Archive for the ‘Mobiles & PDAs’ Category
Exspect iPad and iPhone cases review and giveaway
I love my iPad but I seldom take it out of the house, partly out of fear of damaging it and partly to avoid a hoarde of over enthusiastic Android evangelists berating my purchase. Exspect hope to change all that with a new range of iPad cases. I have the official iPad case from Apple but hate using it due to its rubbery feel and the hassle involved in taking…
Inmarsat’s iSatphone Pro: Satellite communication goes handheld
Our mobile phones have become such an everyday part of our lives, it’s almost impossible to imagine what it would be like without one. Well, in the middle of the Atlantic on an oil rig would be a good place to start, or perhaps in deepest Amazonia or even up at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Just spotting a ‘no service’ warning on our handsets are enough to raise the…
Blackberry 6 and Blackberry Torch 9800 review roundup
While BlackBerrys are still the device of choice for plenty of business users and email fans, it’s long been the opinion of those that make a living out of commentating on such matters that the BlackBerry OS could do with being brought up to speed. So there’s been plenty of interest in the latest OS, called simply Blackberry 6. Released with the new OS is a new device, the BlackBerry…
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro: Mini mobiles made manageable
The pros and cons of exceptionally small mobile phones always spark debate. Whilst some see them as ingenious little devices that can be conveniently placed into a pocket, without the fear of misshaping an outfit the way that bulkier mobiles can do, others regard them as fidgety, annoying and without many other uses than merely making phone calls. It is the latter grievance that Sony Ericsson seems to have rectified,…
Keeping your smartphone data safe: Blackberry protect, Mobile Me, Windows Phone Live
Find your missing phone – and protect your data should the worst happen Okay, hands up everyone who’s put their phone down somewhere, then cursed the fact they’ve left it on silent as they make futile attempts to phone it and locate it. Right, that’s most of us then. But run around like a headless chicken no more, gentle readers, for BlackBerry has the answer to your prayers. BlackBerry makers…
Amazon Kindle 3 review roundup
Amazon has announce that the newest version of its famous Kindle e-reader device will be hitting the (virtual) shelves on August 27th. At £109 for a Wi-Fi device, and £149 for 3G + Wi-Fi, the reading device is certainly one of the most affordable readers available – but is it better than a book? We’ve scoured the web to find out if the Kindle really is the droid we’ve been…
Acer Stream – just another Android smartphone?
On August 9th Taiwan-based technology giant ACER release the Stream, their newest smartphone, and it looks set to be the firmest indication yet that they are ready to take announce themselves as genuine contenders in this ultra competitive market. The phone itself, like every other Tom, Dick and Evo, uses the Google Android system, which of course means its ultra familiar to most us out there. Although it will be…
Top 10 iPad games
With the official UK and international iPad release more than a month old, we thought we would give you a run down on the best games that have been keeping us entertained for a month now. We trawled through the iTunes store and here is our top ten. We’ve tried, tested and reviewed all the iPad games below ourselves to see whether the revised iPad editions are better than their…
Test driving the new ZTE Racer
ZTE, whose F930 we looked at here, are back with another medium spec handset, to the delight of budget conscious shoppers everywhere. ZTE invited Latest Gadgets to have a play with their newest attempt to win the hearts and minds of the average mobile phone shopper. The ZTE racer is an Android powered smartphone, that shuns the latest and greatest for “quite good”. Unveiled to an audience of spec hungry…
iPad accessories roundup
Now the dust as settled and all those Mac fanboys (and girls) are fondling their newly acquired iPads, we thought it was about time to see what else proud parents of this newly delivered gadget could splash their cash on. There has been a bit of sniggering behind hands at the fact that once you have bought your iPad, you still need to pay extra for a stand. So, a…
