Category: Mobile phones
Pope calls smartphones “futile”; takes up residence in a glass house
Pope Francis has been casting the first stone, at least according to the Daily Mail. The, umm, newspaper of record quotes Frankie as saying young people "waste too many hours on futile things" and that it distracts them from "what is really important", with the Mail saying he "added that futile activities include chatting on…
Vodafone claims 4G calling will save your phone battery
Vodafone has posted an intriguing blog where it claims that making the switch to 4G calling technology will help save your phone battery by using less power. What do you mean its weird that Vodafone, one of the largest corporations in the world, is appropriating revolutionary imagery? 4G is also known…
Three start selling unlocked phones
Good news for mobile phone customers (ie: everyone) as Three has announced that it has began selling all of its phones unlocked. This means that you won't have to take your phone along to shifty hut on the high street to move your phone over to another network. In a blog post on the Three…
Samsung’s non-Android Tizen phone delayed indefinitely
We've known for some time that Samsung is working on phones that will run its own "Tizen" operating system instead of Android. Don't expect to see them any time soon though, as Samsung has just announced the cancellation of the first Tizen phone's release. The reasons behind making the phone is thought to be an…
Nokia X gets an update… but hang on, didn’t that get cut?
Confusing news out of Microsoft today as the company has announced that its Nokia X line of Android handsets will be receiving a software update. It seems like only last week that Microsoft announced massive job cuts and the axing of Nokia X, the small line of Android phones that the company launched at the…
Microsoft working on a split controller for tablet gaming?
Getting rid of physical buttons on our gadgets has been a massive advantage for phones and tablets - but for gaming... it makes things more difficult. Luckily though, it appears that Microsoft could be working on an interesting solution. Patently Apple has dug up some diagrams filed by Microsoft with the US patent office that…
How brand loyal are users to iPhone and Android?
A new survey has revealed that mobile phone customers are rather brand loyal after all - with customers broadly sticking with the operating system that they are familiar with. Check out this chart from mobiles.co.uk - which surveyed 2,300 smartphone owners: What's really interesting is how loyal customers are. 81% of iPhone and remarkably, 81%…
WATCH: Cortana outsmart Siri
There is no love lost between Apple and Microsoft, and in a new TV ad for its Halo-inspired Cortana virtual assistant, Microsoft pokes a bit of fun at Apple's Siri. Bringing back memories of Apple's Mac vs PC campaigns, the advert presents a series of commands which Cortana is able to intelligently process, while Siri…
London will have 5G by 2020, says mayor Boris Johnson
Most of us still struggle to get a decent 3G signal in London, and 4G has barely begun to have an impact (or be affordable). But London mayor Boris Badenov ... sorry, Johnson ... reckons that London will have a 5G mobile network by 2020. Yes, that's right, Just six years away. Talk about an…
HTC Desire 610 Review: HTC’s attempt at a mid-range pocket-pleaser feels like a throwback
HTC seems to be attempting to cover all bases with its smartphone releases this year, and the Desire 610 is firmly aimed at the middle of the road. At around £240 SIM-free, it’s one of the cheapest smartphones HTC offers, but there’s stiff competition from other manufacturers in this price range, and it just doesn’t…