December 2011 / January 2012 Roundup
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January 2012
The end of the year is always quiet..
but the start of the new year goes with a bit of a bang.
We look at some of the new handset releases during December
and January.
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December
2011 / January 2012 Roundup
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Samsung Galaxy S Advance
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| 30th
January 2012
A confusing and rather stupid name overshadows
what is a pretty good midrange handset. Meet the Samsung
Galaxy S Advance.
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Galaxy S Advance
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RIM Changes CEO. Can it change direction?
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23rd January 2012
Struggling smartphone maker RIM
has appointed a new CEO to try to change the company's
fortunes. But is Thorsten Heins the right person for
the job?
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Changes CEO. Can it change direction?
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Samsung Star 3 and Star 3 DUOS
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19th January 2012
Just when you thought that touchscreen feature phones
were dead, the Samsung
Star 3 and Star 3 DUOS turn up. But will customers
want them?
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Star 3 and Star 3 DUOS
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Motorola DEFY+ JCB Edition
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| 17th
January 2012
The DEFY+ is already a pretty tough
and practical smartphone, UK consumers can now get the
even tougher Motorola
DEFY+ JCB Edition.
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Motorola
DEFY+ JCB Edition
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Samsung to merge Bada with Tizen
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| 16th
January 2012
A merger of also-ran operating systems?
Or the creation of a powerful new challenger to the
market leaders? What will Samsung's
proposed Tizen/Bada merger bring?
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to merge Bada with Tizen
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Polaroid SC1630
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| 11th
January 2012
The Polaroid
SC1630 is a new type of device: a Smart Camera.
This combines the Android OS with proper camera optics
to come up with something quite novel.
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Polaroid
SC1630
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Huawei Ascend P1 / P1 S
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| 11th
January 2012
With an almost impossibly slim design,
the Huawei
Ascend P1 and P1 S are impressive to look
at, and they happen to be very powerful as well.
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Huawei
Ascend P1 and P1 S
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Sony Xperia S
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| 10th
January 2012
Sony's first own-brand foray into the
smartphone market continues with the high-end and very
impressive Sony
Xperia S Android device.
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Sony
Xperia S
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Nokia Lumia 900
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| 9th
January 2012
The Nokia
Lumia 900 is a scaled-up version of the Lumia
800. Exclusively available to AT&T, this represents
Nokia's attempt to break back into the US market.
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Lumia 900
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HTC TITAN II
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| 9th
January 2012
Another AT&T exlcusive (for now),
the HTC TITAN II
is a 4G LTE version of the original TITAN with a very
much improved camera and bigger battery.
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TITAN II
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Sony Xperia ion Preview
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| 9th
January 2012
Heading to AT&T in the US, the Sony
Xperia ion is the first smartphone to bear the "Sony"
name by itself, and it comes with a very powerful specification
set.
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Xperia ion
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Motorola DROID 4
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| 9th
January 2012
The Motorola
DROID 4 is the latest Android QWERTY slider
phone on the US Verizon network. It looks great, but
will it ever be available in Europe?
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DROID 4
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Motorola DEFY Mini
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| 5th
January 2012
An affordable and rugged Android smartphone,
the Motorola
DEFY Mini won't break the bank and it should stand
up to the odd knock or two as well.
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DEFY Mini
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Motorola MOTOLUXE
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| 5th
January 2012
A big screen Android smartphone designed
to be affordable, the Motorola
MOTOLUXE looks impressive at first, but does it
make too many compromises?
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Motorola MOTOLUXE
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Samsung Galaxy Y DUOS and Galaxy Y
Pro DUOS
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| 4th
January 2012
Two dual-SIM smartphones based on recent
Android devices, the Samsung
Galaxy Y DUOS and Galaxy Y Pro DUOS will appeal
to some markets more than others.
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Galaxy Y DUOS and Galaxy Y Pro DUOS
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Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus
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| 3rd
January 2012
A significant upgrade to last year's
Ace, the Samsung
Galaxy Ace Plus is a midrange Android phone that
is a bit of a mixed bag.
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Samsung
Galaxy Ace Plus
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2011 Wrap-up. 2012 Predictions.
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| 19th
December 2011
Our annual
end-of-year wrap-up looks back at some of the major
events during 2011 and tries to make some predictions
as to what may happen next year.
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2011 Phones Wallchart
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| 19th
December 2011
Make
your own wallchart of every new phone and tablet
we have covered during 2011, just add scissors, glue
and a little imagination.
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Phones Wallchart
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PRADA phone by LG 3.0
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| 14th
December 2011
The third generation of LG's collaboration
with PRADA, the PRADA
phone by LG 3.0 manages to combine a strong technical
specification with elegant looks.
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phone by LG 3.0
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2011 in Review: the Good, the Bad and
the Ugly
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| 12th
December 2011
2011 was a year with exciting new product
launches and some disastrous failures. We look at some
of the good, bad
and ugly devices that came to market this year.
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in Review: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Nokia X2-02
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| 1st
December 2011
Another dual-SIM handset from Nokia,
the Nokia X2-02 offers
good value for money and comes with some features you
might not expect.
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Nokia
X2-02
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November 2011 Roundup
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| 30th
November 2011
Towards the end of the year the number
of new announcements tends to drop off, but this
November still saw some interesting product launches.
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2011 Roundup
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Motorola XT928 and MT917
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| 29th
November 2011
Two handsets bound for China, the Motorola
XT928 and MT917 feature large, high resolution displays
and a 13 megapixel camera on the back.
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Motorola
XT928 and MT917
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T-Mobile Vivacity
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| 28th
November 2011
In the shops just in time for Christmas,
the low cost T-Mobile
Vivacity is an Android handset the offers a lot
of features for the money.
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Vivacity
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BlackBerry Curve 9380
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| 15th
November 2011
Billed as the first touchscreen Curve
phone, the BlackBerry
Curve 9380 is really just a cut-down version of
the Torch 9860, with specifications that fail to impress.
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BlackBerry
Curve 9380
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BlackBerry Bold 9790
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| 15th
November 2011
Although it looks almost identical to
its predecessor, the BlackBerry
Bold 9790 is much faster and comes with a small
touchscreen display.
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BlackBerry
Bold 9790
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Panasonic Toughpad A1 and Toughpad
B1
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| 9th
November 2011
A pair of ultra-rugged Android tablets,
the
Panasonic Toughpad A1 and Toughpad B1 are very impressive,
but you will have to wait a while to get one.
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Panasonic
Toughpad A1 and Toughpad B1
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Motorola XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition
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| 3rd
November 2011
A timely upgrade for one of the best
regarded tablets on the market, the Motorola XOOM 2
and XOOM 2 Media Edition show Moto is again trying to
beat Apple in the tablet market.
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XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition
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October 2011 Roundup
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| 1st
November 2011
A very significant month in the mobile
phone industry, October
2011 saw some major announcements and significant
departures.
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2011 Roundup
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