Mobile Phones

We review and play with the latest and greatest mobile phones, from the cutting edge smartphones right through to an easy-to-use phone for your grandparents! We also review mobile accessories and related gadgets.

Keeping your smartphone data safe: Blackberry protect, Mobile Me, Windows Phone Live

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…

Amazon Kindle 3 review roundup

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…

Acer Stream – just another Android smartphone?

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…

Top 10 iPad games

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,…

Test driving the new ZTE Racer

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…

Beauty is in the eye of the ZTE-holder: The new ZTE F930

Beauty is in the eye of the ZTE-holder: The new ZTE F930

Fancy a mobile phone that will enable you to access your mail, Facebook and Twitter accounts but don’t feel like dropping hundreds of pounds of waiting hours and hours in queues for shiny new iPhones? Well thanks to a new handset collaboration between ZTE and 3 you may not have…

iPad accessories roundup

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…

iPhone 4: the verdict

iPhone 4: the verdict

So, the next generation of iPhone has been released. Here’s what the great and the good of the tech world who have managed to grab a few minutes with the holy grail for phone lovers have to say about it… Pocket Lint: “The iPhone 4 feels great in the hand….

Acer’s Liquid E gets a Ferrari paint job

Acer’s Liquid E gets a Ferrari paint job

It’s 60 years since Formula One first began at Silverstone, when the British Grand Prix was the first event in a seven-race season. Then, top of the game was Alfa Romeo. But now, as Lewis Hamilton tucks another win under his belt, the likes of MacLaren, Renault and of course…

Say hello to the Vodafone 845: The first Android Smartphone featuring Vodafone 360

Say hello to the Vodafone 845: The first Android Smartphone featuring Vodafone 360

Smartphones are so commonplace now that it’s hard to remember not all of the population use them. Though they may be the best thing since Firefly got cancelled, checking emails, using maps and social networking is not an everyday activity for many Vodafone’s latest foray into the handset market aims…

The Nokia C3: the budget buy for social butterflies

The Nokia C3: the budget buy for social butterflies

The wait is over… we now know that the Nokia C3 will be coming our way in June as an exclusive pay-as-you-go phone on the Vodafone network. Targeted firmly at those who use their phone to access Facebook et al more than they actually speak to their friends, the C3…

A bite-sized smartphone – the Blackberry Pearl 3G

A bite-sized smartphone – the Blackberry Pearl 3G

It seems everyone’s in the iPhone camp or the Blackberry camp in these halcyon days of smartphone wizardry, and anyone that resides out of the two camps can expect to be pitied, sniggered at behind closed doors and, ultimately, have sex less often. However, Blackberry’s new swanky new Pearl 3G…