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Orange San Francisco II now available in UK for £100
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UK telecom operator Orange has finally started selling San Francisco II on Pay as You Go as well as contract based plans. This successor of original San Francisco aka ZTE Blaze comes with similar features along with the OS upgrade.
Samsung Galaxy XCover coming to UK next month
Remember the rugged Samsung Android smartphone Galaxy XCover, it is back in news. Officially announced back in August, XCover will be available in UK next month as Samsung Galaxy Extreme, Samsung confirmed to SoMobile.
According to a product listing on Handtec, it will be priced at £224.39 (about €260 or $351) for the sim-free version. Competing with Motorola Defy+ in the rugged Android smartphone space, Galaxy Extreme features Gingerbread, 3.65 inch HVGA Gorilla Glass display, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 3.2MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 800MHz processor, and microSD card slot.
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First Galaxy Nexus sold came with ‘Report a WTF condition’ feature
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It is not every day that we hear such stories. Apparently the first customer who bought Galaxy Nexus in UK today was greeted by a test ROM on his brand new phone. This was not all, this test ROM was filled with dev tools and some of the usual options were missing (not unexpected), along with a “Report a WTF condition” under bad behavior debugging functions.
Samsung UK confirms Ice Cream Sandwich update for Samsung Galaxy S II
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Not that we doubted Samsung that it will not update Galaxy S II to Android 4.0. But it is always good to get the information from an official statement. Company’s UK Twitter account confirmed today that Galaxy S2 will indeed get the update.
Philips launches universal speaker docks for Android phones in UK
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Philips has released its Fidelio range of Android speaker docks in United Kingdom. It is surprisingly true that there weren’t any solutions so far and these are the first speakers can be used with Android smartphones from any manufacturer.
Huawei launches MediaPad, Vision in UK
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Huawei has announced the launch of its Android tablet MediaPad and smartphone Vision in UK late yesterday. While Vision will be available before Christmas this year, MediaPad is scheduled to be available in the first quarter of 2012.
Samsung confirms Galaxy Nexus UK launch date
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Samsung has officially announced that Galaxy Nexus will be available in UK starting November 17. This is the first official confirmation coming from any country about Galaxy Nexus availability.
Motorola Xoom 2, Xoom 2 Media Edition priced in UK
Motorola’s official press release about Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition launch did not mention the pricing details, but folks over Recombu have got it directly from horse’s mouth at the launch event.
According to the publication, Xoom 2 will be sold for £379.99 (INR 30K), while Xoom 2 Media Edition will be priced at £329.99 (INR 26K). It might not be the greatest pricing, but Motorola seems to have learnt something from its Xoom pricing debacle.
Announced later yesterday, Xoom 2 and Media Edition will be available in UK and Ireland in mid-November, i.e. sometime around next to next week. There is still no word on international launch.
Motorola launches Xoom 2, Xoom 2 Media Edition
Motorola has finally taken the wraps off its next generation Android tablets Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media edition today in United Kingdom. Announced just minutes ago, Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition will be in mid-November in UK and Ireland. Global availability was not announced right now.
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HTC Sensation XL now available at Clove, Three UK
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UK consumers can now grab HTC’s Sensation XL from retailer Clove starting today. This Beats Audio smartphone is now selling for £486.00 incl. VAT.
