Author: James Pearce
The Nokia Lumia event last week was slightly marred by some buffering and connection issues at the beginning. Well Nokia have put the whole 1 hour 20 video on their YouTube channel for you to rewatch and here it is.
There are a lot of games out there and there are almost as many Solitaire games as well. Is this one going to be any different from the rest? Well it certainly looks nicer than some of the others I have tried out. Here are a few screenshots …
It’s that time of the week again, where a few of us gather round our microphones and pretend to listen to what the others are saying whilst playing Angry Birds on our latest review unit. Yes it’s our podcast and as usual we will be recording it tonight …
Can you remember the review we did the other week of the Samsung Galaxy Beam? (It’s here if you can’t) Jamie came to the conclusion that it was a great phone, it was just a little bit expensive for what you got. Well Handtec have gone part of …
A few weeks ago I realised something, I was often explaining to people about how I use Windows Phone and Android on a daily basis. I realised there was another option. No not Symbian, I’m talking about iOS. I have never used an iPhone, an iPad or any …
The other week we published our initial impressions of the Gemini JoyTAB with bluetooth keyboard. Things looked good apart from a few ill placed logos. I’ve been using it for a few weeks now and it’s time to bring you the full review. Design The JoyTAB is made …
Yesterday was a little bit dominated by Everything Everywhere and their 4G announcement, but there was something else interesting announced yesterday and that was the VSD220. Viewsonic announced it back at MWC earlier on in the year. It is basically a mains powered 22″ 1080p tablet with a …
We’ve had a few personal opinions of the Nokia Lumia launch opinion recently. I thought I should perhaps share my thoughts because I really don’t agree. I have been using Windows Phone for a while now, along with Android and recently iOS, so I like to feel I …
PayPal has always been one of those apps that was missing from the Windows Phone Marketplace, third party developers stepped into the void and kept us going. Yesterday afternoon the official PayPal app finally became available to install. SEND & REQUEST MONEY Whether you want to send a …
13, unlucky for some. Hopefully not for us as tonight we are recording episode 13 of our Podcast. It will be published tomorrow and here is where we ask you to ask us a question. Your question will be read out and we will all try our best …
Yesterday Nokia sort of mislead people about the Pureview video they showed. In that it wasn’t actually filmed with a Lumia 920. Today they have posted a 16 second video showing real footage using the 920 and another smartphone. Here it is, the shot on the right is …
We’ve looked at the spec and the pictures, now it’s time for some promotional videos. First up the RAZR HD which they are calling the “all day phone” with either a 2500mAh or 3300mAh batteries I can understand this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2zDApeDXJc Next we have the RAZR M which is …
Motorola yesterday announced three new phones. One of which the RAZR M we looked at separately earlier on today as it’s rumoured to be coming to the UK. The other two phones we haven’t anything about yet. The RAZR HD and the RAZR MAXX HD. Get the best …
Yesterday afternoon Motorola unveiled their latest handsets. The RAZR brand continues, with the RAZR M, RAZR HD and the RAZR MAXX HD. The RAZR M is of the most interest to us here in the UK as it is rumoured to be the device that Motorola unveil in …
Yesterday afternoon we saw the new Lumia range announced in New York. They showed us the new phones and a whole host of accessories to go with. Nokia have created a few videos showing a quick hands on with all of the new items. We’ve reposted them here …
Yesterday we mentioned that the Lumia 900 had been reduced in price. The Lumia 800 has been dropping in price for a while now on various giveaway contracts but sim free prices had mainly remained highish. UK retailer Clove have dropped their prices of the Lumia 800 in black …
Last week the Amazon Appstore became available for users in the UK, this was a good move because of the daily free apps. Today you can get Officesuite Professional for free, saving yourself a few pounds whilst your at it. The app supports a whole host of different …
September seems to be the month to hold a press event. We have Nokia, Motorola, Apple, the whole IFA thing and now HTC. Last night various websites received invites to a press event in New York on September the 19th. As most of the recent rumours surrounding HTC …
Another photo of the upcoming lumia 920 has been tweeted by evleaks. This time showing the available colours of the Lumia 920. Red, yellow, white, black and grey. No Cyan unfortunately. But we will soon know for sure what is happening. They have also just posted a picture …
UK retailer Handtec have posted details on their blog detailing a price reduction on all three colours of the Nokia Lumia 900. You can buy either the black, white or cyan models. The new reduced price is £335.99 Inc vat. No doubt we will see prices dropping on …
