Tag: Smartphone
Vodafone announces budget 4G smartphone, Smart Ultra 6
LG to unveil G3 Stylus
Battery breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting smartphones
Tablets now go-to devices for TV, gaming and more
Tablets have become mainstream consumer devices in the UK with more than half of 16-44 year olds having access to one, according to new data from Kantar Media's FutureProof study. This means that tablets are now the go-to portable device…
Budget 4G smartphone the Nokia Lumia 635 coming to UK
Nokia's Lumia 635 4G LTE smartphone lands in the UK next week, with a base price of £120. The phone features a 4.5-inch display, a five-Megapixel camera, runs Windows Phone 8.1 on a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 8GB internal…
BBC iPlayer users 'should pay licence fee'
BBC viewers who avoid paying the annual licence fee by only watching television via the iPlayer may not get away with it for much longer. Acting BBC Trust chairwoman Diane Coyle said the BBC will propose that those using just…
BlackBerry announces new Passport 'phone'
BlackBerry – yes, it still exists – has announced its next new model, the Passport … which looks to be more phablet than smartphone. Company CEO John Chen said on Thursday that the phone was set to launch in September…
The Amazon '3D' phone: here come the rumours
Sometime today at an event in Seattle, Amazon is expected to announce its long-anticipated entry into the already-crowded smartphone market. In the absence of any real news, the tech media is overrun with speculation about what the new device will…
Nokia 'blackmailed out of millions' by hackers
Nokia was reportedly blackmailed out of millions of euros by criminals who had threatened to reveal stolen source code six years ago, according to Reuters. The phone-maker reportedly paid the hackers after they threatened to publish the app-signing keys for…
SwiftKey Android app goes free
The popular Android keyboard app SwiftKey is now free to download via Google Play. The app has always been available for a month's free trial, after which it cost £2.99 to buy to be able to continue using it. The…