After much anticipation Samsung have confirmed that the Galaxy s2 and Galaxy Note, their current flagship devices will be updated within Q1 2012. However we can be sure that it will be towards the end of the quarter. Also as shown by the leaked builds it will also feature the hell which is Touchwiz over the top of the now beautifully designed stock GUI. Unfortunately for Galaxy S users and other android Sam ...

Many of the new features of the Apple iPhone 4S have to do with changes in the operation or the internal hardware of the phone. One new aspect of the phone is something known as SIRI. SIRI is a type of artificial intelligence found on the iPhone 4S. It’s function is to perform various tasks for the user of the phone. Many people are excited about the prospects of SIRI and for many this is reason enough to g ...

The Nokia Lumia 800 is probably the best Nokia phone in a generation, the first innovative one since the N95 a good five years ago. In fact the Lumia 800 is the first Nokia phone not to run a Nokia owned OS; this baby runs Windows Phone 7 Mango. In fact currently this is the flagship Windows Phone 7 device, but how does it compare to the other flagships; the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the iPhone 4S. This devi ...

Last week a misguided individual from Microsoft stated that Windows Phone currently support NFC, only needing to be enabled by OEMs for it to work. Microsoft have had to issue another statement, righting the wrong; "While NFC is not currently supported on Windows Phone 7.5, it is coming. We expect NFC-enabled Windows Phone devices to ship within the next year." All we can be sure of is that a a lot of new f ...

The Galaxy Nexus is the first device ever to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and also the third nexus device ever. This series of devices is popular with developers because it gets the android updates the quickest and offers stock android. Furthermore the developer community is also massive for this device is already. In fact the device has already developed a massive following on XDA. When the Nexus wa ...

So after purchasing the Galaxy Nexus myself I'm going to state which apps work well on a screen of this size, and which apps to avoid. Basically some do not have support for such a resolution and as a result are scaled and look kind of blurry. Furthermore apps that don't work well with ICS will be excluded from the work well list. Apps that work really well: Facebook Twitter Angry Birds original, rio and se ...

Ofcom has reported that the UK will not get any form of 4G network until 2015, a whole 3 years away!! The regulator has denied requests by the networks to move the spectrum auction closer, but nobody will be able to think about 4G until the beginning of 2013 when the networks can start planning their role out. In the meantime how about, bringing 3G to everywhere but city centres!! In fact 2015 is the best f ...

The original and unique, but dying webOS was open sourced by HP last night. The operating system has been in trouble ever since Leo Apoteker announced its death. Since then Leo's been chucked out and the CEO, Meg Whitman has decided to keep WebOS as a opensourced project. Furthermore she announced that there is a possibility that they will making another tablet! However there was no possibility of WebOS eve ...

After a long wait vodafone have finally released the Galaxy Nexus smartphone. While the 900mhz bug still remains he fix has mostly been rolled out already and your phone will come with the update ready to install. Congrats Vodafone customers, myself included! ...

Appleinsider reports that Apple have received a shipment of 4inch screens for next years iPhone 5/6. The displays are meant to be for the new iPhone most likely coming out in July next year. In fact the displays will most likely offer a great contrast ratio along with a great resolution. 4-inch LCD screens from Hitachi and Sony are what's on order. Let's hope iPhone users' dreams can come true! ...

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is probably one of the best if not the best phone on the market right now, but recently people have been experiencing bugs, when switching to a 2G area. Apparently it was only in the batch of phones destined for Phones4U and Vodafone, hence the late release date at Vodafone. Apparently the bug occurs when Wifi is changed or switching to a 2g network; the volume drops to minimum and ...

The Ice cream sandwich code was released, allowing developers to begin making ROMS that use the Source code. For example the best custom ROMs are made using the source code, e.g. Cyanogen Mod and Oxygen. So far most high-end devices have received the AOSP ROM treatment; to name a few, the Nexus S, Galaxy S2 and Nexus One/Desire have had the treatment. None of them work fully yet, but give it a week and you' ...

The HTC ChaCha was the first phone to be launched in the UK to feature the Facebook button, a Facebook logo which when pressed shares, what you have on-screen, a web page, a picture or a status update. The phone is a portrait QWERTY phone with Android Gingerbread and Blackberry Bold 9900 style touchscreen functionality. PurelyGadgets provided the Device. Hardware As usual HTC deliver with quality even on a ...

The Galaxy nexus has been released in the UK. The phone was the first to feature Google's latest Ice Cream Sandwich,v4.0,greatly anticipated by the Android community. In fact this device is cutting edge, with an NFC Chip, a zero shutter lag camera, as well as the very best specs; A 1.2GHz dual core, and a frankly amazing 4.65inch Super Amoled Screen. It is now on sale from Phones 4U, and will hopefully go o ...

The new and exciting ICS update promised the Face Unlock feature, a feature which uses the front facing camera to match your face to a stored picture, this then unlocks your phone instead of a passcode or key. Ideal for ease of unlock as it is almost instant. The security flaw is that it can be unlocked by a picture or you. So basically you anonymity is your protection because if your name is known it is ea ...