Sony & Ericsson have become so synonymous in the phone world that they did away with the ampersand and just went plain Sony Ericsson. They stopped short of choosing to be known as some sort of hybrid entity like a Brangelina or a Beniffer, but you could be forgiven for thinking that the companies were as good as married in their mobile endeavours. Not any more though, unless you think that one spouse engulfing the other like a creature...

In 2012, it seems that everyone wants an Android smartphone. The reality, of course, is that not everyone can necessarily afford the one they’ve got their eye on. It was with this thought in mind that Motorola created the Motoluxe, claiming that it would ‘break boundaries but not the bank’ at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. So I suppose the question is: does it? Well, as far as Android-touting gadgets go,...

RIM has announced a European trail of its new NFC software, a feature available on the BlackBerry 9790, to enable it to be used for cash and card free payments. NFC is widely regarded as being the defining feature that will make or break  the best mobile phone contracts at the start of this year, and the lack of NFC support has been one of the biggest criticisms leveled against the new Nokia Lumia Windows Phone. The Canadian manufacturer...

As the Rolling Stones once sang, “you can’t always get what you want”. This would seem to be the case with the latest iPhone, as there were many new features that people were expecting to see that didn’t make an appearance. Even the phone itself – people wanted an iPhone 5, instead we got an iPhone 4S. But as the song continues, “sometimes you get what you need.” The iPhone 4S may not include all of...

After many months of producing high end Android smartphones such as the Sensation and EVO 3D, HTC has turned their attention back to the mid-range market with their latest offering. The Explorer seeks to make a name for itself in the section of the market that had been conquered by HTC’s earlier Wildfire and Wildfire S smartphones. Like the Wildfire handsets the Explorer runs on Android. This is a more up to date version though, and...

With Samsung one of the modern age’s electronic darlings, the Ace was clearly going to get a lot of attention upon its release – and it has. So what does the phone have going for it – does it stand out? And is it better than other mid-range phone deals? Well one of the premium competitors is the HTC Wildfire S and the Ace just seems to be put together in a number of ways better than the HTC. The Taiwanese made phone is for one thing...

The price of a new generation smartphone is pejorative for many, the iPhone 4S comes in more expensive than its now much less appealing predecessor the iPhone 4 at just under £500. By new generation of smartphones, I mean the revolution which has now happened with the launch of iPhone 4S and Android phones like the Galaxy S2. These smartphones bring something truly magnificent to the smartphone market, but are all priced in the...