Tag: smartphones
Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact now available from Carphone Warehouse for £30 per month
The new Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact is now available at Carphone Warehouse, both in-store and online. Customers can get their hands on the device for £30 per month and £29.99 up-front on Vodafone. The all-new Sony handset, available in Horizon Blue exclusively at Carphone Warehouse, features a 4.6inch 720p touchscreen display. It also boasts a…
Vodafone launches VOXI for Under 25s – complete with free social media SIM
In an attempt to make its mobile phone offering a bit cooler, Vodafone has announced a new sub-brand called VOXI. Billed as the 'UK's first dedicated youth mobile offering', VOXI is aimed at the Under 25 'Young Creatives' market who probably wouldn't even give Vodafone a second glance. Available from September 8th, the VOXI SIM lets…
#IFA17: ARCHOS unveils Access, Core and Sense budget smartphones from just £49.99
Remember when even a basic smartphone would set you back a few hundred pounds? Not any more. French electronics brand ARCHOS has unveiled its range of Access, Core and Sense budget smartphones with prices starting from just £49.99. The ARCHOS Access and Core models will be available from September 2017 with prices between £49.99 to…
Worldwide IT spending increases, claims Gartner, as we buy more smartphones
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.5 trillion in 2017, a 2.4 per cent increase from 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. This growth rate is up from the previous quarter's forecast of 1.4 per cent, partly due to the US dollar decline against many foreign currencies (see below.) Worldwide spending on devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and…
Why are online casino players excited about the latest generation mobile phones?
The Samsung Galaxy S8 is one of a number of modern smartphones to offer useful facilities for gambling online For younger generations, it's probably difficult to remember a time before the advent of gambling online. Back in the mid-to-late 1990s, when the online gambling industry was taking off, people were huddled…
Ten years of iPhone gaming
It might not feel like it, but Apple’s iPhone is ten years old this year. So fast has the past decade shot by that we've barely even noticed that this device, which was not so long ago the stuff of futuristic dreams, has completed its first decade and in that time, managed to reinvent modern…
Listen to music underwater with WaterCage – launching on Kickstarter today
Launching on Kickstarter today is a casing and earbud set that allows you to listen to music underwater on your smartphone, rather than having to use a dedicated SwiMP3 player. Billed as the world’s best waterproof phone set, the WaterCage case and earbud sets were created by water enthusiasts for water enthusiasts. Just attach the special…
Best smartphones for 2017
Every year, more smartphones come out offering better specs, bigger screens, superior cameras, newer designs. And every year the question of which phone to buy becomes harder and harder. You want to buy the best phone you can, the one that will match your lifestyle perfectly. But how do you choose? They're all so similar,…
Honor 5X smartphone launches in Europe – one of the cheapest at £189?
The Honor 5X. Costing £189, it's one of the cheapest smartphones on the market Chinese brand Honor has launched its 5X smartphone in Europe in Munich, Germany. Featuring fingerprint technology and boasting a metal finish it's available in three colours – gold, silver and grey – for £189.99. Billed as one…
NJ Poker on Apple’s app store
NJ Poker is available to download free from Apple's app store. It is available for iPad and iPhone users In association with 888 Poker Poker games on Apple's iTunes App Store are booming so we thought we'd introduce one of these featured poker apps to our readers: 888poker NJ. It combines…