Mobile Phones Archive

New Blackberry introduced early

A prototype new BlackBerry operating system, designed to bring the struggling Smartphone range up-to-date with its Android and iPhone rivals, has been unveiled and released to app developers early. Followers of Blackberry should not start looking for the ‘phone in the shops though, this is a prototype device created for the purpose of testing BlackBerry [...]

Samsung Galaxy S3, will this rival the iPhone?

Samsung’s pervious model, the Galaxy S2, proved to be very popular within the mobile market. The phone competed alongside market dominators such as Apple’s IPhone 4S. So what made the phone so special? Samsung managed to create a phone with a very powerful processor, alongside the ability to download apps and a very developed camera [...]

Motorola mobile phones and their many features

Motorola offers a host of different mobile phones depending on what exactly you are looking for. There are many different styles of phones, such as the candy bar, slider, or the clamshell style that also proves popular.  A number of the Motorola mobile phones have many standard features including a camera and video.  Some of [...]

Mobile shortage looms

There is talk in the newsrooms that a shortage of mobile ‘phones is imminent due to a problem that has been highlighted  by Qualcomm, the world’s leading supplier of Smartphone and tablet processors, who says it is unable to keep up with the global demand for its chips. The US firm, whose S4 Snapdragon processor [...]

Bug hits new Nokia Lumia 900 Smartphone

Reports are coming in that a bug has affected one of the Nokia Smartphones, the newest which, although not yet released here has just been seen in the tech shops in the US. The ‘phone is the Lumia 900 and is seen as Nokia’s strongest attempt to take on Apple and Google. According to reports, [...]

The Sony Xperia S smartphone

The Sony Xperia S smartphone was launched in the UK in spring 2012. It is unique, in that it is the first phone introduced by Sony since the company bought out Swedish telecommunications giant, Ericsson. The outstanding feature of any Sony Xperia S review is the all singing and dancing screen to which Sony have [...]

What is so special about an Android phone?

Choosing the right mobile phone really is a matter of deciding what you want out of your mobile phone.  There are many different types of Android phones on the market today and all have varying features that suit different users.  An Android phone is essentially one that runs on the Google operating system called ‘Android’, [...]

Free apps will drain your battery

Free mobile apps which use third-party services to display advertising consume considerably more battery life, a new study suggests. Everyone likes to have a “freebee” but do we have to suffer because of them. Some research has been done and in this the researchers used a special tool to monitor use by several of the [...]

Budget phones for 2012

Whilst the iPhone may have captured the headlines in 2012, it’s not generally a handset aimed at the budget end of the market. However, users looking to pay less than £100 for a handset off the shelf in 2012 will be spoiled for choice anyway.  For example, the Nokia Lumia 710 uses the user-friendly Windows [...]

A Review of the Sony Xperia S

The Sony Xperia S is Sony’s most recent phone to bear the Xperia name (and the first to be branded just Sony, rather than Sony Ericsson), and the Android handset doesn’t disappoint.  An intuitive design complete with autorotate, the handset comes in black or white, and offers around 8 hours talk time with over 400 [...]