It’s 10am — do you know where your children are? Bemilo is a new phone network designed to keep your children safe when they use their phone. Bemilo sets out to combat bullying and inappropriate behaviour targeting kids by giving parents more control over their littl’uns’ phones. A Bemilo SIM card pops into most phones …
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Sony Xperia T shaken and stirred in our video review
Now playing: Watch this: Sony Xperia T 1:52 The name’s T — Sony Xperia T. Sony’s new flagship phone is issued to James Bond in new film Skyfall, but is it licensed to thrill? For your eyes only, our own top agent Rich Trenholm reveals all in this top-secret video. The Xperia T is Sony’s flagship phone, packing Android software …
Read More »HTC doesn’t know whether to chase the iPad or Google Nexus 7
HTC just can’t make up its mind about tablets. The smart phone maker has revealed it’s watching the tablet market closely, but has yet to decide if it’s to challenge the iPad or the Google Nexus 7. So what does that say about the tablet game? With Windows 8 about to shake up the world of tablets and the Nexus …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S3 mini 4
Now playing: Watch this: CNET News Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini 1:07 Fancy a Samsung Galaxy S3 — but think it’s just too big? Put that iPhone down and back away from the Apple Store, because Samsung has announced a 4-inch version of the best-selling S3. The smaller version of the S3 will be released tomorrow in Germany. Samsung says that …
Read More »iPhone 5 so easy to scratch, factory can’t meet shortages
Shortages of the iPhone 5 are down to the material it’s made of — which is so easy to mark and scuff that factory workers are reportedly struggling to build them to a standard that’s up to scratch. Factory workers are finding it difficult to keep the iPhone’s anodised aluminium casings pristine enough to meet Apple’s lofty standards, Bloomberg reports. And …
Read More »HTC DLX is tipped to be a 5
Rivals have taken note of the Samsung Galaxy Note‘s success: details are emerging of the HTC DLX, a 5-inch Android phone-cum-tablet. Well-informed HTC modder Football quotes specs for the rumoured DLX, which at 5 inches straddles the divide between smart phone and tablet. That 5-inch display is a high-definition 1080p job. Underneath that sizable slab of a screen is a …
Read More »Apple spends more on patents than R&D after Jobs patent vow
Apple now spends more money on patenting stuff than it does on coming up with new ideas. That’s the result of Steve Jobs’ vow to “patent it all” when the iPhone was created. Last year for the first time Apple spent more money on patenting ideas than on research and development — the result of a strategy of patenting everything, …
Read More »iPhone 5 purple haze happens to all iPhones, Apple claims
Apple has owned up to the purple haze problem with the iPhone 5 — but says that the problem is normal, advising you to just point your phone in a different direction. “Most small cameras, including those in every generation of iPhone, may exhibit some form of flare at the edge of the frame,” Apple says in a new note …
Read More »iPad mini in action in spiffy fan pictures
Want a clear look at the iPad mini? Here’s the next best thing: while we wait for an official announcement from Apple about the hotly-anticipated sawn-off version of the iPad, here’s some rather spiffy fan-made pictures. Apple fan Martin uit Utrecht created these 3D renders of the rumoured iPad mini to show off how the 7-inch tablet would look. We’ve …
Read More »HTC 8X deals revealed, costs £350 on Three
Fancy an HTC 8X running brand-new Windows Phone 8 software? Time to scrabble through the coin jar for gold-coloured nuggets then, because phone network Three’s prices have been revealed. Reported by GSMArena, the 8X will be available on Three’s existing deals including the One Plan, Essential tariff and Ultimate Internet contract. They start at £27 per month, which will cost …
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