Category: Android

Momax have taken a fresh look at the case/stand hybrid concept with The Core Smart Case, which uses an origami inspired design for the stand coupled with a traditional gel casing. Good Fits perfectly Magnetic fasteners Screen protector and cloth included Bad Stand angle is too upright Unstable …

Optical Image Stabiliser systems are built into a number of smartphones to smooth out the video whilst filming. It means that the funny clip of your girlfriend or wife riding around in the Tesco trolley is more like F1 and less like a wobble-cam special. Nirave from UKMobileReview …

Back in February we got a first look at the new tough smartphone from Cat – those people who do the diggers. This, at first glance, seemed to strike the balance between style and ruggedness pretty well. A good quality 4″ screen, dual-core 1GHz CPU, microSD slot and …

Sorting your daily dose of news into small, bite-sized chunks can be a bit of a pain at times. You either download an app, go through the mobile version of the newspaper website or heck – you could even buy one of those “paper versions” 😉 The people …

Google Maps is a great app, on Android and on iOS. With many many features it is something I find myself using a lot. On Windows Phone the situation is a little different, Nokia and Microsoft both provide really good mapping apps. But sometimes something is missing that …

Can’t wait for the HTC First? Want to make your high-end smartphone the ultimate Facebook machine? If so, good news – Facebook Home has just been pushed to the Google Play Store and should be available shortly. If you have a Samsung Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S3, HTC One X, One X+ …

Story so far then. Just yesterday we posted about the Huawei Ascend G510 and how cheap it was at just £130 on Vodafone Pay As You Go. The device has a 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU, 4.5″ 854×400 screen, 4GB internal storage, microSD expansion, 5 megapixel rear camera and …

I recently went into Hospital for an operation. Whilst it wasn’t for anything serious and could possibly be considered routine, it still left me worried about not waking up. This also made me think about all the photos and other data that I have stored across various accounts …

Gemini Devices are one of those companies that keep releasing decent products at decent prices. The latest products in their line-up are a selection of Jelly Bean tablets. Over the years we have had reviewed a few different tablets from them, most recently I used the JoyTab Pro …

The Asus FonePad is an intriguing creature. Part tablet, part phone and something else that I can’t quite place. Spec wise it’s not astounding but for £179.99 you get a whole lot of bang for your buck. Processor: Intel Atom Z2420 1.2GHz Graphics: Imagination PowerVR SGX540 Screen: 7-inch …

After weeks of leaks, rumours and speculation over the likelihood of an April Fool joke, Samsung have come out and announced the Galaxy Mega range. There are two devices in the range, the lower spec Mega 5.8 and the slightly higher spec Mega 6.3. Only the 6.3 is …

Along with delivering a developer edition of the HTC One uberphone (yes, its the 64Gb version; yes, there’s only a U.S. site currently up for buying one; no, the UK HTC site hasn’t got it, and yes, the developer edition can only be bought in dollars from when …

Nokia have announced that the Lumia 920, 820 and 620 will all be receiving updates in the near future. There has been no word on updates to the Lumia 520 or 720, but considering they were only recently released you’d hope they wouldn’t need updating yet! The Lumia …

What if I told you that Samsung had launched yet another phone today? Samsung has just sent round a press release announcing the Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo, joining the Samsung Galaxy Win and the Galaxy Mega (in 5.8 and 6.3 inch variants) in a list of phones announced …

A Nokia Lumia tablet has been something that a lot of people have wanted to see for quite a while. It is something that I feel might improve Nokias financial situation. A patent application has appeared online showing what Nokia have dreamt up as a possible tablet and …

There’s not a lot you can get for £48 these days. In fact, you’d be pushed to get a budget smartphone for that. How do you fancy a 7″ Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet with a two year warranty thrown in? No, it’s not reconditioned, it’s not second …

The Huawei Ascend G510 is the latest in the new range from the Chinese manufacturer that’s been making serious inroads into the budget Android smartphone market, and it’s coming to a Vodafone store near you tomorrow (Friday 12th April)! Hot on the heals of the release of the …

Samsung are ramping up the marketing machine as the Galaxy S4 nears release and, rather than using anti-Apple smeer campaigns like at the launch of the Galaxy SIII, they’ve published some videos demonstrating the software features they feel are the most innovative. The Samsung Galaxy S4 was announced …

The Chrome beta has been out for a few months now. In the past it was hard to see what the beta version actually offered over the normal version, but with last night’s update they’ve gone and added fullscreen browsing. Plus some other stuff of course. – Fullscreen …

The ZTE Geek has to be one of the strangest named devices I’ve seen. Yes most of us are all geeks and the name will appeal to some, surely they could have come up with something a little better, maybe “Grand S Memo IN” or something. ZTE have …

