All Posts by Richard Devine
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by Richard Devine
Feb 04, 2013
Acer looks to make a mark in the entry level tablet stakes with the Iconia B1, but how much tablet does £99 actually buy?
A whole lot of plastic. That's what £99 buys. And sadly ...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 03, 2013
Asus is no stranger to Android tablets, and so while nothing official by any stretch, it's not at all surprising to hear that a new tablet is reportedly heading to Mobile World Congress later ...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 02, 2013
Until now, business owners utilizing Foursquare have been required to manage their locations via the Foursquare website. Now though, Foursquare for Business has hit the Google Play Store, providing ...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 01, 2013
At CES Intel showed for the first time its new, emerging market orientated, Lexington chips. During the keynote presentation though, mention was made of the next generation of performance orientat...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 01, 2013
At a joint event in Thailand, Acer and Intel have debuted the latest smartphone to launch on the recently announced 'Lexington' chips for emerging markets. The Acer Liquid C1 as it will be k...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 01, 2013
It's been a long old time since the last Pocket Casts update, but the developers, Shifty Jelly, have today published some details on the next version of their incredibly popular podcatching appl...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 31, 2013
Unveiled to the world at CES, the Acer Iconia B1 is Acer's play at hitting the budget tablet space. While not offering bleeding edge specs, the B1 does offer a stock Jelly Bean experience o...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 27, 2013
Since Samsung first announced their Music Hub service, the global reach has been somewhat limited. Initially launching only in the UK, the U.S. soon followed, but one thing remained. Device exclusiv...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 26, 2013
Full screen browsing is top of many an Android fans wish list for Google's mobile version of the Chrome browser. On smartphone screens in particular, display space is important. It seems it migh...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 25, 2013
An update to the Dropbox for Android application almost a year ago brought with it an extremely useful feature for the snap happy photographers among us -- auto upload of every photograph taken...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 25, 2013
Back at Google I/O last year, our very own Phil Nickinson posed the question -- might Google Now become an Android home screen? Well, a new custom launcher in the Play Store brings a little tas...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 24, 2013
This press image obtained by @evleaks claims to be the next high end offering from Huawei. Following on from the Ascend D2 which first launched at CES, the Ascend P2 that we see here is also reporte...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 24, 2013
Don't let the name confuse you, this isn't another app from Google. Despite the tenuous naming link, G Cloud Backup is made by a developer known as Genie9, and sets out to backup all your pe...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 21, 2013
OK, so technically it's more of an outing than a project -- in London, at least. It's also not strictly Android, but it's all Google, so it's all good. In the basement level of the L...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 20, 2013
Leak season continues, and we're back with Samsung this time around. Sammobile, a usually reliable source of all things Samsung, claims to have received word of a 5.8 inch smartphone from the Ko...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 20, 2013
I don't use live wallpapers traditionally. I find that too often there's a trade off in device performance and or battery life to make it worthwhile. I've made an exception to try this o...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 19, 2013
I'm not a Sky TV subscriber, but this morning's news really make me wish that I was. According to a report from British broadsheet, The Telegraph, BSkyB is set to turn on local downloads of ...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 18, 2013
Reports out of Korea today cite a milestone figure for LG Optimus G sales, and information on the device's arrival finally in Europe. Since the launch of the Optimus G in the latter part of 2012...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 18, 2013
According to a joint statement issued, Google has purchased a 2.4 acre plot of land in London on which to construct a brand new base for their UK operations. Construction on the new, 1 million squar...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 18, 2013
What we see here is reported to be the latest, rough and tough, rugged smartphone from Samsung. The follow up to the original Galaxy Xcover, the aptly named Xcover 2 has leaked out to the guys ...





















































