Articles By Alex Angove
Apple iPhone Knocks Nokia Out of #1
Well it’s finally happened folks. In around just 3 short years Apple has done what might have seemed impossible back in 2007 and taken Nokia’s golden crown, officially seizing market supremacy here in Australia with the iPhone. That’s not just for smartphones, by the way. Apple is now Australia’s number 1 mobile phone vendor.
WP7 Sales Not Taking Off
It has recently come to light that Microsoft’s latest attempt to achieve success in the smartphone market might be stumbling well short of the mark. Despite a multi-million dollar advertising campaign and one of the biggest launches in history for a mobile operating system (mobile OS), Windows Phone 7 devices just aren’t walking out the door.
Copy & Paste for WP7 (Video)
First Microsoft promised and now they’re delivering copy & paste for their Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices. One of the only pokes critics have been taking at the flashy new OS is the noticeable lack of the popular copy & paste function. Microsoft tried to placate its fans with a promise to add the ability in early 2011 and they weren’t lying.
Catch the Gingerbread Nexus S First
Google has announced the very first phone to wield the much awaited Android v2.3 Gingerbread update; the Google Nexus S. The Nexus S is designed and manufactured by mobile giant Samsung in conjunction with Google and uses the popular and frankly awesome Galaxy S as its basic hardware template.
PlayStation Phone Video Leaked
Well folks, we’ve been waiting a while now for the PS Phone, codenamed the Sony Zeus Z1, and things just got a bit more exciting with the latest leaked video. Whether or not this is just a Sony PR stunt or an actual leak we don’t know. What we do know is that this is a real as life gaming phone. Many phone users have never been fans of a hardware QWERTY slider, opting instead for the on-screen software version. This approach to the slider form, however, has completely changed the game on the competition and dramatically extended the range of appeal for the slider form factor.
Futuristic Interfaces: What's Next?
When we stumbled across the Wikipedia page for Haptic Technology today we immediately spun off on a flurry of Google searches in a quest for more information. Result? The tentative and hopeful excitement of a child smart enough to know they only might be getting that Laser-Dragon they asked for from Santa this year.
Epic Games for iPhone Users
Epic Games are soon to release their jaw-dropping entry to the iOS games market with Infinity Blade. The game is a third-person RPG (that's a Role-Playing Game for you non-gamers) powered by the Unreal 3 engine. Infinity Blade is a serious step up from more traditional phone games like Fruit Ninja or Angry Birds. It plays more like a console or computer game, but with the familiar multi-touch controls of iPhone handsets.
No Customisable Ringtones for WP7?
If you’ve been holidaying under a rock for the past couple of months you may have missed the incredibly hyped launch of Windows Phone 7. Yes, Microsoft has made a last ditch attempt at success in the smartphone market and by all reports they may very well succeed.
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