Nokia Lumia 710 going rather cheap at Carphone Warehouse

The guys over at Nokia Innovations have spotted a bargain on the Nokia Lumia 710 on pay as you go. Basically you can get the device on either Vodafone or T-Mobile for £129.95 plus a £10 top up. Quite a bargain if you ask me. Especially if you …

Numbers are everything… Can Microsoft reverse the trend?

Figures recently released  by comScore reveal a telling story regarding market share for the major smartphone manufacturers in the United States. Perhaps the biggest suprise is the fall of Microsoft’s share of the market from 5.2% in November ’11 to only 3.9% in Februrary ’12. Microsoft can only …

Why I think Windows Phone is the future

Before I start I must express now that this article contains mostly opinion. Right, now that’s said we can continue. 🙂 I have had a lot of phones…. Blackberrys, an iPhone, Androids and even the short lived HP Pre3 (another time) but the newest bit of tech to …

Instagram (finally) hits Android

18 months after its release on iOS, Instagram has finally come to Android. For those of you unfamiliar with the app, Instagram popularised the use of applying various filters to photos, making quick edits and then sharing them online.  Although the concept has been copied to death, Instagram …

Mobilefun and Clove announce prices and dates for the Lumia 610 and 900

Mobilefun and Clove have both posted details about the upcoming Nokia Lumia 900 and 610 on their websites. Most interestingly though are the prices. They are both higher than I though they would be. Especially the Lumia 900, which they have listed at £489.95. For someone to spend …

A status update, and a massive competition.

Morning all. I’ve been writing on this site for 10 years now and, I’ve got to confess, the last few hours has been amazing and shocking in equal measures. Our main problem is that our “unlimited” bandwidth didn’t turn out to be quite so “unlimited” after all. We’ll …

Some rather urgent news

We have a bit of a problem. It’s an issue we get every year in February whilst covering the Mobile World Congress, but this year it’s one we can’t get around. Our coverage of the event means a massive hike in traffic. In years past we’ve seen bandwidth …

Is the HTC One X the Android you’re looking for?

So, the HTC One X has officially exploded into the Android world. This post isn’t an in depth review of it, Dan has posted an excellent one here. It’s my view of what really matters now that it’s here. After months of speculation, leaked photos, doctored spec sheets …

HTC One X Review 1

The HTC One series was announced at Mobile World Congress in February and with so much to see I really didn’t get much time at all with the One X.  Add to that all the rushing around and not being 100%, I came away from Barcelona not really …

Angry Birds: The Cartoon Series

Angry Birds, possibly the best game ever released for mobile phones and it’s made Rovio into a rather large company and there’s been about as many spin offs as a normal brand could get away with, but the company shows no sign of slowing down. They instead have …

Sony to release a Google TV box this September

Sony France have announced plans to launch their Google TV boxes in France later on this year, according to a report by French site Les Echos. According to the article Sony France marketing director Stephane Labrousse said that Sony will sell two devices. One for €200 and another for €300 …

Clove post up the HTC One X user manual

I’m one of those weird sorts of people that like reading user guides before I buy something. Clove have just posted a user guide that might be of use to you. I will be having a read on my lunch break. It’s the user guide for the HTC …

Keep Calm with this app for Windows Phone

You’ve probably seen those Keep Calm posters around. Originally used during the war to raise spirits, but now these days they appear on a huge variety of things like posters and collectables. Well this app lets you create your own posters. You can choose from a selection of …

CyanogenMods 2011 April Fool lives on

A year and one day ago the most widely used after market firmware for Android, CyanogenMod, pulled an Aprils fool prank. For one day only they decided to change the name of their software to ‘TehUberDuckDistro’ and for one set of nightly releases all CyanogenMod devices looked as …

HTC One X and S heading to Orange

After hearing last week that Three had announced the HTC One X and S would hit their stores on Thursday, earlier today we heard that one half of Everything Everywhere were planning to launch the phones on the same day. It only seems right then that the other half …

Enjoying the extra 23GB Dropbox space? Don’t get comfy..

If you’re a regular reader and follow our lovely Twitter feed, you’ll know about the 23GB of extra storage that became possible thanks to a rather naughty tweak by XDA-developers. A slightly modified Dropbox APK file tweaked things so that the Dropbox servers thought you were using a …

Review: Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy

I was always excited by the idea of the iPad as a gaming device; it’s that thought alone that prompted me to get the original iPad, and after seeing the delights of Apple’s App Store had to offer, I quickly upgraded to iPad 2.  I did the same …

Sony Xperia 2011 Range: ICS upgrade starts mid April

According to the Sony Xperia Official product blog Ice cream sandwich is on its way to the 2011 Xperia range from mid-April. The post goes on to say that the first Xperia models to receive the upgrade will be Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray. For …

The Oona – Lick it, stick it !

So, we reviewed The Oona recently and filmed a hands-on video. However, we pretty much ruined the original video so I set about re-filming it today. The result is below but I wanted to see just how versatile this stand actually is. The Oona is a pretty unique …