Phones
Grandroids: Samsung Galaxy S4, Sony Xperia Z, HTC One
It’s bloody hard to pick a winner from this bunch. They each have their upsides and some very minor downs. The HTC One camera is a disappointment but it looks smashing; the Samsung feels cheesy but is incredibly light and has a fantastic camera; and the waterproof Z could come in very handy, while Sony have also done amazing things with the modding community.
500 Words and Sony Xperia Z
Lately, I’ve been playing with Android 4 variants, and last night I got to take a look at the new Sony Xperia Z (both phone and tablet). Wow! Android: you’ve come a long way baby.
Nokia Lumia 920 Review
It’s a fantastic phone. Yes it’s porker at 180 grams, but if you can get over that single downside, everything else is frankly wonderful. For users coming from Windows Phone 7, the 920 is a huge step-up. The screen is finally on par (and often surpasses) other high-end smartphones; performance is wonderful, with the lack [...]
Two Weeks with the Apple iPhone 4S
I’m just going to focus on a couple of things here, because you know what this phone is and what it can do. Siri Speaks Kiwi Yes she does, and pretty well at that. Siri is the best voice recognition system I’ve used on a phone. Apart from the occasional weird word (“egg” comes to [...]
Nokia N9 Review: Gorgeous Hardware
My understanding is that the N9 was all but complete when Stephen Elop announced Nokia’s sea change. In fact, I’m writing this review 60 minutes before Nokia (hopefully) announces their first phones running Windows Phone 7. So what does the N9 mean in this context? The rumoured (and demonstrated) “sea-ray” device looks uncannily similar in [...]
Review: HTC ChaCha
“It’s a Facebook BlackBerry”: my answer to the almost inevitable “what the hell is that?” question I’d get every time I pulled out the HTC ChaCha to check my email or get some directions. I took the ChaCha with me to the USA recently as my local phone. That’s my M.O. as a gadget guy: [...]
2Degrees Huawei IDEOS X5 Review
I’m confused. On the one hand we have Vodafone pimping the Samsung Galaxy S, an Android 2.1 phone hobbled with Samsung’s custom interface. On the other hand (in my actual hand), I have the IDEOS X5 from 2Degrees. It runs the all-but-latest Android 2.2, with almost identical specs to the Samsung. The Samsung is a [...]
Windows Phone 7: An Alternate View
Fanboy, while poorly defined, is probably the most common among the many pejoratives flung my way by coprophagous internet monkeys. Despite my teflon exterior, some of that shit sticks, yo. So in pursuit of some balance, I’ve lent a Windows Phone 7 device to Dylan Reeve.
Telecom Motorola Backflip: A Pocketable Trainwreck
A funny thing happened today. The Motorola Backflip appeared, unannounced at my door, with a note. It said something about a four week loan.
2Degrees Huawei IDEOS U8150 Review
I can’t believe how good the kids have it these days. When I was a young scallywag I had to pair a Nokia phone with an iPaq (that’s a Q there, not a D) over infrared.
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