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After finding the app controversial, Apple decided to ban an iPhone app called “Jew or Not Jew” in France. As you might expect, the app allows users to search for a specific person and find out whether or not the person is Jewish. The database contains over 3,500 well-known people. The developer, Johann Levy, says…
Earlier this summer, Motorola announced the Fire, an entry-level variant of the Xpert and Droid Pro. Today, the recent inductee to the Google family mentioned that the phone’s coming to the UK in late September – just in time for the university school year to start. The Motorola Fire runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, has a…
AT&T, Sprint, Rogers, Telus, and Bell are all scheduled to pick up RIM’s new full-touchscreen BlackBerry Torch 9850/60, but what about elsewhere in the world? On launch day, Vodafone confirmed they’d be carrying it by way of a little teaser video showing the ropes of the device. The Torch 9860 (or 9850, for anyone picking…
Amazon UK has listed the BlackBerry Bold 9900 for preorder with a launch marked for October 15. Although RIM has announced the next-gen Bold, the most we’ve heard about a release date is that they’ll be missing the back-to-school rush. It’s hard to say for sure if the North American release will be as delayed…
The independent governing body of UK telecom, Ofcom, recently ruled that wireless contracts longer than 24 months are illegal, and that there has to be an option for 12 months or less. Ofcom says “shorter contracts are likely to promote competition and enable consumers to switch providers more easily and benefit from better prices and…
The BlackBerry PlayBook has had some time to simmer in North America, and now it’s ready for Europe. RIM’s first tablet will be available at a variety of UK retailers, like Carphone Warehouse, Best Buy, Phones 4U, Dixons, Currys, and PC World. Pricing will sit at £399 for the 16 GB model, £479 for the…
The Arc and Play seem to be getting all of the attention when it comes to Sony Ericsson’s Xperia family, but there is one more addition on the way: the Neo. The Xperia Neo has recently been confirmed to launch in the UK for £360 outright on April 19, and Sony Ericsson Canada has it…
Another day, another white iPhone story. When will it ever end? It just might be over in March, which fits with what Steve Wozniak said yesterday about the fairer version of the Apple smartphone. Rumors and inventory system leaks have pointed to a white iPhone 4 launch soon, so the latest rumor that the ivory…
While BlackBerry may be quickly losing ground to the competition here in North America (and worldwide, for that matter), they’re still doing fine in the UK, according to a recent study by GfK Group. RIM’s lineup beat out Apple’s by claiming 28.2% of UK smartphone sales for 2010, which includes moving 500,000 units over the…
If you’re in the UK, and carry a BlackBerry as your daily driver, the BBC iPlayer app for BlackBerry is now available for you… Well, almost. Turns out this isn’t much of an application at all, but rather a desktop launcher that opens the iPlayer website. Disappointing for sure, but I suppose this does remove…