For those about to dock, we salute you. The long-awaited dock for the Google Nexus 7 is finally about to sail into shops, costing £25. The dock packs a micro-USB port and 3.5mm audio-out to plug in speakers and start pumping out your choons. The tablet sits at an angle, placed sideways in landscape orientation …
Read More »
Are you having problems with your BlackBerry? Some BlackBerry users today saw services cut off for a number of hours — and it’s all Vodafone’s fault. Vodafone owns up to a router error causing the problem, which is reported to have lasted around 5 hours and affected an unknown number of BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. …
Read More »
Cheapness will “never be the future of Apple products” — apparently putting paid to rumours of a cheaper iPhone or iPhone mini. Speaking to the Shanghai Evening News, Apple’s marketing boss Phil Schiller ruled out the possibility of a cheap phone from the Californian company. A budget version of the iPhone is heavily rumoured. The iPhone 5S or iPhone mini or …
Read More »
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, so open wide and take an exploratory bite of tasty mobile data pudding with a free trial of 4G. Expansys is offering a month of 4G data on EE so you can see just how fast it really is without laying out a penny. Buy any data-guzzling tablet or dongle from …
Read More »
The Samsung Galaxy S2 comes back to life in the shape of the Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus, complete with Jelly Bean — but not here in Britain. The S2 Plus comes loaded with Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean, the very latest version of Google’s Android software. Apart from that, not a great deal has changed. The S2 plus has the same 1.2GHz …
Read More »
Take a trip with Agora the explorer. The Kogan Agora is a new Android phone that costs just £119, with two SIM card slots to save you money when travelling. The Agora has a large 5-inch touchscreen, continuing the trend for large screens. The resolution is a blocky 480×800 pixels though, giving it 186 pixels per inch of detail — …
Read More »
Family is the most important thing, but new episodes of Arrested Development are a close second. The long-awaited and hotly anticipated return of the Bluth family takes place on Netflix in May. Come on! The 14 new episodes of the cult series will all appear on Netflix at the same time. Word on the street is that they’ll debut on …
Read More »
The next iPhone could be fantastic plastic, as new reports suggest a budget iPhone will arrive this year with a cheaper casing. The Wall Street Journal reports that a budget iPhone will launch this year, with a new design that cuts the cost. “People briefed on the matter” reckon Apple has plans for a cheaper iPhone made of polycarbonate instead of …
Read More »
Ah, new year’s resolutions. As we head into 2013 it’s time to think about making changes where things aren’t working, and as Nokia struggles with eye-watering losses on Windows Phone, does a new interview hint at Android in the future? Speaking to Spanish newspaper El Pais, Nokia boss Stephen Elop discussed the war between Windows Phone, Android and the different …
Read More »
The first smart phone contender of the year has been unveiled, and phone networks are falling over themselves to get it in your pocket. The Sony Xperia Z is coming to Vodafone, O2, Three, Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U in March. Other networks will no doubt follow, but Vodafone, O2 and Three are the first out of the gates for …
Read More »
