Google has added a pedestrian sat-nav feature to the mobile version of Google Maps on Android, making it easier for people with no sense of direction to find their way around. It’s also made improvements to Street View, making the mobile version more similar to that on computers. Google Maps for mobile has been updated to version …

LG has recently announced the LG HBM-810, which is a Bluetooth headset housed inside a solar-powered charging cradle. The headset itself is designed to be lightweight and features dual microphones, noise reduction, echo cancellation, and up to 5 hours of talk time and 150 hours of standby time. It also has multipoint connectivity so it can connect up to two …

Apple A French Web site, Mac4Ever, posted a short article claiming the Cupertino computer crafters are creating software for Mac OS X, presumably an update to iChat, that will allow desktop and notebook users to communicate via FaceTime with compatible iOS devices. The information is not backed up with sources, but the site has been known to have semi-accurate predictions …

Apple has made some big changes to its App Store policies, relaxing restrictions on the tools developers can use to create iOS apps, and revealing guidelines about why apps are rejected. In a statement, Apple said it had relaxed its development-tool restrictions as a result of developer feedback. It added that any apps developed in light of the new rules still shouldn’t …

I’m a sucker for a good iPhone stand, especially when it’s cheap, practical, and available in lots of purty colors. That’s the iFoldAway in a nutshell. It’s cheap (about $8.90 shipped from the U.K.), practical (it weighs almost nothing and folds up flat as a credit card), and available in your choice of eight colors: pink, red, white, yellow, black, …

Stephen Elop has his work cut out for him as the incoming CEO of Nokia, which has been a lackluster presence in the smartphone market. Nokia After three years of watching competitors such as Apple eat its lunch in the smartphone market, Nokia finally has its “aha” moment. But is it too late for the cell phone behemoth to regain …

Apple’s iPad may have grabbed mass attention with its slim and sexy design, but there’s no doubt its dogged rejection of Adobe Flash support is a major weakness. This gap in the iPad’s armour has provoked HP to make an unsubtle attack with its latest HP Slate videos, as Crave US reports.  HP isn’t afraid to jump head first on …

The Wall Street Journal claims today that Sony is gearing up to release a range of products aimed at challenging Apple’s iPad and iPhone. Reportedly, threatened by Apple’s growth in the portable-device market, Sony is now working on a series of handheld devices, including a smart-phone capable of downloading and playing videogames. We know many of you were slightly disappointed when …

Apple’s aiming to clear up any confusion about the iPad‘s launch date, confirming that all versions of the tablet computer will be available in the UK in late April. The company’s also provided more concrete US release dates. A specific date for the UK release is seemingly still to be decided on, but it gives us a warm tingly feeling …

Now that the iPad is available for pre-order in the UK, the tariff deals are flying fast and furious. Last week Orange announced its deals, and today O2 is offering three tasty tariffs. O2 has a daily plan, which costs £2 for 500MB of data and only lasts one day, so you have to renew it for each day you …

Apple has punted a whopping 2 million iPads in the two months since the tablet went on sale. This despite numerous delays to the European release, with Apple’s factories struggling to churn out enough of the much-hyped tablets to meet demand. The iPad went on sale last Friday in Europe, Australia and Canada in a frenzy of excitement from the …

The Apple iPad has arrived in the hands of reviewers. With three days to go before the US launch, reviews have appeared from a carefully selected band of US journalists who’ve been using the iPad for about a week. The verdict? Unsurprisingly, the crack corps of Apple-selected newspaper reporters give the multimedia tablet a resounding thumbs-up. The Wall Street Journal‘s …

Remember 3? It’s that ‘other’ network provider, you know, the one currently running that peculiar ad campaign? Well, it may have taken a little while, but 3 has finally laid its cards on the table and revealed its iPad data tariffs. And we’re seriously impressed. Check out our fantabulous comparison chart to see how the other networks’ offerings compare with …

If you just don’t fancy shelling out an extra £100 for the 3G iPad, you may be considering the version with Wi-Fi only. But that doesn’t mean you have to be chained to your router. You can still have the freedom of 3G surfing if you care to invest in a MiFi mobile wireless hotspot. We took our Wi-Fi iPad on the road …

The battle for your iPad 3G data dosh has hotted up to a three-horse race, with Vodafone joining Orange and O2 with two monthly tariffs. There’s no such thing as a coalition in the fight for your hard-earned money, so we’ve broken down the bargains for you. Whether you need to cut costs with a £2 tariff or surf the night …