Author: James Pearce
It was only the other day when we thought that the entire Nexus program was going to change forever, people resigning, partitions springing up online, people like me considering not buying the new Nexus 7. But in an interesting twist Google have published the factory images and relevant …
Episode 58 is upon us. Another hectic week of leaks, product launches, phone reviews and some other stuff. This week for our podcast I was joined by Dan Carter and Khellan Payne. The topics were HTC and their One Max, Desire 500 and Mini+ handset, LG and their …
Many years ago when Google started the Nexus program they would be the most open devices available. You could unlock whatever you wanted, flash anything, just generally do what the heck you wanted to with it. Knowing full well that you could download a factory image and flash …
I’ve used a lot of different Android launchers in my time, some have stayed with me for years like ADW, some I’ve tried out have been a bit odd like Regina and some are unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. 3D Home for Android has just had an …
If you’ve ever used Windows 8 or Windows RT you’ve possibly come across the news, weather, stocks or sport apps. I always thought that it would be nice if they ported them across to Windows Phone 8. Well guess what? Microsoft have done just that. Here is the …
Wireless charging up until now has been one of those things that always seemed rather expensive to try out, also only a few Nokia Lumia models and the LG Nexus 4 were able to join in on the wireless charging fun. Over the years Samsung keep saying that …
Many many years ago I had an HTC Advantage as my main phone, within minutes of taking it out of the box I realised it was too big to use as a phone. I had to invest in a little Bluetooth handset by LG called “style i” and …
LG are due to unveil their latest device, the G2 is what some expect their next Nexus device to mirror quite closely. The LG G2 is going to be a high end flagship and I’m hoping it makes it to the UK, unlike last years Optimus G and …
Freecell is one of those games that I seem to have played throughout my life, be it as a child on Windows 3.0, on my HP ipaq, on my weird USB TV stick or even on my Windows Phone devices. Blugri Software have made a few Solitaire based …
Pre-orders are an odd phenomenon. Estimated prices, estimated delivery dates and vague details about available colours. The device in question this time round is the eagerly awaited Nokia Lumia 1020 and it’s great big 41MP camera. Expansys have opened up pre-orders at £599.99 (TBC) including delivery and VAT. …
Now and again in life something makes it way into my hands that just feels amazing. The last time this happened to me was the day I held the HTC One for the first time. This week it was when two phone cases found their way onto my …
I do love a good hand sized tablet, which is probably why I use my Nexus 7 every single day and also why I’m probably going to get the new Nexus 7 when it appears in this country. Can an alternative manufacturers offering tempt me away from the Google …
Now and again a phone comes along that impresses me. It’s normally when the price, design, specifications, software and something special all combine to make something great. I’ve been using the Acer Liquid E2 for a few weeks now and am I impressed? Yes, but there are a …
On a few of the apparently inferior mobile OSs if you lost your phone you could log into some sort of web service and easily locate where you phone had been mislaid. As long as you turned that feature on then things would be all good. Android users …
I’m not sure what is happening over in the Samsung Windows Phone development team, but I’m liking it. Today they have published two new Samsung Ativ exclusive apps. App Folder and Video Trimmer. App Folder offers a new way for users to group their apps and settings shortcuts. …
Whilst poking around the UK Motorola website this morning I spotted the above image. It says: “We’re working on something new” What on earth could it be? A UK version of the Moto X? A UK version of the newly announced Motorola DROID range? Is it just an …
Last night in the US Motorola unveiled their latest attempt to stay afloat/relevant in the form of the Moto X, but guess what UK people? It isn’t coming to the UK. More on that later though. This is the opening line in the Motorola press material, it sums …
Episode 57 is here, recorded just before the Motorola Moto X announcement. So don’t go expecting loads of info about that. Joining me this week were Mark Peters and Ronnie Whelan. This week’s topics are the little we actually do know about the Moto X, Mark and his …
Acer have a few different handsets available and today they’ve gone and announced another one, this time it is at the bottom end of the Android pile. Following the success of the Liquid E1, E2, S1 and Z2, Acer today unveiled the Liquid Z3 smartphone for anyone who …
The ongoing battle between Google and Microsoft just seems to just keep on going. Google originally planned to drop support for Exchange ActiveSync at the end of January 2013, but they agreed with Microsoft to extend it to the end of July instead. In a further twist to …
