Google Maps coming to iOS – now in alpha build?

  There has been much chagrin and consternation around the removal of Google maps from iOS. Reports of Apple’s new mapping app vary from excellent to useless and the outcry was enough to provoke a public apology from Apple and also contributed to the removal of Scott Forstall …

Lookout for iOS now updated – includes Signalflare

Recently the Android version of Lookout underwent a major overhaul and redesign.  Part of this relaunch included the introduction of Signal Flare. Signal Flare is an added protection against lost and stolen phones that automatically flags your phone’s location when the battery gets really low. That way if …

Huawei P1 in white to be exclusive to Phones 4u

We loved the Ascend P1. A great design (albeit quite similar to the Galaxy S2), a great price and no clutter in the OS. Now Phones 4u have announced that they’ll be doing the pearly white version exclusively. It’s up for £299.95 on pay-as-you-go or for as little …

Tapatalk gets an update

Tapatalk has been around for a while now and updates keep coming. Using an iPhone 5 I welcomed this one. Now the app uses the full resolution of the new iPhone. Along with optimisation for the iPhone 5 they have also included stability and bug fixes. The improvements …

Access your proof of age ID with Idezy

If you’re out and fancy a beet, there’s always a chance you’ll need a proof of ID. This, if you’re as young-looking as me, is a pain. Ben Pearson has got in touch with us after he created an age-verification app called Idezy. Working with Validate, the app …

Nexus 7 sold “close to 1 million units last month”

We’ve long wondered what sort of sales numbers the Nexus 7 has been achieving and now we have our answer. Sort of. Asustek CFO David Chang told the Wall Street Journal  “At the beginning, it was, for instance, 500K units a month, then maybe 600, 700K. This latest …

On test – How does EE 4G perform in the real world?

You’ve seen the news and the TV reports. A reporter, stood inside or next to an EE store slap-bang in the centre of London or Manchester. He lifts the handset, does a speed test and tells us how great 4G is. I could have done the same, but …

ZTE announce they are the 4th biggest smartphone manufacturer

ZTE yesterday announced that they had become the 4th biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world during the third quarter of 2012, according to IDC. ZTE shipped 7.5 million smartphones in the third quarter of 2012, closely following RIM with only 0.1 percentage points between them. Number 5 in …

Android 4.2 keyboard available (unofficially) to download

Remember the keyboard with the fancy Swype-esque functionality in the preview video for the Google Nexus 4? Well it’s available to download now. Now we should advise that keyboards can track inputs and send them to others for nefarious purposes, so proceed at your own risk. Still, it …

Studio Neat Cosmonaut Stylus – Review

More red hot styli action coming at you, this time courtesy of Studio Neat’s Cosmonaut stylus. As you’d no doubt have seen if you frequent the site, a while back I covered the Zoogue Stylus and more recently covered the Applydea Maglus Stylus. Two very different styli, at …

HTC One X+ Now in stock at Expansys

Well, the rumours of a short delay have now been proven totally false and we are glad to be able to tell you the the HTC One X+ is now available to buy! The handset, an update on the acclaimed HTC One X comes complete with 64gb internal …

ZTE Kis – Initial Impressions

The other day ZTE and Virgin Mobile announced the new white version of the Kis. Their hugely popular “record breaking” Kis is an entry level 3.5″ device and we’ve had it for a couple of days and here is our initial impressions. Starting off with good and bad …

Acer Iconia A110 – Initial Impressions

The Acer Iconia A110 has sort of arrived on the scene with barely an announcement. It was up for pre-order on Ebuyer for a while and then it just suddenly came into stock. A few weeks later and we have one here on our desk. Hailed by some …

HTC share price tumbles again

Fast paced. Two words that sum up the mobile industry. HTC were, until fairly recently, riding high, but now share-price is heading to its lowest level for 7 years. Bloomberg are reporting that HTC dropped 7% to NT$219.50 after missing forecasts. Now analysts are starting to pitch in. …

Three to stock the Nexus 7 3G model soon

Our friends over at Three to let us know that the recently announced 3G version of the popular Nexus 7 tablet should soon be available on a variety of tariffs. Although there is no mention of when or how much, we’ll bring you further info as and when. …

4G & EE – Now Open for business

If you are visiting the high street here in the UK today you may well notice a brand new name. With two yellow circles on a grey background, shop windows with no posters and clean fresh lines all over the place, the new brand that is EE has …

Windows Phone 8 – What you can get, where you can get it

We’ve reviewed it, we’ve attended the launch and now we have details on how you can get the Windows Phone 8X by HTC. It’s available in-store from November 2nd but you can pre-order it now. It’ll be available on Three, Orange, T-Mobile, O2, Virgin Media, Carphone Warehouse and …

Meet Windows Phone 8

Yesterday evening Microsoft showed us Windows Phone 8 and the new devices that will come with it. It all looks and there is a lot of information to read about the new OS. You could almost do with a nice video to watch showing some of the new …

Nexus 4 exclusive to O2 upon release in the UK

The all new Android flagship bargain basement super phone, the Nexus 4, will be exclusive to O2 for the first month after release (13th November). It is unclear as to the extent of the exclusivity, because it seems that you will be able to buy it unlocked from …

4G in the UK goes live. EE is go.

Today marks the launch of 4G here in the UK. Beginning with 11 cities, EE will also offer a fibre broadband service to some 11 million premises too. The company is throwing in £1.5 billion into this roll-out and their 4G network will expand by 2,000 square miles …