Mobile Phones

Always been afraid of Big Brother? Concerned about your privacy in this age of corporate ubiquity? Fear no more–or at least fear less–as the nefarious powers that be can be blocked from tracking your movements. It’s called the SilentPocket and what it does is block the RFID signal from your phone, rendering it untraceable. But wait, [...]

When Tak Wak, the German company responsible for the tw700, was threshing out the specs for their latest creation, they no doubt wanted something more than a smartphone. It’s likely they figured rather than bringing your precious iPhone along whenever you’re on some adventure, why not go for the Android-powered tw700 instead? See, smartphones are [...]

Qualcomm has announced that it has added support for both the US GPS satellites and Russian GLONASS satellites to its Snapdragon S2 and S3 processor platforms. The addition of GLONASS support means that the phones in the US can access the Russian system as well as the domestic system.

Those looking to grab a Nokia N9 in white are in luck. The Meego-powered device is now available in Finland via Verkkokauppa’s site and will cost €630, or around $842, for the 64GB variant.  The price is slightly lower than the reported pre-order price last month.  

Instagram the creators of the popular iOS photography application by the same name, have today revealed that a new Instagram Android application is currently under development and will be arriving on Android smartphones very soon. The Instagram iOS application has around 14 million users, and makes sharing and applying visual effects to your photographs extremely [...]

Tomorrow Microsoft will officially launch their new Xbox 360 Dashboard, an with it will also arrive their new Xbox Windows Phone 7 Companion App. The new Xbox Windows Phone 7 Companion App has been designed to be used in conjunction with your Xbox Live account, and allows users to search, movies, games and all content that’s [...]

Nokia was quick to stay clear of the ongoing frenzy surrounding the Carrier IQ data logging software snafu, stressing that its devices do not have the controversial software installed.  With tpotential privacy issues stirring up the mobile device environment, it’s no wonder a Nokia official quickly came out in the open and gave the company’s side [...]

Having sore thumbs or aching necks lately? That could be a sign of using your smartphone too much, according to some health experts in Britain. Being able to do so many things on your smartphone has its perks, but the downside is that so many times are being spent on such devices that the body [...]

Eikonsite have this week unveiled their new Weezy device, which has been designed to enable older home entertainment systems to be able to easily play music from smartphones and tablets. Weezy simply plugs directly into your ageing music system, and then connects to your state of the art smartphone or tablet through Bluetooth, via a [...]

If you are looking for a fast and effective way to capture product photos using your smartphone. Then the new Steady Stand designed and created by Modahaus might well be worth a look. The collapsable stand allows you to quickly position and steady your smartphone over an object or product. Enabling you to take photos [...]

Nokia has announced the Nokia X2-02 mobile phone, which is a dual SIM mobile phone that comes with a 2.2 inch QVGA TFT display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, a built in FM radio and an MP3 player.

The developer of the popular LazyTube application, which helped Windows Phone users view YouTube videos on their Windows Phones. While Google restricted Microsoft form creating their own integrated YouTube application. Has this week launched a new Windows Phone application which further enhances the ability to watch YouTube videos of your Windows Phone smartphone.