The biggest news of this week is undoubtedly Google’s decision to postpone the UK launched date for the Nexus One for an as yet unannounced period, a massive blow to the big-name newcomer. There have been a few more positive moments, too, though, such as Sony Ericsson’s impressive Vivaz being given an almost universal thumbs [...]
We’re back with another week’s full on news summary. It’s been a fairly quite week in the mobile phone world, though LG have livened things up by introducing an impressive six new mid-level models. Samsung have been showing off their new, highly impressive touch screen, while Pink Floyd has laid down a marker in the [...]
We’re back with another week’s summary of the world of cell phones. While the big players are at each other’s necks again, Skype continues to threaten the entire world of network service providers, though the primary target remains their international call market. Nokia’s come up with a couple of new models, including one truly street-focused [...]
Apple’s UK iPad website has announced an unexpectedly early launch date for the new device, which is widely expected to lead yet another Apple fronted public technology revolution. Following the late January announcement of the product, including full US prices, most pundits (including us here at Xingtone) expected the iPad to hit UK shores as [...]
Having suffered from O2’s exclusive deal and Orange’s quicker introduction of the iPhone when that deal ended, Vodafone are unsurprisingly keen to push for a strong connection to Apple’s next headline grabbing product, the iPad. Vodafone’s CEO spoke extremely positively about the iPad, arguing that the product is likely to improve customer’s mobile experience, and [...]
After Steve Job’s confirmation on Wednesday that the new Apple iPad will have a 3G option, British mobile phone operators and high street stores are scrambling to win the much-coveted contract AT&T have already snapped up prior to the product’s launch in the US. Major mobile service providers Orange, Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile and the high [...]
With Apple’s launch confirming the new iPad – yes it has an official name now, too – will feature mobile networks as Internet service providers, we can no longer resist the call to arms that is the relentless press reviews of the Californian company’s new product, despite the fact the Ipad’s still five months shy [...]
With speculation growing that Apple’s tablet reader – a device aimed primarily at allowing users to read and carry dozens of books on the go – will also include an Internet option, its looking increasingly likely that a network scramble similar to the one preceding the iPhone launch in 2007 (a battle won in the [...]
Nokia’s latest assault on technical giant Apple goes far beyond its previous complaints, arguing that ‘virtually all’ Apple products (including the iPod and Apple Mac computers as well as phone handsets) are in breach of Nokia patented technology. With Nokia previously demanding payment for every single Apple handset sold earlier this year, the two companies [...]
Since its launch two years ago, mobile network provider O2 has had a lucrative and exclusive deal to distribute the heavily coveted iPhone in the UK. Manufacturer Apple have succeeded in selling a mammoth 20 million iPhone units worldwide to date, while an impressive one million of these have been via O2’s UK contract. Demand, [...]