Archive for the ‘Mobile Phones’ Category

After what seems like an endless wait it looks like HTC Hero customers on Orange will finally get the Android 2.1 (Eclair) update for their swish phones.  The update process should be relatively seamless as it will happen over the air so you shouldn’t have to do too much.  And if you are as lazy [...]

Those of you that own iPhone 3G handsets may have feverishly upgraded your iPhone 3G to run the brand spanking new and much hyped OS4.  They may have assumed that OS4 may have turned their aging handsets into the phone equivalent of super fast sprinter Usain Bolt.  Instead the upgrade made their iPhone 3G’s about [...]

Since the press conference was called in the aftermath of ‘antennagate’.  Apple has announced that all iPhone 4 customers should be able to get a free case to cure any antenna based woes.  It’s a pretty simple and painless procedure so we would suggest that you get cracking as there is a time limit on [...]

Well it appears that Apple have called a shock press conference for Friday at 6pm UK time and speculation is mounting that the conference is related to the dreaded iPhone 4 reception issue.  The internet has been in flames over reports of dropped calls and signal issues.  Apple’s initial response consisted of telling everyone that [...]

The days when the nuclear family gathered around the wireless in a state of zombie like bliss are long gone but it seems that listening to the radio still seems to be a fashionable activity.  Even in the age of spotify and podcasts the radio still seems to exert a pull on our collective psyche.  [...]

So you’ve caved in to the marketing and you are thinking of stumping up your hard earned cash for a brand new iPhone.  What can you expect?  Here at Select Mobile we’ll try to guide you through what makes the iPhone 4 the most desirable handset on the planet.  We’ll also try to point out [...]

The other day you may have noticed that we were distinctly nonplussed by the deals that Vodafone were offering for the iPhone 4.  Well it turns out that Orange have made Vodafone look reasonable by announcing a series of ‘deals’ that only those with enough spare change to buy a private jet can afford.
We’ll start [...]

Those gadget fanatics who are planning to buy the new Apple iPhone 4 may have left it too late to receive the product on the day of its launch.
It was available to pre-order from yesterday (June 15th) but the demand was so high that by the evening Apple were saying all new orders for the [...]

It seems that the iPhone 4 hasn’t just got internet geeks frothing at the mouth.  The networks are tripping over themselves to state that they will be offering the iPhone 4 on launch day.  T-mobile, Vodafone, O2 and Orange have all shouted loudly that they will have the iPhone 4 on the 24th of June.  [...]

With everyone tripping over each other to write about how amazing Android 2.2/Froyo is going to be we’re perhaps forgetting one thing.
How are the Android phones of 2010 (HTC Desire, HTC Legend, Google Nexus One) going to fare against the iPhone 4G/HD even with 2.2/Froyo running under the hood?
The Germany-based iPhone [...]