game Auction House, where players buy and sell the items they find and make.
The existing Armory application allows players to check out characters, statistics and achievements from their iPhone. The coming expansion will build on that by giving gamers access to the game's virtual marketplace, Pocket-lint reports. The mobile version will reportedly feature all the functionality of the 'real' Auction House, and will allow iPhone-equipped players to continue their financial wheeling and dealing on the move. Continue reading...
Google Nexus One update brings multi-touch and fixes 3G problems
The Google Nexus One is sending us into a feeling frenzy this week thanks to a software update that adds multi-touch, letting you pinch your fingers against the screen to zoom in and out, in the Web browser, photo gallery and Google Maps applications.
This fixes one of our few complaints in our review of the Nexus One, and also addresses some troubles with 3G connectivity that some users have complained of, but we haven't experienced first-hand. Continue reading...
Sony Ericsson Aspen: Tree-hugging touchscreen texter
Sony Ericsson is dreaming in green, taking yet another GreenHeart phone from prototype to reality. This time it's the suits that get to flaunt their eco savvy, with the Sony Ericsson Aspen, a Windows Mobile phone with a full Qwerty keyboard and a touchscreen.
This is one of the few times we've seen a phone that rocks a Qwerty keyboard on the front together with a landscape touchscreen, and we think it's potentially a great idea. If you don't need the bulk and screen real estate of a slider phone such as the Motorola Milestone, and you prefer the BlackBerry-like keyboard-and-screen combo, the Aspen offers a new option. RIM, the king of Qwerty, looks to be following suit with the upcoming BlackBerry Magnum in the US. Continue reading...
