Author: James Pearce
To celebrate the announcement of the Nokia Lumia 900 at MWC the other week, Nokia have filmed a range of videos which briefly feature the new Lumia. I really like the look of the 900, that extra screen space should really put the 900 up there amongst the …
Now and again I come across things on the web that truly amaze me. Well this is one of those times. Teknision are the company behind the Blackberry Playbook interface, which is a nice well thought out launcher. They have come up with a prototype launcher for Android …
I have been slowly getting used to Ice Cream Sandwich. At times it feels like Google have just took Honeycomb and squashed it onto a phone. The widgets I used to use on my Honeycomb tablets are still present, which is nice but at times I think about …
The other week we saw the Motorola Motoluxe, details here and the various PR people on hand didn’t really know anything about the future updates of the new budget device. Well Eurodroid have got there hands on an updated ICS update schedule which now shows the Motoluxe as “In …
Ice Cream Sandwich has for a while been flaunted as the pinnacle of Android development. Yes many problems with the Android OS did indeed get fixed with the release of Android 4.0. But I keep coming across new problems. I have been using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus for …
The other week we mentioned that the new version of Angry Birds would be based in space. Well Rovio the games developer has been showing the new version of the game off at South by Southwest in America and Intomobile caught it on film. Here is the quick …
Love them or hate them Apple are certainly good at stirring up the entire tech world. Although this time around the world didn’t change quite as much. But what Apple did introduce will still shake things up for many many months to come. Whenever Apple are due to …
One thing I have wanted for a while is a widget that lets you browse your files. I have had to resort to opening up another app and browsing through the file structure until I find the files I want. Well luckily I came across something that lets …
Last night we went to the Motorola Motoluxe event more details here. The phone explanation type people at the event mentioned that you would be able to buy the Motoluxe as of today on T-Mobile. Well guess what? They were telling the truth! You can get the Motoluxe …
Last night we attended an event announcing the already announced new device from Motorola. The Motoluxe. It can be bought in various outlets already for about £250 pounds and also rather cheaply on contracts as well. According to the Motorola PR people present at the event the Motoluxe …
We all love a deal right? We all love Windows Phone?…. Right. Well Expansys have dropped the price of the HTC Radar, which we reviewed here. They have dropped it to £209.99 which is a bargain really. You can find the deal here. The Radar definitely has a …
After a brief break from the Windows Phone Marketplace, due to some issues with the name TV Guide+ is back. It is a full Sky+ remote record and TV guide app. It is free as well which is also nice. App features Full 7 day Sky TV Listings, …
You probably know the score. You decide you want an Android tablet. You get it home, after the initial setup you hit the market. Then you stop dead. How on earth are you meant to tell which apps are tablet optimised? Tabletified Market is how. Once installed you …
The Android Market can be a little annoying at times. Especially with the 15 minute refund window. Let me set the scene and you will no doubt have been there and have been equally annoyed. You want to play a game on your phone, you don’t want adverts, …
You may have seen Reckless Racing before. It’s a game where you drive a little car around a dirt track at high speed and you smash into lots of stuff along the way. Well the Xperia studio team have got some cars, a team of guys who convert …
Android developers whilst making an app can almost do what ever they want. If they want to, they can code their app to get at a huge variety of personal information stored on your phone. In the news recently there has been a lot of fuss/propaganda saying how bad …
Friday lunchtime has come around again. As usual here is our weekly dose of strange Android apps. First up we have “BurpZ!” which is a burp soundboard. Which believe it or not is quite good. If you like that sort of thing. They have actually recorded real people burping …
During CES OnLive announced a free virtual desktop service for tablets. It allows you to use basic office applications. We covered it here if you want to read it bit more about it. We’ll today it has been released on the Android Market. Since we published this it …
Storage Options the maker of various budget tablets have recently announced their latest offering. It is called the Scroll Extreme and it is a 9.7″ ICS tablet that unfortunately does not have the Google Android Market. But as we saw the other week with the ViewSonic ViewPad you …
Over the last few weeks Expansys have been dropping the prices on various different devices. The latest price drop is on the Jill Sanders Windows Phone. They are now selling it for £169.99 Inc vat which you can get here. Mark reviewed the Jill Sanders phone aswell, and …
