Month: April 2013
More wearable gadgets – LinkMe is a personalised bracelet that displays messages
There are often products on Kickstarter which I think have huge potential and LinkMe is one of those. In keeping with the year's current hot trend of wearable gadgets LinkMe is a bracelet that can be used to receive and display messages from your nearest and dearest. Think of it as a mini personalised billboard…
Samsung to drop Galaxy Mega with a 6.3inch screen – coming to UK in May!
It has been rumoured for a while now but Samsung has today confirmed that it will drop a pair of large screen phones called The Galaxy Mega. The handset will come in two editions - one with a 5.8inch screen - the other with a 6.3inch screen - the biggest screen on a Samsung handset…
Are LG about to out-Samsung their rival and deliver flexible displays?
One of the big developments in smartphone technology over the next few years is likely to be the introduction of flexible displays. Not that they will enable us to have smartphones that bend - not until they patent flexible internal components anyhow. But it will mean that displays will be a lot less breakable than…
EE grabs UK exclusive on HTC First aka the Facebook phone
If you fancy the HTC First - the handset announced yesterday that runs Facebook Home, the social network's home screen on steroids - you will have to wait a while. The device goes on sale in the United States on 12 April, but won't land in the UK until the early summer where it will…
Survey says… Samsung and Apple now neck and neck in UK popularity
The team at www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk are a busy lot. Barely a week goes out without them sending over the results of some type of survey. This week's one is perhaps the most interesting in a while as they asked punters - 1,358 Britons aged 18 or over - to name the mobile phone brand they preferred.…
Home, Instagram, Spotify… How Facebook is slowly taking over your mobile
I assume you have all caught the Facebook news from yesterday. If not go here. Suggesting that apps were a legacy from the PC age Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new wrapper for Android homes called Home that is embedded in a six handsets - three each from HTC and Samsung - and will be available…
The Gadget Show 2013 video round up: Finlux 47inch 3DTV, Rat Stand for the iPad
Here's a couple more quick vids that Chris shot at The Gadget Show in Birmingham this week. First up is a 47inch TV from Finlux. There's more details here. Then Chris took a look at the latest Rat Stand for the iPad - the Z3.
OrigAudio's innovative Epishock speakers – Video
This year's Gadget Show was chocka with companies selling headphones and speakers. None were quite as noisy though as US firm OrigAudio. It displayed a range of personalised headphones, costing between £40 and £50 - think everything from Union Jacks to pics of your cat - as well some fun £35-£40 mini speakers called the…
Sunnycam's £99 HD video recording/AR glasses
Sunnycam, great name, are the latest company to debut wearable gadgets. At The Gadget Show this week they paraded a pair of HD video recording glasses. These are the budget variety in that they retails for £99, and as well as being suited to a spot of covert filming they can also be used in…
The 'Facebook phone' lands on Thursday – but are you really that interested?
In a couple of days time Facebook has a press event in the US where it has invited journalists to 'Come see our new Home on Android.' However if you were expecting a minor tweak or two to its Google app, forget it. The gossip is that this is something much bigger. Rumours of Facebook…
