Author: James Pearce
A few weeks ago UK network Three introduced their new Euro Internet Pass scheme (which Dan reviewed here), where for a small charge you cab get unlimited mobile internet on your phone on a day by day basis. It all sounded like a great, albeit slightly complicated idea. …
The Samsung Galaxy Note has been one of those devices that caught peoples attention because of its huge great screen and a mix of great hardware and software. The Note II has started to arrive in the hands of customers today, some eager/impatient people may have driven hundreds …
We all remember Bluestacks right? They have been around since late 2011 and they make a piece of software to allow normal Windows PCs to run Android apps and games. Sounds great doesn’t it? Yes it sure does, Bluestacks have massive potential to make something brilliant with their …
After a brief spell in the Amazon Appstore, Jetpack Joyride is now available for free in the Google Play Store. It is quite an addictive game where you fly along collecting coins and power ups and dodging obstacles. Here is the Play Store description: Join Barry as he …
It’s that time of the week again and we are preparing to record our next podcast. This week has been a little bit quiet on the news front, the Apple bashing continued and the excitement about Windows Phone 8 didn’t disapate. Oh and a few of the team …
Rovio the worldwide renowned developer behind Angry Birds has just released their new game, Bad Piggies. It has just appeared in the Play Store and the link is below. Play Store Link – Bad Piggies Oh and here is a little video showing you what it’s about.
Phones come and phones go, sometimes leaving a whole legacy behind them, sometimes just disappearing without much of a fuss. The HTC Sensation XL was never the most outstanding phone, mainly due to the fact it was a single core device in competition with its dual core companions. …
What started out as a light hearted discussion during our weekly podcast has turned into something of a monster. I’ve changed, I’ve become something I’ve always strived to avoid. I’m becoming a bit of a fan of Apple. You may be wondering what on earth I’m on about …
Meeting new people is great, meeting people who share the same interests is even better. Wait, stop. This is sounding like an advert for a dating website. A few months ago a collection of bloggers and Android fans decided to organise a UK get together where you could …
Windows Phone 7 has a few bugs here and there, some more annoying than others, one of my favourite bugs has always been the wifi sleep bug/feature. Whereby if you turned your screen off the wifi would turn itself off shortly after. Ideal if your on a limited …
The latest way to bash the iPhone 5 is about the Aluminium sides and back plate getting scratched. 9to5Mac have posted what is apparently an email to Phil Schiller (Senior Vice President of Marketing) at Apple asking him what to do about scratches on new iPhones. His reply …
Can you remember last week before all of the fuss surrounding a certain maps app, where we attended an event in London for the unveiling of the new phone from Motorola. The Motorola RAZR i is a joint venture from Intel and Motorola and features an Intel CPU. …
The other day HTC held a press event with no live public feed. It meant that some of us only got to see bits and bobs from the event. Well for those that missed out HTC have published the event on their YouTube channel and here it is. …
Ealier on in the week (details here) we got to see the new UK phone from Motorola, the RAZR i. We got to see lots of information about it, the specs, some pictures and then some videos as well. On the day there wasn’t really any mention of …
It’s that time of the week again and we are preparing for our podcast, which we will record tonight and publish tomorrow. Some of you may be glad to hear that this week is pretty much Apple free, there is a reason for that which will be revealed …
A few weeks ago we saw some rough specs of what looked to be the Blade III and today ZTE have gone and confirmed it. The Blade III is going to be an entry level Ice Cream Sandwich device that is only going to be sold in the …
Sure, it wasn’t quite as amazing as the Nokia event, but pretty good none the less. Yesterday afternoon HTC announced their new Windows Phone devices. We initially thought there was going to be three devices, but they brought out two. The Window Phone 8X and the 8S. They …
Things are hotting up in the world of Windows Phone. HTC, Nokia and Samsung have all announced some amazing looking devices and they all have very similar specs. So which do you go for then? Personally I have no idea which to go for, I have a gut …
This afternoon HTC have announced the 8X and 8S and boy do they look nice. My decision over which Windows Phone 8 device to get has just got a lot harder. To possibly help you HTC have posted a video about the design behind the new phones. Here …
Ben Rudolph (the “Smoked by Windows Phone” guy) from Microsoft has posted a hands on video of the HTC 8X and 8S. We’re probably going to have to wait a while before we actually see one ourselves, so in the meantime make do with this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgJC91D9qlY
