HTC just unveiled the special edition Sensation which features Beats Audio technology (along with a rather fetching pair of Beats headphones to be included with the device). This Sensation sports a 1.5Ghz dual core processor and bigger battery than the [...]
I thought I would make a not-so-quick video showing you my current Android ‘setup’, including some of my favourite apps. As you can probably see, I primarily use my phone as a means of communication, either through SMS, good old [...]
The Nokia 2600 was the first mobile phone that I owned; I’m a pretty late entry to the mobile tech scene, but this phone was the device that got me into using a phone. There were only two things it [...]
MacRumors.com recently found something rather interesting while searching for an iTunes update. Above is their screenshot of a section of the iTunes updates page, where a potential new feature of iOS5 was revealed. The final sentence suggests that devices running [...]
Once again, Research In Motion are facing a setback. BGR has reported that the Bold 9900, Blackberry’s flagship device, will be delayed perhaps until September. RIM announced earlier this year that the device would be released globally this summer. With [...]
Released in mid-2008, the Touch Diamond was an important device for HTC. It was the first device to feature HTC’s TouchFlo 3D UI on top of Windows Mobile 6.1, a pre-cursor to HTC Sense. TouchFlo took a new approach, making [...]
It seems a ton of Android developers are keen to mimic the minimalistic style of Windows Phone 7, and the developer of hugely popular Launcher Pro has decided he wants to make his own replica of WP7′s music player for [...]
It’s official, the HTC Sensation has hit Vodafone UK. You can pick up the phone for free with a 24-month, £30 per month contract. If you want to pay less than £30, you’ll be paying around £100 for the phone [...]
Samsung has announced that the (original) Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab will be getting an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread mid-May. What’s even better is that the updates will start in the UK first, with other European countries following suit [...]
Android and Me is reporting that Amazon may be working not just on an Android tablet, but on an entire family of devices, perhaps including a smartphone. They claim that their source of information is an “industry insider with direct [...]
Amidst all the worldwide panicking about companies (namely Google and Apple) tracking their smartphone users’ locations, Windows Phone’s head has announced that the tracking features built into Windows Phone 7 are strictly for “landmarks not users”. In other words, it’s [...]
Microsoft has announced that the latest version of Windows Phone 7 will be released in a ‘VIP Preview’ event on May 24th, in NYC. We reported some of the cool new features that this next version of Windows Phone will [...]
The aftermarket Android OS, CyanogenMod 7, has surpassed 200,000 downloads. In case you didn’t know, CyanogenMod is a popular method of ensuring that your Android device is running the latest version, as well as adding in some cool new customisations [...]
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Like your Sony Ericsson Android handsets nice and small? Then you’ll be pleased to know that a couple of images of some new Xperia Mini phones have materialised on Sony Ericsson’s press site. The new devices sport Android 2.3 Gingerbread [...]
It looks like the delayed white iPhone 4 is indeed thicker than its black counterpart. I noticed on a lot of unboxing videos online that people were commenting on how the white iPhone looks bigger than the black; partly, this [...]
When phone companies say they will release a particular software upgrade, particularly with Android, there are a few occasions when it simply doesn’t happen, or is terribly delayed. Recently, the US-only Samsung Fascinate just received an upgrade to Android 2.2 [...]
As more rumours surrounding the iPhone 5 surface, former Engadget editor Joshua Topolsky’s This Is My Next is reporting that the fifth generation of Apple’s smartphone may have a larger screen, at 3.7 inches and the same resolution as the [...]
LiveProfile is a device-to-device messaging app for Android, iOS, and Blackberry. It works on a similar basis to Blackberry Messenger, whereby you are required to create an account and then you are assigned a PIN. Other LiveProfile users who have [...]
I recently decided to start a series of podcasts, discussing various areas of technology. In episode one, we focus on the rumours surrounding the iPhone 5 and iOS 5.
