AT&T’s Samsung A927 Flight shows up before its premiere

The QWERTY-enabled Samsung A927 Flight II has made its way to both Samsung’s and AT&T’s websites even it hasn’t been properly announced yet. Apparently, its premiere is just around the corner so we will get a chance to see it in flesh pretty soon.
Heavy texters will be glad to see the Samsung A927 Flight II hardware four-row side-slide QWERTY keyboard. In addition, the newbie also packs a 3-inch touchscreen of WQVGA resolution (240 x 400 pixels).

Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic sequel rolls into view

Nokia’s next big touchscreen for the mid-range market, the Nokia C7, has been spotted in a Hong Kong magazine, packing the next generation OS.

The C7 looks to be a successor to the popular 5800 XpressMusic and X6, offering a 3.3-inch capacitive touchscreen with ‘near HD’ resolution of 640×360.

More importantly it will be rocking the Symbian^3 OS, with multiple widgets and Home screens as well as multi-touch web browsing and better memory management.

The Nokia C7 will have a slim 11mm profile, as well as similar specs to the Nokia N8 with an 8MP camera and 720p HD video recording.

The new Nokia C7?

Samsung Galaxy S Android 2.2 update coming in September

Samsung has announced the Galaxy S will be upgraded to Android 2.2 next month, and will land on all networks.

This means we won’t see a repeat of the staggered firmware release that is currently plaguing the HTC Desire update.

The announcement came via Samsung Mobile UK’s official Twitter feed, confirming the Korean brand is working on the update.

Samsung Galaxy S getting Android 2.2

300,000 Symbian phones sold every day

The Symbian Foundation has responded to Google’s Android sales announcement by claiming its activating 50 per cent more phones each day.

According to a report by analyst firm Canalys, over 300,000 Symbian-powered phones were sold every day in Q2 this year, compared to Android’s 200,000.

This equates to three phones per second being activated, and show that despite the headline-grabbing growth, RIM, Google and Apple still aren’t top of the worldwide smartphone pile.

Nokia N8 - Symbian's poster child for now

How to unlock your O2 iPhone

Unlocking your iPhone can be a bit of a nightmare and it depends what network you’re on and whether you’re still in contract.

You can always buy a SIM-free device from Apple, or one of the box-only options available from the various operators – in other words, it’s been sold to you without a contract and without subsidy.

Once you’ve been informed by your network that your iPhone has been unlocked, you’ll need to pop in your new SIM card and connect your device to iTunes to complete the process of the unlock – you can’t just do it on the handset alone. iTunes will then confirm the unlocking of your handset.

Be warned that once you have unlocked your iPhone, using it with another network will require new Access Point Name (APN) settings from your new network – otherwise you won’t be able to browse and send email.

Check with your new provider as your handset may update rather than you having to type them in manually.

How to unlock your O2 iPhone

Unlocking your O2 iPhone is the most simple of the three major networks and even pay monthly customers can do it at any time.

Simply visit O2′s online form and fill it in. The process takes up to 14 days. If you have a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) iPhone on O2, you will need to pay a £15 fee which can be deducted from your balance. Be warned that you will lose the free web and Wi-Fi bolt-on that O2 gives you.

iPhone unlock? It depends on who you're with

T-Mobile Pulse updated to Android 2.1

T-Mobile has broken the exciting news that its first budget Android phone, the T-Mobile Pulse, can now be upgraded to Android 2.1 Éclair.

Although it has since been superseded by the Pulse Mini (which came equipped with the newer version of Google’s OS) Pulse owners will still be happy to see T-Mobile isn’t ignoring older models.

The update means users will get Live Wallpapers, enhanced contact menus, built-in Exchange support (so long as T-Mobile adds it) and much better camera performance.

T-Mobile upgrades the Pulse to Android 2.1

Three next to offer up BlackBerry Torch 9800

Three is the next UK network to announce it will be stocking the BlackBerry Torch 9800 when it gets its UK release.

Although not giving much away in terms of the vital pricing and release date information, Three is the third network after Vodafone and Orange to announce it will be bringing out RIM’s latest and greatest.

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