The coolest things for the coolest phones
‘Augmented Reality’, just those two words conjure up William Gibson-esque visions in my head – from futuristic goggles to saying ‘jack into the mainframe’ with a straight face.
Augmented realities are a mainstay of Sci-Fi in books, films and games, but it’s just fiction, right? There’s no way to currently layer information gathered from the web [...]
The Android Market is a glorious thing. With countless apps and games, most of which are free, it offers countless possible upgrades to your Android phone’s capabilities without the need to change handsets every time your contract runs out.
It also suffers from a notorious bug that renders all your downloads frozen in time, refusing to [...]
With the news that the Weather Channel was advertising its app on-screen as a QR barcode the other week, barcode scanners are firmly back in fashion, or at least in the news again.
Back when I was 16 and working in a major UK electronic retailer’s warehouse, I was fascinated by barcodes. There were two reasons [...]
With the news that Adobe Flash 10.1 will be making its way over to Android phones this year, a thousand sighs of relief could be heard up and down the country. While Flash has its detractors (including one high profile detractor in particular) it’s still one of the most commonly used formats for streaming video, [...]
Maybe we’re particularly stupid, but we really thought that femtocells were something to do with biology. That was why we really couldn’t understand why we kept getting emails about them from mobile infrastructure companies.
Still, after our embarrassing backhaul moment, we thought it only correct to find out what they actually were.
Neatly however, we quickly found [...]
Of all the things shifty salesmen try to sell us, the push for ‘green’ mobile phones is one of the most ridiculous.
At Mobile World Congress 2009, we saw Motorola – of all companies – getting all happyclappy about its W233 Renew. It’s a phone that has a green colour scheme and has a casing made [...]
Mobile phones are a boon to humanity! A shining beacon of technological progress! Zeitgeist-surfing icons of 21st-century lifestyle! And stuff. But they can also cause you grief. See, the average handset isn’t just capable of making your life easier – it can ruin it too. How? Let me count the ways:
1. Your filthy bedroom camphone [...]
In many people’s minds, virtual worlds mean one thing, and one thing only: Second Life. Such was the hype surrounding that virtual world last year, that it’s easy to forget that there are actually dozens – if not hundreds – of rivals, a number of which actually have more users. If you’re a parent, you [...]
2007 has been a pretty eventful year in mobile but then every year is pretty eventful – that’s why it’s so interesting.
I’ve been pretty underwhelmed by the iPhone but its hype and popularity show it’s a popular release that’s already kick started a revolution in touch-screen mobile UIs. But what do I want in 2008? [...]
With all hype around social networking and file sharing sites, it’s easy to forget that once upon a time all mobiles did was make phone calls and send messages.
Thankfully, the humble art of texting and mobile emailing still shows no sign of dying just yet as these top messaging services show:
1. Mobikade
Originally a Japanese mobile [...]
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Google has announced the launch of a Buzz widget for Android 1.6 and above, which allows users … [More...]
Sony Ericsson's new Symbian handset, the Vivaz, already looks like a nice bit of kit. Mobile … [More...]
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