Author: Jamie Hoyle

Hatchi: A Tale of Life, Love and Death

Remember my post announcing the release of Hatchi for Android? Well, thanks to PortablePixels, I’ve been given access to a review copy of Hatchi. On first launch, you are presented with a rather simple page inviting you to “Tap to Start” – nothing fancy but it does the …

Samsung Galaxy S Advance: Unboxing (Gallery)

So, thanks to a rather good Carphone Warehouse deal, I’ve got my mitts on the Samsung Galaxy S Advance. While I wait for the phone to charge, here are some unboxing shots… The Galaxy S Advance has a 4.0″ SuperAMOLED curved screen, with 8GB storage, a microSD card …

Hatchi arrives on Android

Hatchi, the Tamagotchi-style iPhone game that was released earlier this year, was launched on Android earlier today. The game, which was a bestselling app in the UK, Australia and elsewhere upon release into the iOS App Store, has a price tag of 64p and requires a device with …

App Review: Whale Trail Frenzy

Fresh off the back of the spectacular game Whale Trail comes a new free app by the developers ustwo – Whale Trail Frenzy. Frenzy is a new game based on the original that moves into a new genre for both ustwo and the Whale Trail series – freemium …

[UPDATE 4] Ebuyer & Google dispatching Nexus 7 tablet

We’ve just received word from Ebuyer that the new Nexus 7 tablet will be ‘Out for Delivery’ tomorrow – the first that we’ve heard from any major retailer about a definite release date.  Assuming that Ebuyer stick to this (and Google don’t stop them from delivering the tablet), then a …

Deal Alert: Desire C £99 (and many more!)

The Carphone Warehouse Summer Sale started today and it looks rather good – much better than the O2 “secret” sale earlier this week! Highlights of the sale include the HTC Desire C for £99, the Motorola XOOM 2 Media Edition from £199 and various contract deals (Galaxy S3 …

Nexus 7 root achieved (already)

Yes, you read that right. The new Google Nexus 7 has been rooted, only two days after it was given to Google I/O attendees and around two weeks before the tablet is released to the general public. A user called ‘birdman’ on RootzWiki has posted a guide on …

Open webOS Community Edition released

For those of you who have a HP Touchpad, the Open webOS project came one step closer to fruition this week. The Open webOS team have released a package for the Touchpad that allows users to “learn how the TouchPad works, modify your TouchPad experience and then apply …