Recently Apple have announced details of the checks they perform on factories in their supply chain. Rumours and accusations of child labour and long working hours have been rife and, if we’re truthful, it’s not just Apple. Other phone manufacturers also use factories within the same area of …
Much has been mentioned about Windows 8 and how it is going to be Microsoft’s saving grace. The main appeal to Windows 8 is how it is touchscreen friendly and how it has a great Metro style ui. Lots of people have been downloading the developers preview versions …
Yesterday I spotted a few sites reporting on a range of brightly coloured Android phones that are to be released in Japan on the KDDI au network. It got me thinking, why aren’t manufacturers testing the boundaries of design over here? Where is the Android flip phone? Where …
The guys at BabyPing have been in touch to let us know about their upcoming product. BabyPing lets you view a video feed of your baby using an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. A baby monitor for the gadget heads among us, if you will. The system includes infra-red technology, …
Last year Microsoft announced that their recently acquired business Skype, would soon be releasing a WP version of its video software. This was followed by a complete lack of updates and the usual shouting from users (don’t mention the lack of front facing Cameras on the first gen …
Ladies ! (And anyone else wanting a very different-looking handset) Phones 4U have just added the rather excellent Samsung Galaxy SII in PINK to their site. It’s the same great handset that we know and love, but with a lick of pink. Don’t forget to read our extensive …
Sony Japan have released a video onto YouTube showing something called Dot Switch. It looks like an infra-red remote control type thing for household objects. Not that this is something new. Infra-red on phones disappeared years ago. It sounds like some of the future Sony devices will have …
The upcoming Sony Xperia S in white will be exclusive to Phones4U at release. Which means that the networks are only going to be getting the black model at first. O2 Orange and Three have all mentioned they will be stocking the Xperia S. Phones4U have set up …
Last week at CES Sony announced a range of new Smart products, we briefly covered them all here. Sony have released some more promo videos, this time covering the Smart Tags and the Smart Headset. You can find both videos below.
Asus were at CES this week. Apart from confusing people with a newer model of the Transformer Prime they also demonstrated the Asus Padfone. It has been a while since the Padfone was first announced and it now runs Ice Cream Sandwich which will make transition from phone …
Sony answers questions from Facebook followers via this Youtube video. Today it’s information about the dual core CPU…. We asked our Sony Ericsson Facebook fans what feature they would like to know more about in the Xperia S. They chose to find out more about the 1.5GHz dual …
I didn’t really consider changing my tablet anytime soon, as I was quite happy with Archos 80 G9 which I got in October. But there was that ridiculous Christmas clearance of the HTC Flyer tablet at DSG stores (PCWorld, Dixons and Currys) here in the UK recently and … well, …
Get yourself a Sony Tablet S from Carphone Warehouse for free… if you win their competition. All you have to do is fill in a form and you’re in with a chance of winning this Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet, equipped with GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G, NVIDIA® Tegra 2 …
It’s there, proudly sitting on the Handtec website in pearly white or black. If you’ve got £467.99 (or £389.99 if you can claim the VAT back) you can get this all-new Sony handset unlocked, which comes complete with a 12 megapixel camera, 4.3″ screen, dual 1.5 GHz CPU, …
Earlier this week we saw that someone from a website had heard someone confirming that the spanky new Xperia S was coming to O2. Now we can definitely, positively, absolutely confirm that it’s coming soon to the network after it appeared on their website. No prices as yet, …
Looking to get the new Nokia 710 ? Well, it should be arriving on Three pretty soon and we thought it might pop up this month but now February is being mentioned – the 1st to be precise. You can pre-order the handset through Clove for £300 and …
Ofcom have had a re-think on their 4G auction. Earlier they were planning to reserve a slice of the new 800MHz spectrum (freed up by the removal of analogue TV) for Everything Everywhere. The joint network, which powers T-Mobile and Orange, operates on the 1800MHz spectrum for both …
We recently looked at some downright odd apps on the Android Market. Since then I have come across a few more odd things. I have also decided that Friday is going to be a good day for odd stuff. Now and again some of these apps might not …
Yesterday Microsoft got another major Android manufacturer to licence patents from them. This time it was LG. In the past Microsoft have approached Motorola and Barnes and Noble with a ”sign up or we’ll sue you” offer. They both responded by counter suing. It is now said that …
So I have been a very lucky geek this Christmas in that I have managed to get my hands on the present that I really wanted (even though I had to buy it myself). I am now the proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy Note. I thought it …
