Author: James Pearce
During MWC in Barcelona Leigh got his hands on the upcoming Huawei Ascend P1. It looks to be a super thin and good looking phone. Today in Beijing Huawei have announced the global availability of the device. Europe seems to be the last to see it, but it should be …
Can you remember the JCB Pro Smart Toughphone we reviewed on Monday? Well it and a few other similar devices are now available at www.jcbtoughphone.com. Clove and Handtec have also announced that they have the Pro Smart in stock or will do soon. Clove – Here Handtec – …
If you own an Acer Iconia tablet life will soon start to get better for you. Buried deep within the Acer support pages a table has appeared showing the update schedule for the A100, A200, A500 and A501 tablets. One slight problem though. It is the US section …
Tyler Moore starts his new job programming smartphone apps at Samurai Software under Gene Diblasko, and things get weird. This is the brief bio for a new web series titled App Holes which centres around the developers of third-rate smartphone applications, the sort of apps that are popular …
“Will my device get an official update?” It is one the most often asked questions, be it to the networks, to the manufacturers or even to websites like us. People just want the latest and greatest version of the software. Most recently it has been the turn of …
The other day we mentioned that Demolition Inc THD had been released onto the Play Store and I said that I would do a little review of it for you. Well yes here it is. Demolition Inc is not like any other game I have ever played. The closest I …
HTC are said to be focusing their efforts on fewer devices this year. We’ve already seen the One Series, but now it looks like there’s another device on the way. Pocketnow have got there hands on an image of what is said to be an upcoming device. It …
The Windows Phone Marketplace has a bit of a sale going on at the moment. There’s a variety of apps and games at a discounted rate, such as Rowi which we mentioned the other day. They’re at 79p which, for some of the games, is a drastic reduction. …
Do you fancy a bit of demolition? How about flying a ufo? Do you own a Tegra device as well? If so then this game will be right up your street. It is nice to see more Tegra specific games being released. The whole “Tegra is great” thing …
The other week I got all excited because Nokia had created a website which detailed when you would be able to get the latest update for your Nokia Lumia 800. The excitement didn’t last long as I realised it was being left to the networks to decide when …
One app that I have wanted for a while on Windows Phone was a way to track your data usage. As we are all aware our internet tariffs are not quite unlimited any more (unless your on one of those truly unlimited tariffs). We all have an upper limit to …
In the world of Windows Phone there are quite a few Twitter apps. Most of them are ill thought out, barely functional, awkward, slow, laggy and unpleasant apps. My first big challenge when I started off down the Windows Phone path was to find something that did not tick …
As is always the way devices always get leaked. Either by the actual device being left in a bar somewhere or a mysterious source somewhere or just a mobile network accidentally posting details online. Well in China someone has got their hands on a presentation showing what looks …
So I jumped on the Android Instagram bandwagon the other day. Once I had it installed I thought to myself “ooh I would love a nice metro version of this on my Lumia”. So rather ambitiously I headed over to the Windows Phone Marketplace. I found two apps …
The guys over at Nokia Innovations have spotted a bargain on the Nokia Lumia 710 on pay as you go. Basically you can get the device on either Vodafone or T-Mobile for £129.95 plus a £10 top up. Quite a bargain if you ask me. Especially if you …
Mobilefun and Clove have both posted details about the upcoming Nokia Lumia 900 and 610 on their websites. Most interestingly though are the prices. They are both higher than I though they would be. Especially the Lumia 900, which they have listed at £489.95. For someone to spend …
Sony France have announced plans to launch their Google TV boxes in France later on this year, according to a report by French site Les Echos. According to the article Sony France marketing director Stephane Labrousse said that Sony will sell two devices. One for €200 and another for €300 …
I’m one of those weird sorts of people that like reading user guides before I buy something. Clove have just posted a user guide that might be of use to you. I will be having a read on my lunch break. It’s the user guide for the HTC …
You’ve probably seen those Keep Calm posters around. Originally used during the war to raise spirits, but now these days they appear on a huge variety of things like posters and collectables. Well this app lets you create your own posters. You can choose from a selection of …
Google have posted a promotional video on YouTube telling you all about their new snack products. Apparently Google has revolutionised preventative healthcare. So here is the video.
