Google Maps for iOS – 10 million downloads in 48 hours!

Wowzers trousers. Google Maps has reportedly been downloaded for iOS more than 10 million times in 48 hours.That’s 5% of iOS 6 devices in under two days. Most impressive. Jamie and myself discussed the app briefly in this week’s podcast. In short, it’s great. It looks terrific and performs …

More Sony Yuga photos appear online

Following on from our previous article Mobile-review.com have a set of images of the new Sony Yuga, rumoured to be making an appearance at CES in January. The device has some rather crazy specs, a 3ghz processor, 128gb of storage, and a 16MP camera to name a few. It looks …

Sony Jelly Bean update schedule

Sony have updated a blog post with some more information on what devices will be getting Jelly Bean 4.1 and when we can expect to see it.  As a user of the Xperia T myself this cannot come soon enough with features like Google Now working fantastic on …

HTC M7 specs leak?

If you saw the disappointing news that the HTC Butterfly will not be heading to Europe after all, wipe those tears away as it looks like a version called the ‘M7’ is heading our way with some pretty impressive specifications. If you are a tech fan on Twitter you might …

Magnetic Smart Cover and Stand Case for iPhone 5 – Review

Apple’s smart cover case for it’s iPad lineup is one of the best pieces of accessory design in recent memory. But does a similar paradigm transfer over to the considerably smaller iPhone? Guoer have given it a try and here’s what I think Let’s jump straight into one …

Got yourself a Windows Phone? Struggling to find apps?

XYO.net has created a page to help Windows Phone owners switching from iOS or Android. To start you simply select the OS you used to use, then you type in the app name and it’ll find a Windows Phone alternative. We started off by entering Astro File Manager …

Windows Phone Game Review – Boxes

I’m going to come out and say it. This is a remake of Tetris. But a damn good one at that. The developers Blugri have taken a classic game and added a few twists, a new design and some ingenious control options and have made a really nice …

Acer S500 Cloud Mobile reduced to £229.99

We reviewed the Acer Cloud Mobile in the summer and I found it to be a great device. It was one of the fastest feeling phones I have ever used and the screen was gorgeous. At 4.3″ and 720p it made for a very crisp display. You can …

Christmas Gift Guide – Part 5

With just a week until Christmas I think we’re all starting to feel the pinch, so for my Christmas Gift Guide I decided to do something a little different. Instead of looking for something that costs money, I had a look through the Google Play store for some …

Google apologises for Nexus 4 delays

  As we all know by now, the Nexus 4 launch has not been the best it could have been. Getting one from Google has been difficult at best whilst other retailers availability has been better their prices are also higher. Dan Cobley, Managing Director of Google UK …

HTC Butterfly flies past Europe

Quick summary then. The HTC Butterfly has a 1920×1080 5″ 1080p screen with 440 PPI resolution, quad-core 1.5GHz CPU, 8 megapixel camera (and another 2.1 megapixel shooter up front), a long-life 2020 mAh battery and it’s all powered by Android. It was launched at the start of this …

Nokia Lumia 920 – Initial Impressions

The Nokia Lumia 920 has been heralded as the ultimate Windows Phone 8 device. When it was announced I was excited the range of colours and accessories. It captivated my imagination and made my wallet area hurt with anticipation of the upcoming cost. When it came to it, …

Samsung Ativ S is actually in stock somewhere

How many times over the last few weeks have we heard that the Windows Phone 8 equipped Samsung Ativ S was going to be in stock somewhere or delayed again? Answer: A lot. Well the day has finally come that retailers actually have the phone in stock and …

Google Play now lets you redeem gift cards

On Friday Dan told you about Google gift cards and how they’re headed to the UK. Yesterday I did a check and, sure enough, there’s the chance to Redeem gift cards in the menu of Google Play. There’s one problem though. You simply can’t buy Google gift cards …

Nexus 4 back to sold out status

With many people still waiting to get their hands on the Nexus 4 from Google direct, a little while ago orders were reopened to allow more people to place their order and get in the line for the new Android flagship phone. As expected though orders started flooding …

No WhatsApp on BB10?

If you just saw the exciting news that WhatsApp is now available on Windows Phone 8, now for some not so exciting news and that is it looks like WhatsApp will not be coming to BlackBerry 10 OS which launches around the world on January 30th 2013. This …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Super-cheap deal

This offer seems to be getting lots of “heat” over at HotUKDeals so I figured it was worth a mention. So, if you’re looking for a cheap, but actually quite good, tablet – then how about the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 for £145? Well, thanks to the …

WhatsApp now on Windows Phone 8

Are you one of the millions of WhatsApp users around the world who happened to purchase a new WIndows Phone 8 device only to see the disappointing news that this app was not available to download yet? Well today there is great news, WhatsApp is now available for the latest …

Nokia Lumia 505 announced

Yesterday we brought you a leaked photo of an unannounced new Lumia device from Nokia, today the Lumia 505 gets announced as a new low end of the market smartphone featuring the upgraded 7.8 version of the OS. Ever since the partnership with Microsoft was announced Nokia have been …