An ambitious tinkerer has bestowed the power of wireless charging upon his iPhone 4S, with a modification that sees Apple’s prized smart phone pulled apart and put back together with all-new components. Essex-based Tanveer Islam is the chap behind the creative hack. He uploaded a video explaining exactly how to modify your iPhone, which will gain …
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LG is rumoured to be working on a new handset with superphone specs and a name that sounds like a jet. Not released in Australia, the Optimus 4X is LG’s current flagship smartphone. (Credit: LG) According to whispers on the internet, the F180 will be the name given to LG’s next flagship phone, and it will be among the first …
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Ski Safari (99 cents) challenges you to swoosh down a powdery mountain to avoid an avalanche, with animal friends and other vehicles along the way to help you with your escape. This distance game quickly became my go-to time-waster on both my iPhone and iPad, so when an update was announced last week, you can bet I was at the …
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Two more of AT&T’s phones will get Google’s big 4.0 operating system refresh today, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket (at long last) and the Samsung Galaxy Note. Related stories Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket review Samsung Galaxy Note review ICS on the Galaxy Note: Subtle, useful The Skyrocket, which boasts a 4.5-inch screen, a dual-core processor, and an 8-megapixel …
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Having been wildly enjoyed by Android users for a couple of months now, the amazing CNET global app today goes live for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners to join in the fun. If your Apple device is running iOS 4 or later you can access the latest tech news, reviews and videos from the UK — or Asia, Australia …
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Nine years after the first iTunes launched in the U.S., Apple has taken the service to Asia. In a low-key launch last week, Apple opened the door to a version of iTunes aimed at 12 new markets in Asia, including Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore. While Japan has had its own version of iTunes since 2005, iTunes has been largely …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S3 super-phone is tearing up the smart phone charts, promising bumper sales for its Korean crafter. Packing an enormous 4.8-inch screen and quad-core processor, it’s easily one of the best phones of 2012. But where can you buy it the cheapest and what minutes, texts and data can you get with it? SIM-free Galaxy S3 deal: £740 for …
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I got 99 problems and my phone is one. Whether it’s the battery, the screen or the volume, it seems every new smart phone has something wrong with it. A new report has gathered together the top complaints about the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nokia Lumia 900, HTC Titan 2 and the BlackBerry Curve 9300, along with …
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Google Now is the most exciting new feature of Jelly Bean — the brand-new version of Android — and its amazing location-based prompts and info have already made a big impression. But despite it being exclusive to Jelly Bean, the febrile mind of ‘febycv‘ has ported the feature onto Ice Cream Sandwich. If you’re lucky enough to own one of …
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MeeGo may not be gone after all. A group of former Nokia employees has banded together to resurrect the ill-fated operating system — previously seen only on the doomed Nokia N9 — ready to create new smart phones powered by MeeGo. Describing MeeGo as “something wonderful — the world’s best smart phone product”, the ex-Nokia staff have banded together to …
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Apple isn’t one to adopt new tech just for the sake of it, and it looks like that’s not going to change anytime soon. The Cupertino company refused to use NFC for its Passbook app in iOS 6 due to the fact it’d sap the iPhone’s battery life, according to The Wall Street Journal. But with the iPhone 5 due …
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Remember the Samsung Galaxy S3 that exploded in someone’s car a few weeks ago? Well apparently it was down to “external energy” rather than the handset itself, according to an investigation by Samsung and a third party. Samsung revealed the findings in a blog post. So rest easy, all you hot-pocketed Galaxy S3 owners. Last month, pictures emerged on a forum …
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In June, Research In Motion suffered its worst month to date. First, a $518 million quarterly loss. Second, its lowest share price since the company’s peak in 2008. And last, a delay for the forthcoming line of BlackBerry models and an updated operating system that may make or break RIM’s future. Considering this, with RIM’s annual meeting scheduled this week, …
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Score one for Samsung Electronics. After several legal defeats resulting in a product ban, Samsung finally got a court to side with it. The company said that the High Court of England and Wales ruled that its Galaxy Tab did not infringe upon Apple’s tablet designs, and found 50 different recognizable traits. The victory is a measure of relief after …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus was banned in the US a couple of weeks ago, following a court kerfuffle with Apple. But now a federal appeals court has ruled that the ban should be lifted, though only temporarily. The question is, will it last? It was just a preliminary injunction slapped onto the Galaxy Nexus, so we could well see the ban …
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