Category: Mobile phones
Apple’s Tim Cook gets a $6.7m bonus
Apple CEO Tim Cook is taking home a $6.7m bonus this year - as well as a $1.7m salary and $774,176 in "other compensation". Forget belt tightening - he should be switching to sweatpants. According to PhysOrg, the hefty bonus - which works out at about £4.5m - is perhaps due to the iPhone 6…
Three negotiating to buy O2 for £10bn
Its official! The parent company of the Three network, Hutchison Whampoa Limited has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the O2 network from Telefonica for a cool £10bn. So the rumours are true - and the combined companies would create the UK's biggest mobile network - assuming the competition regulators give it the green light. According…
Which UK mobile network has the best value data contract?
When it comes to figuring out the best mobile contract for your mobile, the networks don't make it easy. There's a myriad of different options, and there's no easy way to offset minutes, with text messages, with data - let alone taking into consideration the various freebies that get thrown in. But let's face it:…
HTC One M9 release date and specs
The HTC One redefined HTC as a serious player at the top end of the smartphone market - and last year's update - the HTC One M8 - built on its position. So what about this year and the phone we're expecting to be called the HTC One M9? Release Date HTC hasn't even confirmed…
Samsung Galaxy S6: Release date and specs
Samsung is currently busy at work on the Galaxy S6 - its new flagship phone following the S5. But when will you be able to get it, and what will it be like? Read on to find out. Release Date Unfortunately, at the time of writing, we don't know exactly - Samsung hasn't even officially…
New app will track how much of your life you’re wasting on your phone
Do you ever worry that you're spending too much time on Facebook? Hey, I ASKED YOU SOMETHING! You'd have heard me if you were paying attention. I said, do you ever worry that you're spending too much time on Facebook? How many social occasions have you missed because your nose was in your phone? How…
Vodafone takes a trip down memory lane with 1984G street
It's been just over 30 years since the first mobile phone call was made from a handset the size of a brick and an accompanying charging unit weighing as much as a small child (January 1st, 1985 to be precise). And to celebrate Vodafone has decided to take us back to the past to a…
Apple patents an iPhone thumbstick
Could the iPhone 6S or iPhone 7 be built for gaming? That isn't such an insane possibility if Apple's latest patent is anything to go by. Patently Apple has unearthed a patent for a replacement to the iPhone's home button, which will pop out of the frame if the phone when pressed in - creating…
Is this confirmation that the Samsung Galaxy S6 will have a QuadHD screen?
New evidence suggests that Samsung's next flagship handset will come complete with a QuadHD - or 2K - screen. This is a Note 4, not a Galaxy S6. This would mean the screen runs at 1440x2560 resolution - which is the step between 1080p HD and 4K (which is 4x1080p). Not…
The Digest: Console sales rise… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Console sales up dramatically in 2014 as Xbox One finishes strongly | Engadget "Console fanboys, get ready to gloat - or mope. Actually, (nearly) everybody can be cheered by the latest data from NPD, which showed console sales up a cool 20 percent from last year to to over $5 billion. Leading the…
