Field Trip now available in the UK

Just like those school trips you used to take, this app will help you discover the world around you. It’ll pop up with interesting info on events happening in the area you’re in. Created by Google, you can learn about local history, local music, restaurants, places of interest …

Rogers: RIM touchscreen preorders now up

It won’t even be officially announced until the end of January, but preorders are already up for BB10 devices. Unfortunately for us in Blighty, its for the Rogers network in Canada, so they’re likely to be the CDMA variant of the handset, but at least there’s one network …

HTC 8X is now available in yellow

When I say yellow I mean shocking neon yellow. HTC call it “Limelight Yellow” and originally it was the phone I wanted. Then there was a slight delay and I just had to get a WP8 device. Now I have the blue (purple) model instead. But if you …

Lumia 920 update approaching

An update for the Lumia 920 is heading this way. There’s been a few issues with battery drain and resets, and this update should rectify those issues and keep the WiFi on, text drafts and you’ll be able to reject phone calls with text messages. This should be …

Windows Phone 7.8 Updates not due to arrive until next year

Although Microsoft have apparently already started rolling out the cosmetic Windows Phone 7.8 update, it seems that production handsets won’t start seeing it until early in the new year. The news comes in a post on Tweakers.net and the update will bring those Windows Phone 7.x owners a …

Vodafone Smart Tab 2 review

Tablets have come a long way since they first appeared. No-one can argue that the iPad has played a massive part and every other manufacturer is now trying to play catchup. With competition comes innovation and that has helped to bring screen sizes down. The 10″ tablets are …

Google Maps for iOS – 10 million downloads in 48 hours!

Wowzers trousers. Google Maps has reportedly been downloaded for iOS more than 10 million times in 48 hours.That’s 5% of iOS 6 devices in under two days. Most impressive. Jamie and myself discussed the app briefly in this week’s podcast. In short, it’s great. It looks terrific and performs …

More Sony Yuga photos appear online

Following on from our previous article Mobile-review.com have a set of images of the new Sony Yuga, rumoured to be making an appearance at CES in January. The device has some rather crazy specs, a 3ghz processor, 128gb of storage, and a 16MP camera to name a few. It looks …

Sony Jelly Bean update schedule

Sony have updated a blog post with some more information on what devices will be getting Jelly Bean 4.1 and when we can expect to see it.  As a user of the Xperia T myself this cannot come soon enough with features like Google Now working fantastic on …

HTC M7 specs leak?

If you saw the disappointing news that the HTC Butterfly will not be heading to Europe after all, wipe those tears away as it looks like a version called the ‘M7’ is heading our way with some pretty impressive specifications. If you are a tech fan on Twitter you might …

Magnetic Smart Cover and Stand Case for iPhone 5 – Review

Apple’s smart cover case for it’s iPad lineup is one of the best pieces of accessory design in recent memory. But does a similar paradigm transfer over to the considerably smaller iPhone? Guoer have given it a try and here’s what I think Let’s jump straight into one …

Got yourself a Windows Phone? Struggling to find apps?

XYO.net has created a page to help Windows Phone owners switching from iOS or Android. To start you simply select the OS you used to use, then you type in the app name and it’ll find a Windows Phone alternative. We started off by entering Astro File Manager …

Windows Phone Game Review – Boxes

I’m going to come out and say it. This is a remake of Tetris. But a damn good one at that. The developers Blugri have taken a classic game and added a few twists, a new design and some ingenious control options and have made a really nice …

Acer S500 Cloud Mobile reduced to £229.99

We reviewed the Acer Cloud Mobile in the summer and I found it to be a great device. It was one of the fastest feeling phones I have ever used and the screen was gorgeous. At 4.3″ and 720p it made for a very crisp display. You can …

Christmas Gift Guide – Part 5

With just a week until Christmas I think we’re all starting to feel the pinch, so for my Christmas Gift Guide I decided to do something a little different. Instead of looking for something that costs money, I had a look through the Google Play store for some …

Google apologises for Nexus 4 delays

  As we all know by now, the Nexus 4 launch has not been the best it could have been. Getting one from Google has been difficult at best whilst other retailers availability has been better their prices are also higher. Dan Cobley, Managing Director of Google UK …

HTC Butterfly flies past Europe

Quick summary then. The HTC Butterfly has a 1920×1080 5″ 1080p screen with 440 PPI resolution, quad-core 1.5GHz CPU, 8 megapixel camera (and another 2.1 megapixel shooter up front), a long-life 2020 mAh battery and it’s all powered by Android. It was launched at the start of this …

Nokia Lumia 920 – Initial Impressions

The Nokia Lumia 920 has been heralded as the ultimate Windows Phone 8 device. When it was announced I was excited the range of colours and accessories. It captivated my imagination and made my wallet area hurt with anticipation of the upcoming cost. When it came to it, …

Samsung Ativ S is actually in stock somewhere

How many times over the last few weeks have we heard that the Windows Phone 8 equipped Samsung Ativ S was going to be in stock somewhere or delayed again? Answer: A lot. Well the day has finally come that retailers actually have the phone in stock and …