iPhone 5S to house a 12-megapixel camera?
Apple's iPhone is among the most popular cameras in the world, and if the rumours are correct, the team at Cupertino might give us a few million more reasons to love the camera in the next iteration of...
View ArticleThe threats from free smartphone apps
As more small companies embrace the smartphone as a way to keep in touch with the office, it is all too tempting to save money by kitting out a phone with free apps. But there is a hidden cost.The...
View ArticleExclusive: O2 says its 4G rollout will be 'mind-blowingly aggressive'
O2 will be hitting 4G hard when it comes to launch its superfast service later this year, but realises EE does have the upper hand.TechRadar spoke to Gary Booker, Consumer General Manager at O2 during...
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 ArticleUpdated: Firefox OS is launching in 16 emerging markets this year
Mozilla has been quiet on the Firefox OS announcement front for some time, but CEO Gary Kovacs broke the silence on Monday when he revealed the new mobile operating system will launch in June.The...
View ArticleSamsung accused of foul play as HTC One negative comments investigated
Samsung seems to be in hot water again, this time over negative comments which appeared on HTC One reviews by people apparently paid to write them by the Korean firm.Only last week did police raid...
View ArticleUpdated: BlackBerry Q10 release date: when can I get it?
The BlackBerry Q10 is the second handset to come running the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, but it's the first to offer a physical QWERTY keyboard alongside it.The Q10 won't have the same appeal...
View ArticleTutorial: How to unlock your phone
Unlocking a phone can be a pain. We've all been there - your phone's locked to a network and you want to use it on a different one, or maybe just get it unlocked to increase the resale value.Whatever...
View ArticleMicrosoft: We have no plans to make a Surface Phone
While there's been talk of Microsoft considering a Surface Phone for some time, the chief of Windows Phone has stated that it's not currently in the pipeline. At least not right now.Speaking at the...
View ArticleAndroid was meant for cameras not phones, says Rubin
The team behind Android originally made the OS for a range of smart digital cameras rather than mobile phones. And it wasn't the iPhone that had Android quaking in its boots - it was Symbian. That's...
View ArticleBlip: WhatsApp: We're now bigger than Twitter
Testament to the ever-growing popularity of the messaging app, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum has announced that the service has more than 200 million users, with 8 billion inbound and 12 million outbound...
View ArticleChat Heads break out of Facebook Home and head to iPhone and iPad
Facebook's bringing its multitasking Chat Heads to the Facebook iPhone and iPad apps. The floating friend heads are a key feature of Android's Facebook Home interface, but since that's not on its way...
View ArticleFacebook Home goes global in Google Play today
Facebook Home is coming to Google Play around the world later today, which means that anyone with a compatible handset will be able to download and install the Facebook-flavoured Android overlay....
View ArticleEric Schmidt touts 'phenomenal' new Motorola gadgets on the way
Google's chairman is at it again, chatting up the next wave of "impressive" gadgets on the way from the search giant - without really divulging much in the way of details.AllThingsD reported Tuesday...
View ArticleLG piques our curiosity with word of May 1 press event
Got any May Day plans? LG does. The company has sent out save the date invites to a shindig in New York City scheduled for May 1. Ah, the Big Apple in spring. Is there anything better?The invite is...
View ArticleGoogle's got some Android activation figures to brag about
If we've learned anything from Google executives over the past few years, it's a lot of statistical information about the success of the company's Android operating system.Those who attended the Dive...
View ArticleFacebook thought about building an operating system to call Home
Facebook floated the idea of building a brand new mobile operating system for its new Home platform, a senior company engineer revealed on Tuesday. The social network considered three ways to introduce...
View ArticleMotorola likens next generation phones to Goldilocks, size will be 'just right'
It may seem like we've been anticipating for quite some time the Motorola X, the first collaborative smartphone from Google and Motorola's partnership, but reports of the phone arriving later this year...
View ArticleSony Xperia SP up for pre-order in the UK, with 4G available through EE
High street retailer Phones 4U has made the mid-range, yet highly impressive Sony Xperia SP handset available for pre-order in the UK, with a shipping date of May 3.The more affordable iteration of the...
View ArticleNokia EOS could be first quad-core Windows Phone
Internet gossips are refusing to give up on suggestions that the Nokia EOS is in the works, complete with a 41MP snapper and now apparently a quad-core processor too.According to MyNokiaBlog a source...
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