I’m on a one-man mission to find out if the BlackBerry PlayBook can act as a reasonable replacement to the new iPad, for the benefit of anyone who suddenly wants to join the tablet brigade but doesn’t want to spend their life savings. Today’s test: can the £169 PlayBook keep up with the iPad in terms of multimedia? Read on to find out. Read more
Calm down. We’re not reviewing the year-old BlackBerry PlayBook for the first time. In case you’ve missed the first couple of rounds, I’m revisting the 7-inch slate to see if using it more, pimping it with apps and coming at it from new angles will stop me from wanting to spend £400 on the new iPad.
Today’s piece in the series is a look at how the PlayBook can act as your best business buddy. Read more
Instagram for Android! Yay! Woo! Etc! Have you all calmed down now? As the dust settles on the first batch of hazy, washed out vintage pictures, all we can see is the same old story: iPhone beats Android to the punch. The problem is, will this launch actually make that paradigm worse? Read more
Got a Samsung Galaxy S2 but still waiting on Ice Cream Sandwich? You know, we’ve already told you how to get the update. Still, if you’re waiting for it officially, or if you’ve got one of the several bazillion other Android phones out there that still haven’t made the jump, there are a few essential downloads that bridge the gap between Ice Cream Sandwich and older Android iterations. Read on for the ICS app downloads. Read more
iPhone smash hit Temple Run has landed on Android today, bringing yet another free app into the frenzy of what appears to be a sort of freemium app renaissance. Can the Indiana Jones-inspired reflex-tester scoop up as many downloads on Google’s mobile platform as its iOS counterpart? Read more
Proof, if ever it were needed, that some of the best ideas are often the simplest (and oldest) can be found in Draw Something, the Pictionary aping social app for the iPhone. The game’s makers claim that it’s one of the fastest growing mobile apps ever – with massive numbers to back that up. Read more
So you and your friends have all unwittingly entered into a ‘rounds’ situation at the pub, and now it’s your turn to go and get a laundry list of drinks. If only there were a way of doing it without having to remember and carry things. Fret not: thanks to the wonders of the internets, there actually is. Read more
Apple has launched the new iPad. It’s a really impressive device with a monster 1080p HD Retina Display, the same iSight camera that’s found on the iPhone 4S, and a super-powerful dual-core A5X processor with quad-core graphics. What are you gonna do with all that power? Use Apple’s new breed of iPad apps, of course. Read on for the full details.
