Is £17 a month for a three-year-old iPhone 4 still a good deal?
£17 a month plus a free iPhone? Sounds like a cracking deal doesn't it? And we suppose it is, if you don't mind having a three-year-old iPhone 4 8GB handset for the next two years.High Street retailer...
View ArticleHuawei founder denies Chinese military connections in rare interview
Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei hasn't been shy when butting heads with U.S. and European lawmakers, but the company's founder has been much less forthright.In fact, the reclusive Ren Zhengfei hasn't...
View ArticleFacebook reportedly dazed by Waze as Home nears 1 million users
Facebook's new Home interface, the social network's Android home screen replacement, may be labeled a success as it nears 1 million downloads.The company showed off some upcoming changes of its Android...
View ArticleActivision head uncertain about the future of PS4, Xbox 720
Activision continues to break records with games like Call of Duty and Skylanders, but the video game industry's No. 1 publisher has concerns about next-generation consoles. "We continue to face 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 ArticleMotorola X Phone appears less curvaceous in new image leak
A new image has popped up online claiming to show the much vaunted Motorola X Phone, and it appears to sport a different design to previous leaks.The snap was passed to HotHardware from an "inside...
View ArticleUpdated: 80 best free iPhone apps 2013
Best free iPhone apps 1 - 30There are now hundreds of thousands of apps available for your iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPod touch and iPad, and, surprisingly, many of the best are free.The following list...
View ArticleHuawei's most powerful smartphone will land in the UK in June
The Huawei Ascend P2 will be touching down in Blighty next month as the Chinese firm attempts to woo us with its most powerful smartphone to date.We attended the launch of the Ascend P2 at MWC 2013 in...
View ArticleMotorola X Phone release date, news and rumours
Google acquired Motorola Mobility a year ago but we're still yet to see a handset slide out bearing the search giant's brand and Moto's design.Rumours surrounding the X Phone have been around since...
View ArticleBlip: Mobile phone for 4-year-olds is nothing but bully bait
Thank goodness – we finally have a solution to all those muggings of four-year-olds. It really was becoming a problem.The answer comes in the form of the hiply-named 1stFone (Get it? Becoz thts hw we...
View ArticleOpinion: Mobile phones for kids? You silly billies!
The 1stFone couldn't be more different to the iPhone 5, HTC One or Samsung Galaxy S4: it doesn't run apps, it can't connect to the internet and it doesn't really do anything other than make and receive...
View ArticleNokia Lumia 928 gets official, heading to the US on Verizon
The Nokia Lumia 928 has made its official debut, bringing Windows Phone 8 and souped-up camera capabilities to Verizon.It comes as literally no surprise to anyone after Nokia's own adverts pipped the...
View ArticleVodafone backs new Nokia Lumia handset prior to May 14 London launch
We already knew Nokia is planning to launch a new Lumia Windows Phone 8 device in London on Tuesday, but whatever it turns out to be, Vodafone has confirmed its intent to stock it.Following today's...
View ArticleGalaxy S4 leaks abound as Active and Zoom variants pop up again
Two new Samsung Galaxy S4 variants are likely on their way, if recent clues are anything to go by.Both the Galaxy S4 Active and the Galaxy S4 Zoom have appeared with increased frequency lately, and two...
View ArticleThe wait for Tegra 4 devices looks very close to over
Chip maker Nvidia is preparing to unleash the first Tegra 4-powered devices on the market, with the initial wave of releases set to be revealed this very quarter.According to PC World, Nvidia CEO...
View ArticleInterview: Cliff Bleszinski on the next Xbox and our always-on future
Last month, Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski made splashes with a post on his Clifford Unchained blog titled "Deal With It" in which he eviscerated the online community for its reaction to the...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S4 seen as the weakest link in BBC Watchdog show
There's a lot to like about the Samsung Galaxy S4, but the phone's storage capacity isn't all it's cracked up to be, and one BBC show is calling out the South Korean manufacturer.At contention is the...
View ArticleBlip: Amazon adds Cloud Drive Photos app to iOS repertoire
Apple then iOS, iOS then Android. There can often be a one-followed-by-the-other roll out to apps between the two major OSes (we won't mention Windows Phone 8 or others in this case), and Amazon...
View ArticleMystery LG handset leaked again, now thought to be Optimus G2
An as-yet-unconfirmed LG smartphone has once again appeared online with new suggestions that it may be the Optimus G2, rather than the Google Nexus 5.It's the second unscheduled appearance in a week,...
View ArticleBuying Guide: Best Samsung Galaxy Note 2 case: 15 to choose from
Whether you call it a smartphone, a tablet or a phablet, we think we can all agree that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is not for the average jeans pocket, so some portable protection is a wise investment...
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