HTC One max – Is the camera lacking? We don’t think so

Yesterday we finally saw the official details for the HTC One max. A couple of items have already been pointed out, and the questions we’ve had so far are… – Where’s Beats Audio? Well, simply put. It ain’t there. BoomSound is, so you’re gonna get some rather potent …

Otterbox cases and the iPhone 5/5S – Review

I’ve grown fond of Otterbox over the years, having found them years ago whilst looking for a rugged case for my Dell Streak 5. Fast forward a few years and Otterbox are one of THE names for mobile phone and tablet cases, with many different designs and colours …

Argos to sell their own tablet too

This Christmas it won’t just be Tesco selling you a cheap tablet. Argos will be on the street corner too, and after a quick check of the surroundings they’ll give you a small pink tab for jusr £100. You can get your hands on the 7 incher soon …

HTC One Max is up for pre-order

Yesterday the HTC One Max was announced, it was another device that had every last feature leaked in the months leading up to yesterday. If you’re eager to buy one the Clove may be able to help as they’re taking pre-orders now. The One Max will be with …

HTC One Max to be exclusive to Vodafone on launch

The HTC One Max has been announced today, you may have noticed! In a rather interesting twist it seems that Vodafone have got an exclusive on the upcoming “large oversize phone” from HTC. Vodafone have said the following about pricing etc. The HTC One max is a Vodafone …

Windows Phone Update 3 Improvements revealed

With the Windows Phone sales share figure rising (at least, according to Kantar) and more than 175,000 apps now available, things are looking a little better for Windows Phone. Update 3, as it’s now known, has a number of improvements. Not only that, but there’s a developer preview …

Google Nexus 7 (2013 edition) – Review

What can be said about the Nexus devices that hasn’t already been said? What once stood for a developer orientated device is now a high street brand that you can pick up in your local branch of PC World. Which isn’t a bad thing, it means more people …

HTC One max – Hands on

Want to see more of the HTC One max? Of course you do. Want to see just computer generated images? No, nobody really wants that do they? Well, now that you’ve got all the details, we’ll give you a large dollop of real, hands-on photos. Want the full …

HTC One max goes official – All the details

Well, a little earlier than planned, here’s the all-new HTC One max. It matches a lot of the leaks we’ve seen but now we can go all official with the specs. Put simply, it’s a phablet with a near-6″ screen and powerful quad-core 1.7GHz CPU. There’s a fingerprint …

LG G Flex press renders appear

I’m still a little unsure about curved screen phones, it seems more of a proof of concept rather than something that is actually worthwhile. Last week we saw the Samsung Galaxy Round, it got leaked and then quickly officially announced. Well today it seems to be LG’s turn. …

Our new home

Morning all. So, after many hours of rsync’ing, MySQL exporting, DNS changes, cache cleaning, minify twiddling and config file re-writes, we’re here. It’s our new home. The home you guys helped to buy. Now, I did say that we’d announce the winners of the donation giveaway over the …

Want to see a 7 minute video of the new Nexus 5?

Thought so… http://youtu.be/2ksOJl0PDDg My first impressions are that the phone looks dreadful, the OS is laggy and the version number says KeyLimePie. Hmmm… So what exactly are we seeing here? It’s almost certainly a prototype handset that was filmed a while ago (hence KeyLimePie not KitKat). Maybe even …

Nexus 7 32GB, now with a bit of 4G action for £299

Like the Nexus 7 but wish you had some data when you’re at the bus stop? Well, for a smidge less than 300 quid you can jolly well have that, and you can choose any network as it’s completely unlocked. WiFi can still be used, but it’s good …

TVCatchUp app to change

TVCatchUp is a popular website and app that allows users to watch 57 channels live on computer, tablet or mobile, or rather it did. The broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 took TVCatchUp to court  for copyright infringement dating back to 2007. The judgement has just come …

A big, warm, fuzzy, thank-you from me.

It’s at times like this that I feel humble. Y’see, it’s you lot that keep us here. It’s you guys that keep us posting this stuff. Reviews, covering product launches and keeping up to date with all the latest information, it’s not easy and it’s quite time-consuming too. …

Carphone warehouse to get vivid blue HTC One

Independent retailer Carphone Warehouse has today launched the “vivid blue” version of the HTC One in the UK. The Blue HTC One Mini is also up for pre-order. Carphone, which has exclusivity over the blue HTC One in the UK, and prices are set at £489.95 SIM-free, also …

Twitter (finally) releases Android/Samsung tablet app

     A mere 34 months after the launch of Motorola Xoom, Twitter have finally released a tablet friendly version of their Android app. Tragically, in its current guise, it’s exclusively a Samsung tablet app. It’s a state of affairs that highlights everything wrong with Android on tablets, …

OPPO to produce the first MEMS camera smartphone

According to several rumours, the Nexus 5 will be the first smartphone to market equipped with a MEMS camera. This is not the case, say the manufacturers of the MEMS camera chip DigitalOptics. They say that OPPO have beaten Google to the technology. In a statement today John …