Sony unveiled the new Tablet S at IFA last week in Berlin and today they have posted a little introduction video to the tablet. Interestingly it shows a landscape dock as well as some other things you’d expect it to be able to do. Do more, watch more, …
The BBC have announced that starting with the iOS version they will be updating their iPlayer apps to support mobile downloads. The download is meant to be valid for thirty days, which makes me think we might see a few issues with jailbroke and rooted devices. The Android …
Images of new Nokia hardware are appearing all over the web. evleaks have posted a picture of the rumoured wireless charging unit. Once again whether this is real or not I sure don’t know. Source – evleaks
No I’m not referring to the Motorola event in New York. I’m referring to the Nokia event on the same day. I should have perhaps titled this “Why I’m looking forward to Windows Phone8” as that covers the bigger picture here. A few days ago at IFA we …
The Xperia range is rather large, covering every possible budget range some of the latest Xperia phones have been in the budget range. Including the Xperia Tipo. The Sony anti naming convention Xperia Tipo. It is a tiny little thing with an almost identical spec to the Motorola …
Nokia City Lens is another of those Lumia specific apps, this time round it is a augmented reality type thing, where you can hold your camera up and it will show what is around you. City Lens has been around for a few weeks in beta form and …
Are these real? Who knows, Twitter user @evleaks has struck again. They have posted two images that quite clearly show two new Nokia devices. Apparently a 4.3″ 820 and 4.5″ 920. These look nice, the time of 9:20 on both screens is a nice touch. I’m not convinced …
What do Sense, TouchWiz and Emotion UI all have in common? They’re all manufacturer applied skins to go over the top of Android. These skins are designed to enhance the user experience and make using the device a whole lot easier. Yesterday Huawei announced Emotion UI and it …
The Galaxy Note II is going to be a huge device. Not just in size but in popularity. The updated features and spec that it offers will no doubt attract many people to get one in the next few months. Samsung have posted a video on their YouTube …
Acer have been quite hot news recently. Announcing four new phones at competitive prices. The highest spec of these is the Acer Cloud Mobile, it has been available for pre-order for a week or two now. With no mention of a release date. This afternoon Expansys have got …
The last few days have been press release crazy. This afternoon ZTE have announced the Intel Medfield version of their current Tegra 2 device the Grand X, it’s imaginatively called the Grand X IN. It doesn’t look drastically different apart from an Intel sticker on the backplate. The …
You may not have known that we have an Android app. Well we do and it has just been updated. The app now includes our YouTube videos, our Podcast and of course our RSS feed. It gives you another way to keep with our articles and content. Some …
Last night in Berlin Samsung announced a whole load of new devices. The new Galaxy Note II which looks like a big Galaxy SIII, a Galaxy Camera which looks amazing and the Windows Phone 8 Ativ S which again looks amazing. Here we have a quick look at the ATIV S Windows Phone …
Yes it is that time again, we want your questions for the team who are going to be recording episode 12 of the podcast. Last week we had an almost impossible question to answer, which we tried to answer. Hopefully this week it won’t be as difficult. Just …
This evening in Berlin Samsung have announced a whole load of new devices. The newGalaxy Note II which looks like a big Galaxy SIII, a Galaxy Camera which looks amazing and the Windows Phone 8 Ativ S which again looks amazing. Here we have a quick look at the Galaxy Note II. …
This evening in Berlin Samsung have announced a whole load of new devices. The new Galaxy Note II which looks like a big Galaxy SIII, a Galaxy Camera which looks amazing and the Windows Phone 8 Ativ S which again looks amazing. Here we have a quick look …
September the 18th is date when Motorola are due to unveil their next device to the UK. They have sent press invites out today and not a lot has been given away. LET US TAKE YOU TO THE EDGE So from this we can’t guess much. The two …
Cloud Storage is definitely one of those things you can’t just get by without these days. I no doubt don’t represent the average phone user with half a dozen different phones, plus tablets and a few pcs, all of which have their own files and structure. Cloud Storage …
Don’t you just love the internet? No secret is rarely kept a secret for long, the latest bit of info from the internet that should have possibly kept under wraps is the possible design for a new HTC tablet. A previously unknow Twitter account EVLeaks has posted a …
Archos have recently announced another new device, this time it is a 7″ tablet with game controls on either side of the screen. For the first time with this sort of thing I am actually quite excited about it. In the past devices like this have shown their …
