Andrew Lim
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Andrew Lim is a phone guru who has travelled the world in search of the latest mobile tech. He was the mobile phones editor at CNET UK for three years, has written for GQ and the Telegraph, and judged the best handset for the Global Mobile Awards 2009.
When he's not looking at mobiles, he's eating dim sum.
Latest posts
HTC Desire S: Photo gallery
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Here's our exclusive first-look pictures of the Desire S, the latest phone in HTC's Desire family. Looking reliably familiar, the Desire S has dropped the optical trackpad on the front, and there's a new aluminium styling that runs through most of HTC's new announcements.
HTC Flyer: Hands-on video
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
The Flyer's killer feature looks to be its stylus, which HTC explains is intregrated into the whole of the tablet; take a screengrab and it can then be annotated and shared. Spot the HTC Sense styling of the main screens.
HTC Incredible S: Photo Gallery
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
We made a bee-line straight for HTC's Incredible S, and managed to get some great hands-on shots from Mobile World Congress. The Incredible S has four-inch touchscreen, and will come with HTC's own Sense interface, which was running on Android 2.2. Expect upgrades to 2.3 and then 2.4 in the near-future.
LG Optimus Pad: Photo gallery
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
The Optimus Pad will be running Android 3.0, the latest version of Google's OS. Made especially to make the most of tablets, expect it to make the most of the increased screen space. This tablet can also record in 3D, through dual back-facing cameras.
LG Optimus 3D: Photo gallery
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
The LG Optimus 3D has a glasses-free 3D screen, in addition to a dual-lens camera for filming in three dimensions. There's a dual-core processor making sure that anything you record or watch is silky smooth.
LG Optimus Pad: Hands-on video
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Known in the US as the T-Mobile G Slate, the LG Optimus Pad is another addition to the Android Tablet battlefield. The 8.9-inch tablet can be connected to HDTVs, and is the first tablet able to record in 3D.
LG Optimus 3D: Hands-on video
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Here's our exclusive hands-on video of LG's Optimus 3D. Obviously, you need to be there to get the full 3D effect, but note those twin cameras on the back, ready for making your own 3D masterpieces.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: Photo gallery
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Here's our exclusive hands-on video of LG's Optimus 3D. Obviously, you need to be there to get the full 3D effect, but note those twin cameras on the back, ready for making your own 3D masterpieces.
Samsung Galaxy S II: Photo gallery
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Here's our exclusive hands-on video of LG's Optimus 3D. Obviously, you need to be there to get the full 3D effect, but note those twin cameras on the back, ready for making your own 3D masterpieces.
Samsung Galaxy S II: Hands on video
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Here we are playing with the dual-cored Galaxy S II. Bask in its skinny glory. We we're one of the first to handle the dual-core monster, and had time to start up a random game.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: Hands on video
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Recombu managed to squeeze to the head of the queue for some hands-on fun with Samsung's latest tablet. In the hand, it felt surprisingly light, and Gingerbread's never looked so good.
Did Nokia use Apple's music for its Microsoft partnership video? Yes, LOL
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Watch this Nokia/Microsoft partnership video and listen carefully to the music. Now watch this MacBook Pro video on Apple's site. If you can't beat them join them...
CES Photos: Ingenious iPhone TV Hat keeps prying eyes off your screen
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Don't you just hate it when you're watching a film on your iPhone and you can see someone in your peripheral vision looking at you? What's that? That's never ...
CES Photos: iPhone bottle opener case vs iPad cushion case
2 years ago | POSTED IN Comparisons
You know when you come to CES the technology you’re going to see the most of is iPhone covers. It’s a given. Be you a fan of diamante, dinosaur bones, cheeseburgers or rare ...
CES Photos: BlackBerry Playbook
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
There's been an abundance of tablet announcements this year at CES, but the tablet that drew one of the biggest draw was one we already knew all about. The Blackberry Playbook made its...
2010 Recombu Giveaway Extravaganza
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Update: This competition closed on 01.01.2011 - we will announce the winners by the end of this month. It’s been a great year here at Recombu Towers so we wanted to celebrate 2010 by...
UK Google Nexus S: What's in the box?
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
We’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on one of the first Google Nexus S handsets in the UK. We need to spend a bit more time with it before we can put up a full review but we thought...
Competition: Find a Three human hotspot in London and win a MiFi
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Three are giving away five MiFis to the first five people to locate and take a picture of a Three human hotspot in London today. To enter the competition you need to post a picture of a Three...
Joby GorillaMobile for iPhone 4: Flexible hands-free stand
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
You’re sat on the edge of a helicopter, iPhone 4 in hand, and you want to get a shot of your head hanging out the door. You could try to take a picture with the iPhone in one hand and hold on...
Symbian OS development heads to Finland, legal paperwork heads to London
2 years ago | POSTED IN News
Symbian, Nokia’s fave OS, isn’t disappearing just yet but things are changing behind the scenes. Today the Symbian Foundation, which was in charge of SDKs and signing apps, revealed that...