The HTC Cha Cha is famously marketed as a ‘Facebook phone’, with a dedicated Facebook button enabling you to update all your important information and share your thoughts and photographs with just one button push. It’s also designed to help you cope with the fast pace of modern life. How does it shape up against the HP Palm Pre 3, another phone that assists you with the trials...
Step on to a train to commute these days and the chances are several of your fellow commuters will be hard at work, or hard at play, on their tablets. The Apple iPad was for some time the ubiquitous tablet for the style conscious, but the Samsung Galaxy Tab offered a decent alternative. Let’s see how the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 squares up to the iPad 2. . . Both are very...
Motorola and HTC are two of the leading names in the smartphone market. Later this month, Motorola are releasing the eagerly anticipated Motorola Atrix, a new contender with all the trimmings. It’s entering into the mid-price smartphone market (currently on pre-order from Clove Technology for £438 including VAT) so let’s see how it shapes up against one of the most popular phones in...
For a long time now, HTC has been hot on the heels of Apple when it comes to being king of the smartphone market. The iPhone 4 will, of course, be one of the most popular smartphones out there – but what can HTC bring to the party to tempt Apple afficianadoes away from the iPhone? Of course, we cannot judge a smartphone by its cover, but we cannot pretend looks don’t matter either...
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 Dakota is the soon to be released latest smartphone to join RIM’s famous BlackBerry Bold portfolio. It has been slimmed down and spiced up with a whole new feature set, meaning it will be a popular choice for BlackBerry fans wanting to upgrade, as well as a great introduction to the BlackBerry market for those first-timers to RIM’s phones. Of course...
Last month’s royal wedding was a spectacular event, with street parties, celebrations and a much needed boost of good cheer to the whole of Great Britain. Now that the nuptials are over, like most newly-wed couples, thoughts will be turning to finding a new home. Property finders will be falling over themselves to locate the next Highgrove. Andrew Findley, one of the directors at...
Mrs Doyle, the charming housekeeper from the cult comedy series Father Ted, is famous for encouraging the priests and any visitors to Craggy Island to ‘go on, go on, go on’ and enjoy a nice cup of tea. Well, go on, go on, go on is indeed a sound piece of advice when it comes to all aspects of small business housekeeping – particularly business electricity and gas contracts...
It has to be said that Sony have been a little disappointing with Android smartphones. However, the Sony Ericsson Xperia ARC sets out to change that – and it makes an impressive display. Could the Sony Ericsson Xperia ARC finally be the smartphone to give the likes of the HTC Desire and the Samsung Galaxy S a run for their money? Let’s take a closer look to find out… ...
The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is one of the hottest BlackBerry smartphones available to date. It features the trademark QWERTY keyboard that has made RIM devices so popular, this time in a slide-out form factor. Differing slightly from other Blackberry handsets, the Torch 9800 also has a touchscreen, measuring 3.2-inches across. It is not just the form factor that has made BlackBerry phones so...
Ask pretty much anyone who’s anyone in the world of mobile communications and they will tell you that 2011 is the year of the tablet. While in 2010 there were just a smattering of tablets on the market, now it seems you cannot turn your back without a new one popping up. With that in mind, let’s look at two of the major contenders in the tablet market – the BlackBerry PlayBook and the...