Customise Your Android Phone

If you don’t like any of the Android smartphones out there then perhaps the options provided by Synapse of Germany might be of interest to you.

What the company does is allow you to order a customised smartphone. Each phone created will run Android 2.2 but as for the hardware, its up to you what you want to include inside. [Read more…]

Archos 70 7 Inch Android Tablet

Archos looks set to be launching another new Android based tablet. This time the tablet will be called the Archos 70 and will run the Android 2.2 operating system. The tablet has a 7 inch screen that has a resolution of 800 by 480 pixels.

The processor inside runs at 1GHz and is a Cortex A8 processor that also utilises a graphics accelerator. [Read more…]

webOS 2.0 Gets Reviewed

HP announced the latest version of webOS yesterday. The new version is webOS 2.0 and it will come installed on the new Palm Pre 2 that was also announced.

The new webOS is now called HP webOS and will be landing first of all in France on the SFR network this coming Friday and will be followed by a launch on other networks over the coming months in other countries.

Engadget managed to get hold of webOS 2.0 to review it and see what its also about. [Read more…]

Apple TV Jailbreak Possible with GreenPois0n

When the GreenPois0n iOS 4.1 jailbreak was getting ready to originally launch a couple of weeks back, it was due to use the SHAtter exploit. With Geohot quickly jumping in with Limera1n it caused GreenPois0n to change from SHAtter to using the same exploit Limera1n did.

We now see a picture of an Apple TV jailbreak running that shows GreenPois0n running. It is believed that it isn’t ready for a 1-click install just yet, but shows that its possible. [Read more…]

TomTom for iPhone gets Geo-Tagging

TomTom has added new features to the latest version of TomTom for iPhone. The new version is 1.5 and it brings a few new features which includes optimisation for the iPhone 4, ie, higher res graphics to make use of the Retina Display.

Thanks to the better optimised graphics, the roads and maps are also sharper.

A new feature called Navigate-To-Photo is also included. If you scan through your photos on the iPhone and see one that you want to navigate to (perhaps a park you went to recently), you can tap the photo and navigate to the geo-tagged location on the photo. This of course, assumes that the photo you are looking at has been geo-tagged. [Read more…]

Palm webOS 2.0 and Pre 2 Officially Announced

HP has finally unveiled the Palm Pre 2 as well as WebOS 2.0 today.

The Palm Pre 2 is the first device that will be shipped with WebOS 2.0. The new version of webOS 2.0 includes multitasking, stacks, HP Synergy as well as a number of other new features to make devices that run it, easier to use. [Read more…]

New iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 Hit Testing Stage

BGR has heard a couple of interesting things recently that indicate a second model of the iPhone 4 has just hit AP testing while the iPhone 5 has supposedly hit the EVT stage. We’ll explain in a moment what that means.

The new iPhone 4 is codenamed 3,2 and is believed to be a CDMA version of the phone that will allow it to land on networks such as Verizon [VZ]. The AP stage is the very last stage of testing before a product goes to the manufacturer ready for release.

BGR point out 3 scenarios which reveal that the phone could be compatible with all networks and include a SIM card. The next scenario is that the phone isn’t CDMA at all, but instead is a hardware variation (perhaps to secure potential jailbreak holes) but also fix the antenna issue that some users reposted (OK, many users). The final scenario is relating to CDMA again but this time it has a SIM slot to be compatible with roaming in other countries. This last stage doesn’t seem like an Apple sort of thing to do. [Read more…]

Apple TV Sales Figures Show 250K Sold

Yesterday, Apple [AAPL] held a fiscal earnings call with a Q&A. In the Q&A part, Steve Jobs revealed that the Apple TV was doing well and that the company had sold over quarter of a million units since the launch last week.

These numbers of course are no match for the iPad which sold 300,000 on day one, although for a newly relaunched device thats just 18 days old (at the time of the call), its still impressive for the company who said it was more of a hobby. [Read more…]

Angry Birds for Android Racks up 2 Million Downloads

Update: Check the comments below for an update to this post. Thanks to ExtremeT of DroidGamers for the correction.

The Android Angry Birds download is proving to be popular as another 1 million Android users have downloaded the game since we reported yesterday that 1 million downloaded it over the weekend.

The Android version of the game isn’t available through the marketplace yet as its still being finalised in development, but the download you get from GetJar is free and allows you to play the full game with an almost final version of the game. When the final version does launch officially, users will be charged to get the game the usual way if they choose to get the full version. [Read more…]

T-Mobile myTouch 4G Promo Video Leaked

The T-Mobile myTouch HD is coming soon. No official details have been announced yet although we find today that a promotional video of the device has leaked online (embedded below).

The video looks to be in an aspect ratio that matches the phone its self which means it is probably designed for play back on mobile devices although of course, you can watch it below. [Read more…]

Samsung Omnia 7 Available for Pre-Order at T-Mobile UK

The Samsung Omnia 7 launch is nearly here in the UK. T-Mobile is preparing to ship the phone in the next few days and has now opened up pre-orders although shipping time is around 10 days unfortunately.

Price wise, you can get the new Windows Phone 7 OS based smartphone for free if signing up for a 24 month 35/month price plan. With that you get 900 minutes of talk and 500 texts along with unlimited internet. [Read more…]

Android 3.0 Gingerbread Details Emerge

Phandroid managed to get some details on the next version of Android. The new version is believed to be Android 3.0 with the codename Gingerbread. New features include cleaner icons and a more simplified look along with the ability to make video calls.

One of the things Google [GOOG] is believed to be working on is the integration of apps. Rather than being separate, the apps will be more integrated and be classed as an extension to the OS rather than something tacked on. [Read more…]