A few months ago I figured out that since 1999 I’ve owned more than 170 phones. I’m going to tell you a little about some of the ones that stick out most for me. The chronology might be a little wonky. This is the first phone I ever …
eBuyer have currently got the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 at a special offer price of £199.99 which is pretty good in itself, but when you realise it comes with the matching keyboard dock that normally costs £99.99 on its own, you’ll see that it’s a bit of a bargain. …
Yesterday we got our hands on the new budget phone from Motorola the Motosmart. It’s bascially a smaller and slightly lower Motoluxe. Normally the smaller versions of devices are abysmal, like the Xperia X8 or some of the smaller Galaxy devices. I’m hoping the Motosmart doesn’t follow the …
Over the last couple of days you may have heard and read alot of coverage regarding 4G and the fact that Everything Everywhere have been granted a license for Britain’s first 4G network. When discussing this with people who love their smartphone but aren’t really followers of the …
The number of smartphones in use around the world is growing everyday and the functionality that they offer is growing with it. Things that previously could only be done at home or on a visit to the local high street can now be done on the move, be …
The ZTE Blade is one of those devices that were hugely popular. No thanks to a cheap price, superb hardware (at the time) and a huge custom rom community. Ever since people have been waiting to see what the next super cheap and hackable phone would be. The ZTE …
The other week we reviewed the eagerly awaited Chameleon Launcher Beta. Whilst applauding its smoothness and overall design, I was quite annoyed by the lack of built in widgets. Well this morning Teknision have pushed out an update that has added a few more widgets. We now have …
We are approaching episode 11 of our Podcast, so far it has been an enjoyable challenge for most of us, although hearing your own voice is always a bit odd for the first time. If all goes to plan we will be recording it tonight for publishing tomorrow …
You’ve probably heard of Archos. In a world of unknown cheap tablet manufacturers they have established a brand name built around budget Android devices – most notably the G9 Series. They have decided now is the time to mix it with the big boys by releasing the Gen10 …
In what is becoming a weekly occurrence the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has had another price drop over at Expansys this time it has just gone beneath the £300 mark at £299.99. A definite bargain as it one of a handful of devices that have official Jelly Bean available for it. The only slight …
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 has just received a large update. When mine started I thought that it may be Jelly Bean already, but alas no, it’s still Ice Cream Sandwich, but now it’s up to 4.0.4. There’s no official change log yet, so we’re not sure …
The second case we have to review today is the Spigen SGP Ultra Capsule case. The Ultra Capsule is a TPU case. TPU stands for Thermoplastic polyurethane which is a flexible, hard wearing, strong and transparent material. That makes it ideal for phone cases. The case is well …
Choosing a phone case is almost as hard a choice to make as the initial choice over the phone. You can buy cheap soft rubbery silicone ones, harder flexible TPU ones, two part cases that make your phone look like a piece of military equipment and then you …
Six months ago, Everything Everywhere said it would never happen. Now, the day after OFCOM gave approval for EE to use its existing 1800 MHz spectrum for 4G use ahead of the long awaited 4G Spectrum auction, the cat has been let out of the bag. In a …
So after the chat about old phones in the most recent podcast it got us all talking (behind the scenes) about all the phones we have had through the years. So, inspired by that, a few of us have put together our phone history! So, here we go… Motorola M3188 …
Over the past few weeks we keep hearing more and more about the upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices. We have a bright yellow Nokia Lumia and we have seen some varied specs for three different HTC devices. As far as Samsung was concerned we had heard some codenames …
I am a great fan of the Nexus range and it is getting round to that time of year where we start to think about what Google have planned. SamMobile have uncovered some details of an as yet unannounced device the i9260 which has some intriguing specs. Here …
Yesterday Apple and Samsung gave their closing arguments in the ongoing patent and trade dress dispute. Before it got to that stage however, Judge Lucy Koh had to read off a large list of jury instructions which took most of the morning. These included information on things like …
Expansys have put up pre order pages for the Dual Sim Acer Gallant Duo in either white or black. We posted the Press Release for the two Gallants earlier on today. It seems like an interesting device with a decent price. Acer have really stepped up this year …
Dual Sim phones have never really come to anything. They always seem to be a good idea but never really deliver. Back in the days of Windows Mobile they existed and didn’t really take off and more recently Viewsonic have released a few under specced dual sim devices, …
