In Depth: Why aren't all our smartphones waterproof right now?
Waterproof phones - the options and the scienceThe mobile phone has gone from a novelty device to untether us from the wall to the one thing we take everywhere and expect to keep up with the demands of...
View ArticleNew leak further points to Android KitKat and Sense 6 for HTC One Two
Rumours about the HTC One Two have been flying thick and fast, but two of those rumours have recently been given a little more credence.We've heard before that the HTC One Two will likely come with...
View ArticleIn Depth: Best camera apps for Android
For many people purchasing a smartphone, having a decent camera is still one of the biggest draws. It seems forever ago that cameras were first introduced on mobile phones, with 13 years being about 6...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S5 may not be world's first phone with 4GB of RAM after all
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is somewhere in the pipeline - that we're sure of - and may have just popped up over on Antutu's database to flaunt some of its new specs.The device is listed at the SM-G900F...
View ArticleIn Depth: Best camera apps for iPhone
For many people purchasing a smartphone, having a decent camera is still one of the biggest draws. It seems forever ago that cameras were first introduced on mobile phones, with 13 years being about 6...
View ArticleAndroid botnet sending millions of copied texts to Korea and China
A malicious botnet has been uncovered by security researchers. The software sends copies of users' SMS' to email addresses believed to be registered in Korea and China.Named MicroSMS, it infects...
View ArticleIn Depth: Best camera apps for Windows Phone
When you think back 13 years ago to the first cameraphone, the things we carry in our pockets now must seem like witchcraft.Today's camera phones are modern wonders, with the likes of the Nokia Lumia...
View ArticleAuto Shazam arrives on iPhone so you'll never miss another track
Auto Shazam, the feature that launched in May to turn our iPads into always-listening music matchers, has now arrived on iPhone and iPod Touch for both free and Encore Shazam users.If we have one...
View ArticleFlex time: Motorola puts in for patent on smartwatch with bendable display
Like it or not, the smartwatch appears here to stay, but the best may be yet to come as companies like Motorola secure patents that would allow for wearable devices with wrist-fitting displays.The US...
View ArticleA Jolla Christmas? Sailfish smartphone goes on sale in the UK and Europe
If you fancy a break from the iOS and Android duopoly, and Windows Phone and BlackBerry just aren't doing it for you, you may like to take a look at the upstart Jolla Sailfish smartphone. The handset,...
View ArticleNokia is draping the Lumia 1020 in Black update for RAW shooting, other fixes
After some gallivanting about the Nokia Camera app update, Nokia has finally dropped the Lumia Black booster for the Lumia 1020.The Black update is available for download right now directly from the...
View ArticleMoto G is getting Android KitKat update earlier than promised
Android smartphone owners have gotten used to carrier-delayed firmware updates, so when Motorola announced an earlier-than-promised KitKat rollout, our robot antenna ears perked up."Starting today, we...
View ArticleBBM for Android and iPhone to get free voice calls in 2014
We already knew that free voice calls on BBM for Android and iPhone was coming when BlackBerry's VP Andrew Bocking confirmed it in October, but it looks like we won't be seeing it until early...
View ArticleiPhone 6 could arrive with a flexible wraparound display
Samsung and LG have already got in on the curved game, and now Apple looks set to follow suit.A patent for a flexible wraparound display, made using a powder liquidmetal process, has just been awarded...
View ArticleIn Depth: How the smartphone is becoming the brain of your entire house
Smartphones are nice and feature-stocked these days, but we know what the phone buying hoardes are like: everyone wishes they did more. Sure, you can tweet from them, but we want them to be able to...
View ArticleBlip: Android founder admits iPhone really did change everything
Former Android developer Chris DeSalvo has revealed that Steve Jobs' announcement for the first iPhone meant that Google had "to start over" after two years of development on Android.At the time of...
View ArticleWeek in Tech: Glass half full of Christmas cheer
George Orwell was wrong. The future isn't a boot stamping on a human face forever; it's the human race so engrossed in Facebook that it walks off the end of a pier. Such - ahem - pier pressure will...
View ArticleIn Depth: Tablet or Phone: Which should you choose?
How to decideThere will be a lot of you out there who are already rocking a smartphone and/or a tablet, but for those of your about to dip your toe into the technologic water you may be wondering if...
View ArticleBlackBerry commits to five more years of smartphones
BlackBerry has just signed up for a five-year partnership with Taiwanese iPhone maker Foxconn. The two will work together to create new devices, according to BlackBerry, which stated that the initial...
View ArticleFirst CyanogenMod Android phone given Google's blessing, ships December 24
In a Christmas Eve miracle, Cyanogen has announced it will ship the first Google-approved phone running a third-party version of Android. The Oppo N1 claims to be the world's first Google compatibility...
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