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 …

Earlier today Microsoft posted the above info to their online store which appears show the pricing for the Surface RT Tablet with and without the touch cover. Pricing starts at $499 for the entry level 32gb without a touch cover. If you want the touch cover its $599 …

The Asus Padfone seemed like one of the best ideas man had ever come up with, along with sliced bread and pork scratchings. The Padfone seemed to be the answer to a lot of peoples problems. A tablet, powered by a smartphone. What became of it? Well no …

The release of Microsoft Surface with Windows RT is soon going to be upon us. The upcoming tablet from Microsoft looks amazing and has specs much the same as the other Windows RT tablets coming out around about the same time. So what differentiates it then? Well it …

It seems like the heir to the Nexus dynasty is going to be LG, however, they are renowned for being particularly tardy with their Android updates, so it’s good news that some needy handsets are due some Jelly Bean action, right? Well yes, if you’re patient, oh, and …

So you may have heard that Google have begun rolling out Android 4.1.2 for the Nexus 7 (last week) and the Galaxy Nexus (today). Great stuff, that’s why you buy a Nexus: to get the pure Android experience, with the instant updates directly from Google. Only it isn’t …

UK network Three are adding to their mobile internet range of devices with a brand new Windows 8 powered tablet in the Asus Vivo Tab RT. In another one of his great videos, Brendan from Three talks about the device and what it offers specification wise which are listed …

We’ve seen the adverts and the pictures, but somehow – up close – the iPhone 5 looks a lot different. It almost looks a little… “Samsungy”. Yup, we spotted the Galaxy SIII sitting on an iPhone 5 stand in the window of a local Vodafone store this morning. …

Today’s Amazon Appstore free app is Dummy Defense (yes, it’s an Americanism) , a game where you have to protect a mannequin from various evils including bombs and spiky things. At this point I would normally talk about my brief experiences with the nappy having played it through. …

If I had a pound for every battery widget or battery monitoring app on the Google Play Store I would have a couple of hundred pounds. If I had a pound for every one of those apps that actually did any good or showed you any sort of …

The Apple rumour mill has been given more information to add to the rapidly increasing and still growing pile – this time possible prices and model versions have been spotted on a German bloggers site known as Flo’s Weblog. He’s posted a screenshot showing you could possibly get a total …

Ok, so you have spent months looking forward to getting a new handset, weeks agonising over which OS, which handset and then even more time haggling with your network for a decent tariff. Finally your brand new device arrives and there it is looking all nice and shiny, …

Yes, it’s one of those voucher sites, yes, the “original price” is probably inflated a little but, for some of you, this could be just the thing. The SIII accessories bundle is £9.99 (although there’s some confusion on the site and it also says £9.98) and includes a …

  Huawei’s assault on the market is set to continue as this leak from Chinese website Weibo shows. With the release of Windows Phone reported to be only a couple of weeks away the Chinese manufacturer is preparing an interestingly specified device for release. The handset may well be …

Battery life. You can’t get through the day without someone in your office mentioning .. or cursing it. Now those clever people at Which? have tested battery life on a selection of smartphones whilst browsing. Screen brightness was set to “maximum” during all tests and they used their …

Internet on the move is more important now than it has ever been with many people needing to access their online content for both personal reasons and for work.  How many people do you see on a busy train with laptops out and dongles plugged in the side …

Acer have made a few nice looking phones recently, the other week we looked at the dual SIM equipped Liquid Gallant Duo and I was very impressed overall. So when I found out they were going to send us their flagship device the Cloud Mobile I was a little …

It seems quite a few of the big names in mobile phones these days are producing their own accessories, and cases. Not just as functional protective devices, but that are actually nice to look at too. Samsung are no exception, and produce cases for both the Galaxy S3 and the …

Passbook is slowly gaining traction on iOS and if you haven’t used it before and you’re curious to see how it works then you can add some novelty passes from historic events courtesy of Flon solutions.  You can download passes for such memorable journeys as Titanic’s maiden voyage …