Author: James Pearce

Yesterday the UK version of the Samsung Galaxy Note started to get the official Ice Cream Sandwich update. As usual with Samsung this is via Kies, their own device companion app. Beware though this update seems to be for the non network versions. Although I bought mine from Carphone …

Carphone Warehouse have been offering some great deals recently. For the last few days instore you have been able to get the Nokia Lumia 710 on Pay As You Go for £99. Well as of today the deal is available online. As to be expected you need to …

The Amazon shopping mobile has been available for a while now. But it was never available for us unlucky UK residents. Nothing has ever really been said by Amazon as to why. To me it was just another compromise I had to make when I popped my micro …

Don’t you just love benchmarking apps and websites? They never fail to bring us glimpses of the future. This time round it is the rumoured Google Nexus Tablet. Have a look at this screenshot from Rightwave. It shows a device called a Nexus 7, from Asus running Android …

Paper Camera for Android is a camera filter app that lets you take pictures and videos using a variety of sketchy, hand drawn looking filters. We have looked at Paper Camera for a few times before. But they keep adding useful features. Last time they added video recording. …

The Motorola Defy range are well known for being hard wearing, dust proof and waterproof. Oh and being sold off at a cheap rate by most retailers. Well it is the turn of the Motorola Defy Mini. It is currently being sold by Asda for £79 plus delivery. …

Yesterday I spotted that some of the Galaxy accessories are coming down in price. This is obviously due to the Galaxy S3 being due out very soon. Various outlets are having a clear-out. The most interesting piece I saw was a USB gender changer for the Galaxy S2 …

Yesterday at the launch event for the Nokia Lumia 610 a Nokia spokesperson told the INQUIRER that the catch up service from the BBC would be coming “in weeks”. Again the fact that this info has come from Nokia suggests it will be a Lumia only app. Also …

Earlier on today HanspreeUK tweeted a picture and a few characters about a new HANNSpad. You can’t really get that much information across about a new product on Twitter. But hey they tried. “Coming soon! The new HANNSpad #Tablet PC. Featuring Android 4, a stand out leatherclad design, …

In 2010 Everthing Everywhere started to allow their users to share the T-Mobile and Orange signals. At first it was just voice sharing and then in 2011 they allowed data sharing. It always seemed to be a bit hit and miss. My phone would jump to the other …

Call it bad timing if you want, but this May is not really a good time to be releasing new phones. Regardless of this LG have pushed out the LG Optimus L7 which is a mid range device and it is now in stock Sim Free at various …

The Nokia Lumia 610 is another addition to the Lumia range. It is a lower spec than previous model, using a S1 processor clocked at 800mhz and it has 256mb of ram. It is really targetted at first time users of smartphones. The Lumia 610 was shown off …

Recently Nokia in a bid to boost the appeal of Windows Phone have been making apps. These apps have been to fill the gaps where apps in the past had been lacking. Like with Nokia Maps or Nokia Drive. But they have also been releasing apps that give …

A few months ago we posted details of the Motorola Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade schedule. It showed some worrying dates for devices like the Motorola Xoom tablet with 3G which was still in the evaluation stages and the yet to be released Motoluxe shown as possibly getting ICS at …

You may have heard about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3, it is going to attract a lot of peoples attention, including hackers, rom developers and many many Android fanatics. Lots of these people are going to be looking to root their new phones and set them free. Well …

Mobilefun have filmed another upcoming accessory for the Galaxy S3, this time it’s the wifi hub. The Wi-Fi Display Hub provides an essential link from your Samsung Galaxy S3 to the big screen. It plugs directly into your TV’s HDMI port and syncs seemlessly with a push of …

Android Tablets span the entire price range. From amazing pieces of kit like the Asus Transformer Prime or the Asus PadFone, through to mid range devices like the Acer Iconia range or the Archos range. Then you have the under £200 range where you can pickup older devices …

If you are in the business world and you have time for another social network you may have heard of LinkedIn. It allows you to connect to millions of like minded individuals across the globe. You can use it to research prospective employers or new employees. You can …

Do you fancy a Samsung Galaxy Note? Especially now that the Ice Cream Sandwich update is out for it. Well Carphone Warehouse are having a weekly deal at the moment and you can pick one up for £21 per month. The best deal is via T-Mobile and for …

