A name you’ve probably never heard is making devices better than you may think The name “OPPO” probably doesn’t come to mind when thinking of which phone to buy next, but the Chinese manufacturer is working hard to try and change that. Best known… Continue reading
Two years after the debacle of webOS, HP’s jumping back into tablets with the Android-powered Slate 7. Priced at just $169.99, just how good can it be? A titan of Silicon Valley, HP has seen more than its fair share… Continue reading
Now available from Google Play for smartphones and tablets, the iPlayer Radio app will shortly follow in the Amazon Appstore The BBC first launched their iPlayer Radio application on iOS in late 2012. Essentially, a way to gorge yourselves on all the best BBC radio content national and local, as well as… Continue reading
Overview You’d think Samsung’s gameplan for this year would be pretty simple after shifting over 50 million Galaxy S3s. Make last year’s stonkingly successful phone slightly bigger and slightly better, sell bucketloads, then kick back and blow raspberries at the competition until 2014 rolls around. At first glance it looks as though that’s exactly what Samsung’s done: the … Continue reading
WebOS Nation Editor in Chief Derek Kessler remembers a simpler era, when Palm Touchstones ruled the land About a month ago I picked up an LG Nexus 4. I’ve known Android for some time, but until buying the Nexus 4 I’d yet to actually own an Android handset. … Continue reading
Network – not software or hardware – is the big difference in the Sprint HTC One, for better or worse Finally, we’re getting our first look at the U.S. versions of the HTC One, the phone that many believe (right or wrong)… Continue reading
A Google Watch would be an ideal first step into the world of wearables, and putting Google Now at its heart makes too much sense for it not to happen The future of computing is mobile, and the future of mobile is wearables. Google knows this; so does LG, Samsung … Continue reading
HTC returns with a sleek aluminum design, re-imagined software and a bold new camera experience We’re all out of poetic ways to describe HTC’s current situation. A frustrating 2012 saw some of the year’s best mobile hardware being met with declining sales and market presence for the Taiwanese manufacturer. Once the leader of the Android … Continue reading
For Android fans, the Sony Xperia Z was one of the highlights of a fairly quiet CES. A 5-inch, 1080p phone with a bold new design language and fancy new camera technology, the Xperia Z was probably the most compelling phone of the show. And just a couple of months later, it’s now available to buy in … Continue reading
We’ve heard about a refresh of the LG Optimus L-style phones coming, and LG just made things official. There aren’t many surprises here, as all three of the phones look to be mid-range devices, and based on dual-SIM specification, we assume they are destined for central and eastern Europe. First … Continue reading
