The weirdest, wackiest and most bizarre photo apps for the Note II
The GALAXY Note II has some formidable photography skills thanks to its eight-megapixel camera - so much so that we recently picked out the ten best photography apps for the Note II.Though if it's...
View ArticleBlip: Good luck tracking down the free 4G in one of EE's 50 4G black cabs
EE is offering you free 4G when you shell out for a black cab in London or Birmingham. However, it's only really available in a pretty specific scenario: you'll need a 4G enabled phone. You'll need to...
View ArticleUpdated: iPhone 5S release date, news and rumours
The iPhone 5 may only be around six months old, but we're already hearing information about a successor. In keeping with Apple's naming convention this should end up being called the iPhone 5S.The...
View ArticleUpdated: Amazon phone release date, news and rumors
Release dates, rumors, and moreWith the runaway success of Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet - the media-happy device owns over half the Android tablet market - it seems only natural that the company would...
View ArticleDumbly dubbed 'Androidbook' laptop rumored to arrive in 2013
A Google Androidbook could mean that the crossover between Android and Chrome OS is coming sooner than anyone had expected, as a rumor today indicates such a laptop is happening this year.Different...
View ArticleTwitter tip pegs Facebook Home phone as 'HTC First'
Buffy, Myst, and now First? The supposed Facebook phone by HTC is certainly running through the rumored names. @evleaks, a normally reliable Twitter tipster, today posted an image of a phone with "htc...
View ArticleApple call waiting patent could make being on hold less boring
A new Apple call waiting patent may put an end to having nothing to do when you're put on hold except watch the call minutes tick away on the screen.U.S. Patent No. 8,412,164 suggests that future...
View ArticleBlip: Mobile phone hits 40, buys Corvette, shacks up with younger hotter wife
We've come a long way, baby. It's 40 years to the day since the first public mobile phone call was made in New York City. A prototype Motorola DynaTAC was groundbreaking tech at the time - a 9-inch...
View ArticleiPhone 5S production begins this quarter, looks to summer release
Like clockwork, Apple is rumoured to begin production of the iPhone 5S over the next three months.The Wall Street Journal reports that the next iPhone will look very similar to the iPhone 5, something...
View ArticleUpdated: iPhone 6 release date, news and rumours
When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5, the reaction was a bit muted: where previous phones were massive leaps forward, the iPhone 5 was a bit longer and a lot easier to scratch. So what can we expect from...
View ArticleBlip: Android Gingerbread finally begins to die
It looks like the fragmented Android ecosystem is finally sorting itself out, as Android Jelly Bean found itself on a quarter of all devices in March.The now-ancient Gingerbread (or version 2.3 if you...
View ArticleiOS 7 behind schedule but will be a 'significant' overhaul
It's all systems go at Apple HQ right now, with word that the Cupertino is doing everything it can to get the new-look iOS 7 out the door and onto devices.However, it looks like the new operating...
View ArticleIn Depth: iOS 7 release date, news and rumours
The last major iOS 6 update for Apple's mobile devices, the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, was mostly hit, but there was a big Maps-shaped miss. Lots of people were rightly angry about Apple ditching...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Ace 3 could arrive in May
Samsung is about to introduce the next generation of its popular Ace series, following on from the success of the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Ace Plus.According to SamMobile, the mid-range handset will...
View ArticleFingerprint scanning to come to iWatch as well as iPhone 5S?
The much-longed-for Apple Watch may come packing fingerprint scanning, according to the latest rumours. Word on the analyst street is that the fingerprint tech expected to show up in the iPhone 5S...
View ArticleBlip: Tony Stark downgrades to an Alcatel One Touch Idol in Iron Man 3
Tony Stark has a new phone in Iron Man 3 and he's slumming it with an Alcatel One Touch Idol - a handset we branded "a middle of the road smartphone" when we got our hands on it at MWC 2013. It's not...
View ArticleVdio pay-per-view launches in UK and US, but only for Rdio subscribers
The Rdio streaming music service that launched in 2010 has been joined by a related pay-per-video video service known appropriately as Vdio.Unlike Rdio, though, Vdio has more in common with iTunes'...
View ArticleTwitter app for Android boosted with time-saving redesign
Today's update for the Twitter app on Android devices just made tweeting 140 characters a little easier thanks to a much-needed redesign."Its new design reflects a native Android experience," said...
View ArticleTest drive BlackBerry OS 10 through iPhone, Android browsers
BlackBerry knows that success with its new BlackBerry 10 OS relies on getting the new software into the hands of the people it hopes to convert. What better way than through the devices they are trying...
View ArticleBlackBerry pulls the plug on BBM Music
Though it feels like the service has barely had time to breathe, Blackberry has announced that it's calling it a day on its monthly music subscription app.Anyone currently subscribed to BBM Music will...
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