Microsoft have just posted pictures of one of their new devices. Details are a little vague at the moment. They have posted the following on their Facebook page. “Introducing Windows Pager. Meet our newest mobile device. Coming 2014… give or take a few months.” No specs or connectivity …
We all know Swiftkey right? The superb predictive Android keyboard. It does such a good job of predicting your next words, sometimes you just don’t need any other buttons just the space bar to insert your most likely next word. Well that’s what they are planning to do. …
Expansys are having one of their never ending clearance sales. As usual there is a item that caught my eye. It was the LG Optimus 7. They have reduced it to £149.99, which for the spec is quite a good deal. The Optimus 7 also has 16gb internal …
Over the last few weeks we have been hearing rumors about the next update for the Nokia Lumia 800. The main feature is the extra battery life. They have apparently improved the bass in music playback as well. Nokia have put up a web page that shows you …
The iPod Touch is a great product. Over the years millions of people have bought them to be able to play games, listen to music or watch films on. The price of the smallest capacity device has really opened it up to so many people. These days most kids, …
For the past few months people with Tegra devices have been able to participate in the beta for a rather nice role playing game called Soulcraft. Well now they have released a non Tegra version of the game so anyone can have a play now. Well apart from …
Can you remember the Samsung Galaxy Beam? The Samsung device with a built in projector. Surely you can remember all of those videos from MWC showing the Beam in action. Well anyway it is now up for pre-order at Clove for £454.80 inc Vat. The spec of the …
Last year Bluestacks released the Alpha version of their app. It basically allowed you to run certain Android apps on your Windows pc. It was a little laggy and getting new apps to run involved another Android transferring the app across. Games were a no starter as there …
What a great start to the day. The eagerly awaited iOS hit has now appeared on the Android Market. It is a running jumping puzzle solving type game and it’s free so head over to the play store and see what all those Apple users have been playing …
Whilst browsing around the web or checking out the latest you may have seen posts done in a strange font or a basic picture made with dots and squiggles. Well this app lets you do just that on your Windows Phone. You start off adding the text you …
You may have heard of the hugely popular photo service Instagram. It is a service that lets you take photos, add a filter to it and upload it for all of your friends to see. Well yesterday on Twitter they announced that you could sign up to be …
Earlier on today we reported that Rovio the developer behind the recently released Angry Birds Space weren’t going to make a version for Windows Phone. I felt a little saddened by this not because I couldn’t play it on my new Lumia, but more that one of the …
It really needs no introduction. The long awaited Angry Birds Space game is now available on the play store. Here is a nice video from Nasa to accompany the release. Play Store Link – Angry Birds Space
You may remeber the white Lumia 800 that I have been banging on about for a while now. Well Phones4U seem to have an exclusive on it, details here. They now have them for sale and as to be expected the prices are higher than the other colours. It is …
Picture the scene, your listening to music on your nice new Windows Phone. Let’s say a Lumia 800. Something happens and you have to stop listening to the music. From that moment onwards you are left with the blasted music on pause notification for the rest of the …
It is a public transport information app. Covering 512 cities worldwide. Unfortunately this doesn’t include Nottingham yet. In just a few taps, you can instantly see the routes and connections you need and how long each leg of the journey will take. Also the app uses Nokia Transit …
We saw the upcoming Nokia Lumia 900 at the MWC the other week. It is a larger version of the Lumia 800 and there are a few questions people have about the device. Well Nokia Connects have asked Nokia a whole host of questions and some of them …
Zeptolab have released the sequel to the hugely popular game Cut the Rope. It is a very addictive puzzle game involving a weird little green creature, some annoying spiders and lots of candy. Cut the ropes, deliver candy to Om Nom, collect stars, and unlock new levels.The follow-up …
If you are a Lumia owner you have probably noticed how there are a few apps made by Nokia on your device and also in the Marketplace. Well this week they have added another one. It’s called Creative Studio and it pre applies filters to photos, applies the …
Tasks Arranger is to-do list manager. It is a nice and simple one at that. Quite often to-do list apps get way to complicated, getting bogged down with syncing information to some pointless cloud server or making you prioritiser the task. I’ve tried out many over the years …