The BBC, Adobe Flash and Android Jellybean have all been a bit of a hot topic recently. With Adobe removing Flash from the Google Play Store which left users wanting to install the BBC iPlayer a little lost. Rumours are that the BBC put some pressure on Adobe …
Chameleon Launcher overnight has turned into a general release that anyone can buy now. Previosuly it was for Kickstarter backers or pre-order people. Over the last few weeks there has been quite a few updates to the app, making it more stable and adding further widgets. It feels …
Yesterday Acer announced a new small Nexus and Kindle Fire competitor. It is called the Iconia A110 which follows on the A100 we reviewed a while back. Acer have made a nice range of tablets of the years and hopefully this one will continue the trend. The spec …
This morning we had Niky at the Motorola RAZR i event in London. We then got to see the specs and saw some pictures. Later on we got some pictures of some pretty Motorola pr types demonstrating the device. It’s been a hectic day and we are going …
This morning Amazon have posted updates to their Android and iOS UK apps that enables the Cloud Player functionality that the US has had for a while now. It means that any mp3 tracks you have purchased from them in the past and any future mp3 tracks you …
We’ve seen the live blog and the specs for the RAZRi and now we’ve got some promo videos. They’re basically the RAZR M videos with a new name but here you go anyway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyWeVtXPCII http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC6X9azWHuw
We have been live blogging the event this morning and Motorola have just posted up the official press release and specs for the device. It is basically the RAZR M with Intel insides. But it is jolly nice looking, shame they couldn’t get Jelly Bean on it. Strange …
Nokia have announced another Lumia specific app and this time it’s called World of Red Bull. Red Bull have a few Windows Phone apps, showcasing the extreme sport side of their business. This new app seems to build on that and look quite good. Here is the video …
Today’s UK Amazon Appstore free app is Down The Hatch. It is an accelerometer based game that sees your character – Stinky, free falling through an endless selection of doughnuts and cakes. Sounds heavenly to me. You basically control his position on the screen by tilting your phone …
I’ve had the Xperia Tipo for a few weeks now and I’m really quite impressed with it. We covered the basics of the Tipo with our initial impressions here and now we’ll have a more in depth look at it. Design The Tipo is in that range of …
Motorola have a clear cut divide between their high end devices (Razr, Proton, Razr Maxx, Razr HD, Razr M) and their current budget devices (Motoluxe and this the Motosmart). When Motorola first introduced the Motoluxe they were full of the fact it was a fashionable well designed piece …
Recently we haven’t heard much from HTC apart from a few leaks of the upcoming Windows Phone devices and the new Desire. The One range is receiving less time in the limelight due to Samsung and their all conquering Galaxy SIII. We did hear a while back that …
Nokia have joined in on the whole iPhone 5 vs the Galaxy SIII banter with the following tweet over the weekend. Personally I have chosen to get one of the new Lumia phones over the iPhone 5 or the Galaxy SIII. As to which Lumia I’m unsure yet. …
There is something I like about run and jump games, there is also something I like about games that look hand drawn. Well just imagine how excited I was to find a run and jump game that looked hand drawn (very excited). Dalton is the star of the …
This week in the Apple Appstore you can get Roo Roo Run which is normally a paid app for free. It is a great fun platformer where you have to hop your way past thousands of obstacles to eventually rescue your baby kangaroo. The game has hundreds of …
Strange looking landscape monsters and oil slicks, the perfect combination for a game. Let me introduce Feed Me Oil, a weird mix of physics, monsters and their odd taste for oil. It has been hugely popular for iOS and they have ported the game to Windows Phone. When …
Today for free in the Amazon Appstore you can get Siege Hero. Which is a game a bit like Angry Birds where you throw rocks at a flimsy wooden construction and try and kill everyone on screen. Here is the developers take on what the game is about: …
Several times a year I go on holiday, I like to totally disconnect from the world. No Internet, no work, no contact with home. Just me, the wife and our cameras. The internet is a huge resource for the traveller, before we go away we print off no …
Three are also taking pre-orders for the iPhone and their prices are looking similar to the ones Vodafone announced earlier. 16GB in white or black The One Plan 24 month contract · All-you-can-eat data · 2000 any network minutes · 5000 texts · 5000 Three-to-Three minutes £36 a …
Vodafone have started to take pre-orders for the upcoming iPhone 5. Here are their prices. Example pricing and details for iPhone (24 month contracts): Plan 100 Plan Vodafone Red Vodafone Red Red Data Monthly Fee £25 £37 £42 £47 Voice (minutes) 100 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Texts Unlimited Unlimited …
