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Prototype Novatel Wireless MiFi Unit does 18Mbps 4G over-the-air

By Ewan on February 25, 2010 in Devices

One of the most valuable pieces of kit in my mobile hardware collection is my trusty Novatel Wireless 2352 unit that I have been testing for a long time. Novatel sent me a review unit a while ago and goodness me I’ve been putting it through it’s paces. It’s simply fantastic to be able to [...]

Video: Checking out the Dell Mini 5 Android Tablet

By Ewan on February 25, 2010 in Devices

As I walked around the MobileFocus event last week I spotted this rather swanky 5-inch Dell Mini 5 tablet unit on the Dell table. The chap behind the table obliged us with a hands-on demo. It’s just a preview unit but goodness me it’s looking gorgeous. It really did look highly attractive — and whilst [...]

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Sony Ericsson Vivaz: A piece of genius Symbian device, pre-order on Voda UK

By Ewan on February 23, 2010 in Devices

We spent a lot of time on the Sony Ericsson Vivaz at Mobile World Congress. A lot of time. We even managed to get some time with one of the Product Planners responsible for the device (and sister unit, the Vivaz Pro). Since Symbian helped cover out costs to get to MWC, it was a [...]

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1.2 billion handsets sold in 2009, Nokia & Symbian still top

By Ewan on February 23, 2010 in Devices

Gartner released their market research on worldwide smartphone sales today. Needless to say Nokia, is still the runaway market leader with a whopping 441 million devices sold, garnering a respectable 36.4%. But that’s down 2 percentage points over 2008. Samsung came next with 236 million devices sold, followed by LG (122m), Motorola (58m), Sony (55m) [...]

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Android: “A tart and thick as two short planks”

By Ewan on February 22, 2010 in Devices

If you caught my newsletter this weekend you’ll have seen that, after Mobile World Congress, I’m reasonably excited at the possibility of a resurrection from Nokia in the form of an array of exciting devices and services. That’s not to confuse Nokia with not delivering — they’re still making a ton of money, especially from [...]

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Apple Launches iPad: The full press release

By Ewan on January 27, 2010 in Devices

Straight from the horse’s mouth, here’s the Apple press release on today’s iPad: – – – – Apple® today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. iPad’s responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch(TM) display lets users physically interact [...]

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Hands-on with the Amplicom M5010 – the phone your granny wants

By Ewan on January 27, 2010 in Devices

Whilst we wait giggling with utter delight at the prospect of watching the Master, Steve Jobs, dance across the stage today, I wanted to bring you something from the total opposite end of the spectrum. I’ve been banging on about the Amplicom handset since the newsletter on Christmas Eve (to be published online shortly) and [...]

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UK Normobs: We’re not buying Samsung again

By Ewan on January 27, 2010 in Devices

Researchers YouGov asked almost 4,000 UK adults to comment on their mobile phone purchase intentions. Interestingly the majority of users expect to change handset brands next time the get a chance. It makes interesting reading so I’m going to cut and paste YouGov’s feedback: Step changes in technology always provide opportunities for significant shifts in [...]

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A 12.1 megapixel next generation N900: That’d be interesting

By Ewan on January 26, 2010 in Devices

Rumours are abounding about Nokia coming out with an officially super-shit-hot Maemo device. Nokia has been very, very good at keeping schtum about announcements — indeed there’s an Apple-esque sheen around the company at the moment, especially after their Ovi Maps ‘it’s live, right now’ feature at their London press conference last week. There’s a [...]

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N900 is still exclusive to Vodafone for another week

By Ewan on January 25, 2010 in Devices

If you want to get your hands on the gorgeous N900 with all its Maemo goodness, you can still do so exclusively courtesy of Vodafone. I know there are a lot of MIR readers who were hunting for the device subsidised from an operator so do consider Vodafone. Pick it up for free at £45/month [...]

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Where do you buy your smartphones?

By Ewan on January 12, 2010 in Devices

Another email from a reader today — this time it’s not a poem though. Graham emailed to ask what online shops the Mobile Industry Review audience uses to buy unlocked mobile devices. He’s after a new HTC handset (he’s not sure which). My response, Graham, is a little predictable: I’ve never been let down by [...]

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Tesco’s best selling handset is the £18.99 VX1i Party Phone

By Ewan on January 12, 2010 in Devices

If you’re a handset fascist like me, you might want to look away now… … right. You can look back now. For the brave amongst you, that handset you see above is the VX1i Party Phone that retail behemoth, Tesco, are selling by the bucketload. In the two weeks leading up to Christmas, Tesco sold [...]

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