Top 5 reasons people switch phone networks in video 
Whether you love to hate them, or just plain hate them, phone networks -- like all services that take your money -- can be a real pain to deal with at times. Leaving them ain't easy though -- partly because it's a right old faff if you want to keep your number, and partly because they'll often promise you the world to make you stay.
Nevertheless, there comes in time in most phone owners' lives when they somehow find the guts and energy to cut the cord. But what are the main reasons they finally abandon ship? We put it to our Facebook fans to find out what brings them to the end of their tether, and made a video about it, which you can see above. Continue reading...
HTC One Mini leaks in pictures, set for August release
Mobile PhonesIt was only this morning that we highlighted the latest rumours of a mini version of the HTC One -- and now there are leaked pictures to prove it. If it is real, the HTC Mini joins the Samsung Galaxy S4's S4 Mini in a new trend of sawn-off spin-offs.
The existence of the One Mini -- and the name, while we're at it -- is still unconfirmed by HTC, but this seems like the strongest proof yet that a smaller version of the One is on the cards. Another possible name doing the rumour rounds is the HTC M4. Continue reading...
Samsung set to splash out $20m on Jay-Z mobile sponsorship
Mobile PhonesSamsung is reportedly set to sign one of the biggest sponsorship deals in tech history by splurging $20m on rapper Jay-Z.
Mr Knowles-Carter's endorsement is due to be finalised in the next few weeks, according to anonymous sources quoted by Big Apple scandal rag the New York Post. Continue reading...
Huawei Ascend Y300 Jelly Bean blower hits UK for £60
Huawei's new Ascend Y300 might be the best value Android phone we've yet seen here in the UK.
Carphone is flogging it from tomorrow for just £60 on pay as you go, or £70 if you're a new customer, including £10 of top-up. It's been on sale in Argos for a few weeks for £130 SIM-free, but this is less than half price just for getting it with a SIM card. Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is a waterproof S4, out this summer
Mobile PhonesSamsung's long-rumoured Galaxy S4 Active has entered the realm of officialdom at last, and will be out in the UK this summer, Samsung has confirmed.
The S4 Active is a rugged version of the regular S4, aimed at outdoorsy types who don't want a phone that'll faint at the first sight of dust or water. The phone has a sealed design that -- Samsung promises -- will protect the S4 Active from water damage for up to 30 minutes of submergence at a depth of one metre. Continue reading...
HTC One could follow Samsung Galaxy S4 with mini version
Mobile PhonesWe hear the patter of tiny phone feet: the HTC One could follow in the footsteps of the Samsung Galaxy S4 in getting a mini spin-off.
Digitimes reports that a stripped-down version of HTC's 4.7-inch flagship smart phone could be on the cards this summer, with a smaller 4.3-inch screen and lower specs alongside the latest Android and features borrowed from the One. Continue reading...
Jelly Bean growth spurt down to cheap Android, expert says
SoftwareCheap Android phones have contributed to Jelly Bean gaining ground on Gingerbread, an expert tells CNET.
Fresh figures from Google suggest that 33 per cent of all visits to the Google Play store now come from phones running either version 4.1 or version 4.2 Jelly Bean, while Gingerbread now represents 36.5 per cent of all Android kit -- down from 38.5 per cent just over a month ago. Continue reading...
Lovefilm UK nabs Nickelodeon, new shows due in summer
Home CinemaLovefilm subscribers will enjoy a glut of extra shows in the next few months, as parent-company Amazon has tied up a new contract with Viacom.
The freshly-inked deal will see TV programmes from Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central hitting the streaming service. Continue reading...
Halo: Spartan Assault lands on Windows 8 and WP8 in July
Games and GearThe Halo franchise is finally getting a game built specifically for Microsoft's touchscreen gadgets, due out in mere weeks.
Halo: Spartan Assault is available only on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, and brings a top-down viewpoint to the popular shoot-aliens-in-the-face-em-up, as well as onscreen virtual controls -- though Microsoft will eventually add support for the wired Xbox 360 controller, GameSpot reports. Continue reading...
Sony Xperia M stands for mid-range, loves NFC, is out soon
Mobile PhonesSony's new Xperia M is appropriately initialled -- this a new mid-range Xperia that bags you Sony's signature style and all the usual extra gubbins, but promises a lower price than its flagship Xperia Z. Unfortunately Sony couldn't tell me what that price tag will say here in the UK, but I reckon we're in Lumia 520 territory, probably sub-£200.
Sony absolutely loves NFC, with the touchy-feely, wavey-payvey tech built into all its phones and loads of accessories. Here's a video from Sony showing off the Xperia M's one-touch listening over speakers and easy TV mirroring. Warning: DUBSTEP. Continue reading...
Three 3G down for some
Mobile PhonesThree's data network is experiencing problems today. The 3G network says it's working on fixing the problem, which sees some customers unable to access the Internet from their phones.