For a while we have been behind in what the Google Play Store offered us here in the UK. Well it seems that during the night Google have flipped a switch to allow us UK residents to buy TV episodes on our phones and tablets. All Google need …
What do we want? “exclusive apps for our Samsung Ativ S phones that we bought recently at a vastly reduced cost! ” When do we want it? “now” If you’re a Samsung Ativ phone owner you’re in luck as Samsung has ported two of their apps from Android …
Bluetooth headsets are something I’ve avoided for years, choosing to use wired headphones bundled in the box with the phone instead. I’ve taken this route mainly because of ease of use, you just plug them in and you’re done. In the past I’ve found Bluetooth headsets have been …
Nextgen Reader has been one of my favourite RSS reader apps for a while now, when they recently added Feedly support it became a whole lot more useful for me. It makes cross platform syncing a doddle. Today they’ve pushed out another update for the app, to fix some …
An Olloclip is a small lense that you attach to the back of your iPhone and it helps you get different focus on your pictures. The manufacturers have now released an app which makes taking photos with the lense even easier now. Introducing the official olloclip camera app! …
Searching for the cheapest flights for your next holiday can be an arduous task. For me the main point is that I’m always worried I’m going to miss an airline that isn’t included on the search website that I’ve chosen. WhichAirline aim to make this process easier for …
I’ve dabbled with external battery packs before, you know the sort. An unbranded 3000 mAh battery that refuses to work after a few weeks. It was after my wife and her friends went to a festival down south a few weeks ago and all of their phones died …
The HTC 8X is one of the nicest looking phones I’ve ever used, it is also one of the highest specified Windows Phone 8 devices around. Seemingly the only problem with it is that it isn’t made by Nokia. Over the last few months the price of the …
We often get sent info about new games and apps and not often do I actually laugh at the introduction part. Today I did just that, after reading what this game was about I just had to have a go. Charlie Chucker, a 2D physics puzzler about a …
Episode 56 is basically a new Nexus 7 based podcast, if you came here hoping not to hear about then your going to be disappointed. A few other topics were the Lumia 625, Android 4.3, Google Play Games, the Google Chromecast and Dan and his worldwide testing of …
Shifu is an intelligent task management and todo list. Instead of just reminding you at a set time to do stuff it checks to see when you aren’t doing anything and then reminds you. The developer describes this as follows: Shifu is your smart friend who lives in …
Acer have been flogging away in the tech industry for many years now, in the mobile tech industry they are onto about their fifth generation of mobile devices and the Liquid E2 sits firmly in the mid range budget bracket. I’ve got one for the next few weeks …
Firefox OS is something that is intriguing and yet a little worrying at the same time. Intriguing as I like new and different devices, worrying due to loss of investment if I did buy one. Geeksphone were basically the first manufacturer to release a Firefox device to the …
Yesterday afternoon Google announced a whole load of new stuff, mainly centering on the new Nexus 7 and Android 4.3. During the event the did mention the new gaming hub, Play Games. Which uses the new functionality brought into Android at the Google I/O a few months back. …
This afternoon Google have announced the new updated Nexus 7. The original Nexus 7 spearheaded a surge in smaller Android tablets, most people I know at some point owned a Nexus 7 and it remains to be seen if the new Nexus 7 will be successful. Spec wise …
Remember the article from a few hours ago about the Lumia 625? Well it is all true, the Lumia 625 has been announced. The Nokia Lumia 625 is classed as fun, fast and affordable. I’m not sure which I’d agree with at this point, possibly “fun”. Jo Harlow, …
Fresh Paint is an app that you’ve probably seen before, you know on the TV, Microsoft used the Windows 8 version of fresh paint in their recent TV ad campaign for Windows 8. Now it’s available for Windows Phone 8. Unleash your inner creative with Fresh Paint – …
Nokia are apparently going to announce something big today, they teased about it on Twitter yesterday. Guess what? @evleaks has gone and posted the above image showing off the next budget Lumia from Nokia, the Lumia 625. The successor to the great but rather small Lumia 620. I …
Believe it or not I’ve never managed to use a Nexus 4, I’ve been near a smashed one once but that’s as close as I’ve got. My recent manoeuvres have been with slightly smaller phones than my regular Galaxy Note II, I’ve bought a Motorola RAZR i and …
Getting the Nexus 4 the other week left me a little nervous, I’ve seen more pictures of shattered back panels than any other phone ever. Needless to say I wanted something to protect it, whilst looking through the dozens of different styles I decided that this time I …
