Shiny Review: T-Mobile's G1 Android phone

I got my hands on a G1, the first handset to boast Google's Android operating system. It was nice to be pleasantly surprised by the handset itself, and I got the chance to have a good play with the OS itself. Get yours here.

Blackberry Storm coming on Friday

That's it really. Oh, and it's exclusive to Vodafone, and on the high street, Phones4U. In other news, Mick Hucknell has lost £25 million on buying and then reselling David Beckham's boots, Russell Brand wants Manuel as the first guest on his chat show and apparently we're about to be subjected to men in Ugg…

PoP vending machine – movies and games, whenever

Life is better delivered through the medium of vending machines, as the old adage goes. Mamma Mia? Fabulous, most definitely. Mamma Mia from a vending machine? The kind of dizzy fabulous heights reserved for the likes of Gok Wan, special Christmas coffees at Starbucks and facepaint. Oh yes. Sony and Universal have got together to…

Shiny Review: Datz Music Lounge

When Datz was announced, with its one payment pricing plan, DRM-free unlimited downloads, we had questions. Would the catalogue be as extensive as promised? Was the one-off fee for the ease of consumers, or did it hide the fact that Datz had a solution that wasn't good enough to ask people to pay month after…

Cozyfeet combat Really Cold Feet in Winter Syndrome

I'm pretty sure I'm right in saying that the right pair of slippers can do more for your day than the most wonderful of haircuts, the smoothest of compliments or the most nutritionally balanced and yet god damn delicious of lunches. And now I've found the ultimate right pair of slippers. You slip these into…

Day One: Coming off the social network crack

I've taken Twitter out of my Outlook, Facebook off my Firefox, and both applications out of my Blackberry. I am going Cold Turkey 2.0. For the next seven days, social networks are dead to me. I expect to start shaking soon, get intense cravings by 4pm and feelings of doubt as to my mental state…

Top Ten Facebook groups you should never join

Last week I was chock full of vitriol about other people's Facebook status updates. I think I might have solved that plague on behalf of humanity, and so have no choice but to move on to another. Facebook Groups. Come with me on a journey into Facebook's underbelly. You know you want to. 1. 60…

The ten worst Facebook status crimes

Sometimes writing for Shiny Shiny you get the opportunity to store up all the bitterness you collect day-to-day and spew it forth under the guise of 'Opinion'. Today is one of those days. Facebook status updates: they're difficult to get right, and they're infuriating to read when they're wrong. Here's my Top Ten Worst Facebook…

Shiny at IFA: The story so far

Right at this moment, we're probably lost somewhere in the enormous exhibition halls that make up IFA in Berlin. However, good news! We've already brought you some of the best of the announcements, products and bizarre and ill-translated signage. Here's a round-up. We'll keep adding the stories to the top, so keep checking back for…