The Full Monty Plan – Now giving full speed ?

Morning! So, remember the “Full Monty” story ? We added an item showing feedback from the T-Mobile Support guys which showed a cap of 1Mb/s. Shortly after we received a correction from T-Mobile to say that this wasn’t quite right, but we continued to get people telling us …

App Review – Tweens HD

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and to celebrate, Kokakiki have released a special edition of their pig-matching game Tweens. Adding 20 new levels to the 75 that were in the original game, the Valentine’s version adds a new twist to what is already an addictive game. …

Futaba Classroom Games

Futaba Classroom Games for Kids by INKids Have you noticed how children pick up an iPad and just use it…? Both of mine certainly did and the youngest is only four…! We have just had the chance to review Futaba Classroom Games, which is an educational package designed …

Gripsta smartphone holder review

The Gripsta is a smartphone holder made by a company who have been making foam products for twenty years. I had a look at their website and I realised that they were VERY brightly coloured phone holders. The Gripsta team nicely sent me a box of the brightly …

iPhone security hole lets you view contacts on a locked phone

It’s not been the best of weeks for iPhone security. First we had news that social network Path has been slurping the data from users’ address books without their permission and uploading it to their servers. Now security blog Peekay reports on an experiment in which they set out …

HTC release update on progress of ICS upgrades

HTC have released an update on the progress of their ICS upgrades for various devices. The first round of updates will hit the HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation 4G and HTC Sensation XE by the end of March, with the Sensation XL following soon after. It’s also announced some other …

iPad 3 event coming in early March?

It’s rumour and speculation time! According to All Things D, Apple will be holding a special event in the first week of March to announce the eagerly anticipated iPad 3. They’re not quite sure when exactly it will hit stores but are guessing that it should be a …

App Review: PhatPad for Android 1.0

PhatPad 1.0 for Android is the latest in a long line of Note taking & organising applications delivered to the market by PhatWare. PhatWare have previously release the PhatPad application for Windows, and iPad, and have now brought the application to the Android OS. What does it do? …

Nokia N9 Gets Tasty with Ice Cream Sandwich Port

Where would we be in this world of mobile devices without stay-at-home-developers? Alexey Roslyakov, part of the NITDroid team responsible for porting Android OS to various Nokia devices, has tweeted a picture of ICS (Android 4.0) running on a Nokia N9 device. His tweet simply states states “Progress” …

giffgaff helping chickens get one step closer to being free range

GiffGaff are well known for providing sim cards with great rates and “unlimited” internet packages. The idea being you order the Sim which uses the O2 network, you top up every month and you get LOTS of minutes and text and some internet. All without having to worry …

Asus Transformer Prime receiving update to fix random reboots

Asus UK tweeted earlier today that they have released an over the air update for the Transformer Prime. The update is said to fix the random reboots that people have been having. I know mine has been severely hindered by this bug/feature. I haven’t applied the update yet, …

Samsung are not doing a press conference at MWC either

First of all we all heard that Samsung was planning a large event to happen at MWC at the end of the month. In previous years Samsung have chosen to introduce new things like the Galaxy S2 at MWC so this years “large event” seemed to be on …

Android App Review – Onavo

I recently upgraded my phone, I went from the HTC Hero to the Motorola Atrix. Quite a step and it seems infinitely faster and hence gets a whole lot more attention from me. When I was out and about with the Hero it would struggle along with a lot …

White HTC Sensation XE ready to grab

Clove have just told us that the white version of the HTC Sensation XE will be available the week commencing 20th February. It’s priced at £408 with the VAT and you can order it here. If you’re interesting in this Beats-enabled device, it’s definitely worth reading our review. …

White Nokia Lumia 800 hands on video

There is something special about white phones, I don’t know why, they just feel special. It all started with my white HTC Hero, then my white Samsung Galaxy S2 then a brief stint with a white Samsung Nexus S, a white Acer Aspire one and a white Sony …

Toshiba AT200 tablet available to buy NOW

At CES in Las Vegas earlier this year Toshiba kept going on about the thinnest tablet EVER*. Well it has made it’s way across to the UK and Carphone Warehouse have them in stock now. They come in either 16gb or 32gb. They cost £399 and £449 They …

Chrome for Android now available

In something of a surprise move, Google have today released a beta of Chrome for Android onto the Market. Unfortunately for you non-Nexus/non-flashing folks, it’s only available for ICS. At least for now. I’ve been having a play around with it and am really liking some of the …

Prada Phone by LG 3.0 Available to buy now

If you’re looking to get the Prada phone by LG 3.0, head over to eXpansys. They’ve had stock in much earlier than expected and you can get it for £429.99. So, this Valentines day, don’t bother with a Prada handbag.. get the phone! Your wife / girlfriend will …

Motorola MotoLUXE available this month in the UK

Motorola first showed of their new MotoLUXE handset last month and it now looks to arrive here in the UK with “selected retailers” getting stock this month. The handset runs Android 2.3 and has a 4″ 480×854 screen, 8 megapixel camera at the back, a.VGA one up front, …

OneNote for Android released

Who needs a Windows Phone when you can get great Microsoft apps for Android eh? (Ducks) With this free version of Microsoft OneNote Mobile you can create up to 500 notes before upgrading through an in-app purchase. You’ll need a Microsoft LiveID to get going, then you can …