If you’re an iPhone 5 owner who isn’t swimming in cash, you’ve probably very quickly realised that lightning charging cables and docks aren’t exactly as easy to come across as their 30-pin cousins. As an iPhone owner since the 3Gs, and now holding fast on the 4, I love the near ubiquity of the 30-pin [...]
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Momax XC Dual USB Mains Charger Review
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013ArmourDillo Hybrid Nexus 4 case review
Saturday, April 13th, 2013This truly is a Gadgetoid favourite. The ArmourDillo Hybrid Nexus 4 case from MobileFun is the TRANSFORMERS IN DISGUISE of Nexus 4 cases, allowing you to detach the stand-cum-hardened (fnarr fnarr) outer polycarbonate impact resistant exoskeleton from its inner TPU case. So this is really two cases in one. What a smeggin’ bargain!
Flexishield Skin Nexus 4 case review
Friday, April 12th, 2013Having recently moved up in the world from a Nokia N8 to a Nexus 4, I found myself in need of some cases to protect my brand new shiny. First up, is the Flexishield Skin for Nexus 4 from MobileFun. This crystal case provides a cheap and relatively inconspicuous way to protect your Google N4. [...]
Microlab H21 Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers
Saturday, August 11th, 2012Bookshelf speakers are an oft overlooked home-entertainment addition, perhaps because bookshelves are a dying breed, or are always crammed with the latest videogame releases. But the bookshelf form-factor is a great, multi-purpose alternative to an MP3 player dock and makes for a tidy, attractive desktop speaker solution, too, if you prefer to deliver your audio [...]
Stickems Gadget Screen Cleaners
Saturday, March 31st, 2012Ever since the proliferation of touch based input, Smartphone and tablet screens have been terrible fingerprint magnets and that grime quickly becomes an incumbent nuisance that even a sleeve can’t cope with. Enter microfiber cloths, you’ve probably used one, and you may even keep one handy. But it’s safe to assume you probably don’t, and [...]
Yet Another Mobile Game Controller
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012Joining the ranks of many other mobile game controllers, which have followed in the success of the iControlPad, the Evolution Controllers Arduino based DRONE™ controller has crept up on us along with an accompanying KickStarer project aiming to secure the $60,000 needed for injection moulds, manufacture and testing. It is, by far, the prettiest such [...]
HTC ChaCha Review
Saturday, February 25th, 2012Before becoming smitten with the iPhone, I was an HTC user and gained an appreciation for their products that has not been shattered since. Despite the unfortunate plague of Android tearing through the mobile market, although to be fair it’s a little better than the Windows Mobile I used back in the day, HTC continue [...]
Micro SIM Cutter From MobileFun
Monday, January 30th, 2012With the rise of the Micro SIM, and the outright sensibility of picking from the growing pool of SIM-free mobile phones instead of tying yourself into a lengthy, inescapable contract, the need to cut SIM cards down to Micro SIM size is all too common. Many SIM-only, rolling-monthly contracts come with full-sized SIM cards currently, [...]
Otone Aporto USB/Battery Powered 2.0 Speaker Review
Monday, January 30th, 2012I’ve never been a huge fan of portable speakers, this is probably because they’re traditionally quite awful. The Otone Aporto, however, combines reasonably decent sound with a quirky transforming trick. Its creator, Otone Audio, is a home-grown rising star in the audio world, headquartered in Manchester. They’re a relatively new and largely unknown company who [...]
Official Samsung Micro USB to USB Converter
Friday, October 21st, 2011USB On-The-Go (USB OTG) is hardly new, but its uptake is reasonably small so mobile devices which can take advantage of USB peripherals such as memory sticks, hard drives and even MIDI Keyboards are few and far between. Apple hit the nail on the head with the Camera Connection Kit, which provided a USB adaptor [...]