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BMC Best Sellers – Samsung Dominates Top Ten with Five-Strong Galactic Cluster!

Best Mobile Contracts — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:13:23 +0000

After placing 3 phones among our top ten last week, Samsung has upped its game once again to land no less than five Galaxy smartphones among our best sellers, including one of the coveted podium positions! Read on for the full table and analysis… Handset Movement Position Apple iPhone 4S Samsung Galaxy S3 HTC One [...]

Three to Increase Contract Prices by 3.6%

Simon — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:37:00 +0000

Three Mobile has announced that it will be increasing the monthly cost of its mobile phone contracts and mobile broadband contracts this summer by 3.6%. The price increase will come into effect on July 16th to compensate for the change in the Retail Price Index at the start of this financial year. The price increase [...]

Facebook Camera App For iPhone Launched

Caroline — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:45:11 +0000

Facebook has launched a new camera app for the iPhone and iPad that is dedicated to photography – to taking photos, sharing photos and admiring photos. The new Facebook Camera app for iOS is a separate entity to the main Facebook app and has been created to make photos on the social network site a [...]

New App Lets You Use Your Mobile To Pay For Travel

Caroline — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:12:01 +0000

The mobile phone has long ceased being a mere tool for verbal communication, and now it seems smartphones can be your train or bus ticket too. A new app for mobile phones is being trialled in Cambridgeshire that allows users to buy train and bus tickets using their handset. You can buy a ticket for [...]

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus – Hands On Video

Liam — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:05:36 +0000

The Samsung Galaxy S3, perhaps the year’s most anticipated phone, will be hitting the shelves at the end of the month and everybody’s talking about it. Let’s not forget, though, that the S3 isn’t the only big-screened superphone on the market from Samsung. Let’s not forget the Galaxy Nexus. While it lacks a few of [...]

Arise Sir Jony Ive – Apple Designer Knighted

Simon — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:02:01 +0000

Apple‘s chief product designer and the man responsible for the iPhone, iPad and iMac’s popular appeal, Jonathan Ive, has received a knighthood. Sir Jonathan Ive started work at Apple in the early-1990s when the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. In 1997 the newly returned Steve Jobs, who quickly recognised Ive’s talents, promoted him [...]

iPhone’s Siri Banned By IBM

Caroline — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:10:42 +0000

IBM is worried about privacy when it comes to Apple’s Siri service on the iPhone 4S and has banned its employees from using the virtual assistant on their iPhones during work hours. The company fears that the data linked to the assistance given by Siri may be “stored somewhere”. IBM CIO Jeanette Horan said: “The [...]

Stolen iPhone: How To Catch An iThief

Caroline — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:29:50 +0000

It seems the Photostream feature on Apple’s iPhone is to thank for the recovery of a stolen iPhone. While onboard a Disney Cruise in April, Katy McCaffrey states that her smartphone was stolen and she was able to track down the culprit after he took snaps of himself on her iPhone – which then automatically [...]

Microsoft Calls it a Day for Windows Mobile Marketplace

Simon — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:47:10 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it is ending its support for Windows Mobile Marketplace. From now on, owners of Windows Mobile phones will need to go directly to an app developer’s website to obtain new apps, rather than having them available from a centralised location on their phone. Windows Mobile was Microsoft’s first attempt at the [...]

The Galaxy S3 Launches Early in Dubai

Simon — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:27:28 +0000

The year is not even half over and many are already hailing the Galaxy S3 as the phone of the year. It has received 9 million pre-orders already, making it the most pre-ordered gadget in history. The previous record holder was the iPhone 4S with ‘measly’ 4 million pre-orders. The S3 is to go on [...]