O2 officially launches 4G LTE network, going live on August 29

Good news for O2's 23m UK customers O2 has officially confirmed its 4G LTE network will go live in the UK on August 29, with SIM-Only tariffs starting at just £26 a month. The company will switch on its next-gen network in London and Leeds and Bradford on the first day, with plans to open up 4G access in ten more areas before 2013 comes to a close. Those...

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SMS SOS: BlackBerry 10 users reporting messaging issues after latest update

BlackBerry magic makes messages disappear As if BlackBerry hasn't had a difficult enough time re-establishing itself in the Android/iOS dominated market, the latest BlackBerry 10 update has certainly caused a few more brows to furrow. According to N4BB, the latest operating system update has stymied the messaging attempts of a decent portion of the BB10...

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Moto X to follow in iPhone 5's nano-SIM footsteps?

The Moto X, nano-SIM or not, will be unveiled tomorrow Motorola's Moto X could be the next device to sport the new nano-SIM cards, judging by a photo that reportedly leaked out of Hong Kong this week. Engadget today published this photo, which appears to show the Moto X with its nano-SIM tray ejected. The nano-SIM is 40 percent smaller than the micro-SIM...

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Sony updates Xperia Z and Xperia ZL, improves performance

New firmware updates are now available for the Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL. Both new ROMs bring similar improvements over the system, signal and touch sensitivity, bug fixes and are still based on the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. There is no official change log on the updates, but some users have already compiled a list of all the notable changes. More smooth Boot...

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Office Mobile shuffles onto Android phones, tablets left out

Pandas - the key to everyone's heart After its launch on iPhone last month, Office Mobile is now rolling over to Android starting today. Making the announcement on its blog, Microsoft declared that phones supporting Android 4.0 or higher will be able to get the app allowing access to Word, Excel and Powerpoint, although Android tablets won't be getting in...

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Samsung outs dual-mode LTE Galaxy S4 and S4 Mini versions

Samsung has made big claims regarding its readiness to support developing LTE markets, and its most recent announcement of two new Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 Mini variants supporting both FDD and TDD LTE networks confirms that sentiment. As global LTE coverage expands, many markets are adding support for TDD-LTE networks, particularly in places where FDD-LTE technology...

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Microsoft releases Office Mobile for Office 365 Android app

Last month Microsoft unveiled the Office Mobile for Office 365 for iOS and now the Redmond company is following up with an Android version. It allows you to edit docs on your phone and sync them with SkyDrive. The user interface looks lifted straight out of the Windows Phone 8 version, but the flat design goes well with Android's Holo looks. The app supports...

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Xiaomi unveils quad-core Red Rice droid as Hongmi

Xiaomi has announced the long rumored Red Rice smartphone. Its official name is Hongmi which is Chinese for... well, red rice. Xiaomi Hongmi packs a 4.7-inch 720p IPS display with 312ppi density, protected by a Gorilla Glass 2. The Hongmi is powered by Mediatek's MT6589 chipset featuring a quad-core 1.5GHz Cortex-A7 processor, PowerVR SGX544 graphics and 1GB of RAM....

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Is that what the Samsung Galaxy S5 will look like?

New look, new era? (credit: Patent Bolt) Samsung could be about to ditch nature and shake up its smartphone design if a new patent is any indication. With the Samsung Galaxy S4 now a few months old - and a slew of S4 variants out the door - it's little surprise that we're hearing rumblings of what could be next. The patent images, unearthed by Patent...

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Samsung denies rigging Galaxy S4 benchmarking results

We just don't know what to believe any more In response to the accusation that it has been jimmying Galaxy S4 benchmark results just to make its handset look good, Samsung says nuh-uh guv'nor. The company's statement explains that whatever GPU frequencies "BenchmarkBooster" rigged up on the Exynos 5 variant are "not intended to improve certain benchmark...

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Government unveils plans to extend mobile coverage

You'd be lucky to get this in some parts of the country Eastern Scotland, Cumbria, central Wales and Strabane will be the first parts of the UK to benefit from the Government's £150 million spend on improving mobile phone coverage in rural areas. They are covered by the first phase of the Mobile Infrastructure Project, details of which have been published...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 leaked from inside out in yet more snaps

Cover yourself up, Note 3 With September 4 inching ever closer, more leaks about the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 are trickling out and, while we're still missing a proper photo of the thing, today's sees the handsets insides displayed for all to see. These photos are supposedly of a prototype Note 3 and were posted on Weibo by an "insider" known as C Technology...

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Spy shots reveal Moto X will be very compact, use nanoSIM

The Moto X phone will be announced at tomorrow's event but the specs won't be a huge surprise as we've seen so many leaks already and today brought a new batch. First off, the phone will use a nanoSIM card, instead of the more popular microSIM as revealed by a photo from Hong Kong. Moto X will use a nanoSIM card Why Hong Kong, when the Moto X should be assembled in...

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