Articles By Alex Angove
Season’s Greetings
Seeing as we usually forget to do one of these I thought we should get in early this year. The blog will be going dark from today until early January, as we’ll all be generally busy with families, friends and social engagements. We’ve had a pretty great year here and we’d like to thank all of our readers and the fans of our site. Anyone who’s used the site, linked it on the net or mentioned it to a friend has our sincerest thanks and we’ll do our best to continue improving performance throughout 2013.
Lumia 920 Hands-On 1st Impressions
We finally have our very own Nokia Lumia 920 to play with, right on the heels of our Lumia 820 review. The Lumia 920, for those who haven’t been keeping up, is Nokia’s new flagship Lumia device for the Windows Phone 8 platform. As such, it should pack more of a punch than the Lumia 820 and impress us enough to offset its higher price and top-dog status.
Google Maps Hits App Store
Yes, you read that correctly. Google Maps is finally available on the iPhone… again. After Apple’s infamously failed Maps catastrophe, iPhone users can finally gain access to the world’s most used navigation service. It seems that, despite doing its best, Apple simply wasn’t able to compete with Google in terms of, well, quality.
Nokia Lumia 820 Review
The Nokia Lumia 820 is one of the two debut smartphones for Nokia on the new Windows Phone 8 platform. Of the two, the Lumia 820 is the lower-end model and is aimed at the mid-range handset market. Despite playing second fiddle to Nokia’s current flagship, the Lumia 820 is still a surprisingly powerful and solid smartphone.
Nokia Lumia 620 Unveiled
Nokia’s next Lumia Windows Phone 8 device, the Nokia Lumia 620, has been unveiled. The Lumia 620 will be a more affordable option than either the Lumia 920 or 820, aiming itself at the lower ends of the smartphone market. We’ve seen previously that Windows Phone is a fantastic platform for budget devices, as the simplistic yet beautiful UI can still impress, even on a smaller screen and with lower resolution. Another benefit is that Windows Phone is a much more closed UI than something like Android.
The Mobile World After Nov 2012
A little over 12 months ago we posted an article about the mobile world after August 2011. In it we detailed some of the more interesting things that had happened that year, as well as some of the bigger stories. We also tried our best to get our readers to take a step back and look at the tech world from the outside.
Virgin Offering $100 off HTC One V
Virgin Mobile is offering $100 off the HTC One V this Monday, November the 26th. This offer is a one day-only sale. So get in quick if you’re interested. The One V is the budget sibling in the recent HTC One line of Android smartphones. It is also the aesthetic descendant of the popular HTC Hero and HTC Legend, carrying on the large-chinned legacy of its forebears.
Google Fiber Speeds of 700Mbps
The people of Kansas are finally getting access to Google Fiber as it begins to go live for general consumers. As a result, the internet is being flooded with pictures from happy users once they discover the actual speeds they’re getting. Crazy maximum real-world speeds of around 700Mbps on Ethernet and 200Mbps on WiFi.
Humble Bundle #4 on Android Review
The Humble Bundle is a game package-deal that crops up now and again. The idea is that customers pay as much or as little as they want for a pre-set pack of games that have proven themselves as popular in the recent market. Not only is the price chosen by the purchaser, but the distribution of the funds as well. How the money is split between the developer, charity and the Humble Bundle organizers is decided by the payer. As an added bonus, customers who pay above the current average payment are gifted with an extra game (sometimes multiple), adding more incentive for customers to pay slightly more and more as time goes on without actually enforcing anything.
Virtual Keyboard for iPhone Concept
A UK student has created a semi-functional virtual keyboard system for the iPhone that, as far as hardware goes, requires only a table and the iPhone itself. The system uses the built-in accelerometer to determine how far away a finger is hitting the table by judging vibration strength relative to the phone.
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