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Tue, 18/05/10 – 12:42 | View Comments

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AMOLED vs SLCD

Wed, 28/07/10 – 12:00 | View Comments

We have to admit that we were disappointed when the official news came out that the HTC Desire and a few other HTC phones would be switching from the AMOLED screen to Sony Super LCD screens due to supply issues.

From the Howard Forum video there is a noticeable difference at some angles with the S-AMOLED screen and AMOLED screen over the Super LCD, however it is pretty minimal.

Battery life is apparently improved with the Super LCD HTC have claimed, so it may just be a worthwhile tradeoff.

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Big week for Microsoft – Launch partners confirmed and more

Fri, 23/07/10 – 9:00 | View Comments
Big week for Microsoft – Launch partners confirmed and more

This week the mobile wars has started to get even more interesting as Microsoft begin to gain momentum with it’s all or nothing approach to refocusing its mobile arm.
To start they have just revealed a …

Motorola Milestone XT720 launches in the UK

Wed, 21/07/10 – 10:08 | View Comments
Motorola Milestone XT720 launches in the UK

Motorola’s motherless child, the Milestone XT720 has been launched in the UK but without a proper carrier.
Motorola have had it hard with stiff competition over the last few months and years and this is beginning …

Overclock your HTC Touch Pro 2 or Touch Diamond 2

Mon, 19/07/10 – 11:07 | View Comments
Overclock your HTC Touch Pro 2 or Touch Diamond 2

Second gen HTC device owners have good reason to be envious of Android and HD2 owners with their fast 1Ghz processors.
The great news is that Touch Pro 2 and touch Diamond 2 owners can now …

Windows Phone 7 preview

Mon, 19/07/10 – 9:30 | View Comments
Windows Phone 7 preview

The mobile industry has become prettyvery competetive , with even the iPhone getting things hugely wrong with poor manufacturing and expecting to survive on reputation alone. Windows Phone 7 now seems to be in the …

Apple holding iPhone press conference today

Fri, 16/07/10 – 9:10 | View Comments
Apple holding iPhone press conference today

Witharound 1.7 million sales worldwide in its opening weekend, the iPhone 4 has been somewhat a success. So, why are Apple holding a press conference focusing on their flagship device?
We can only …

Android App Inventor

Tue, 13/07/10 – 9:26 | View Comments
Android App Inventor

Got a great idea for an exciting new app but don’t have the development  knowledge to make it a reality?
Google have your back with the launch of the “Android App Inventor”, a tool that simplifies …

T-Mobile Launch Samsung Galaxy S

Wed, 7/07/10 – 12:27 | View Comments
T-Mobile Launch Samsung Galaxy S

T-Mobile today have launched the fantastic, industry leading, Samsung Galaxy S into it’s range of devices.
The great thing is they’re not going to rip you off, making you pay hundred of pounds for their …

Quake 2 Test – HTC Desire Vs. Samsung Galaxy S

Tue, 6/07/10 – 8:30 | View Comments
Quake 2 Test – HTC Desire Vs. Samsung Galaxy S

Android Central forums have uploaded this very interesting comparison video.
It shows the HTC Desire and the Galaxy S going head to head, but not for conventional performance related tests but for it’ ability to handle …

Google Android 3.0 to be called Gingerbread, due October?

Fri, 2/07/10 – 10:12 | View Comments
Google Android 3.0 to be called Gingerbread, due October?

According to a podcast from Eldar Murtazin, the next version of Android is to be titles Gingerbread. It brings with it an imposed minimum requirement for hardware.
These are:

1GHz processor
512 MB RAM
3.5″ diagonal screen

Not …

Microsoft Kin cancelled

Thu, 1/07/10 – 13:14 | View Comments
Microsoft Kin cancelled

Gizmodo are reporting that the Microsoft Kin project has been officially shut down just 6 weeks after launch. It’s with immediate effect and the entire team are being repositioned onto Windows Phone 7 …

How do you hold your Nokia?

Thu, 1/07/10 – 9:23 | View Comments
How do you hold your Nokia?

My colleague just sent me this link and it is just too funny to miss.
While I don’t want to get into the argument about how the iPhone 4 is a massive technical failure and a …

Nokia N9 gets expo

Tue, 29/06/10 – 9:19 | View Comments
Nokia N9 gets expo

The Nokia N9 is starting to pick up momentum, with a little video expo being published today.
The video is a little sketchy in that it shows the handset running S60, which we know it never …

iPhone 4 dropping calls when held left-handed

Fri, 25/06/10 – 8:30 | View Comments
iPhone 4 dropping calls when held left-handed

Well now the dust has settled we can report that the iPhone 4 has some serious issues in design and build quality, so much so that when held in a certain way, the way in …

What happened to the white iPhone 4?

Wed, 23/06/10 – 14:30 | View Comments
What happened to the white iPhone 4?

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Mobile Phone screens – Super AMOLED vs AMOLED vs LCD in direct sunlight

Mon, 21/06/10 – 9:00 | View Comments
Mobile Phone screens – Super AMOLED vs AMOLED vs LCD in direct sunlight

AMOLED’s weakness is readability in direct sunlight. That’s not it’s weakness when compared to any other handset just a weakness to the mobile phone screen industry in general but one that’s topping Samsung’s technogoly …

HTC Wildfire Unboxing and Overview

Sun, 20/06/10 – 8:53 | View Comments
HTC Wildfire Unboxing and Overview

Yesterday coolsmartphone posted up a  26 minute video showing a full unboxing of the new HTC Wildfire. The video shows the app sharing feature, the “first turn on” setup sequence and a tour …