What a hectic week it’s been news wise. We’ve had Microsoft Surface pre-orders appear from nowhere, we’ve had notification of an Apple event for the rumoured iPad Mini and we’ve had a huge new phone from HTC Japan. We will no doubt have a lot to cram into …

Got a Sky+ HD box? A Virgin Media Tivo box? Perhaps you have one of those clever Smart TV’s that lets you play those “backed up movies” on your NAS drive? Said yes to any of that? Good, because we need to talk about Zeebox. The app, if …

UK mobile operator Three has started pushing a Jelly Bean update to the S3 If you own a Samsung Galaxy S3 you may be receiving a software update notification of a 286mb update! This is the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update, we only have one confirmed update so …

Come close. Closer. Closer still. Phew.. have you been eating onions? Anyway, we’ve got some news about the phones we’ve covered recently. First, the Android-powered Galaxy SIII Mini. The 4″ version of the SIII has a bit less power (dual core 1GHz CPU) and a slightly reduced camera …

Google has today sent invites to an event on 29th October in New York City.   There have been plenty of rumours surrounding the a number of new Nexus handsets recently with talk of an LG Nexus 4, a Sony Nexus and a 32gb Nexus 7. With a …

Did you miss the live streaming of the Padfone 2 event the other day? Well lucky you, Asus have posted a video of the whole thing to YouTube and whilst the beginning is a little forced you eventually get to see the goods. If you want to read …

Kids seem to be attracted to the household tablet or smartphone. Every time I see a child clutching hold of a super expensive tablet I cringe. Some companies make super protective cases and some like Fuhu make tablets specifically for kids. They have announced the Nabi 2 tablet …

But it’s already installed on my phone, I hear you all cry. Well not if you own a Samsung device. They have their own app called S Planner which still syncs with Google Calendar, but it leaves some people a little upset and hunting for alternatives. Google have …

Two videos in one day! Boy Microsoft are spoiling us. This one shows the Surface tablet and a few of it’s features. Nothing astounding really but interesting if your like me and you’ve pre-ordered a Surface. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yswUFCD1x0A

UK retailer Argos has today confirmed the existence of a new 32GB Nexus 7 tablet in their Christmas Gift Guide. TheNextWeb spotted the entry in the brochure, which was released earlier today. Argos confirmed the existence of the tablet in a phone call, but said it would not …

I wish I’d been on the podcast two weeks ago, to have a rant about the One X+. For some reason, this minor hardware update has completely set me off. The key selling point seems to be that it’s running Jellybean along with an updated version of Sense. …

2012 has been pretty good for the people of London. Several big events, an extra Bank Holiday, the Olympics, the Paralympics and, to top it all off, free WiFi on the Tube thanks to Mr Branson. As the days get shorter and we all shuffle around in the …

HTC Japan have announced the HTC J Butterfly and boy is it a looker. It is a 5″ 1080p phone that looks a bit like a larger version of the One X. It is available in either White, Black or Red. Spec wise it is pretty impressive, packing …

Don’t mind buying a graded handset? Want to save yourself a bit of money? We’ve been given a nudge about SmartfoneStore.com this morning and they seem to have a good selection of slightly cheaper phones including iPhone these Galaxy SIII handsets. A Grade C handset (which apparently means …

Well,that’s that then. October 23rd 2012 – The launch of the iPad Mini. Put the date in your diary. The date that any competition in the tablet market officially disappears. Maybe I’m a little premature in forecasting impending doom for competition within the sector but let’s be honest, with …

Today we have another video featuring the now up for pre-order Microsoft Surface tablet. This video looks at the making of the device and the choice of materials. It also shows them testing the strength of the device by driving it into a hard surface. Me and a …

Looking to set sail on the Seven Seas in Borderlands 2? Gearbox is continuing their aggressive DLC rollout after adding the Mechromancer by adding the Caption Scarlett and her Pirate’s Booty campaign add-on. The DLC is available for download today for 800 Microsoft points or $10. It will …

Why? Just why? There are many scientific experiments that have gone a long way towards advancing the human cause.  There are those that sacrifice everything they have in order to achieve their lifetime goal and along the way humankind benefits.   There are those that do something never …

You may have heard the rumours that Apple is launching a so called “iPad Mini”, a 7.85 inch version of the hugely popular iPad. Well the event is now official. It’ll be held next Tuesday the 23rd of October. The timing is key here for Apple as Microsoft will …

Sony announced that the Xperia S was going on sale during Mobile World Congress back in February, however we are now in October and the S has been replaced as the flagship camera phone by the Xperia T. The Xperia T really is a powerful high end smartphone …