If you’re in the market for a pretty decent 7″ tablet then the Archos Arnova 7″ G2 could be just your thing. Now reduced to just £119.99 at HMV. The specs aren’t too bad either. Powered by an ARM Cortex A8 1GHz CPU it has a 7″ capacitive …

I have a dilema at the moment where my contract has run out and I’m itching to buy a new phone. I was holding on for the iPhone 5 and was a little miffed at the 4S. For me I use my smartphone as a portable information, resource …

Do you own a phone? Do you send text messages? Do you have a tablet? And lastly the curve ball, would you like to use your tablet to send text messages? Am I getting a little vague here? The other week I posted an article about the HP TouchPad, …

I’m in Belfast, stuck in a hotel room with only a busted TV and an air-conditioning unit for company. Luckily I’ve brought with me the all-new HTC Rhyme with it’s strong unibody design. It comes with a docking station, some rather goodd headphones and a charm. The charm …

Today it has been widely reported that Samsung in Quarter 3 of 2011 have “shipped” more smartphones than any other manufacturer. As usual statistics are being used to cover up what is really going on. The analysts are being quoted as saying devices “shipped”. Which means the number …

Yep, you no longer need a Nokia to get your Nokia Maps goodness. Simply browse to maps.nokia.com and it’ll locate you using the HTML5 wizardry. Other features include.. You can see where you are on the map, thanks to HTML5 support for positioning You can find addresses, businesses …

If you’re looking for a cheap Android handset it’s definitely worth checking out this Expansys page. They’ve knocked up to 80% off and every handset in the sale has now dropped to just £79.99. That includes the Liquid E, Liquid, beTouch E110 and Acer Tempo. All handsets are …

Motorola have just announced their Q3 results and their supposed iPad killing Xoom tablet accounted for a tiny slice of sales during the quarter. They shipped a total of 11.6 million mobiles devices of which the Xoom represented a mere 100,000 units. In contrast, Apple sold 11.12 million …

We’ve had a bit more information about the free Xbox 360 deal we spotted yesterday. Orange customers who upgrade to the new Nokia Lumia 800 on the network will get a 4GB Xbox 360 provided you choose an 18 or 24 month deal. The full details are below. …

Nokia are giving away five Lumia handsets on their Facebook page. You just need to “Like” the page and then add your details in to be in with a chance of winning. The competition is open until November 9th. Link – Facebook

If you fancy a tablet for the kids (and by that, we of course mean an Android Tablet), then this Disgo 6000 unit might be worth a punt. It’s dropped to just £49.97 and, although it’s got a resistive screen, it’ll keep the kids happy after Angry Birds …

Browse to music.google.com on your Android phone and, for a brief period some hours ago, this appeared…. ..we’re a bit dubious about whether this is real or not (the image looks to have been tweaked) but if true it could mean that music will soon get added to …

Whilst reading my favourite daily newspaper (I’m so high-brow), I tripped over yet another Nokia Lumia ad this morning… ….and then, I got yet more Nokia Lumia goodness on the YouTube page…. …I figured it was worth looking to see if any other networks are carrying the handset …

Goodbye Swedish friends, Sony Ericsson will shortly be history. Sony have slapped a cool 1.1 billion euros on the table (£964m) for the 50% Ericsson share of Sony Ericsson. Sony will get five patents as part of the deal and plan to ditch feature-phones, solely concentrating on smartphones. …

I use Tango daily to call my wife and, even with the “upside down screen” bug on the Desire S, it’s a fantastic video-calling app. It’s now set to be the first video-calling app on Windows Phone Mango. What makes this surprising is the fact that Microsoft bought …

Yesterday something happened, and it wasn’t the launch of a phone. It was the awarding of a trademark to Apple for the slide-to-unlock gesture. The US Patent Office database desribes …. Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image. A device with a touch-sensitive display may …

We all know the story by now. You go abroad, you use your mobile, then you come home and collapse in shock when the bill arrives. If you’ve got an unlocked handset there are ways around the “roaming shock” by using roaming or travel SIM cards. There’s a …

OK. I’m getting pretty amazed with quite how much money is being thrown at the new Nokia Lumia 800. While watching Channel 5 this evening I became increasingly annoyed by some new advert “buffers”. They pop up for a few milliseconds between each ad but all I kept …

We’ve just had the full press release for the two new Windows Phones announced by Nokia this morning. We’ve also had a stack of photos, so we’ve added them at the bottom of your post. But first, I’d like to hear your thoughts on these new handsets. I’ll …

Orange have joined Vodafone and Three to range the Nokia Lumia 800. But hey, there’s a twist. If you upgrade to this phone on Orange you get a free Xbox ! Get your interest registered here. An Orange spokesperson told us.. Orange UK will launch the Nokia Lumia …