The iPhone 4S, which was released in October, made up a quarter of all handset sales in the four weeks before December 9, according to market research firm GfK, closely followed by Samsung’s Galaxy SII which was the second-best selling phone in the week up to December 9th. However, a big disappointment for Nokia’s new [...]
Gadgets Archive
19th October 2011
Kindle hits Amazon profits
The kindle has been a huge success, but the tablet which stores hundreds of books which can be read electronically has hit the profits of the giant online retailer. The company, the world’s largest online internet retailer, said third quarter net income was £40m down. It was during this period Amazon launched the Kindle “Fire” [...]
16th October 2011
Table salt increases disc space
We are all demanding more space on our disc drives as we gather and store more information, a simple solution seems to have been found by scientists in Singapore who have developed a surprising use for ordinary salt that they say could help deal with the increasingly quantities of data that companies and individuals require. [...]
5th October 2011
Bowers and Wilkins C5 premium headphones
Bowers and Wilkins is a premium hi-fi brand whose name was made for many consumers by the award-winning Zeppelin speaker, since updated to include the wireless Zeppelin Air. This strikingly designed iPod dock has established the 45-year-old British company as a powerful company with real audiophile credentials and a cutting edge technology. The new C5 [...]
14th September 2011
Tablets dominate the market
It’s only taken tablets a short time to dominate the electronic market and now it’s no surprise to see the Samsung’s website advertising the new Android-based Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 says “It’s Time for a Better Tablet.” Well what else would you expect them to say? To review any tablet it has to be compared [...]
7th September 2011
Charge your batteries through walking
If the vision of Tom Krupenkin and J. Ashley Taylor, two research guys from the University of Wisconsin, comes to fruition, one day soon your mobile ‘phone, or just about any other portable electronic device, could be powered by simply taking a walk! Through a novel methodology called “Reverse Electrowetting,” the mechanical-to-electrical energy converting technology [...]
1st September 2011
How does the Sony Ericsson Arc compare?
The Sony Ericsson Arc, an Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson mobile phones, is a super-slim beautifully designed smartphone. Offered in two sophisticated colours of Midnight Blue or Misty Silver, the Sony Ericsson Arc is a match for many of the other smartphones on the market. Powered by Android 2.3, the latest version of Android, the [...]
30th August 2011
LG Optimus 2X Overview
When the LG Optimus 2X first hit the review circuit, it got a lot of bad press. This was due to a rather inferior early sample whose bugs drove the reviewers to mark the phone down. However, by the time the 2X was released, the bugs were gone and the phone finally started getting the [...]
26th August 2011
Don’t risk identity fraud on your Smartphone
There’s a good chance that if you shop on your Smartphone, scammers and hackers could steal your identity and personal information. This is because most Smartphone users store sensitive personal information on their phones, and then use unsecured public Wi-Fi networks to get online. It is thought that nearly 65 per cent of Smartphone users [...]