Leaked photos of a Nokia Pureview Windows Phone

As is always the way devices always get leaked. Either by the actual device being left in a bar somewhere or a mysterious source somewhere or just a mobile network accidentally posting details online. Well in China someone has got their hands on a presentation showing what looks …

HTC One – Free fall photo shoot filmed for latest ad

HTC have kicked off a rather massive campaign for their HTC One series. You’ll be seeing TV adverts featuring a guy jumping out of a plane with one and filming everything on a HTC One handset. Actually, it’s a little more than that… the advert features pictures and …

Asus Padfone up for pre-order tomorrow… In Taiwan.

  The Asus Padfone, when it was announced, was and still is, widely regarded as the future of the mobile industry. It has the ability to integrate the phone into a tablet, the tablet into a keyboard and the whole lot to an external monitor via its outputs. …

Tesco Tops Which? Satisfaction survey

It has been announced that Tesco Mobile has come top in Which? magazines annual Mobile Phone Satisfaction Survey for 2012. Beating competition from the big four providers, the supermarket was the only network to achieve a 5 star rating for cost. Tesco claim that this is due to …

Windows Phone. It’s time for some home truths

Hmmm… Reviews for the Nokia Lumia 900 over in the USA are certainly mixed. What seems to be coming across isn’t necessarily the hardware either. The specs aren’t as good as other handsets, but Windows Phone doesn’t necessarily need it. Strangely, over here in Europe, the Nokia Lumia …

Galaxy S3 To Be Announced May 22nd?

An image of a supposed Samsung press invite has been leaked online this morning and as you can see by the image below. This is for the highly anticipated Galaxy S3 with an announcement date of 22nd May in London Notice the picture of the phone. From what …

Instagram alternatives for Windows Phone

So I jumped on the Android Instagram bandwagon the other day. Once I had it installed I thought to myself  “ooh I would love a nice metro version of this on my Lumia”. So rather ambitiously I headed over to the Windows Phone Marketplace. I found two apps …

Ice Cream Sandwich being delivered to HTC Sensation owners

Ant has sent us a shot of his rather nice HTC Sensation getting an Ice Cream Sandwich delivery. He’s on Three and this is an unlocked, unbranded and unmolested unit. We know already that the Vodafone branded model was getting the update, but now it looks like other …

Ofcom to make 0800 numbers free, even from mobile networks

Here in the UK you can dial an 0800 number and it’ll be free. However, it’s only free if you’re using a landline. If you’re using a mobile phone you suddenly become all special and the networks delight in adding a fee for you to call it. The …

Nokia Lumia 710 going rather cheap at Carphone Warehouse

The guys over at Nokia Innovations have spotted a bargain on the Nokia Lumia 710 on pay as you go. Basically you can get the device on either Vodafone or T-Mobile for £129.95 plus a £10 top up. Quite a bargain if you ask me. Especially if you …

Numbers are everything… Can Microsoft reverse the trend?

Figures recently released  by comScore reveal a telling story regarding market share for the major smartphone manufacturers in the United States. Perhaps the biggest suprise is the fall of Microsoft’s share of the market from 5.2% in November ’11 to only 3.9% in Februrary ’12. Microsoft can only …

Why I think Windows Phone is the future

Before I start I must express now that this article contains mostly opinion. Right, now that’s said we can continue. 🙂 I have had a lot of phones…. Blackberrys, an iPhone, Androids and even the short lived HP Pre3 (another time) but the newest bit of tech to …

Instagram (finally) hits Android

18 months after its release on iOS, Instagram has finally come to Android. For those of you unfamiliar with the app, Instagram popularised the use of applying various filters to photos, making quick edits and then sharing them online.  Although the concept has been copied to death, Instagram …

Mobilefun and Clove announce prices and dates for the Lumia 610 and 900

Mobilefun and Clove have both posted details about the upcoming Nokia Lumia 900 and 610 on their websites. Most interestingly though are the prices. They are both higher than I though they would be. Especially the Lumia 900, which they have listed at £489.95. For someone to spend …

A status update, and a massive competition.

Morning all. I’ve been writing on this site for 10 years now and, I’ve got to confess, the last few hours has been amazing and shocking in equal measures. Our main problem is that our “unlimited” bandwidth didn’t turn out to be quite so “unlimited” after all. We’ll …

Some rather urgent news

We have a bit of a problem. It’s an issue we get every year in February whilst covering the Mobile World Congress, but this year it’s one we can’t get around. Our coverage of the event means a massive hike in traffic. In years past we’ve seen bandwidth …

Is the HTC One X the Android you’re looking for?

So, the HTC One X has officially exploded into the Android world. This post isn’t an in depth review of it, Dan has posted an excellent one here. It’s my view of what really matters now that it’s here. After months of speculation, leaked photos, doctored spec sheets …

HTC One X Review 1

The HTC One series was announced at Mobile World Congress in February and with so much to see I really didn’t get much time at all with the One X.  Add to that all the rushing around and not being 100%, I came away from Barcelona not really …