Articles By Alex Angove
BlackBerry Z10 First Impressions
The BlackBerry Z10 has been hailed as BlackBerry’s last best hope for survival in the smartphone market. It’s the new BB10 OS’ flagship, sports a totally modern set of hardware specs and is a step in a different direction for BB in terms of stylistic design.
HTC One Shipments Delayed
The HTC One, the smartphone that is set to be HTC’s biggest and most important release in recent memory, is reportedly going to be delayed by a few weeks or possibly longer. While countless eagre fans worldwide will doubtless throw their hands up in frustration and ask ‘why’ to an uncaring and disinterested sky, HTC may actually have cause to worry here.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Announced
The Samsung Galaxy S4 (GS4) has finally been unveiled at an odd, broadway-themed Samsung launch event in New York. While the event itself was strange enough to possibly warrant its own post a little later on, for now we’ll stick to covering the new heir to the Android throne, the Galaxy S4, and the new hardware/features that it brings.
Netflix's New Analytics for Users
Netflix has released an ISP Speed Index outlining what providers offer the best connections to its services and where. The popular video-streaming company compared 17 broadband network carriers in the US and ranked them according to their average speeds when streaming Netflix videos.
Samsung Galaxy SIV Rumor Grab
With the Samsung Galaxy SIV launch just one week way, we thought it wise to revisit some of the rumors that are circulating about it, as well as the (apparently) ‘real’ leaked specs that have cropped up recently and what those mean for Samsung, the GSIV and how they reflect the current smartphone market.
Sony Xperia Z Preview
The Sony Xperia Z is Sony’s first big entry to the quad-core Android wars that are sure to hit 2013 with more power than they did 2012. Encoragingly, the Xperia Z represents an almost new era for Sony. This new flagship smartphone really does sport modern hardware and a new UI skin.
HTC One SV Review
The HTC One SV is a mid-range 4G LTE smartphone that, despite it’s confusing name, really has nothing to do with the HTC One V. More accurately, it’s closer to being an upgraded version of the HTC One S. While it’s true that HTC we expect HTC to unveil some shiny new gadgetry on February 21st (three days hence), we still thought that we’d grab ourselves a One V and take it for a test run.
Nokia Lumia 720, 520 and 620
The Nokia Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 were announced at the MWC event in Barcelona yesterday and, while the Lumia 620 isn’t really ‘news’, we haven’t given it too much love either so we thought that now was a good time to rectify that. The Lumia series has been doing fairly well overall and, since the launch of Windows Phone 8 (WP8), we’ve noticed a marked increase in our personal observations of people walking around with a brightly colored Lumia in public and even in the general public’s awareness of Nokia’s growing presence as a brand.
Virgin Mobile & Boost Offer 4G LTE
Both Virgin Mobile and Boost have just released new 4G LTE coverage via the Sprint network and new phones which can access the 4G LTE speeds. Both the brands had previously offered 4G via WiMax with the flagship phone being the Galaxy S2 4G. Sprint, which owns both Virgin Mobile and Boost, is likely to use these brands to leverage even more super-fast devices on 4G LTE at a price discount to T-Mobile and to better go head to head with other pre-paid carriers Cricket and MetroPCS.
Google Glass Coming in 2013?
Google has released a new video demonstrating a more realistic look at what Google Glass could end up offering as a user experience. Less focused on providing a crazy heads-up display (HUD) for your life, the new Google Glass video is more focused on recording your life, accessing and referring to information easily and sharing pics, videos and experiences while keeping your hands free.
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