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HTC One X: Is this HTC’s best phone so far?

By Ewan on May 23, 2012 in Devices, News

I spent a few weeks with HTC’s One X handset recently. Just 20 minutes with the phone was enough for me to begin to appreciate why many geeks I know were salivating at the sheer concept of owning the device. Granted, at MWC, I was able to take a quick look and play around with [...]

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When even the guy carrying the Burger King sign at Waterloo Station has an iPhone

By Ewan on May 18, 2012 in Devices

And you thought having an iPhone 4 or 4S made you an exclusive part of the tech elite? Think again. Is this the beginning of the end for niche Apple?

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Rumour’n'conjecture –> Apple iPad mini set for October launch at $200-$250

By Ewan on May 10, 2012 in Devices

Now then if this were to actually happen — and it’s a big if — it would probably kill off any meaningful tablet competition for a good few years. It’d be “job done, thanks for coming, but no thanks” to anybody else for a long period — market pricing in the $200 range would make [...]

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Pretty amazing: “Apple iPad: so user friendly, apes use it to communicate”

By Ewan on May 10, 2012 in Devices

You have to hand it to Apple, don’t you… Two 8-year-old twin orangutans at Miami’s Jungle Island zoo, draw, play games and communicate using an iPad tablet. The park is one of several zoos experimenting with the interaction of apes and computers, allowing six orangutans to use Apple’s tablet to communicate as part of a [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S3: Somo’s technical genius, Naji El-Arifi gets hands-on for us

By Ewan on May 8, 2012 in Devices, Opinion

Naji El-Arifi is Technical Product Manager at Somo Agency, one of the leading interactive mobile agencies around at the moment. I regularly use one of their creations — the Domino’s Pizza iPad app — way more often than I should. It’s far too easy to order and get the transaction done. A testament to their [...]

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Quality app developer? RIM will guarantee you’ll earn a minimum of $10,000 from your app

By Ewan on May 1, 2012 in Applications, Devices

Alec Saunders, RIM’s VP of Developer Relations was just on stage here at BlackBerry World announcing a wealth of new updates for their developer community. One of the announcements that really caught my attention was regarding quality applications. Alec is on record as a being a huge fan of quality applications — by this, he [...]

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BlackBerry 10 sneak peak video from BlackBerry World

By Ewan on May 1, 2012 in Devices, Services

Here’s a very quick sneak peak of some of the features we were shown today at BlackBerry World: Note specifically how the on-screen keyboard works — very, very cool.

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TechCrunch on Nokia: “Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft”

By Ewan on April 19, 2012 in Devices

A positive note from the chaps over at TechCrunch on Nokia — along the lines of my piece last week. As bad as Nokia’s financials look right now – a $4 billion drop in sales won’t make anyone’s day – don’t consider the Windows Phone move a failure just yet. They’ve done what many phone [...]

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An iPad Mini? I’d buy a few. What about you?

By Ewan on April 16, 2012 in Devices

I’ve been reading the latest round of rumours-that-might-be-true about a possible iPad Mini. AppleInsider quotes a Chinese portal that reckons Apple has placed an order for 6 million Mini iPads. Further speculation reckons that this ‘mini’ would run at the same resolution as iPad 1 & 2 (1024×768) so that existing apps would work without [...]

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Why the BlackBerry Curve 9380 is the best messaging review phone around

By Ewan on April 12, 2012 in Devices

The chances are you probably haven’t come across the BlackBerry Curve 9380 much. It was one of those devices announced in a flurry late last year when my attention was on the new BlackBerry Bold 9900. This Curve 9380 is a delightful phone though. It’s particularly suited to anyone in a corporate environment who needs [...]

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iPhone 5 due in Q3; Includes integrated tomato dispenser functionality

By Ewan on March 23, 2012 in Devices

Right then the iPhone rumours have begun once again. I wonder just how much advertising revenue the technology industry generates purely from arse-level speculation that accompanies Apple launch “news”? A lot. Luckily here at Mobile Industry Review, we don’t bother with that sort of thing. I thought you’d like to know about the latest rubbish [...]

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