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A new year. Time for a fresh start. Now, I’ll be honest here, during Mobile World Congress (which kicks off again next month) we get a truck-load of people accessing the site. It’s insane and I love it. Mobile World Congress, for those that aren’t aware, is a …
Hey, we know it’s early, but for those of you who weren’t too drunk last night you can get yourself a great deal on a new microSD card. This one is made by SanDisk and is a Class 6 16GB SDHC type. Best of all, this is now …
In another ‘Xmas terrific deal’ shock, Orange have reduced the price of the original Motorola Defy to just £99-99. This seems to be out of stock on-line, and therefore in store only, but definitely worth checking out if you’re after a cheap Android handset. Leigh reviewed this handset back …
So, after this post from Leigh, some of you might be considering purchasing this phone. We have one of these in the house, so I thought I’d share with you my first impressions. The phone seems to be a slightly remodelled version of the LG Optimus 7. A …
I’ll admit that I’m one of the people who have accepted a parcel that I knew nothing about. It has your name on the box, it’s addressed correctly, but you’re not expecting any deliveries. Hmmm.. Perhaps you’ve won a prize? As you open it and examine the Potty …
Further to our article about the Nexus S price reduction, I finally got my handset yesterday and immediately set about trying to update it to ICS. To cut a long story short, it’s not as easy as just going through the settings menu and requires a little manual tinkering, The …
On checking through the Three Blog tonight on a very interesting post about the future of the network and where the company are moving forwards, one of the team ‘Kaz’ has posted a reply to a comment from a customer which you can see below. At present Vodafone …
We live in an age where sales begin on Christmas Day. Over on the Currys website they’ve slashed the price of many items including tablets. The deal that particularly caught our eye was the Dell Steak, down to less than £100. Click on for more offers, including a …
 Yes, we know, the sales have started already and today is likely to be the craziest day to shop but, if you’re looking for that last minute gift to yourself our a loved one, crank up the Currys Christmas Deals app today for 10% off a netbook. …
Hello. It’s that festive time of year again. After the mince pies and Christmas puddings have been eaten we’ll be entering our tenth year online. It’s pretty hard to believe that one page has turned into this monster, and I wanted to send a big thanks out to …
The guys over at Orange have kindly lent us an Orange Barcelona to review. The Orange Barcelona is a low priced Android handset in the candy bar format with a hardware keyboard and touch screen. Think Blackberry (or just look at the picture below). The spec highlights are …
If you’ve read our review and want to buy the excellent HTC Sensation XE, try Three. They have just added it online and it’s in stores just before Christmas. Sylvia Chind, head of handsets at Three told us… Taking on board the huge amount of interest we had …
Well, it seems to be for us at least. Just a week after whacking their prices up, we received this text today from Orange. It basically means that you’ll be roaming across to the other network and receiving 3G data if you need to. In theory you should …
Microsoft have just released an updated app for ‘SkyDrive’ available for your iOS device or your Windows Phone 7. Not really sure why they have released a seperate app for WP7 as you could already access all your Skydrive docs from your Office tile, all be it the …
Microsoft has released Lync 2010, its unified communications platform for Windows Phone 7 and is now available to download on the Zune Marketplace. Lync is the new collaborative working tool and looks set to roll out on other platforms pretty soon too. Link – Microsoft Lync
Fancy winning yourself a great Christmas present ? Thanks to the team at Three we’re giving away an all-new Nokia Lumia 800. The fresh new Windows Phone has an 8 megapixel auto-focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, a curved 3.7″ AMOLED ClearBlack screen, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3.5mm audio, 16GB …
Expansys have dropped the price of the Jil Sander Windows Phone AGAIN to £199-99. Quite a bargain for a handset that runs the rather excellent Mango update I’m sure you’d agree. We’ve been speaking with Expansys to get a review unit for you as soon as possible. It …
MoTweets – Panoramic Software I always like to use generic software whenever possible. So, when I switched over to WP7 from the iPhone, I started using the official Twitter app. It soon left me very frustrated because I couldn’t find a way to “Reply to all”, which I …
Recently we reviewed the Nokia N9 which was in plain old black, Dawid found it to be a great phone and UK retailers are starting to now get them in stock. Recently Finnland retailer Verkkokauppa has put a new product up on their website and it is the N9 …
O2 have now announced a new leasing service for it’s UK customers. This service is available from O2 retail outlets and through their customer services and offers customers the chance to lease a new smartphone for 12 months for £55 per month. The service includes: 750 Minutes of …
