Tech Insight: Exploring the Cutting-Edge of Smartphones, Tablets, Laptops & Gadgets

  Are you bombarded by ads popping up on your smartphone? Mobile advertising is big business and advertisers are constantly coming up with new ways to track you and send out targeted ads. Many of these ads have been designed to be difficult for you to close. Advertisers deliberately make the X hard to find or impossible to click. ASUS is the first major smartphone manufacturer with plans to stop its customers being annoyed by mobile ads.     Continue reading →

    New android smartphone? Wondering which apps you need? Before you go crazy and start downloading apps willy-nilly there are some important things you need to know.       Continue reading →

  Biometric authentication of smartphone owners provides a higher level of security than passwords and could very soon completely replace passwords. 2015 has seen a huge increase in cybercrime both in the UK and globally. Hacking has become more sophisticated and cyber criminals have targeted large companies such as TalkTalk as well as individuals often stealing bank details and other sensitive data.   Continue reading →

  Over 55% of British adults now own a smartphone. This figure is expected to rise to 69% in 2018. Since the introduction of the first smartphone 8 years ago smartphones have transformed how we communicate, how we consume media and how we are entertained. In November 2007 the first iPhone invented by the late Steve Jobs went on sale in London The device cost £269 but Apple fans queued all night to become owners of the world first touch-screen smartphone that had apps and enabled high-speed internet connection.   Continue reading →

  Tesco's Hudl Tablet became an instant hit when it was launched in 2013. Over 50,000 of the budget android tablets were sold in the first six months at around £65 each. The Hudl 2 sold for around £100 but Tesco shoppers were able to use club card points and get the Hudl for just £60. Tesco have given no explanation for discontinuing the Hudl 2 and many parents who were planning on getting Tesco's budget tablet for their kids this Christmas are desperately searching for alternative android budget tablets that will delight their kids without breaking the bank.   Continue reading →

  Tablets have evolved into bigger and better devices. Laptop grade tablets are replacing laptops with detachable tablets that now enable us to do virtually everything we use a laptop for, but can a tablet really replace your laptop? As we have become used to the convenience of touch friendly tablets manufacturers are re-thinking tablets and innovating them to make tablets we can work on. The Teclast X16 Pro is one of the latest business focused tablets. Continue reading →

  As the selfie trend has grown so has the demand for superb selfie-centric smartphones. In 2013 'selfie' became Oxford dictionaries word of the year and smartphones have become most peoples primary cameras. Smartphone manufacturers are meeting the demand for selfie-centric smartphones with new innovation and improved cameras; to provide an improved selfie taking experience and high quality selfie photos.   Continue reading →

Buying a budget smartphone under £150 is similar to snapping up a bargain bottle of wine. You may not expect much from a budget smartphone costing under £150 but just as a cheap bottle of wine can amaze you by tasting better than a bottle that has cost a whole lot more; several budget smartphones under £150 are stylish, well made and perform as well as more expensive smartphones due to being powered by the same processors. Continue reading →

  In 2016 around a third of the worlds smartphone sales will be dual-SIM smartphones. Dual-SIM smartphones are widely used in many countries yet in the UK many people aren't even aware they can get hold of a dual-SIM smartphone. Why? UK mobile phone providers want to attract customers by giving them a 'free' smartphone then lock them into expensive monthly contracts.     Continue reading →

  In 2015 many manufacturers met customer demands for large screen tablets bringing a great choice of larger tablets at reasonable prices. This means that you don't have to splash out over £600 on an iPad pro to get an awesome large screen tablet which enables you to do everything from work to play on the same device. Dual booting tablets boast professional windows operating systems along with the familiar android operating system.     Continue reading →