Budget Apple iPhone pics – real or fake?

The internet has seen a bit of glut of pictures recently of the supposed budget iPhone. Some have the new handset as being a little like the iPod in design and featuring an array of plastic coloured shells. Well here's another possible elak to add to that list courtesy of the site Techyd. It has…

Apple giving away free iPhone/iPad apps on Friday

Later this week Apple's App store celebrates its fifth birthday, yes and I know that doesn't seem possible. Anyhow to get the party started the company will be giving away a load of apps on that day that you would usually have to pay for. There's a good selection too including the high octane game…

World's slimmest smartphone, the Huawei Ascend P6, launches today

It is Friday and if you pop down your local phone store you'll seen an exciting newcomer on the shelves. The Huawei Ascend P6, which we wrote about a while ago, goes on sale today in several places including Carphone Warehouse , O2 and Talk Talk. So why should you take a peek? Well the…

Oasis coming to Spotify very soon

Last month it was Pink Floyd, Now it seems like Oasis are set to be the latest Spotify refuse-niks to add their catalogue to the music streaming service. There's no news when yet, but the band's management Ignition, says it is all a matter of timing. Oddly both Noel and Liam's post Oasis albums are…

Nokia drops budget chocolate bar mobiles – the 207 and 208

If you pine for those days when a mobile phone battery could last a day or so without a recharge then there's some good news for you. Nokia today unleashed a trio of new mobiles which have battery life of, wait for it, 33 days on standby. Nokia 207 and Nokia 208 are non-touch screen…

Is programming your Sky/Virgin Media box by Twitter on its way?

Here's an interesting innovation that comes from Sky in Brazil but you can bet that it will happen here soon. The company has developed a new service for subscribers that enables people to make timed recording on its service using Twitter. The Sky customer registers their Twitter username on the Sky site, it is then…

EE first to offer pay-as-you-go 4G and doubles 4G speeds in 12 cities

In a major revamp of its 4G strategy EE has today announced that it is doubling the speeds of its 4G network. It has also become the first UK network to offer pay as you go 4G tariffs. The new speeds will go live in 12 cities tomorrow bringing EE's average 4G network to between…

BlackBerry and Nokia struggle, but Sony smartphones fly. Is it all about Android?

At the end of last week several companies among them BlackBerry and Nokia posted their latest financial figures. And they make pretty grim reading. For BlackBerry its first quarter 2013 results show that it has shed four million net subscribers with shipments at the same level they were in early 2009. Admittedly though this source…