Whilst poking around the UK Motorola website this morning I spotted the above image. It says: “We’re working on something new” What on earth could it be? A UK version of the Moto X? A UK version of the newly announced Motorola DROID range? Is it just an …

Kenny Loggins has just emailed in with a cryptic email about taking the highway to the Beta Zone. We checked it out, and it looks like that’s where the BBM cross-platform beta lives at the moment. If you’re a bit special and you registered with the BlackBerry Beta …

Last night in the US Motorola unveiled their latest attempt to stay afloat/relevant in the form of the Moto X, but guess what UK people? It isn’t coming to the UK. More on that later though. This is the opening line in the Motorola press material, it sums …

Episode 57 is here, recorded just before the Motorola Moto X announcement. So don’t go expecting loads of info about that. Joining me this week were Mark Peters and Ronnie Whelan. This week’s topics are the little we actually do know about the Moto X, Mark and his …

An Android handset for £39.99? Well, straight up we know it’s not going to have a quad-core CPU, hi-res screen and an 8 megapixel camera. But, if you want a cheap and cheerful Android then Alcatel have a solution. It’ll be available today with Virgin Mobile on Pay …

Acer have a few different handsets available and today they’ve gone and announced another one, this time it is at the bottom end of the Android pile. Following the success of the Liquid E1, E2, S1 and Z2, Acer today unveiled the Liquid Z3 smartphone for anyone who …

The ongoing battle between Google and Microsoft just seems to just keep on going. Google originally planned to drop support for Exchange ActiveSync at the end of January 2013, but they agreed with Microsoft to extend it to the end of July instead. In a further twist to …

Here in lovely Britain you can walk down any high street, past the rows of empty shops and then into a massive out-of-town shopping centre. In said shopping centre, where the parking is free and there’s actual people, you can ask anyone about “Sky” and they’ll instantly know …

For a while we have been behind in what the Google Play Store offered us here in the UK. Well it seems that during the night Google have flipped a switch to allow us UK residents to buy TV episodes on our phones and tablets. All Google need …

We all knew it was coming but, with EE stealing a March on their competitors, the other networks were keeping exact launch dates close to their chests. O2 appear to have broken ranks and is prepping for a launch on August 29th. Initially it’ll only be available in …

So, that Android 4.3 update has arrived on Nexus 4. Now, if you have a Nexus 7 quick, go and pick it up right now, because it’s your turn. The OTA update is arriving right now, so go into Settings-> About-> System Update-> Check now. Let us know …

The “economic climate”, a “period of austerity” or “the downturn”, call it what you will. We’re all a bit skint. Recently we’ve covered ways to cut down on your mobile spending. Cheaper phones,  SIM only deals and basically switching to a better plan.  Today it’s another cheap phone …

Up until very recently the Nokia Lumia 920 was the flagship Nokia phone, and as such is a pretty damn fine handset. Due to it being usurped by the 925 and 1020 there are some bargains to be had. At launch one could pick a SIM free, unlocked …

Vodafone Freedom Freebees allow users to buy bundles of minutes, texts and internet usage at a discounted rate with the condition that they expire after 30 days. Vodafone have just changed them and they now give better value especially on the data allowance side of things. Previously £10 …

The momentum of the ‘alternative operating systems’ is slowly but steadily increasing. Today David Powell, Telstra’s general manager of Device Experience posted an entry on their company blog entitled Mobile operating systems of the future. Im this blog he says In recent months, we have been working with …

Several weeks ago, we received a Tweet from Phil Mottershead (@philicibine) regarding the April T-Mobile price hike. He stated that customers were winning their cases and had the right to cancel their contracts with no penalty. We were intrigued, as we had no clue what he was talking …

You know something. I’ve been meaning to write about these guys since Mobile World Congress. I popped into see their official launch in Barcelona. It’s basically a slick solution using a building-block system, which lets you easily create a a professional app for yourself or someone else in …

Are you an Apple developer? After the 8 day outage Apple have suffered caused by a security flaw with the Developer Portal, it seems there may now be a backlog of Apps ready for review. This is not surprising after reading an email that went out the registered …

Lucky owners of the OPPO Find 5 are receiving over the air updates to the firmware on their handsets, taking them to X909EN_130719 (was X909EN_13_130514). It’s only an 83MB download, but it comes with a massive changelog which includes dedications to users who’ve made suggestions or bug reports. …

Operating loss.. what’s that then? Well, if you’re not into your economics this might not mean a great deal. Put simply it’s the point at which a company’s operating expenses exceed its income. This is what could well happen at HTC very soon. They’ve today warned that Q3 …