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News

The iPhone 4S is not the fastest mobile device – but this is

Posted October 12, 2011 by Mike Evans

You’ll never guess what the fastest mobile device on the market is right now. No, really – it’s the last device you’d think would come top. If you think it’s the iPhone 4S, you’re wrong. If you think it’s an…

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Steve Jobs – the saddest One More Thing of all

Posted October 6, 2011 by Mike Evans

Steve Jobs, Apple Founder and Chairman, has passed away at the age of just 56. That his death happened so soon after the Apple “Let’s Talk iPhone” event yesterday is quite poignant, as if he waited just long enough to…

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Let’s Talk iPhone 5 – Where and when to watch today’s iPhone announcement

Posted October 4, 2011 by Mike Evans

Apple will be hosting its “Let’s Talk iPhone” even tonight at 6pm UK time (i.e. British Summer Time!), which is widely expected to reveal the new iPhone 5.
It’s quite possibly the most hyped iPhone launch yet, with Engadget even…

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Nokia’s Elop announces new technology, shouting “I want more drool!”

Posted June 23, 2011 by Mike Evans

Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop has been talking to his employees about the future of the company, its new priorities, and intriguingly, the new devices that are waiting to be launched.
Speaking of the response Nokia had from people who saw…

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News

Pulled: Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets

Posted March 23, 2011 by Mike Evans

The Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets are the brand new Android Honeycomb devices that had the gadget world drooling with desire at CES and MWC this year. And yet the days of both are already numbered, pulled…

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New Sony tech paves way for 17 megapixel phone with 120fps video

Posted March 1, 2011 by Mike Evans

Dual-core and quad-core super-GHz processors are all well in good in your mobile, but what can you actually do with them? Sony has an answer – it’s just announced its latest 17.7 megapixek camera sensor, designed chiefly for mobile phones,…

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Android

Video: Stunning visualisation of every Android activation ever

Posted February 24, 2011 by Mike Evans

Google really knows how to put on a show! This video is a visualisation of the acitvations of new Android devices over time. It’s therefore a chart of the evolution of Android from its origins with the T-Mobile G1 on…

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Events

Google on Nokia and Android: “we certainly tried”

Posted February 15, 2011 by Mike Evans

Google’s Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt, has just finished his keynote speech at MWC 2011, during which he demoed some of the neat new applications that will be available on Android Honeycomb tablets, explained where Honeycomb sits between Gingerbread and Ice…

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Mobile Phone Industry

Nokia’s shares now 24% down as Microsoft’s invisible takeover sinks in

Posted February 15, 2011 by Mike Evans

Nokia saw its shares slide 11% on the day that Stephen Elop announced the company’s virtual takeover new partnership with Microsoft on Thursday. Since then, both companies have elaborated on their plans at MWC 2011 – and Nokia’s stock has…

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Articles

Did Microsoft just takeover Nokia?

Posted February 11, 2011 by Mike Evans

After all the rumours, the truth is finally out: Nokia has bitten the bullet and has chosen Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 as its platform for future smartphones. In what looks like a scorched earth policy, Symbian is dead, MeeGo has…

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Articles

Nokia prepares to self-destruct with Windows Phone 7 gamble

Posted February 9, 2011 by Mike Evans

Wow! We knew this week was going to be a major week for Nokia, as its CEO Stephen Elop is due to announce the company’s new strategy on Friday, but nobody expected him to drop a bomb on the entire…

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Sony announces Android-based PlayStation ecosystem

Posted January 28, 2011 by Mike Evans

Sony has officially unveiled the PlayStation Suite, a series of software, games and licence program for putting official Sony PlayStation games onto Android phones. And not just Sony Ericsson Android phones, either. The whole point of the PlayStation Suite is…

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