Category: Mobile phones
Apple launches tool to fix the iMessage/SMS problem
If when upgrading your phone you switch from an iPhone to another manufacturer's device, then you might notice a problem: When your iPhone-owning mates try to message you, it sends not as an SMS but as an iMessage, meaning that it won't show up on your new phone. This caused some controversy a few months…
LG G3 first Android handset to get Lollipop
Some LG G3 owners are reporting that the Android 5.0 Lollipop update has arrived this morning - beating everyone else to it. According to Neowin the update is rolling out in Poland - which suggests that LG might be keen to check the stability of the update on the phone in a smaller market before…
Ofcom to sell more spectrum to make 4G faster… in 2016
If 4G still isn't fast enough for you then good news... if you wait a couple of years, things should get a bit better. According to PC Pro, telecoms regulator Ofcom will be auctioning off new spectrum in the 2.3ghz and 3.4ghz bands towards the end of next year or early 2016 - which the…
UK Nexus 6 price revealed
Google's forthcoming flagship smartphone, the Nexus 6, has appeared on the UK Google Play store. The 32GB version will apparently cost £499, and the 64GB version £549. The high price is perhaps unsurprising, given the new phone's massive 5.9" screen. Unfortunately we still don't have an exact release date - with both listed simply as…
The Digest: South Park skewers freemium games… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] South Park skewers 'freemium' games | Engadget "If your business model is conning kids into spending their parents' hard-earned app-store cash on in-app purchased 'rewards', it's fair to say you deserve to be ripped. South Park did the honors with its Freemium Isn't Free episode involving a Terrence and Philip-branded Candy Crush-style game…
The Digest: Twitter makes some tweaks… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Twitter takes another teeny tiny step toward becoming Facebook | Gizmodo "Twitter tweaked its website design today to move the status bar where you compose a tweet a couple short inches from the right-hand corner to the center of the page. And guess what, it looks just like Facebook now." [/nextpage] [nextpage title="Next"]…
Apple Pay launching has helped… umm… Google?
A fascinating insight into consumer behaviour from Ars Technica, as it has emerged that the launch of Apple's mobile payment system in the United States has also led to an increase in the number of people using Google's equivalent - Google Wallet. Google Wallet launched a couple of years ago to not much fanfare, and…
First Samsung Galaxy S6 specs revealed?
Could the first specs for Samsung's next flagship phone have leaked? (This is the Note 4, not S6) Good work SamMobile, which got the scoop on the details for the inevitable Galaxy S6. Apparently "Project Zero", as it is being called internally is a plan to reimagine the phone from the…
The Digest: Government crackdown on ‘notspots’… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Government crackdown on mobile 'notspots' | BBC News "The government plans to oblige mobile operators to improve their coverage, possibly by sharing rivals' networks. Partial 'notspots', where there is coverage from some but not all of the mobile networks, affected a fifth of the UK, leaving people unable to make calls or send…
Samsung announces metal Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3
Samsung has implicitly responded to criticism of its plastic-heavy designs today by announcing the Galaxy A5 and A3, which sport full metal unibody designs. It is the outside of these phones that is getting all of the focus. Here's how Samsung describes it: "The Galaxy A5 and A3 are Samsung’s slimmest smartphones to date, featuring…
