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The BlackBerry PlayBook as a business tool – Video

James Richardson | May 17, 2011 |

With RIM having a huge chunk of the corporate market when it comes to BlackBerry Smartphones I am rather pleased with how the PlayBook can be used as a business tool. Over the years I have used many different mobile platforms and on several of them if you want to create a word or excel […]

BlackBerry PlayBook Arriving At The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy

James Richardson | May 17, 2011 |

At last it looks like we have some pricing and a release date for the BlackBerry PlayBook here in the UK. Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy will be stocking RIM’s first tablet which they say will be in store on June 16th, Pricing is pretty much as I expected with the 16GB at from £399; a […]

Gear4 UnityRemote review

Matt | May 17, 2011 |

Here at tracyandmatt.co.uk we like to review interesting products and this one that I’ve been given for review is no different, here I have the new product from gear4 the UnityRemote. It is a very clever attempt at a universal remote and I have been putting it through its paces for over a week now. […]

HTC Desire HD and Incredible S getting Gingerbread now

James Richardson | May 16, 2011 |

We mentioned earlier about the Samsung Galaxy S getting a Gingerbread update later this month. Good news also for HTC owners. If you are lucky enough to own an unbranded HTC Desire HD or Incredible S you will be pleased to know that the 2.3 Gingerbread update is happening now in the UK. If you […]

Samsung Galaxy S to get Gingerbread in the UK

James Richardson | May 16, 2011 |

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a global leader in Android mobile devices, today announced the availability of upgrades to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) beginning with the Samsung Galaxy S. Samsung is currently working on Gingerbread software upgrades for Galaxy Tab as well as other members of the Samsung Galaxy family. The new Samsung Galaxy S II is […]

Nokia ditch the Ovi brand

James Richardson | May 16, 2011 |

Yep, it looks like big change is happening in the Nokia camp. The Finnish company have decided to replace the brand Ovi with Nokia Services instead. Nokia’s EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Jerri DeVard explains the shift: “We have made the decision to change our service branding from Ovi to Nokia. By centralizing our services […]

Extended batteries from Mugen Power

James Richardson | May 16, 2011 |

With Smartphones becoming more and more advanced we are still let down by one piece of technology and that is batteries. Some devices are better than others but getting through a full day seems to be an issue with some handsets with Android being the most problematic these days. There is a solution though and […]

Amazing camera-phone photos

Matt | May 15, 2011 |

And you thought phones were just for talking to your mates. These amazing photographs prove how technologically advanced the current wave of smart phones have become. Renowned aerial photographer Jason Hawkes travelled around Britain in a helicopter, taking aerial photographs of landmarks and the landscape using only the 12-megapixel camera of a Nokia N8 smartphone. […]

New phone buying tips

Matt | May 15, 2011 |

In our digital age, it’s unlikely you know anyone who doesn’t own a mobile phone. Even your Nan has been pushed into carrying one, regardless of whether she actually uses it or not. With the market booming how can you haggle the best deal for yourself when the mobile giants no longer need to give […]

Consumers ‘held hostage’ by SIM-locked phones

Matt | May 14, 2011 |

Mobile users are being “held hostage” by their provider because of the cost of unlocking their phones to switch to other providers, a recent report claims. The report shows that the majority of people using unlocked phones is due to “consumer confusion” surrounding the issue, with almost a third not sure if it is legal […]