Cast your mind back to the release of the iPhone 4S. Can you remember the guy who camped outside the Apple shop for ten days? Well Rob has a new experiment. Over the years Rob has been through a lot, anxiety, depression, homelessness and a load of other …

This weekend you possibly watched the latest round of the Formula 1 on TV. Racing driving is a hugely popular sport these days, with millions of people tuning in every few weeks to see the action. But not quite so many tune in to watch the British Rally …

You may have come across Cyanogenmod in the past. It is one of the most popular custom roms for Android phones around. The latest version CM9 gives a lot of people access to Ice Cream Sandwich that would otherwise not be getting it. The orginal Samsung Galaxy S, …

My history of mobile speakers has been a bit tangled. Tangled with wires that is. I have used and subsequently got rid of no end of pc speakers, odd little speakers that were like a concertina and most recently I have been running long audio cables through to my …

I used to really loathe having to use a phone case. In the olden days I would never use one, I would drop my phone on a daily basis (approximate) and by the end of my contract my phone would be covered in cracks, scratches, sellotape and holes. …

Triposo has been around for about a year now on both Android and iOS platforms. It’s a useful app to have installed on your phone when you go on holiday and offers you a lot of information about the city you are in. The main great thing about …

Today Nokia have announced a variety of new apps and games that will be coming to the Windows Phone platform. They have been working closely with developers to get more big name apps into the Windows Phone Marketplace. This latest announcement has a few interesting new apps. Unsurprisingly …

It only seems like a few weeks ago that we were in London at the Motorola Motoluxe VIP party. Up until recently Motorola’s Android devices have been high end devices like the Milestone range and the recent Droid Razr. You may think I have forgotten the Defy range, …

We recently reviewed the Motorola Motoluxe, it has a 8mp camera which is strange for a budget phone. In the review I showed some reasonable photos that the Motoluxe had taken. I was clearing my desk one day and spotted a few other phones with 8mp cameras and …

So what do you think of the Galaxy S3? Why not head over to our chat room and have a chat. I will be logged in, plus a few of our other writers. Leigh who was on hand at the event will also be logged in as well, once …

So we are currently live  at the Next Galaxy event. But in the meantime we have got the official press release and some pictures for you as well. The wait is truly over. Hopefully Leigh will get some hands on photos later. SAMSUNG INTRODUCES THE GALAXY S III Effortlessly …

 Orange have put up a web page allowing you regsiter for details on the upcoming Santa Clara Intel powered Android smartphone. Not many details have been posted about the Santa Clara though. It will be interesting to see what the involvement brings to the Android table. It certainly …

There are lots of file explorer. Hundreds of them, each one looks much like the other and each one functions much like the other. Then you have tablet file explorers which either fail to use the available screen space or they just touch upon what could be done. …

Do you have an O2 Joggler? Well if you do you will be interested to know that O2 are about to release a final update for it. What is an O2 Joggler I here you ask, well The O2 Joggler is a 7” Touchscreen mains powered device which …

  You may have noticed that our new Forum went live the other day. Well to make things easier and reduce load times etc we have added Tapatalk functionality. This makes it a lot easier to track your favourite topics and private messages. To find us simply search for …

I was preparing to go on holiday the other week. As always I end up with a big pile of phone chargers, camera chargers, mp3 player chargers, my wifes proprietary cables for her antiquated phone and sometimes even the charger for one of my tablets. It always soon becomes a …

We have all been there. Phone in your shirt pocket and you lean over to inspect something on the toilet wall. Woosh the phone falls out and clatters down the toilet. Surely it’s not just me? Anyway SquareTrade are a mobile phone insurance company and they have decided …

Can you remember the other week?  I posted a new web video series based at a software developers workplace. It’s a comedy and I’ve been on holiday since then and missed the opportunity to remind you that episode two and three are now available to watch. It’s shaping …

Miui is a custom rom for Android devices. Miui gives your device a totally different feel. The thing with custom roms is that yes they give you lots of nice new features, but some people just don’t fancy trying to break their phone trying to get these features. …

Antutu the well known device benchmark app for Android has started to show details about the upcoming Galaxy S3. It comes out higher than the Transformer Prime which was the previous top of the list. Strangely though none of the HTC One range appear in the figures. The …

If you just thought “yes” then you are the sort of person that SPB are after to help them with a survey. I know surveys can be boring and long winded but SPB the makers of SPB TV are obviously looking for ways to improve their current offering …