Author: James Pearce
The Google Search bar is quite useful. The system wide searching quite often comes in handy for searching for things. But now and again I want to search for something on Wikipedia or YouTube and I’m left browsing to the app or website and then trying to find …
One thing I kept thinking throughout this video was “battery life”. Although far fetched the video does showcase some of the features of the Nexus 7 in a consumer friendly manner. Lets just hope they can sort out their stock and delivery issues. 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqiSE-ukmgc Via – Android …
In conjunction with the new Batman film Gameloft have released their latest game onto the Play Store and on iTunes. Take the role of Batman in an open-world Gotham City, visiting locations and facing villains familiar to the action blockbuster which is in cinemas from today. Play through …
The rumour mill is quite often spinning rather quickly and last night I spotted something that could be great but could also just be another nail in the coffin. What on earth am I on about? Well the other day T-Mobile US leaked a document that mentioned some …
Can you remember that Kickstarter Project for the Android tablet ui? Well they have raised the required funding and will be releasing a beta version to backers soon, with the full version appearing on the Play Store shortly afterwards. The developers behind Chameleon have got hold of a …
You may have heard of Twitter! It is a huge great place that lets you rant endlessly to hundreds of like minded people, with the introduction of smartphones the use of Twitter exploded. There are many Twitter apps for every platform and one in particular caught my attention …
ZTE last week tweeted.. The countdown has begun! 6 days left until you can have one of the MOST ADVANCED GAMING SMARTPHONES in your hands! They are holding an event tonight in London where they will unveil what this device is going to be. If rumours are to …
Lots of us pre-ordered the Google Nexus 7 Tablet the other week. Lots of us noticed odd things going on with the money in our bank accounts. Lots of us got a little cross at ebuyer selling the Nexus 7 last week. Lots of us have been logging …
Over at Expansys they are having a bit of a sale on certain Motorla products. Over the last few weeks the prices of the Motoluxe, the Razr and the Xoom media editions have been slowly dropping. Mainly due to a slow upgrade schedule from Motorola, along with new …
ASLR is a security feature used in many operating systems. From Windows XP through to OSX or iOS6 and for a while Android has been avoiding using it. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich partially used it and now with the release of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean it uses …
A few weeks ago the Nexus 7 was announced and some lucky people who were at the Google I/O were given one as a gift. One of the initial gripes about the device was that Instagram didn’t work. This was because the camera wasn’t recognised as a camera. …
A few months ago HTC issued a list of devices and dates for the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade. There were a few surprises on the list including the HTC Desire HD. This news pleased quite a few people as they didn’t really expect HTC with their outstanding history …
Over the last year or so I have gone through quite a few phones, I’ve dabbled with Windows Phone, I’ve had Samsung, HTC and even Motorola devices. Whatever phone I have the grass always seems greener on the other side. When I upgraded from my aging HTC Desire …
Not a day goes by without any of us using the internet, somewhere along the line this has to be paid for. Whether you are paying your isp for the internet at home or whether you pay your mobile provider for internet, or even heaven forbid you pay …
Over the last few years I have been looking for a solution to my music storage problem. Recently whilst playing about with Windows Phone I have come close to finding my ideal solution. That solution was 7Digital. First of all I should let you know what the problem …
In the last few days retailers have started to get the eagerly awaited LG Optimus 4X HD into stock. Expansys are one of these retailers and they have recorded a quick unboxing of the device which you can see below. LG’s First Quad-Core Processor Smartphone: LG’s next milestone …
So this week we got sent one of the new Hannspree HANNSpads by the kind people from Hannspree. When I initially heard that a new HANNSpad was going to be released I was quite excited. The original was quite a hit with the development community and we haven’t …
Madfinger the developer behind great games Samurai Vengeance and Shadowgun have released their latest which is a zombie shooting type game. There is a brief back story to it, but I quickly jumped past that and started shooting zombies. As with all of Madfinger games they are Tegra …
The battle between Apple and Samsung is heating up. A few days ago Apple managed to get sales of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus blocked in the US. It was all down to a patent regarding the persistent search box on the screen of the Nexus. This ban was …
