Bill Gates – iPad users are frustrated and should get the Surface instead
Seriously, don’t do drugs kids. Bill Gates, yes, the Bill Gates, is a very clever chap. Today though he’s stated that iPad users are frustrated and.. oh my… they’re .. mad and … can’t cope with the thing any more. [...]
Chatheads for iOS and Facebook Home for Android released in the UK
Changes are afoot for the Facebook app for iOS. The iPhone and iPad apps will both get an update today which means that it will now include new features in private messages. Stickers are a new way of expressing yourself [...]
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 [...]
Tablets sales increase massively for (nearly) everyone
IDC have released the figures for their Tablets sales tracker for the last 3 months of 2012, and nearly everyone is doing well. The figures show sales worldwide for all tablets, with 52,500,000 tablets sold in the last quarter of [...]
Apple increases iPad capacity to 128GB
Apple today has announced that they will now begin to sell the iPad with Retina in a new 128GB variant. Available from the 5th February at a price of $799 (£639) for WiFi only and $929 (£739) WiFi + LTE. [...]
Snugg iPad Headrest Holder – Review
Picture the scene, you’re on a long car journey with one or two kids they’re sitting in the back, asking “Are we there yet?” You’re not. You’re no-where near. You’ve not even got off your drive yet and they’re already [...]
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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, [...]
Is an iPad the right thing for your baby?
Perhaps I’m getting a little old or a bit “fuddy duddy”, but this seems a bit wrong to me. Sure, my four-year-old son plays with an iPad. We restrict his time with it because, along with a Nintendo, he can [...]
iPad Mini Case Comparison
Looking for a nice case to go with your new or indeed now not so new iPad Mini? Well here we have a quick look and comparison of 2 of the best. The Snugg iPad Mini case and the STM [...]
App Store downloads pass 40 billion – with almost 20 billion in 2012 alone
Apple announced today that their App Store has seen over 40 billion apps downloaded, with almost half of those downloads coming in 2012. In the month of December, there were over two billion downloads, a record-breaking month for Apple. In [...]
iOS App Review – Hundreds
Puzzle games are a well-established mainstay of iOS apps, especially those which are easy to pick up and play for a quick blast. Hundreds, the latest app from Semi Secret Software, has arrived and is looking to join the ranks [...]
Tech21 Impact Snap with Cover for iPad Mini – Review
Tech21 are somewhat famous in the case industry both for their cases and for their appearance on Dragons Den showing off their D3O technology. This case has that very tech included as you can see in the picture, its the [...]
My 2013 wishlist – Ravi (the iOS edition)
Putting together an iOS wishlist isn’t actually too easy. Year after year, Apple has slowly been filling in the little gaps, to the point where iOS is now a fairly mature offering. That said, there are still a few things [...]
iPad mini – Review
It's hard to ignore the iPad juggernaut. Apple launched their version of the tablet computer back in 2010 and since then it's gone from strength to strength in almost every way. Others have joined the market since but have never [...]
Google Maps for iOS is back!
Do we really need to give you the history on this? Oh, OK. I’ll do it briefly then. If you had an iPhone a few months back then you’ll have used Google Maps as the default mapping solution. Apple changed [...]
Three offer up the iPad mini today too
Just how can we make this paricular story more than one paragraph in length? Should I mention our festive Coolsmartphone logo? Or the fact that my wife just filled my diesel car up with petrol? No… That wouldn’t work, surely. [...]
iPad mini available today from EE
Interested in getting the iPad mini on EE? Well, we’ve already mentioned that the New iPad and the iPad mini were about to arrive on the network, but today the iPad mini is appearing in stores. Pippa Dunn, Chief Marketing [...]
Update: iPad mini stock could be sparse till the new year
It’s now known that the new 7.9″ screen that Apple are using in the iPad Mini could be in short supply until the new year. Reports from Digitimes make it clear that Apple are struggling to keep up with demand [...]
New iPad with Retina Display now available at Vodafone UK
Want an iPad Retina? Don’t want to pay the one-off cost? Vodafone have 24-month plans with 2GB of data chucked in. They cost £27 per month and it’s just the cost of the iPad that varies. The up-front costs are… [...]
Want an iPad but not quite got enough pennies?
Fancy getting yourself an Apple iPad but don’t quite have enough pennies in the bank? That doesn’t matter thanks to Expansys. You can now get an iPad on finance. Join the tablet world and spread the cost, head on over [...]
