Author: Iain McLaren

WhatsApp adds voice messages for Windows Phone

It appears that WhatsApp have been doing a little bit of tinkering with their servers and have enabled voice messaging for Windows Phone, or the new Lumia 1020 at least. WhatsApp is a very popular cross platform instant messaging app that allows users to chat, share pictures, videos and …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 starts to get 4.2.2 update

According to Samsung Updates the Galaxy Tab 2 7″ is starting to get an update to 4.2.2 flavour of Jelly Bean. Well the 3G version in France is at least but it should mean that it will shortly be rolling out to the UK and the wifi only version shouldn’t …

Vodafone Freedom Freebees go RED – now give better value

Vodafone Freedom Freebees allow users to buy bundles of minutes, texts and internet usage at a discounted rate with the condition that they expire after 30 days. Vodafone have just changed them and they now give better value especially on the data allowance side of things. Previously £10 …

Note 3 specs leak

The Samsung Note range started off as a bit of a novelty but as established itself as range that sells a good quantity of phones and has launched an entire market, that of the phablet with HTC, Sony and Nokia bringing out larger handsets and Samsung adding more …

4oD app updated – Now allows downloading

Channel 4 have just updated the iOS and Android app (at the same time) to version 3.0. The new version allows downloading so users can grab programmes from the last 30 days to watch any time within the next 7 days rather than only being able to watch …

Nokia Q2 results aren’t pretty, lead to job losses

Nokia has just announced it’s financial results for Q2 and they aren’t pretty reading for fans of the Finnish manufacturer, with a loss of 115 million Euros ($151m) in the last three months alone. Ouch! Whilst this is an improvement compared to the 150 million Euro loss last quarter, …

6sec – unofficial Vine app now available for Windows Phone 8

A lot has been made about the lack of apps on Windows Phone 8 but it must be said that there are a lot of ingenious developers who make unofficial apps. With the likes of Swapchat (a Snapchat client – since removed from marketplace) and Itsdagram, already having …

A third of Brits don’t care about 4G

A few months back we ran a survey to see what our readers thought about 4G; whether they were interested or whether they would prefer bigger allowances and more reliable signal. The results of this survey can be found here. Yougov have had a similar idea and interviewed …

App store 5th birthday discounts

The Apple App store celebrates its 5th birthday on July 10th and as an early birthday present from Apple, you can get a range of top apps for free (and everyone likes free stuff). What’s more is that these aren’t your usual run of the mill apps there …

Word Search 10K

Any wordsearch fans out there? Well if you have an iOS device then the app for you has just been released. Word Search 10K is the largest word search ever made and is available free on the App store now. The app features one giant wordserach split into …

LG Optimus G2 images leak

The LG Optimus G2 has been lurking around the internet for a month or so now with some images surfacing in May and some more turning up now. The main thing the images show is that the phone has a forward facing camera and that the volume rocker …

New Sony smartwatch coming with NFC

Sony have recently been teasing the announcement of a new Smartwatch on their Xperia twitter account and it looks set to become official at the Mobile Asia Expo 2013 which runs from 26th to 28th of June. The tweets include a picture of the current Smartwatch (their second …

Xperia ZU screenshots leak and confirm specs

The Sony Xperia ZU or Z Ultra is Sony’s answer to the success of the Samsung Note range. It has been floating around the rumour sphere for some time but some screenshots have just leaked and the screenshots appear to confirm some of the expected specifications as well. …

Nokia stops Symbian production

It has been coming since that infamous memo when Stephen Elop described it as a burning platform but Nokia have finally announced that they will be stopping production of Symbian phones some point this summer. Symbian was launched with the 7650 back in 2002 and was utilised on …

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 picture leaks

The Ace has for the last few years been the more affordable, lesser specced range to flagship S, although it has been further bumped down by the S3 mini and forthcoming S4 mini. However for the budget conscious shopper the Ace continues to offer a great introduction to …

Facebook Home updated

Facebook Home is Facebook’s own launcher that allows you to easily see your friends Facebook posts and updates from the homescreen. It will shortly its first major update and includes the following new features: ·         The ability to change who can see something you’ve shared ·         Sending multiple photos in …

Sony announce the Xperia M

Sony seem to have gone into new phone overdrive this year, we have already got the Xperia Z, L, J, E, SP and the newly announced ZR not to mention the Tablet Z, today they have announced the Xperia M. The Xperia M seems to sit in the …

EU looking to make roaming charges history

We all know that using a phone abroad can be very expensive especially for data. There may be hope on the horizon though thanks to this woman. This is Neelie Kroes and she is the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda. With EU roaming charges already set to drop …

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active and Zoom specs leak

With the success of the Galaxy S4, selling 10 million units since launch, Samsung didn’t really need to do much else but rather than rest on their laurels they are going after the tough phone market as well with the S4 Active. Whilst pictures of it leaked last …