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It wasn’t so long ago that only a small percentage of UK households had access to the internet, and those that did were using slow, dial up connections that seemed to take forever to download information. These days, more people have access to the internet at home than ever before. Fast broadband connections making it possible to share our photographs, play games, and even watch videos online, (more…)

A few years ago, Motorola launched an extensive ad campaign announcing the arrival of the Droid smartphone. It was money well spent, as the Droid proved to be a good device. As time has passed, however, Motorola has let up on the gas so to speak and allowed other manufacturers to surpass them with more advanced handsets. In an effort to stop this trend and place its name back at the top of the smartphone heap, Motorola has unveiled the Milestone XT720. (more…)

With the Wave, Samsung created a vehicle for its Bada open mobile platform. It received positive reviews from critics and consumers bought it at a respectable rate. This prompted Samsung to penetrate growing markets and gain a foothold with the Bada OS. Including regions such as Russia, Samsung plans to release the Wave 2 into these areas in order to be first on the market with its technology. (more…)

It is fairly obvious that most smartphone manufacturers have decided that the Android operating system is the future. Many of them place the OS on almost every device they release. Samsung is one of those companies who has taken Android technology and run with it. It hopes to maintain its status near the top of the market with the release of the Samsung Galaxy.

Customers do not want to feel as if they are lugging around ankle weights in their pockets, a fact with which Samsung is familiar. (more…)

Apple has usually been able to run alone when setting the standard in the world of smartphones. In recent years, however, other companies have caught up with their own research and development of handsets and put some pressure on Apple. The iPhone, Apple’s bread and butter, continually receives updates to keep the company ahead, and it has been released as the iPhone 4 to an eager public.

One of the changes found in the iPhone 4 is on the inside of the phone. (more…)

Numerous cell phone manufacturers have decided that the Android operating system is the future. LG came to this conclusion relatively late in the game, but they have made their smartphone entry count with the LG GT540. For marketing purposes (more…)

The Blackberry was a huge success as soon as Research in Motion released it years ago. A no nonsense handset, it quickly became known for its emailing abilities and smartphone innovations. Now, RIM has unveiled the Blackberry Bold, a smartphone (more…)

Cell phones evolve at a rate matched only by the personal computer. Because of this, manufacturers must remain at the forefront of the industry or be trampled underfoot. With the new N8, Nokia has not only chosen to stay near the front, (more…)

It is probably safe to say that when we hear the term “android” these days, our thoughts turn not to humanoid robots but to the operating system employed by so many smartphones on the market. Due to its processing speed and multitasking abilities, it has become the OS of choice for many cell phone manufacturers. Sony Ericsson recently jumped on board the Android train with the recently released Xperia X10.

Because this is Sony Ericsson’s first foray into Android technology, they constructed the X10 with familiarity and practicality in mind. Boxed in modest packaging, the X10 is not that plain. (more…)

Smartphone technology is in a constant state of change. Manufacturers must stay on their toes in order to provide handsets that remain on the front edge of the market, and sometimes this simply requires taking what has worked very well and modernizing it. Research in Motion has taken this approach, taking its already high quality Blackberry handsets and tweaking them into the Curve 2.

The Blackberry Curve 2 is basically an update to the Curve 8520. As a matter of fact, the shell is the same, the only change to be found (more…)