EE pass 500,000 4G customers

EE have sent a press release out this morning confirming that they’re 4G network has now passed the 500,000 customers. They are well on their way to hitting 1 million by the end of the year – a goal set by the company themselves. EE also highlight a few other …

Mobile Threats, They’re everywhere!!

Threats to your mobile security and privacy are becoming more and more prevalent as smartphones continue to grow in popularity and become a major part of people’s everyday lives. Where however do these threats come from?  Are they the same across the globe or do they differ between …

Free hard case with every S4 sold at Expansys

If you’re quick and order a Galaxy S4 before Wednesday you’ll get a free personalised case worth £24.99 courtesy of Expansys. After ordering you will get a unique voucher code which you can use with Skinz The case in question is one of their hard cases and you …

Alert! Random cheap tablet news item

I know you. I know you well. I sneak around in your kitchen when you’re out. I know that you’ve got wine that people gave you years ago that you still haven’t drunk. I know that you have that sandwich toaster and you’ve not used that for years …

Nokia EOS image leak-fest

Meet the new Nokia EOS. It’s a device that we’ve heard was coming and is now… a little bit closer. Chinese website WPDang has posted these very lovely pictures of the 9.7mm-thich polycarbonate handset which appears to sport a large lens cover / camera and flash arrangement. This …

Google release their own keyboard on the Play Store

Google have recently been unattaching various core apps from the underlying ROM. This basically allows Google and the user to update these apps seperately and with no network/carrier inrerference. So far Gmail, Calendar, Hangouts and YouTube have been published separately. Now with the keyboard Samsung and HTC owners …

Jetpack Joyride is now available for Windows Phone 8

Jetpack Joyride is one of those popular games on the other mobile platforms and today it finally comes to Windows Phone. You basically fly your little man along avoiding obstacles for as long as possible. Sounds addictive doesn’t it? Well it is. Suit up with a selection of …

Apple lose against Samsung in patent dispute

Apple have infringed on a Samsung patent. That’s the ruling of the International Trade Commission (ITC) in the USA. It could mean that older models of the iPad and iPhone are banned from sale in the country as the companies continue to lock horns of patents. The ruling …

HTC One mini leaked images hit the web

Remember the HTC M4? This looks to be arriving as the HTC One mini and, like the Galaxy S4 Mini, will be a slightly-less-good and slightly-smaller version of the bigger brother. Leaked shots have appeared today, complete with a serial number (doah!) and specs are reported to include …

Samsung announce the Galaxy S4 Active

As usual these days when a phone is finally announced we have seen pictures and specs already. So devices like this arrive with a “oh yeah I remember that one” kind of reaction. The Galaxy S4 Active is basically an S4 with a TFT screen instead of Super …

OPPO Find 5 unboxing video

The OPPO Find 5 is the Android phone with a 5″ full HD screen that costs only 399 Euros. It has the potential to be a giant killer, but it wasn’t available in Europe until last week, and it crept in beneath the radar of most people even …

Gmail for Android gets that new update

Remember the other day we mentioned that Gmail for Android would be getting a nice update? Ravi mentioned it here. It was meant to be rolling out over the next few weeks and it appeared in APK format over the last few days, well now it’s all official. …

HTC loses their Chief Operating Officer

We’ve already seen a lot of the HTC top brass leave the company, but now the Chief Operating Officer, Matthew Costello, has left too. He became COO in January 2011, so has only been in the position for two and a half years. There definitely seems to be …

Sky+ Android app updated, and jolly good it is too

Sky have obviously got over those problems from last week now. All of their apps now show up in the Google Play store correctly and one, the Sky+ app, has received a significant update. When you’re out and about it’ll still let you send a record command back …

Yandex Shell is a new launcher for Android

Yandex are the company that bought SPB a few years ago and they are also behind the popular launcher SPB Shell. Yandex Shell is like a trimmed down version of SPB Shell and best of all it’s free. Yandex Shell is a home launcher and address book for …

Jelly Bean is nearly the most popular version of Android

Which version of Android does it run? That’s one of most frequent questions asked of manufactures when they announce a new phone or tablet. It’s also used to gauge quite how good a deal is on some clearance website. Every month Google collate the Android versions of every …

Sony announce the Xperia M

Sony seem to have gone into new phone overdrive this year, we have already got the Xperia Z, L, J, E, SP and the newly announced ZR not to mention the Tablet Z, today they have announced the Xperia M. The Xperia M seems to sit in the …

Adobe release an official Windows Phone PDF reader

Adobe themselves have now released a PDF reader for Windows Phone. Yes, there’s been an MS version, but this is the official one from Adobe. You can open and read PDF documents and you can also search, copy, paste, zoom and scroll around a document. It’s good, but …