Vodafone have put massive investment into a new team for their retail stores, customer services and online and these are called the ‘Tech Team’ Tech Team is there to not only help get you setup with your new device, but be a point of contact if you ever …
Installation: this is just a matter of going to the marketplace and downloading the app as normal but once installed you won’t find it listed as initially you have to access it via the Xbox Live tile, but once there you can pin it to your start screen. …
We’ve seen a few phones with stands around the back. They’re on some of the larger devices and are usually designed to prop your phone up for prolonged video or film watching. What if you want to fit one on your existing phone though? Well, we got sent …
OK, story so far. Everything Everywhere are running a 4G trial in Cornwall. Everything seems to be going well, with those on the trial enjoying around 11Mbps. Whilst this isn’t the fastest possible speed, it’s a lot better than the cabled broadband connection through ADSL. There’s some concern …
O2 have now released the Nokua Lumia 800 on their network through the official website and should also be in stores any day now if not in stock already. Pricing below is based on the 500MB allowance but you do have more options such as 100MB and 1GB …
Have you read our Sensation XE review? We were pretty impressed. The Android handset from HTC adds Beats Audio and has a 1.5Ghz CPU. You can win in a brand new (and network free) HTC Sensation XE from those nice people at The Smartphone Centre. They’re celebrating their …
Remember that XXSIM review we did ? Well, despite the sound of the it these SIM cards are ideal for the seasoned traveller and holidaymaker alike. It offers free incoming calls in over 122 countries and slashes the cost of outbound calls. So what’s new ? Well, now …
It’s fair to say that there’s a bewildering array of Android phones now available. They each have their own name and can even change identity on a trip across the Atlantic. So, if you are in the business of making phones and want some inspiration, try the Android …
This morning we have had a press release from Vodafone detailing the winners in a recent awards ceremony. They have awarded four developers of apps with a share of £200,000. Currently 3 out the 4 apps are available on the Android Market. Help Talk is not yet on …
With it coming to the end of 2011 there is something many of us are looking forward too…. no not just Christmas, but because with any new year comes the exciting Mobile World Congress event from Barcelona. Spain. Slightly later next year, MWC starts on the 27th February until 1st …
I’ve been known to frequent a few pubs in my time, so when word came through of the Good Pub Guide’s new app I was keen to give it a whirl. Created by the makers of the well-established and bestselling Good Pub Guide book, the app contains all …
O2 have announced on their official blog that the My O2 app is now available for Android handsets here in the UK. Available for both Monthly and PAYG customers this handy free app lets you check your use so you know if you are about to go over …
It’s not often that I write a rambling post… well, OK.. perhaps quite a few of you would disagree with that. The thing is, I’ve noticed something. This weekend we were shopping at the local Tesco. It’s the usual scene, you put a few items in the trolley …
For those that remember the good old days of the Commodore 64 and Spectrum, the Codemasters classic Dizzy – Prince Of The Yolkfolk is heading to iPhone and Android this December. I personally spent countless hours attempting to get Dizzy to jump from screen to screen and land …
Well finally I am back with my video reviews. YouTube have been less than helpful with my upload problems but they have been fixed! I’ll kick things off with a video review of one of my favourite apps, ‘Shush’. It’s very simple, it just lets you put your …
Yes!! The Galaxy Nexus is now available from Vodafone UK. Available online here Free from £41 a month. At that price on a 24 month plan, along with the device for free, you get 1200 minutes, Unlimited Text and 750MB of Internet (after the first 3 months of …
Carrier IQ is software that is built into devices like Android, BlackBerries, Nokias and iPhones. It seems as though the “keylogger”/”rootkit” is installed by the Network supplying the device. The version built into Android logs everything that you do on your device. Even those pictures of yourself, in …
Vodafone have started to sell the Nokia Lumia 800 in Cyan. We’ve just received information from the network via email. This now means you can pick up a Lumia in both Black or Cyan depending on which you like the look of more. The Lumia 800 is free …
“Yeah, send it over, we’ll take a look”. ..that’s usually my response when we’re offered a phone to review. This time it was the guys at Lekki on the phone. They get “vintage” mobile phones and video games, get them working, in tip-top condition and then give them …
Welcome to the party O2. You’re a tad late, but if you’ve brought some champagne we’ll let you in. Yep, a number of weeks after the other networks added it, O2 have finally plonked the new Nokia Windows Phone on their site. We’ll have a thorough review of …
