Ovi Store launching with 1000 apps

We are still waiting to find out the exact date when the Ovi Store will throw open its virtual doors, but Nokia is definitely firing up the promotional engines as we reach the beginning of May.
Ovi Store – Nokia’s take on the app store concept you may be familiar with from certain other phone brands [...]

Color Splash gets updated with community features

It hasn’t been long since we reviewed the excellent Color Splash, but since we did, the developer Hendrick Kueck has been busy adding some excellent updates. So, we need to acknowledge technology’s relentless lightspeed march with a similarly quick breakdown of what’s new.
The biggest of our our ticked tick boxes goes to the freshly minted [...]

Iraq (Travelto) (iPhone) Review

//Hoping to be in the green zone

Heading home from a lovely week in Sudan, I couldn’t help but start planning my next whirlwind holiday. But where to go? I’ve already crossed off the tropics with a visit to East Timor, explored the mountainous subcontinent in Kashmir, and even enjoyed carnitas in Mexico City. That’s when [...]

Phoload opens free Symbian ‘app store’

Phoload is a sort of app store for free mobile applications and games. Until recently the site concentrated on Java/J2ME downloads, but the site has just announced that it will be devoting a portion of its directory to native Symbian apps.
All the Symbian stuff can be reached via a secondary URL – http://www.phoload.com/symbian [...]

Samsung launches its first Android phone – the I7500

Samsung has been promising us an Android phone for some time, and is finally about to deliver. O2 Germany has just announced that it will be offering the Samsung I7500 on contract from June.
The I7500 is not only Samsung’s first Android phone – it is a pretty well speced phone in its own right. The [...]

Razor phone – for the man who has everything

Our first thought when we got this in our inbox was to do a comedy double-take and check the calendar to make sure it wasn’t still April the 1st. This unbranded mobile is – genuinely – a mobile phone with a built-in electric razor.
Yes, the weak jokes prompted by the Motorola RAZR line of mobiles [...]

New battery indicator, audio scrubbing added to iPhone OS 3.0

Joining a growing list of features being added in the 3.0 firmware update, your iPhone is getting a new battery indicator and iTunes audio scrubbing among others. The New York Times uncovered the features today in their hands on with the latest version of the OS 3.0 beta.
According to the article, the device’s battery indicator [...]

Wine Enthusiast Guide (iPhone) Review

Jammy, with a long finish
Latte in your right hand, Wine Enthusiast Guide in your left–shopping for wines just grew easier. This comprehensive guide is ripe with tips for the conscientious wine buyer, even if it could be expanded with user-focus features.
The publication’s enormous Buyer’s Guide has been tapped for Wine Enthusiast Guide, putting thousands of [...]

Review: Snap Photo Pro (Android)

Ignoring battery life, the thing I least like about my G1 phone is the camera. I’m not particularly hung up about the 3.2MP status or lack of flash – I think the camera actually handles low light reasonably well and I like the film-like quality of the images. It’s the bad ergonomics of the shutter [...]

Orange claims smallest, lightest and cheapest touchscreen mobile for its £50 Vegas

What with Vodafone launching its pre-order campaign for the Android G2 phone and T-Mobile’s Pay Once deal with BlackBerry for a year’s supply of email and internet, the competition in the UK market is definitely hotting up when it comes to widening the audience for smartphones.
Orange is taking a slightly different approach however – at [...]