Since its debut in 2008, the Android operating system has been through numerous growing pains.
Place an operating system running Android 1.0 in front of a modern smartphone user, and they might react with incredulity at the original platfor...
The drop in value experienced by smartphones can be quite shocking, especially if you’re hoping to sell a relatively new device.
The annual musicMagpie Phone Deprecation Report makes depressing reading for early adopters, and anyone who f...
When the history books are written about 2020, they won’t be kind.
Coronavirus will undoubtedly take most of the headlines, alongside ham-fisted governmental attempts at controlling it – and the lasting consequences of those actions.
Ho...
For decades, there have been predictions about the imminent demise of printed books.
In the 1980s, home computers were allegedly leading a generation of young people away from reading, turning them all into Manic Miner and Chase HQ obsessiv...
Choosing a new smartphone is a seductive experience, with the latest handsets promising technologies and features your existing device can’t provide.
And amid the excitement about higher-quality camera lenses and bigger screens, it’s ea...
Despite the ubiquity of modern smartphone and tablet touchscreens, there’s a lot to be said for the old-fashioned way of doing things.
BlackBerry may be ploughing a lonely furrow manufacturing handsets with a traditional QWERTY keyboard, ...
Smartphone operating systems aren’t something many of us give much thought to on a daily basis.
The version of iOS or Android installed onto our phones is rarely as significant (or discussion-worthy) as its storage, or the pixel quality o...
Brand loyalists are often prone to exaggeration and hyperbole in attempting to defend the honour of their chosen brand against the merits of rival products.
We’ve seen it many times over the years. Ford and Vauxhall, Sky and Virgin, iOS a...
History is littered with unfortunate incidents involving smartphones.
The slow-motion drop onto the floor of your local chippy…the toddler who knocks it off your patio furniture onto a flagstone…the sheer horror of seeing it descend int...
However diligently we look after them, smartphones have a degree of in-built obsolescence.
Components wear out, battery cells degrade, software conflicts multiply and touchscreen responsiveness begins to reduce.
Then there’s more delibera...
