When it comes to smartphones, there is only one device that really catches the attention: the “hero”. Not only can a successful product generate massive volumes of its own, but it can create a “halo” effect over lesser siblings, driving …
So, after months – or possibly years – of anticipation, RIM has finally unveiled its first BlackBerry 10 devices, the Z10 and Q10. And very good they look, too. The company has clearly spent a lot of time polishing what …
Vendors have been mucking around with screen sizes for years; now it’s time to add the biggest screen of all into the mix Size matters. With no-one apparently able to do anything exciting on handset form factor these days, screen …
Last week, Nokia published a trading update which showed that the recovering device maker is at last set to report some positive news, although there is still some way to go before it is able to say it has truly …
Childhood is a time of innocent play and coming to understand the wider world. At least that’s the ideal, although another vision is of course kids loving to play with the latest gadgets, particularly if their friends have them too. …
After a long period of negative headlines, in the run up to the end of last year beleaguered BlackBerry maker RIM seemed to have turned a corner, with signs that positive momentum was returning. Early previews of its BlackBerry 10 …
My fondly-remembered childhood Commodore Amiga was the first computer I owned that had something resembling a modern operating system. Amazingly, the Amiga OS continues to this day, providing an authentic 1980s experience that can be emulated on modern machines or …
With competition so tough in the Android smartphone space, it is unclear what Google is hoping to achieve with its latest smartphone launch. Continue reading
So who were those 2 million over-excitable fools who “pre-ordered” the iPhone 5 last Friday? Well, I was one of them. Should a tech pundit with my esteemed reputation (*cough*) really confess to such a thing? Surely I should remain …
Motorola this week announced the first smartphone resulting from its partnership with Intel, the Razr i, which is set for availability in Europe and Latin America imminently. Having seen the device in action, it certainly seems a very capable smartphone, …