Do you have a massive head? When I say massive, I’m talking equine. If a Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 is too tiny for you, and the Huawei Ascend Mate won’t quite do it either, then the Asus Fonepad could be just the phablet you’re looking for. Yes, it’s …

You may not see it on your device immediately, but you will, and it’ll thank you for it. The Google Play marketplace has gone through another iteration (one of our colleagues called it Google Play 4 due to the APK being 4.0.25). The formerly-named Market more has a …

So, You like the Sony Xperia Z, and you would buy one, but it’s just not purple enough for you. You could sign up for a 24 month contract on O2 and get one in purple, but you have commitment issues. Huff, life’s hard… But wait! What’s that? …

You know me, I’m honest. Our mobile phone deals section gives us, if you buy a phone, a little kick-back so that we don’t have to ram any more adverts down your throat. It basically looks around the web, getting the best deal, and puts them all in …

I love lots of things, Otterbox cases, white things and not getting my phone smashed up. If you’re like me and you have a Galaxy SIII then a little deal that has appeared on Amazon may interest you. In preparation for the arrival of the Galaxy S4 this …

Last week the guys at Evleaks showed us a sneak peek of the Black Nokia Lumia 928 – Verizon’s version of the Nokia Lumia 920, but with an updated Xenon flash. Today we’ve seen another leak from the source, this time the Nokia Lumia 928 in white which highlights …

If you thought the One would be… One handset to turn HTC’s profits around, you’d be wrong so far. Bloomberg has recently reported that the Taiwanese companies woes still haven’t ended with a new record low of NT$85 million (£1.83 million). Just to put things into perspective, this is its …

If you’re looking for the Samsung Galaxy S4 then you’ll probably be weighing up the options before entering into another long contract. Right now there’s a number of deals if you pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S4 in particular. Carphone Warehouse are offering up a free accessories bundle which …

The Sony Xperia Z is a crackin’ handset. Me though, I’m after the Xperia Z Tablet, which is just as thin as the phone and just as waterproof. Now, just to show how useful the dust and waterproof features are, Three have employed a little baby to fully …

The Nokia Lumia 520 is the latest in Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 range. It’s the budget baby of the range with most UK retailers knocking it out at around £150 on pay as you go. However, at the time of writing the Carphone Warehouse has it for £99.95 …

Last week I wrote about some odd naming choices by Samsung. Well it seems that the Mega range are going to be in addition to the Note range. The picture above is what you might look like. SamMobile have been sent specs for the Mega 5.8 and it …

Watch out, I’m gonna go for a slash. A forward slash that is, because this is Hang w/ – a new app which lets you stream live video and , get this, you get paid for your broadcast. Yeah, I know, mental. They’ve got a nice promotional video …

Seven inch tablets are so last year. This year everyone wants an eight inch tablet or else. Judging by the Note 8.0, the iPad Mini and now this the 7.9″ Acer Iconia A1-810. The Acer Iconia A1-810 has appeared on French retailers “Rue Du Commerce” website showing specs …

The HTC First is a bit of a niche market device, yet the mid range spec will appeal to people on a budget. HTC have realised this and a smaller device has appeared online, it looks like a cross between the HTC One and the HTC First, which so …

The lovely people at Phones 4u have promised us a villa in the Caribbean* if we mention the fact that their BlackBerry Q10 offer includes a free 64GB PlayBook tablet to the first 300 customers who decide to pre-order the Q10 through them. It’s available in black or …

Remember those BlackBerry handsets with actual physical keyboards? They were pretty successful weren’t they ? We’ve already reviewed the BlackBerry Z10, the fully touch-screen-driven handset, and their QWERTY-packing Q10 is available for pre-order now. Now there’s another QWERTY device in the form of the BlackBerry R10, an apparent …

Over in the USA this, the Nokia Lumia 928, looks set to be announced on Verizon this month. It’ll run the new Windows Phone 8 update and has a 4.5″ OLED display with 4G LTE tech. Other than that though it’s mostly the same as the Nokia Lumia …

The Facebook phone (aka the HTC First) was announced to the great applause of very few people. However, Android Community have found out something rather exciting about the HTC First – the Facebook Home bit is just a custom launcher that can be disabled in seconds! What’s a …

The brand new Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is now available from the Samsung Experience Store in Westfield Stratford City. The mid sized tablet is Samsung’s latest offering in the Galaxy Note range and covers yet another screen size. Bundled with some £60 worth of content and services, the …

The BlackBerry Q10 is the brother of the celebrated BlackBerry Z10 and it’s now available to pre-order at Carphone Warehouse. The Q10 is what you might call a more traditional BlackBerry. It’s got the familiar QWERTY keypad taking up half the handset and the screen occupies the rest. …