Asus yesterday announced the PadFone. Which is the tablet with a phone inside it. We have previously seen various demos at CES a few months ago. Well now it turns out that it works with the keyboard dock as seen on the Transformer range. This really could be …
ZTE have announced the ERA this morning. It’s a 4.3″ quad core phone. Here is a quick video they have released also today. Further details on it can be found here
A few months ago we reviewed Paper Camera. Which turns any photo into one of many hand drawn looking images. Well they have updated the app now. It now supports video as well. The videos like the photos are not the most highest definition you have ever seen. …
SPB have been making software for a good few years now and the SPB TV software has been around for most of them. Well now at MWC it looks like they are going to be showcasing a new slant on the SPB TV software. It looks like they …
ViewSonic have also announced their new range of tablets at MWC. Here are some details about their new tablets. Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 26th February 2012 – ViewSonic, a global provider of computing, consumer electronics and communications solutions, today announced the launch of its next generation 7” and 10” …
ViewSonic have announced four new phones. Not just normal phones either. They are ALL Dual-Sim Ice Cream Sandwich phones. Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 26th February 2012 – ViewSonic, a global provider of computing, consumer electronics and communications solutions, today announced the launch of its new range of Dual-SIM Android™ Smartphones, the …
Acer are really pushing for good things at MWC next week. They have today announced another handset that they will showing off next week. The Acer Liquid Glow is going to be a WVGA display type device, it will have a 5 megapixel camera, LED flash, panoramic capture, …
It’s Friday lunchtime and what do we all need to get us through the afternoon? A selection of strange apps that’s what. So here we have this weeks selection. A few people have sent me links during the week, so thanks to them. It’s greatly appreciated. If you …
Last week we mentioned how an as yet unannounced device from Acer had won award. Details here. Well now the Acer Cloudmobile has appeared on video. Albeit a foreign video, with foreign people talking foreign. But hey you can see what’s going on with the device. Via – …
Yesterday a lot of things happened in the world of the Asus Transformer Prime. Which by the way we reviewed here if you haven’t read it yet. First of all cast your minds back several months ago when the whole world was up in arms because Asus announced …
Love them or hate them, XDA Developers are a massive part of the Android community. Their forums cover hundreds of different devices and you can normally find no end of useful information, ROMs, tweaks and apps for your handset. The forums are sometimes difficult to browse on a …
Panasonic have been saying they were planning on entering the phone market again. With Android handsets. Well know they have actually released a load of information and pictures about their upcoming device the Eluga. Strange name, but hey look at it and you soon forget the name. It …
Yesterday ZTE announced two new devices, details here. The PF200 and the N910, well today they have announced the Mimosa X. Don’t you just love a good naming convention? The Mimosa X is a qHD device with an NVIDIA Tegra2 dual core chip, running Ice Cream Sandwich. It …
Everyday at the moment we hear about another manufacturer releasing some shots of an upcoming device. Well today is no different, Sony are expected to announce a couple of new devices at MWC. One of them being the Sony Xperia U also known as the Kumquat or ST25i. …
ZTE have announced two new devices that will be unveiled at MWC in Barcelona at the end of the month. The first device announced is the ZTE PF200 which has a 4.3-inch qHD resolution screen, an 8-megapixel rear camera and a front-facing camera for video calling. It also …
On my daily flick through the different networks coming soon sections I found the upcoming Sony Xperia S on T-Mobile. No prices, no solid dates, it just says March. I also found it on Three as well here. There is only a form to fill in if you …
This weeks article should have been called “Rather cool stuff I’ve found on the web + a token Windows Phone app”. This week we have a neat Lego video for you. A really cool hardware mod. A strange boy dancing around. Oh and the token Windows Phone app. …
What is it? It’s only just a flippin Google Music client for Windows Phone. The more observant of you out there may now that I use both Android and Windows Phone on a daily basis. Several things are daily essentials for me. Phone, Text messages, Email, Twitter, Google+, …
Can you remember the LG Prada? We went to press event and we saw a lovely new advertising campaign for it as well. Well now T-Mobile UK are offering if on contract. As to be expected with their new selection of accounts there are a few options to …
O2 have just reduced the LG Optimus Net to £129.99 on pay as you go. You can also get it for free on most contracts from £10.50 a month upwards. The LG Optimus NET is the latest Android Gingerbread phone from LG. Send music, movie clips, photos & …
