Category: Android
Microsoft want to hear from you. They’re looking for feedback and suggestions on Windows Phone. Their new “Feature Suggestion Box” page lets you vote for a feature suggestion or submit your own. Microsoft tell us that they’ve … Created this site as a tool to help Microsoft understand …
The notification bar is one of the key strengths of Android. It is the main place where we keep track of what is going on in the foreground and it is also where we are notified of, you guessed it, notifications. We are able to put information in …
These days official accessories always tend to crop up during the product launch or shortly after. When I say crop up I mean they appear in some promo material and then NEVER appear in the public domain. Take the fabled wireless charging pad for the Samsung Galaxy SIII …
Wireless charging could be front and centre on the Samsung Galaxy S4, reports suggest, as details about the next Galaxy S-branded kit continue to circulate ahead of its expected launch later this year. According to Korean site D Daily, S4 owners will be able to charge their handset’s …
LG’s head of mobile, Cathy Robin, has today spoken to the French business publication Challenges in an attempt to shift blame for the issues with the Nexus 4 ordering onto search giant Google. In the interview, she stated that “Google had forecasts calculated according to their previous sales …
Say that something is “foobared” (or rather, “Fubared”) and, well, it’s broken. However, if you take the foobar definition then it’s more likely to be used as a variable in a script. Now, deep in there somewhere was a fantastic introduction to this story but, sadly, I’ve lost …
MWC is coming and as usual in the lead up to it various devices get leaked. Yesterday we heard about the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 via Samsung fansite SamMobile and today they have information about the tough Galaxy X Cover 2. It’s the next in line for Samsung …
Something is happening, and it’s happening quickly. It hit me this afternoon when I was buying apples in Morrisons. The supermarket chain is massive. They bought Safeway (anyone remember them? I used to work there y’know) but in the run-up to Christmas their like-for-like sales dipped 2.5%. “Hey …
The Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Note II are both great devices. High specifications and decent quality materials was the order of the day. These days the “Note” brand stands more for just a big Samsung device with an S-Pen. Like the Note 10.1 or that rumoured lower …
The time of reckoning for Rim is drawing ever closer. The launch date for BB10 is all set to be 30th January however details have leaked out with details of the new L Series. The L Series is to launch under the model number Z10 and will have …
Gunslugs is brought to you by the team behind the popular 8 bit retro games Meganoid and Meganoid 2. So what is it all about? Well it is a run along jumping over obstacles, shooting stuff, collecting stuff, great fun kind of thing. Here is the game description …
Interested in the forthcoming Sony Xperia Z? It’s water resistant and comes with a 13 megapixel camera and 5″ 1080p screen. It’s all looking like a rather attractive package. Below is a hands on video, which Clove have put together, the device is expected to be on sale in the …
It seems that people really aren’t warming to Windows RT. The idea can be confusing and many people tune out when you start explaining it. Let me try now… Windows RT is a special version of Windows 8 which runs on ARM chips. It’s perhaps a little more …
Can you remember last year when Motorola announced three new devices for the US market. The Motorola Razr HD, the Razr Maxx HD and the Razr M. These were all pretty neat looking devices and only one of them made it over to the UK. The Razr M …
Tile Launcher Beta is an awesome app! I absolutely love it! And, yes, that is how I am opening this post. I am too excited :-). Tile Launcher Beta is a replacement for your good old stock home screen. The basic idea of it is using tiles for …
RIM are about to launch a massive attack on the iOS and Android dominance in the mobile industry with their new BB10 operating system, and for the once-mighty manufacturer this new launch cannot come soon enough. Having been totally rebuilt using new modern technologies, the new BlackBerry devices …
Many of you have heard of Google Now, but for those of you who have not, Google Now is an application designed to quickly display personalized location and time pertinent information for you. It can quickly search your phone or the Internet for whatever you are looking for, …
Can’t get yourself a Nexus 4? Are you one of the unfortunates who tried to place an order on the Google site, only to be knocked back at the last minute? Well worry no more. Get your nose out of the keyboard, dry those tears, because Virgin Mobile …
Things are looking a little better for Nokia. Sure, don’t get me wrong, things aren’t fantastic, the low-end Asha smartphones (based on the Series 40 operating system) are outselling the Lumia handsets two-to-one. It’s these phones that are supporting the company with sales of 9.3 million devices sold …
I’m one of those people who like to check data speeds most days. In doing this I’ve found where the data signal is strongest at home or at work. Speedtest.Net have had apps available for Android and iOS for a while now and overnight they’ve gone and released …
