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Plants vs Zombies on the BlackBerry PlayBook – Video

James Richardson | February 17, 2012 |

We told you yesterday that Plants vs. Zombies had arrived for the BlackBerry PlayBook. At that time it held a price tag of £7.00 but later in the day that dropped to £5.00. Still not cheap but as you will see in the following demo video it runs beautifully on the PlayBook. With PlayBook OS […]

Sony completes deal to but our Ericsson’s share of Sony Ericsson

James Richardson | February 17, 2012 |

The deal is done. Sony has parted with £871 million to buy out Ericsson and the company will now be know as Sony Mobile Communications with Bert Nordberg remaining as president and CEO. Sony said in a statement: “Sony will rename Sony Ericsson “Sony Mobile Communications”, and further integrate the mobile phone business as a […]

BlackBerry Bold 9790 now available on Orange

James Richardson | February 16, 2012 |

The BlackBerry Bold 9790 has been on the ‘coming soon’ page of the Orange website for ages now. I just popped over to see if it was still in the same section and at last it wasn’t. You can pick up the 9790 for free with contracts starting at £31.00 per month. You can see […]

Plants vs. Zombies now available for BlackBerry PlayBook

James Richardson | February 16, 2012 |

At long last one of the most popular games for iOS and Android has hit BlackBerry App World today. Plants vs. Zombies will set you back a whopping £5.00 but for that money you will get hour upon hour of addicted fun. Get ready to soil your plants in the hit PopCap game! A mob […]

Barclays launches first service for sending money by mobile phone number

James Richardson | February 16, 2012 |

The Barclays Pingit service will be available to current account customers of all UK banks and building societies, not just those with Barclays current accounts. At launch, only Barclays current account customers will be able to send money via the app, but all current account customers (UK residents and over 18), will be able to […]

Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast 156: Problems and Outrage

Gareth | February 16, 2012 |

This week Gareth has a chat with a manages of Carphone Warehouse about the rising prices of mobile phones, interviews the Director of Operations at Jampot, Sean Hunter, about The App Builder and encounters problems with a typically broken bit of French engineering. James is on the podcast . He reacts to stuff and farts.

Updated Facebook app for Windows Phone – Video

James Richardson | February 15, 2012 |

We mentioned yesterday that the Facebook application for Windows Phone 7.5 had received a rather nice update so I thought I would record a quick video to demonstrate the app in case you are thinking of jumping on the Windows Phone band wagon. The following items have been introduced/updated in version 2.3: News feed performance […]

Going to the Arctic? Take a Samsung Galaxy S II with you

James Richardson | February 15, 2012 |

Samsung Electronics UK is proud to announce that its best-selling smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S II, has prevailed in an independent test to ascertain whether phones can function in severe sub-zero temperatures. The endurance test conducted by Finnish magazine MikroPC, has verified that the Galaxy S II is able to function in temperatures ranging from […]

ZTE Tania now in stock at Clove

James Richardson | February 15, 2012 |

You can now pick up the rather nicely priced ZTE Tania over at Clove.  After last weeks price drop it can be yours for £165.83 (£199.99 inc. VAT). Don’t let the price fool you though, its low price tag does not mean low quality. Key features of the Tania include: Windows Phone 7.5 1GHz processor […]

A Love story: Google and Motorola Mobility

Gareth | February 15, 2012 |

The Department of Justice gave its seal of approval to Google’s proposed takeover of U.S. cell-phone maker Motorola Mobility on Monday, just hours after European regulators also gave the deal clearance. The $12.5 billion acquisition positions Google to move into the device market and potentially into more direct competition with companies like Apple. Google wants […]