So what do you make of Jony Ive's subtle gradient driven tweaks to the icons on Apple's iOS 7? Well some very clever people have taken the concepts behind those updates and applied them to a whole load of other things to deliver the superb, and the very funny Jony Ive designs Tumblr blog. So…

Today I got the chance to spend a few minutes with one of the hottest mobile phones of 2013 - Sony's monster sized Xperia Z Ultra. Here are a few thoughts. The screen - Yes it is huge and yes it looks amazing, The phone packs a 6.4inch screen which feels so much larger than…

Orbitsound, makers of the sound bar, has a new model on its books. The £249 M10LX houses a wired subwoofer and delivers 250 watts of sound. It also includes Orbitsound's patented 'spatial sound' and enhanced audio definition. The M10LX is crafted from wood and hand-finished in ultra high-gloss. It includes seven individually amplified speakers, including…

It has been a long time coming but Sony's "phablet" the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, was launched today in two simultaneous events in Shanghai and London. The latest in the company's Xperia series of smartphones packs the biggest HD screen on a mobile and some interesting new display tech. So for the screen you get…

This morning, as expected, Sony dropped its huge screen Phablet, the Xperia Z Ultra. Here are the five quick key things you need to know about it. 1 The screen is huge. It is 6.4 inches, yet fully HD, which is bigger than just about every other mobile on sale. In spite of its size…

Is Nokia labeling all iPhone users as zombies? Well that appears to be the rationale behind the company's new ad for its Lumia 925 Windows powered mobile phone. The ad features a street full of iPhone touting zombies taking images in low light with powerful flashes shooting off everywhere. The implication is that if you…

Ever had a conversation and then five minutes later completely forgotten what was said? Well if that's a regular occurrence for you then you then you might like the sound of a new iPhone app called Heard. Billed as the app that will 'Turn your iPhone into a time machine!' it basically continually records the…

Also new from Samsung is the Samsung Galaxy NX, which the company is billing as the world's first 4G-enabled interchangeable lens compact camera system. Gerald from Tech Digest got a sneaky look at the camera here.

Off to Glastonbury this week? Well you are a lucky so and so. And in among tapping your toes to, errr, Mumford and Sons and checking out some sprightly pensioners aka as The Rolling Stones, you can avail yourself of some very fast broadband. In quite a novel move EE has kitted out one of…