Category: Mobile phones
Karbonn announces the “A5S” phone. Let’s not start calling it the “Ass Phone”
Karbonn mobile has announced its new budget Android handset is now available on Amazon in the UK. The A5S is a dual-SIM, KitKat device with a 4" screen and 5MP camera. So far, so standard - but what, sticks out to us is the name. Phone companies often give products "serial number" sounding names to…
Blackphone launching a “privacy focused” app store
Blackphone is hoping to lure business users with promises of a more secure app store, it has emerged. According to The Guardian, the store which will launch in January will carry out a higher degree of vetting on potential apps - checking that they actually do what they say they will. This means that if…
Can Vodafone bring phone calls into the 21st century with HD Voice?
This is a sponsored post. Since mobile phones were first invented around thirty year ago, the technology has changed perhaps faster than we could ever have imagined - and our phones are now an essential tool to be carried everywhere. We've gone from bricks attached to a suitcase to an ultra-thin iPhone 6, sporting a…
Nexus 6 launches TODAY on O2
O2 has announced that the Nexus 6 is available on its network... from today! So get on it if you want one! The phone itself is Google's latest own-branded Android handset and is the company's first phablet - coming with a 5.9" screen. There's also a 13 megapixel camera, and of course it runs Android…
Offline maps app Maps.me goes free!
A brilliant offline alternative to Google Maps has just gone free on both iPhone and Android - we totally recommend you download maps.me now! The app's Russian parent company, mail.ru has today announced that Maps.me Pro has gone entirely free on both major mobile platforms - which is great news for anyone looking for an…
Amazon CEO admits the Fire Phone is a failure
Jeff Bezos has finally read aloud the writing on the wall: The Amazon Fire Phone has been a massive flop. Both critically and commercially, nobody seems to care about the phone, which has extra head-tracking cameras around the edge to slightly tilt the user interface depending on how you're looking at it. Still, as one…
EE rolls out “micro network” to connect rural communities to the phone network
EE has announced plans to connect up 1500 rural communities which have previously been in mobile phone dead zones - by using new smaller "meshed" antennas. The company has released a video showing the installation in the Cumbrian village of Sebergham - which should enable the town's 129 households to connect. The way it works…
Carphone Warehouse confirms Samsung Galaxy Note Edge hits on 12th December
Carphone Warehouse has confirmed that Samsung Galaxy Note Edge will be available in its stores from 12th December. The phone is unique in that it is the first to offer a curved screen - one side dips down, and is designed for displaying notifications, shortcuts to apps and other information It's available now for pre-order…
Apple is now the biggest company in human history
Yesterday, Apple's market cap - the number by which companies are valued - briefly passed over $700bn - and at $703bn was apparently the most valuable company in human history. According to The Channel, this means that it surpassed even the GDP of Switzerland - so not even all of the Toblerone in the world…
Is Sony planning to kill off its Xperia phones?
Intriguing corporate shuffling from Sony: there are suggestions that the company may stop making phones and concentrate on the PS4 instead. According to Reuters, Hiroki Totoki who is head of the mobile division said that "We're not aiming for size or market share but better profits" - in other words, the company can't afford to…
