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Shower Tunes Curtain For The iPad
Mobile October 14, 2013
I don’t know about you but I love singing in the shower, despite the fact that my family do not love my singing. I also happen to be a fan of slightly strange, if not seemingly pointless technology. So imagine my delight when I stumbled upon a “gadget” that... Read more
After announcing on Friday that 4,500 jobs will be cut, smartphone maker Blackberry has said that it has agreed in principle to sell to a consortium led by Fairfax Financial for $4.7 billion. In a statement Blackberry said that Fairfax, its largest shareholder, had offered $9 a share in... Read more
Microsoft Patent Allows Parents To Remote Lock Kids Phones
Mobile September 7, 2013
A new patent application filed by Microsoft would give parents ultimate, absolute control over their children’s smartphones and tablets. Indeed, Big Brother is watching…but in a kind and loving way. As the mobile market expands, so does the amount of people with devices. More and more children are getting... Read more
Out of the ashes of what many perceive as the burning death of Nokia, comes Newkia. It is the Singapore-based company that was founded the same day the US$7.2 billion Microsoft-Nokia deal was announced, with the single aim of acquiring Nokia employees and knowledge, but to focus on the Android... Read more
Don’t Worry About Parking The Armadillo-T, Just Fold It Away
News August 24, 2013
The innovative team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a foldable micro all-electric car that they have named the Armadillo-T. Parking in a dense urban metropolis would be a piece of cake but don’t expect it to do the school run and carry a... Read more
Ubuntu Break The Record in Crowdfund Pledge
Mobile August 19, 2013
Since beginning a crowdfunded campaign for the Ubuntu Edge smartphone, Canonical has raised $10,288,472 in pledges. It has set the record, raising more money in pledges than any other venture before it, even passing last years record which was set by Pebble for a smartwatch. Although this is an... Read more
Samsung Announce The Hennessy Flip Phone
Mobile August 17, 2013
Samsung has announced its latest smartphone, however this a little different from all the rest. The Hennessy, as it is called, combines a smartphone that runs on Android with a dual-screen flip phone body. From the front the Hennessy looks like any other standard Android phone but once the... Read more
TREWGrip: Qwerty Dock for Your Smartphone
News August 17, 2013
How many times have you constructed an email on your smartphone, which started out in your head being only a few lines long and ended up being almost the length of War and Peace? Well, you and me are not the only ones and there is a new Kickstarter... Read more
The latest smartphone from the company ZTE, will run the new Firefox operating system. It will be the first mobile manufacturer to run this operating system in the UK and US markets. ZTE have chosen to sell the handset named ZTE Open, exclusively through the e-commerce site eBay and... Read more
Canonical are seeking to raise $32m through the crowdfunding site Indiegogo in order to launch a handset pre-installed with Ubuntu operating system software. The amount of money it needs to raise is significantly more than any other crowd-financed project before it. Indiegogo’s current funding record is $1,665,380, which was... Read more
Intel To Launch A Lower Power Chip For Servers
Mobile July 23, 2013
Intel Corp has announced that it will be launching a low-power version of its server processors in a bid to expand into the data center with energy efficient-chips based on smartphone technology. At an event on Monday with industry analysts and the media, Intel said it planned to offer... Read more
Sony Xperia ZU Rumours
Mobile June 18, 2013
Everyone is waiting with baited breath for Sony to reveal its newest handset, the Sony Xperia ZU. This will be Sony’s first “phablet”. Whilst we all wait, rumours are flying around and the latest news on the street is that the Xperia ZU is ridiculously fast. The rumour is... Read more
Is The Asus Fonepad Too Big?
Mobile June 14, 2013
Whoever said “less is more”, certainly didn’t know about the Asus Fonepad! Coming in at a whopping 7-inches, it definitely comes more under the tablet category than smartphone. The company behind the Fonepad also produce the Nexus 7, so it’s not surprising to see some similarities. However with a... Read more
Samsung seems determined to produce niche Galaxy S4 variants, first the S4 Active and now, the Galaxy S4 Zoom. It looks very similar to a Galaxy S4 Mini, but with a big camera lens plopped on the side. The camera has 16-megapixels and a 10x optical zoom. It also... Read more
Shipments of Android smartphones are expected to climb to more than 1 billion units annually in 2017; more than twice the amount of Android phones that shipped last year! According to Market research firm Canalys‘ press report, Android is clearly way out in front and its forecast of one billion... Read more
Finally, after all the rumours circulating about the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, Samsung have confirmed that it will hit markets this summer. They have labelled it the new “rugged” version of their popular Galaxy S4 smartphone. This new handset is aimed at those of you who love the great... Read more
The HTC First will not be available for pre-0rder in the UK. The struggling smartphone manufacturer pulled early orders for the smartphone after sales at US-based AT&T Wireless forced the wireless carrier to stop promoting the first official Facebook phone. AT&T couldn’t manage to sell the HTC First even... Read more
The Samsung Galaxy Core smartphone is a mid-range device that promises to deliver Samsung quality with a decent set of hardware and software options. The Google Android based device carries a nice set of options including Samsung’s S-Voice and Smart Stay function which tracks user’s eye movements to determine... Read more