Update: Three says service is back to normal in London, and everywhere else should be sorted today: "Some of our customers have had problems accessing the internet, we’re restoring those services right now. We’re happy to say internet access across London is back up and running and the whole network should be back to normal this afternoon, if not sooner. We are sorry for any interruption. Our engineers are working hard to make sure our customers can keep on internetting." Continue reading...
Toshiba Excite Pure, Pro and Write tablets eschew excitement
LaptopsToshiba's clearly more excitable than most if it can work up this much excitement over these three thoroughly unexciting new tablets. They're decently specced, soberly designed and quite expensive -- but exciting?
The best of the bunch is the £349 Excite Pro (pictured above), with its 10-inch screen that packs in a whopping 2,560x1,600 pixels. Beavering away inside is a powerful Nvidia Tegra 4 chip with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, expandable with microSD. There's an 8-megapixel rear camera and HDMI out. Like the others, it runs on the latest version of Android, 4.2 Jelly Bean. Continue reading...
iPad 5 coming in spring, iPad mini in winter say rumours
Mobile PhonesRumours are starting to swirl around the new iPad and iPad mini. Reports suggest the iPad 5 will arrive next, with the iPad mini held back until later in the year.
According to the industry-watchers at DigiTimes, the next tablet from Apple will be a new full-sized iPad in the autumn, going into production next month. The next version of the sawn-off 7.9-inch iPad mini will follow between September and November, in time for Christmas. Continue reading...
iPhone 5S to come in gold, leaked component pics hint
Mobile PhonesApple may be plotting a golden-hued addition to its gadget family, if fresh pics purporting to show the next iPhone's innards are to be believed.
The snap above, spied by French site nowhereelse.fr, appears to have come out of Chinese site iColorOS, and seem to compare components from the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and the much-anticipated iPhone 5S, which is expected to debut this autumn. Continue reading...
Sony Xperia Tablet Z waterproof 4G slate now on Vodafone
Mobile PhonesThe Sony Xperia Tablet Z is now on Vodafone, and at £200 it's set to be the first 4G tablet you can take in the bath.
The 10.1-inch Tablet Z is Vodafone's first 4G-ready slate. That means it has 4G gubbins built-in, and when Vodafone switches on its 4G network the Tablet Z will be able to connect to it. Continue reading...
Vine for Android download out now, for Android 4.0 and up
SoftwareSix-second video app Vine is arriving on Android, nearly half a year after it first debuted on Apple's iOS platform.
The app, which sees you tapping your smart phone's screen to quickly cut together a short video clip that you can then post online, is available to download now from Google's Play store. Continue reading...
Asus Transformer Book Trio tries out Windows and Android
LaptopsThe Asus Transformer Book Trio gives you two operating systems -- Android and Windows 8 -- in three different shapes. It looks like a Windows 8 laptop -- but then you snap off the screen, and suddenly you're holding in your hand an Android tablet. What witchcraft is this?
There's an Intel chip in each bit so you can take the tablet out with you and use it completely independently, leaving the keyboard behind until you need to get down to some serious typing. Continue reading...
iPhone can be hacked via fake charger, researchers say
Mobile PhonesDo you trust your iPhone charger? Or could it have been sneakily replaced by a cruelly-warped changeling cable, curled up like a plastic viper that's intent on poisoning your smart phone with hacked software?
That's the question asked by researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, who'll be showing off a concept malicious charger at the Black Hat 2013 hacker conference in July, Forbes spied. Continue reading...
Asus MeMO Pad HD 7 and MeMO Pad FHD 10 go high-def, low-cost
Mobile PhonesMore tablet action! Another 7-inch slate and 10-inch tablet join the fray today in the shape of the Asus MeMO Pad HD 7 and MeMO Pad FHD 10 -- and they're dirt cheap.
As the names suggest, the HD 7 is a 7-inch slate and the FHD 10 a 10 incher, both powered by Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. But the real name question is: is it MeMo -- as in, "take a memo, Smithers" -- or Me-Mo, as in "Me-Mo is a really stupid word"? Continue reading...
Acer Liquid S1 is a Galaxy Note rival minus the interruptions
Mobile PhonesKnock knock. Who's there? The interrupting cow. Interrupting cow wh--Moooo! There's nothing worse than being interrupted, which is why the new Acer Liquid S1 includes features to stop you from being disturbed from what you're doing.
We don't know what Samsung thinks of the S-flavoured name -- the Samsung Galaxy S4 just hit shops, after all -- but we do know Acer's S-branded device is squarely aimed at taking on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. The Note was the first inbetween-screen to bridge the gap between phone and tablet -- or 'phablet', if you must -- and at 5.7 inches, the S1 is similarly sized, complete with stylus pokey-pen. Continue reading...
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