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February, 2011
If you often find yourself stuck trying to think of a unique gift for a friend or family member or just like shopping, Fancy is one of the best iPhone apps for fashion and shopping we’ve ever seen. It allows you to share cool finds from the web and follow other people to see what they’re digging.
Clothes, accessories and other cool things you can buy are separated into categories and you can shuffle lists to get a little bit of serendipity in there. The Fancy interface is not too fancy itself with a really clean design that focuses on showing you cool clothes rather than getting in the way with UI. It’s a great free app and could be a lifesaver when you realise you’ve forgotten your girlfriend/boyfriend/mad aunt has a birthday coming up.
Out now | £free | iTunes
The latest in our distinguished line of best iPad apps takes inspiration from one of the most fondly remembered film trilogies of all time. Back to the Future Ep 1 HD for iPad is a time-travelling point and click adventure, and well a worth a look if you’re one of the many Back to the Future fans.
Over in the US, the first Motorola Atrix review posts have started popping up online – as you’d expect for a phone set to go on sale in just four days’ time. But with the Motorola Atrix also headed to Orange in the UK later this year, we though we’d bring you a taste of what to expect from this jumbo phone and its curious laptop accessory. Read on for the experts’ views in our Motorola Atrix review roundup.
O2 has revealed on Twitter that it will be getting a white version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play on exclusive. We say so ourselves, but the Xperia Play has been quite the ugly duckling. There’s been a startling transformation from early Frankenstein’s monster leaks of the device, where it looked more like a home mod than a prototype, and now we have this beautiful white swan of a device. Click through for more photos.
The Samsung Galaxy S 2 was properly unveiled at MWC 2011 this week, although we’d been getting glimpses of it for a while. There’s a lot that’s changed between the Galaxy S and the Galaxy S 2, but when your contract comes up, will it be worth trading up for the newer, probably more expensive handset? We’ve pitted the Samsung Galaxy S against the Samsung Galaxy S 2, to see if the S 2 really is the best bet for your buck.
There’s still a whole swathe of grey area surrounding Apple’s in-app subscription plan, which will be taking a 30% cut of any in-app subscriptions. While those running the subscription services will see some benefit from Apple’s one click system, there’s been a lot of unhappy publishers and streaming services.But now, a figure has emerged that could mean we’re waving goodbye to Amazon Kindle on the iPhone.