Data analysis firm Arieso have been studying the data usage habits of global data connections to thousands of mobile devices, and has come up with some interesting trends on devices. Using the iPhone 3G as their baseline case and measuring other phone relative to that, the latest crop …
Well, it certainly took a while for Orange to sign this one off, but the Samsung Galaxy SIII Jelly Bean update is now rolling out for handsets on Orange. Reader John Bairner tells us… It’s here at long last Via Kies Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Orange update for the …
A film tie in game and some zombies, could this game start off any lower down the credibility ladder? Judge Dredd vs Zombies has been out a few months and I initially missed it, the only reason I installed this game is because there is a version for …
After just over two and a half years Samsung has managed to shift 100 million Galaxy S series devices. Their SIII hit the 1 million sales after just 50 days and reached 30 million in less than 6 months. Samsung aren’t forgetting the SII though, which was the …
A recent update by LeakROMs.com (lovely message on their website by the way) has leaked details of the upcoming HTC M7. Although there’s just one supposed shot of the M7, it’s more than a little vague and the main news is the ROM leak showing the new Sense …
The Chrome browser for Android has been one of my favourite parts of having an Android 4.0 and above device. But it doesn’t get updated that often. To help test out new features Google have released a beta version. Which you can get at the link below. Description …
Rumours have been floating around for ages now about Samsung and flexible displays. Well today at CES they have finally gone and announced it. They have also managed to post part of the keynote onto YouTube as well. The video shows a range of really thin phones and …
Reports around this morning that the BT network has failed nationwide and by extension, so have the Blackberry services. This effects messages, email and internet. It’s not clear what has happened but we have a few Blackberry devices that are showing signs of this. Is your blackberry misbehaving? …
Arriving at some point today, Expansys have the lovely Nokia Lumia 920 in red. It’s SIM-free and costs £574.99 with free shipping. The Lumia 920 comes with PureView camera technology (have a look at some of the low-light shots Dan took with it) and has a 1.5GHz dual-core …
The number of Nokia Lumia 920’s that you see on the street could be set to increase rapidly as EE’s exclusivity deal comes to an end. Three have today announced that coming soon are the flagship Lumia 920 and the entry level Lumia 620. Although Three have already …
Last summer we got ourselves involved in the release event for M8 in London (details here, review here). M8 is a free mapping, Sat Nav and local places app that really helps you see what is around you and lets you interact as well, through either Facebook or …
Nokia admitted the growth of its Windows Phone smartphone business has been held back by supply problems after it feared a potentially costly stockpile of unsold Lumia handsets. The Finnish giant today revealed financial results that were ahead of most analysts’ expectations to break even, but said its …
Different people want different things from their smartphone. There are those that view their device as purely functional. It is there purely to make calls, do a little surfing and reply to emails. Then there are those that cannot be separated from their mobile device, who feel that …
Acer have been making tablets for a few years now and their most recent announcement at CES will be their third generation 7″ tablet. With each successive generation there is a worrying trend. Lowering prices. Their previous tablet the Iconia A110 was priced to compete with the Nexus …
Great news everybody! Well great news for Pebble watch Kickstarter backers, Eric Migicovsky announced that Pebble will be Shipping on January 23rd. If you don’t know what a Pebble watch is basically it’s a watch with a ‘epaper’ display that can be customised with app integration and changing …
ZTE have today announced the launch of the strangely named T82, an Android mobile handset. It is designed to help mobile phone users make the move to their first smartphone. The phone has a custom skin called Easy UI, which was designed together with Australian carrier, Telstra. The …
Meet the Idol Ultra from Alcatel One Touch. Yes, them. Each year we see a stack of handsets from Alcatel but rarely see the handsets on the European market. If we do, they’re usually rebranded, like the Vodafone Smart II. This, the Pop Idol.. sorry, Idol Ulta is …
Samsung have today revealed the new Galaxy SII Plus. The SII Plus is based on the massive selling SII and combines the latest Android Jellybean 4.1.2 with Samsung’s Nature UX. The device has a 1.2Ghz dual core processor paired with a 4.3” WVGA Super AMOLED Plus display and an …
ZTE have today announced the ZTE Grand S, which is a 5.0″ 1080p LTE phone at CES in Las Vegas. The ZTE Grand S will become the firms flagship handset the high-end Grand Series line of products, the ZTE Grand S is the company’s first FHD smartphone and the …
I can see the insurance claim now.. “I accidentally got my brand new Samsung Galaxy SIII mixed up with my lasagne, but didn’t realise until my microwave exploded and set fire to my brand new leather sofa, plasma TV, laptop and half my kitchen.” But wait, this isn’t …
