Mobile

A new study has shown that one in 10 schoolchildren get a mobile phone at the age of five. Many children have to wait until they are 11 however, according to the survey. Parents will spend £125 on a childs mobile phone and around £246 on their own. 1,420 parents …

Spire, best known among enthusiasts for its above average coolers and power supplies, is now entering the highly competitive tablet game, with its new nine-inch Bliss touch screen device. Described as having “powerful features,” and set to cost £100, this one will be going head to head with the more …

British developer Canonical managed to break crowdfunding records on the site Indiegogo but still failed to reach the goal by around £12.8 million. Many big organisations jumped into the crowdfunding offers and even Bloomberg donated £51,000 to the cause. CTO Mark Shuttleworth said that everyone will get their money back …

UK officials are considering banning the sale of mobile phones which are designed to look like car key fobs. The BBC reported today that they had been speaking with a government spokesman. The issue is being discussed with the National Trading Standards Board and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. The …

Screen technology is improving all the time and the latest development from LG looks set to target ultra high end smartphones in the coming years. They have detailed their ultra slim LTPS-based LCD display which they are calling Quad HD. It appears to be the highest resolution mobile display produced …

Two months ago Barnes and Noble said they would be ditching their colour (non E Ink) tablets from their product line, but according to recent reports they have reversed their position. The range includes the Nook Color, the 2011 Nook Tablet and last years Nook HD and Nook HD+. The …

We reported on the Firefox OS smartphone before and the latest news indicates a great success for the initial run of sales. The Firefox OS smartphone went on sale for £59.99 in the UK and $79.99 in the US, it was released on the website on Friday and sales were …

The latest rumours to hit the net suggest that Samsung are planning to release a wristwatch style device called the Galaxy Gear, next month. The device can make phone calls, handle email and surf the web according to two people ‘familiar with the matter‘. The Galaxy Gear will be powered …

Protecting a mobile phone with a password is often necessary, if a little annoying. If like me you hate using codes to protect devices then the new belt clip from Motorola called the ‘Skip' will be interesting. The Motorola Skip is a new device that uses NFC. You can unlock …

The battle for smartphone and tablet sales is never ending. With the news this week that Blackberry may be about to give up completely we take a quick look at the overall marketplace. The Blackberry handset is still selling as well as Apple did when they launched their App store, …

GPS units are fading in popularity thanks to the improvement with smartphone mapping systems, however they still are not built to guide a user around forests and trails. The new Trimble TopoCharger is designed to change your iPhone into a fully fledged outdoor GPS system. The TopoCharger from Trimble Outdoors …

Nokia today announced the UK availability of the Nokia Lumia 625 smartphone offering affordable 4G connectivity through a large 4.7” screen for a leading entertainment experience. The key features of the Nokia Lumia 625 include: Choice of 5 semi-transparent changeable shells – available in orange, bright green, yellow, white and black A …

ZTE will be selling their new Firefox OS smartphone soon via Ebay stores in America and the United Kingdom. The smartphone will mean that consumers can buy an affordable smartphone based completely on open Web standards. The phone ships unlocked and will cost £59.99 in the UK and $79.99 in …

You can tell when a company becomes hopelessly lost. Things it once took for granted, like leadership and innovation, become nervous half-choices and an urge to copy answers from the kid you're sitting next to. Blackberry had it all, but those days are long gone. What next for the old …

With all the furore surrounding the way that component prices have been dropping recently, space a thought for any resellers or distributors who presently have stock on the Samsung Galaxy Note II. A KitGuru associate was considering one of these, but hit a snag when they went to do a …

A five minute video is the latest in a series of leaks of the upcoming BlackBerry flagship model to hit the web. This particular video is in Vietnamese. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX62bqi9sWI'] The new smartphone, originally called the Blackberry A10 is said to rest at the top of the mobile phone range. …

A Japanese website say they have confirmation that Apple will be calling their new iPhone the iPhone 5S, and that Apple's rumoured low cost iPhone will be known as the iPhone 5C. Macotakara are saying they know ‘sources in Asia' have confirmed the names are correct. The ‘C' moniker is …

The latest Star Wars movies may have sucked, but there is no denying that the original releases in the 1970's were way ahead of their time. We are still waiting on a 3D projector, similar to the one built into R2D2. The wait may be over, as Imagination Farm USA …

The latest news from AllThingsD would suggest that Apple may introduce the follow up to the iPhone 5 at a special event held on September 10th. This is almost a full year after Apple introduced the iPhone 5 at a media event in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Arts Center on …

Asus were the manufacturer of the original Nexus 7, and the redesigned model which was released earlier this year however Samsung were responsible for the bigger Nexus 10 model. Asus bid for manufacturing of the new model, and they won, aiming to release the Nexus 10 in time for Christmas …

With all the price cuts on nVidia desktop graphics cards, we guess it was only time before the mobile space also started to throw up some GeForce bargains. Having broken into the world's Top 10 for laptops a few years back, this Taiwanese outfit still pushes hard to create original …

Many people are waiting on the new G2 phone from LG. At their event in New York the company highlighted the features of the watch, calling the G2 ‘The most ambitious phone in history'. Key features of the LG G2 are a new edge to edge display (‘near zero bezel'), …

We've all had that awkward moment when you forget to silence your phone in the cinema and it happens to go off during the quietest scene of the film.  You'll be glad to hear that this may not be a problem for long, as Microsoft are currently developing a technology …

HTC has been make a bit of a come back over the past year, since the release of their flagship One handset.  This handset has been critically acclaimed for it's excellent build quality, sleek design and innovative camera. It seems that HTC are looking to build on their recent success, …

LG has officially announced its new flagship smartphone, the G2. The flagship device will run Android 4.2.2 at launch. The South Korean company's flagship device will feature a 5.2″ 1080P screen that provides over 400 pixels-per-inch (PPI) and an IPS panel. Hardware powering the device includes Qualcomm's 2.26GHz, quad-core Snapdragon …

Vodafone has announced that its 4G services will start rolling out on August 29th to London customers, and by the year's end to twelve other cities. The move sees Vodafone's roll-out date coinciding with that set by competitor O2. But the British telecommunications giant could be hoping to install its …

Almost a year ago now we took a look at the XMG P502 from MySN UK which turned out to be a pretty decent portable gaming machine.  This was one of their first ventures into the UK market, after the German company set up a dedicated UK arm to handle …

While the ‘bigger is better' philosophy, at least in terms of screen size, has been present in the smartphone industry for a few years now, it has become much more prevalent since the release of the original Samsung Galaxy Note. Since the original Note, we have seen the Note 2 …

A patent submitted on 29th July 2013 by Samsung has hinted that its smartwatch device will be called ‘Samsung Galaxy Gear'. Some of the basic capabilities have also been hinted at in the patent. According to the patent, Samsung Galaxy Gear will be “Wearable digital electronic devices in the form …

Amidst recent safety concerns caused by reports of a Chinese woman's fatal electrocution when answering an iPhone 5 that was charging, Apple has announced its USB power adapter takeback program. According to the company who has been careful not to confirm blame of the incident, counterfeit and third party power …