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After years of plying its wares as the poor cousin to O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile, 3 and Orange – it seems that Virgin will finally make a grab for the high street. But can it overcome the huge competition from the carriers' stores – at the same time as it tries …

Nokia has been teasing its own Windows RT based tablet as early as March when Nokia's lead designer, Marko Ahtisaari, was said to be spending up to a third of his time working on a tablet design. No results have come of this week just yet but reports are now …

If you are shopping for a new smartphone today, the chances are that you are looking at either an Android or iOS handset. That is the feedback we are getting from many of the UK retail stores before Christmas. Both of these platforms account for almost 90 percent of all …

Many people said that no leader could replace the late Steve Jobs, but it would appear that he is finally getting some recognition from the masses. Time Magazine gave their ‘Person of the year' to US President Barack Obama, but Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed second runner up place. The …

An executive at Dell warned Microsoft that their planned ‘RT' branding for the tablet operating system would confuse consumers, especially as it doesn't run traditional Windows applications. Jefferey Clarke, vice chairman at Dell and the president of its PC business said at the Dell World conference last week that he …

These days Apple's iPhones are not the pinncale of the smartphone world; and mainstream media outlets now refer to smartphones as smartphones instead of iPhones. Android is currently the most popular smartphone operating system across the world and could quite easily take the tablet throne in 2013. The infographic below …

Currently, NVIDIA's Tegra 3 mobile chipset is the oldest of the bunch when compared to the equivalent offerings from Samsung's Exynos team and Qualcomm and is the most in need of a refresh so it is no surprise that details over Tegra 4 “Wayne” have been leaked online. The Tegra …

Thus far HTC have announced and released two Windows Phone 8 devices; the Windows Phone 8S by HTC and Windows Phone 8X by HTC. Both devices are somewhat small by today's standard and neither carry specifications worthy of a true flagship. Back in late June specifications were leaked for a …

After being announced nearly two weeks ago, it has been revealed that the ‘international' model of HTC's 1080p flagship device is not destined for European markets. Japanese and United States variants have already been announced and released in the form of the J Butterfly and Droid DNA. Right now, the …

The trend for the smartphone market at the moment is undoubtedly bigger is better. A few years ago, we were looking at 3.5 inch displays; a figure that has since jumped to the higher ranks of the 4 inch range. Thus far, Windows Phone devices has for the most part …

When you are in the market for a new smartphone we always look at the size of the display and often the resolution but never the refresh rate of the chosen panel. While the size of the display may have the most obvious effect on the usability and more than …

NPD DisplaySearch have claimed that Apple underestimated the demand for their iPad Mini and the company initially asked their suppliers to supply 6 million of the 7.85 inch display panels. NPD Displaysearch claim that the figure was not enough and Apple are now stepping up the orders to 12 million, …

A member of the XDA developers forum named ‘alephzain' has claimed that there is a flaw in several Samsung handset and tablets which could allow attackers to access the RAM. The Register ran the story a short while ago. Alephzain posted the information here claiming that “The security hole is …

Apple have stunned analysts worldwide by announcing that they have sold more than 2 million iPhone 5 smartphones in China, a new record for the company. Tim Cook, Apple CEO has said that the sales has been ‘the best first weekend sales ever in China'. His statement can be read …

We reported a few days ago that Microsoft were aiming to get their Surface RT tablet stocked in retail stores, in the efforts to generate more sales. According to The Register the deal is close to being signed, but the fine details are holding it back. Microsoft are pushing the …

Dell has never been overly active or popular in the smartphone arena. Their only modern day attempts have been the Android powered Streak series and the Venue Pro Windows Phone 7.x device. None of these devices ever gained traction in the highly competitive smartphone market. At the recent Dell World …

A bizarre story hit the net yesterday, when the police used a taser on a woman after she tried to buy too many iPhones at a local mall. The woman's daughter Jiao Jay said her mother bought two iPhones last Friday and was told that she wasn't allowed to buy …

According to the latest rumours, it would appear that Apple are planning to upgrade the iPad Mini to include a higher resolution display. Digitimes has quoted sources in the backlighting industry who claim that the next generation mini tablet will join the modern age of Apple products. The details are …

After introducing the enticingly cheap Acer C7 Chromebook in November, Acer are back again with a higher specced C7 Chromebook; this time priced at $299. For an extra $100 the RAM is doubled to 2 GB, the hard drive size increases from 320 GB to 500 GB and claimed battery …

Apple users can rejoice, because Google have released a version of Google Maps for Apple iOS devices. The application will please users who have been displeased with Apple's own mapping software in the latest iOS. You know something is bad when Apple CEO Tim Cook apologises to the punters and …

Research In Motion are betting the farm on their upcoming Blackberry 10 next year, their next generation smartphone platform which they hope will bring them back into the hearts and minds of the mainstream smartphone audience. RIM have had a pretty dire 18 months, and the company is now under …

With Windows Phone 7.8 currently rumoured for an early 2013 release following the launch of Windows Phone 8, we are gradually starting to get a better idea of what features Microsoft will include in the watered-down version of its flagship mobile platform. We have known for quite a while now …

Oppo is an emerging phone manufacturer right out of China and today they have officially announced the Find 5; a device that is set to define what a flagship smartphone should be in 2013. The sleek design is not just a decent exterior hiding poor internal hardware. The Find 5 has a …

I am a very happy owner of the Surface tablet, although sales figures don't seem to be going quite as well as Microsoft would have wanted. In the efforts to drive more, they are expanding their US operation to include Staples and Best Buy. The company announced this move and …

The latest research by AlphaWise and Morgan Stanley shows that a high percentage of consumers are interested in an Apple Branded Television, and they are willing to pay a '20 percent premium' over current sets for pride of ownership. 1,568 people were polled in America. The research shows that only …

Huawei's Senior Vice President Yu Chengdong has confirmed that the Chinese company is indeed working on a competitor to Samsung's Galaxy Note II. The Samsung rival was announced in August and has already sold 5 million units. Chengdong went as far to say that interested customers should wait for Huawei's …

While many of are more concerned about what technology related gifts, or cash for technology, we are going to receive for Christmas, the Consumer Electronics Show is quickly drawing closer. Samsung is one company that will be present that may have more than just new products to show off to …

Lenovo have announced that they are releasing a touch screen version of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. Kitguru reviewed the ‘non touch' version of this laptop back in October, you can read it here. This release targets the Windows 8 audience who want to enjoy touch screen capabilities. The 14 inch …

While Apple itself is not sure about apps that run outside of the Jobs-o-sphere, companies like iGotYa were doing such good trade outside the OSX law, that their software seems to be getting installed more and more. What does it do? Simple. It photographs people that attempt to use your …

Sony has always been somewhat of a quiet achiever in the smartphone arena ever since its split with Ericsson earlier in the year. In Q3, Sony has jumped ahead of HTC in UK smartphone sales; while both companies remain far behind Samsung. Sony sold 500,000 units in the third quarter …