Boy Genius Report managed to get to spend some time with the unannounced and unreleased version of Android 2.0. The report has a lot of images covering a number of aspects of the new operating system. Some of the major changes include a native Facebook application, native Exchange support, upgrade to Google Maps, browser improvements, contacts tweaked and a whole new UI. BGR described the new OS as making Android a very viable and interesting operating system.

The whole system looks to be quite amazing from what I see in the screen shots. There are many features that can be fine tuned such as selecting if you want a system backup for the device, or “shake to refresh” active on Facebook to name just 2 of the great amount. [Read more…]

The LG Crystal is known for it’s unique crystal keypad that slides out from behind the device, but did you know it can hold water (un-officially) as well as a couple of little fish? This is what one guy did by creating possibly the worlds first portable mobile phone fish tank.

The owner of the phone took the back off and then put a couple of small fish in the back (I have no idea what sort of fish) and when the back was on he injected some of the fish tank water.

As can be seen in the picture above, the phone actually still works as does the back light on the transparent keypad. Take a look at the video after the jump to witness the madness. [Read more…]

BGR posted a video of what is supposedly a new Google Android phone. Named HELLOMOTODROID, and yes, according to Slashgear they think it is the real name, it runs the Android 2.0 operating system that is still in development till sometime next year.

When starting up the word DROID is put on the screen after which an eye similar to Lord of the Rings all seeing eye is seen and then the word DROID is also said in a robotic voice. The video shows the full start up (video down below). [Read more…]

In the last few days we have seen a number of places mention that Apple have shipped a new iPhone 3G S that has the boot ROM finally fixed to block the 24kpwn exploit. Many people knew it wouldn’t be long before this was also hacked, and funnily enough, it has.

The new boot ROM doesn’t actually prevent the 24kpwn exploit from working, but instead just added an obstacle in the path that the hackers have now managed to get around. There is a downside though in that to boot your device the phone needs to be tethered to your computer. However, this will probably be sorted in a few weeks just like the iPod Touch with the similar issue was. [Read more…]

We recently received the LG GW520 phone for review. The GW520 has a 2.8 inch touchscreen along with a full QWERTY slide out keyboard making it ideal for social networking and messaging. A number of modern phones have virtual keyboards that work well, but for some people they just cannot get to grips with on on-screen keyboard and hence, prefer the physical keyboard instead.

Priced at £169.95 for a pay-as-you-go version the GW520 is at a good price for what you get. It’s not the cheapest of phones but at the same time, it’s not the most expensive, and sits in an affordable bracket.

The phone it’s self feels a little plastic in comparison to LG’s high end phones such as the LG BL40. Also the phone is slightly fatter than other LG phones due to the physical keyboard, however this doesn’t make it an oversized phone and it does sit quite well in your hands. [Read more…]

A few weeks ago, Vodafone [VOD] launched a new service called Vodafone 360 that puts a number of social networking services on to your phone along with the ability to sync contacts. The service acts as a single address book for all your contacts so that you can access them on your laptop or PC and when changes are made on one device they are automatically synced to another.

The Samsung H1 is the first phone released that makes use of this services and we hear now that it is ready for pre-order and will ship for the 30 October.

The Samsung H1 has a 3.5 inch OLED display along with 3G, GPRS, HSDPA, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for connectivity options. 16GB of internal memory can be found that gives plenty of storage for photos captured by the 5 megapixel camera along with music and videos. [Read more…]

The iPhone has received another application that puts Expose type functionality on to the iPhone. As the application isn’t official or approved, it had to be put on their through other means, ie, a Jailbroken phone.

It was ported on to the iPhone by Steve Troughton-Smith who managed to get a similar style application on to the iPhone. What the application does is enable you to access all programs on your iPhone a lot quicker by putting miniature versions of the menu’s in a grid form where you can click on the page you want and then the program you want. [Read more…]

If you were mixed in with the sidekick data loss problems of recent days then all might be ok thanks to most, if not all of the data being recovered. The outage was cause by a system failure that basically lost user data that included contacts, messages, photos, calendar, tasks and high scores on a number of users phones.

We are pleased to report that we have recovered most, if not all, customer data for those Sidekick customers whose data was affected by the recent outage. We plan to begin restoring users’ personal data as soon as possible, starting with personal contacts, after we have validated the data and our restoration plan. We will then continue to work around the clock to restore data to all affected users, including calendar, notes, tasks, photographs and high scores, as quickly as possible.

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After a few months of seeing reviews and information here and there, we now hear that Vodafone in the UK have the BlackBerry Storm 2 available for pre-order and it is set to be released on 26 October.

The phone is a much needed follow up to the original BlackBerry Storm that had issues with it’s screen. The new version has a fancy new screen that according to early reviews and previews, works far better than the original Storm.

Back on to the main news, The BlackBerry Storm 2 (also named the 9520) will be available for free on a pay-monthly contract for users. The contract will cost £35/month and will run for 24 months. If you opt for an 18 month contract then the phone is free for those committing to £40/month. [Read more…]

The HTC HD2 is one of the most anticipated phones of this year. It has a massive 4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen, runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and has a 1GHz Snapdragon processor along with the usual plethora of connectivity options. The leaked image above was revealed by TMONews and shows that the phone is indeed heading to T-Mobile. Now, it doesn’t mention the name of the HD2 on the image but it looks suspiciously just like it and I don’t know of any other phone that has a 4.3″ touchscreen that runs a Snapdragon processor.

It seems like the phone will be making it to the US Q1 in 2010 making it arrive in just a few months time. [Read more…]

TomTom for iPhone recently launched and is soon to get a fancy new car kit. TomTom is priced quite high and possibly for this reason it seems to get lower ratings than the cheaper CoPilot. However, TomTom is about to get an upgrade which could bring it back in to the lead in the ratings.

New features for the iPhone version are soon to include Advanced Lane Guidance, a safety/speed camera database and possibly TomTom’s HD traffic system that aims to get you to your destination quicker. [Read more…]

Adobe has created a new mobile version of Photoshop that’s now available as an app for the iPhone. The Photoshop application gives iPhone users the ability to crop, rotate and perform other various effects on photos captured by the iPhone camera.

By using Photoshop on the iPhone you get access to some powerful software. On a PC or Mac, the Photoshop system is widely used by many designers due to the quality that it produces. Having this on the mobile is fantastic as you’ll get a number of powerful editing tools to work with while on the move. [Read more…]