No thanks, I’m sticking with my Galaxy S II

Hello. My name is Leigh. I started this whole thing back in 2002. Back then it was all about the Microsoft Smartphone but over the years there’s been a colossal change in the mobile landscape. Today Apple announced the iPhone 4S. Despite what people say, it’ll be yet …

New iPhone launch – how was it for you?

So, the wait is over and Apple have finally announced their latest object of desire. Months of increasingly fevered speculation had us gadget freaks desperate for news of the iPhone 5/4S/4G or whatever it would be called. Rumours about a new shape, aluminium body, bigger screen… all were …

Dre Dre Beats Solo HD review

So O2 are going to be stocking the Beats Solo HD headphones very soon (along with rest of their range) and, as I have been using these headphones for the past 4 months now I thought I would share some opinions of the headphones themselves. The headphones were …

iPhone 4S announced, pre-orders from 7th October

So this is probably on the underwhelming side of the rumour and speculation about the new iPhone. Here’s what it’s got: A5 processor (7x faster than iPhone 4) iOS5 (available for iPhone 4 from 12th October) Infinity Blade II (iOS exclusive, RPG with great graphics for iPhone) Better …

£150 Million of public money for more masts

Coverage. It’s always a hot topic. Check your local paper and we’re prepared to lay money on the fact that those residents groups opposing a new mast will be secretly sitting at home, cursing the lack of a decent signal. The Chancellor, George Osborne, has promised £150 million …

Clove – New Stock Arrivals

Clove have had an excellent delivery this morning containing some exciting handsets. Check out the images and links below and treat yourself to a new device. The HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Get one here The HTC Titan Buy this one here And last but not least …

HTC Sensation XE Ready to roll

If you’ve got £479.95 burning a hole in your pocket then my personal bank account is definitely the place for it. Of course, if you’d rather get something in return, you may want to consider a brand new, unlocked HTC Sensation XE from those lovely people at The …

HTC Radar and HTC Titan now available

The HTC Radar and HTC Titan have both just appeared on the Phones4U website. We managed to get a lot of hands-on time with the HTC Titan (full specs here and the HTC Radar (full specs here) some weeks ago but we didn’t expect them to actually ship …

HTC Vulnerability – Patch on the way

HTC have already go to work on the security vulnerability that appeared over the weekend. The news has now gone mainstream with the BBC and other networks picking up on the issue. We’ve received the following statement from HTC about the matter.. HTC Public Statement HTC takes claims …

App Review – QR Pal

Last week QR Pay Ltd got in touch with me to let me know they had just released their new app ‘QR Pal’ and that it was a QR reader with a bit more functionality than the average application. Intrigued, I have spent the last week playing with …

Turn your phone into a games machine with iControlPad

This rather special accessory fits onto a variety of handsets and instantly turns your phone into a gaming console. It comes with a built-in battery for powering both the controller and extending the battery life of your phone whilst playing those power-hungry games. Compatible with the iPhone, Galaxy …

Vodafone iPhone 4S bumper available now….

So what does this little nugget of information mean do you think? Yup – that’s what we thought too! It’s an iPhone 4S people, faster, better and nearly ready to hold in our grubby little mits! But will any of us iPhone 4 users actually bother upgrading? Or are we …

HTC Security flaw

News has appeared on AndroidPolice that paints a rather worrying picture about HTC. HTC in an atempt to log information about users of their devices have left a rather large back door for malicious apps to get hold of your information. So far it only seems to be the …

Will it ever end?

If you’re looking for a quick answer to the above question then I would say “no”. A slightly lengthier answer would be “probably not”. So what am I on about I hear you ask? I am talking about the constant stream of new devices in different shapes, sizes, …

Test out your data usage with Vodafone

Vodafone have changed the way that they charge for data. They’ve introduced a new “Data Test Drive” which let you buy a smartphone and use the web as much as you want for the first 3 months of your contract. During these first few months there’ll be no …

Xperia PLAY up for just £179.99

In these austere times it’s always worth keeping an eye on sites like hotukdeals for the latest bargains. Argos is now selling the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY for a mere £179.99. The offer popped up over the weekend and appears to have quickly sold out, so here’s hoping …

Opinion – The HTC Explorer

The HTC Explorer got officially announced last week but we had a rather sneaky few hours with it some weeks back. Although it hasn’t got the top-end specs we’re normally used to from Android smartphones, it will serve as an entry into the smartphone world for many and …

Nearer ever Nearer – iPhone 4S

We’ve been speculating on the site for some time around what the next iPhone announcement would REALLY be about, will it be the mythical re-vamped 5 or a guts change on the 4 (much like the Gen3 underwent). While we’ve maintained the iPhone 5 is still a long …

Well hello there, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus

Samsung have just announced another device which will probably receive a lawsuit pretty soon. The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus weighs a mere 345g and is just 9.96mm thin. It runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb and that 7″ screen has a 1024×600 pixel WSVGA resolution. Powered by a 1.2GHz Dual-core …