Gameloft are well known for their great games that really push the boundaries of what a mobile device can do. There latest game is a little bit different to the norm. It is a turn based social card game, whereby you either play against your friends or your …
We all know SPB, they have been making software for mobiles since the days of Windows Mobile. Most recently they jumped onto the bandwagon that is Android and haven’t to date really got involved in Windows Phone. Well they have announced SPB TV for Windows Phone, so if …
Cast your minds back over the last few weeks. Think of all the Android tablet news you’ve heard. Your probably thinking of the accidental tweeted picture and the following press release we posted about the “new HANNSpad”. At the time Hannspree said that the new HANNSpad would be …
This little app is for Android tablet running Honeycomb or higher. It adds a few buttons to the status bar area on your tablet. The buttons will change the media volume without having to use the hardware button. It is really quite useful if you want to quickly …
Nokia have announced a load of new apps and updates for the Nokia Lumia 800 and 710. The update is available on Zune and the apps will be available on the Marketplace. As usual some markets may be delayed and some carriers may interfere, just because. But now …
Cyanogenmod has been a favourite custom ROM for many people. With the release of the source code for Ice Cream Sandwich last year many people have been getting upset about when a stable official build of Cyanogenmod 9 would be released. Yes there were many nightly versions available …
If you are involved in the development of apps or games then we want to hear from you. Regardless of platform, be it Android, Blackberry, iOS, Symbian or Windows Phone. We’d like you the developers to come to our forums and post details about your products. We can …
Over the last week or so we have heard lots about Windows Phone 8 and all of its great new features. Quite a few people are upset about the fact that current devices cannot be upgraded to Windows Phone 8, as a compromise Microsoft have took one of …
The Motorola Xoom is going rather cheap at the moment. Misco are selling them at ÂŁ220.80 for the next day or two. The promo is for 72 hours and it started on Monday morning. The Motorola Xoom they are selling is the WiFi only 32gb model. You can …
Once again I find myself coming up with a phone based challenge. This time I thought “could I use Windows Phone for a whole week”. So this may sound a bit odd, as many people use Windows Phone alone and nothing else and they manage to live perfectly …
You may have heard of PayPal. I use it quite a bit, buying a selection of bargains from eBay and for collecting money from my sales as well. Either way buying or selling PayPal is quite a useful service. On a mobile device PayPal is a little more …
You have probably been there, you search for a local company using Bing local. It finds the results you want and you want to save it as a new contact. Well you can’t, there is no way of saving the results. Bar writing it down with a pen …
I spotted this game the other day, it lets you basically gauge how hard you can punch. You basically have to grip the phone, punch the air and then revel in how great you are. Quite what a guy who spends ten hours a day sat at a …
A few weeks ago Hannspree tweeted a picture of the upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich HANNSpad. Today they have announced the actual spec and price for the device. The press release is below and quite a few things stand out from it. Key points for the new HANNSpad are: …
Storage Options are a UK based technology firm who make a variety of products. Some of which are tablets. Budget Ice Cream Sandwich tablets at that. Today Storage Options have announced two new tablets that are available to pre order. The 9.7″ Scroll Elite for ÂŁ199.99 and the 8″ Scroll Engage for …
In celebration of the Windows Phone Marketplace reaching one hundred thousand apps and also the developers having a few issues with the Marketplace taking their app down, the developers of gMaps for Windows Phone have reduced the price of gMaps Pro to ÂŁ0.00, so quickly head over to …
ChargeBar is a neat little line that runs along the top of your screen and shows you how much battery you have left. I originally had something like this back in the day of Windows Mobile. This is slightly more featured and is a clone of the charge …
Windows Phone 8 is soon to be unveiled and we will hopefully find out what features have been kept, what bugs have been fixed, what new features have been dreamt up and most importantly what happens to our older devices. I have been using Windows Phone for a …
A while back we mentioned the SPB were conducting a big survey about mobile TV usage. Well the survey is over now. SPB have compiled all of the results and come up with some interesting statistics. If you want even more stats with some graphs then head over …
The other week I got myself a Samsung Galaxy Note. Before I had one I was always interested in it but also concerned about the size. What a lot of people ask me when they find out that I have got one, is “is it too big?” or …
Instapaper is a hugely popular iOS app. It allows you to save web pages as text, text which can be stored offline so you can read it at a later date or when you haven’t got a web connection. The app seems to be phone and tablet optimised …
