Opinion: A naked phone, to be or not to be?
Morning dear reader, I come to you this morning with a question, Do you use a case or do you keep your phone naked? It is a tricky one and one I myself deliberate about regularly. With the manufacturers spending [...]
My phone obsession, and what drives it
It’s fair to say that ever since I saw a carphone in a Jaguar XJ6 I’ve been obsessed with mobile telephones. Over the last few years I’ve swapped phones around regularly, usually flip flopping between Android and iOS devices. I usually end up [...]
Facebook Phone….. Who really wants one? – Editorial
There have been rumours of a Facebook Phone doing the rounds for a while now. The device would be a follow up to the ill fated HTC Chacha and looks likely to once again be manufactured by HTC. The new [...]
I wish I could just make my mind up
I’m confused, I don’t know what to do. At times I feel I should give up and just not bother. Mobile phones have me confused, I spend most of my days reading up on and writing about the latest phones. A [...]
How long will Google Keep be kept around?
Perhaps for the first time, Google released a new service which I didn’t immediately rush to try out. In the wake of the Reader spring clean, I now have to think about whether or not I can rely on a [...]
Are smartphones too smart? – Editorial
With recent rumours suggesting that the new Samsung Galaxy S4 may contain ’eye scroll’ technology, it got me questioning whether smartphones are simply too smart? Do we really get the full use out of our phones? Plus, are all these features worth [...]
Loyalty, Not on Your Nelly – Editorial
Today I received my price increases letter from Orange. It informed me that my tariff will be increasing by 3.3% in the near future. I have been a customer of Orange for over 5 years and one of my contracts [...]
MWC – How good is the HTC One camera, really?
HTC have been extremely vocal about the camera capabilities of their latest flagship, the HTC One. Having had chance to get hold of the device this week and actually take some photos we decided it would be fun to compare [...]
It’s not Google’s, Apple’s or Microsoft’s responsibility, It’s yours – Opinion
I read an article today with interest. The shortened version is that people have been faced with huge mobile bills due to their children making in app purchases. The report goes on to specify a particular case whereby somone was [...]
New HTC phone … large scale advert leak
I believe that in our green pleasant land there is a small game, played all around the country called football. Now I myself am not a fan as I watch the other “odd” shaped ball running and catching game. But [...]
iPhone 5 beaten in customer satisfaction survey by four Android devices
The Apple iPhone 5 has been beaten by four Android handsets in a user satisfaction survey run by On Device research. Have Apple finally turned their backs on quality and disappointed their faithful? You see, surveys ask a whole load [...]
Vine: The good, the bad and the downright ugly
It hasn’t been available for long but Vine is already taking the app and Twitter worlds by storm. What is Vine you may ask? Simply put, Vine is an iOS app which allows you to record six second videos that are [...]
BB10 may not be too little, but it’s definitely too late – Opinion
I’ve just got back from three sunny weeks abroad and in that time the biggest news that I seem to have missed is the BB10 launch. And I say big in the relative sense, as in nothing else really happened. From [...]
Apple, Google, it’s time to step it up! – Opinion
So that’s it, the last of the “big” players to reveal their hand has now done so and BlackBerry 10 has been launched with a big fanfare and a promise from all the major carriers to stock the handsets. BB10 [...]
How to try and steal someone’s thunder
Yesterday saw one of the biggest names in the mobile industry announce some seriously impressive stuff. New devices and a new OS. BlackBerry 10 is possibly RIM’s BlackBerry’s last chance to be current, competitive and profitable. They should be allowed [...]
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Apple and the art of innovation [Opinion]
I’m going to start with a sentence that makes me wonder where time had gone. Was it really only three years ago yesterday that Steve Jobs announced a product that would ultimately change the way we communicate? The answer is, [...]
My Windows Phone experiment
I’ve been a Windows Phone user for a good few years now, It all started off with a Dell Venue Pro, then a Nokia Lumia 800, then an HTC Titan, then my current favourite the HTC 8X, then briefly an [...]
Why doesn’t Android have this killer feature, and why hasn’t anyone noticed?
Ok, I’m quite a Siri fan. Sure there are times when Google Now thrashes the pants off it, but it’s fairly capable for a lot of situations. I flip from Android to iOS quite a bit, and recently have found [...]
Does Apple need to move to 6 monthly releases? – Opinion
Historically Apple has launched a new version of each of its products once a year dating back to the iPod. Even Macs follow this cycle for the most part but October saw a new version of the iPad announced only [...]
My 2013 wishlist – Simon
Let’s face it, 2012 was a year of veritable delights. From the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to the iPad Mini the mobile world was once again a technology lovers paradise and 2013 promises to be no different. I’ve had a [...]
