Mobile phone opinions pieces from the Recombu team

iOS 7 is Apple's most polarizing update yet

last week | POSTED IN Opinions

In the weeks leading up to WWDC 2013, rumours and reports suggested that iOS 7 would see a dramatic user interface overhaul. Apple would scrap the controversial skeuomorphic elements from the UI, instead replacing them...

iOS 7 is Apple's most polarizing update yet

Facebook Home: So good it's bad?

1 month ago | POSTED IN Opinions

Facebook Home has had an absolutely monumental reception since its announcement last month by Zuckerberg himself. What do we mean by monumental? Huge, expansive, unavoidable. What we certainly don’t mean is...

Facebook Home: So good it's bad?

Opinion: The new iPad and the impact of mobile devices behind IT's Iron Curtain

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

Mike Anderson, CEO of Chelsea Apps Factory, tells us why the coming together of home and business technology means we might get some fun apps to play with at work. You’ll all know that Apple has just released the...

Opinion:  The new iPad and the impact of mobile devices behind IT's Iron Curtain

Opinion: What will be the best-selling mobile phones of 2012?

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

With over a week having passed now since Mobile World Congress closed its doors for another year, the time has come to take stock of the veritable smorgasbord of new products that made their debut. While some of the...

Opinion: What will be the best-selling mobile phones of 2012?

Opinion: What will Windows 8 ARM slates be? Because they won't be PCs

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

Windows 8, Microsoft has been saying for some time, is Windows “re-imagined for a new generation of computing devices”. There will still be familiar PCs running the x86 version of Windows 8, but there will...

Opinion: What will Windows 8 ARM slates be? Because they won't be PCs

Opinion: The three phone play - are Android OEMs finally starting to get it?

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

On the run up to MWC, everyone was expecting Android OEMs to come out guns blazing with the latest and greatest specs. Everyone would be pushing Nvidia’s latest quad-core monster of a processor, Tegra 3, along with...

Opinion: The three phone play - are Android OEMs finally starting to get it?

Creating the perfect postcard with Touchnote

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

Postcards are great ways to share a little bit of your holiday/travels with your friends and family, and maybe make them a little jealous too. There are a plethora of postcards available when you reach your destination,...

Creating the perfect postcard with Touchnote

Debate: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Holo themes - too much control or not enough?

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

Last week we locked horns over the pricing of Windows Phone devices and now we’re ruminating over the design direction Google is taking Android in with its Holo themes for Ice Cream Sandwich. Android's four...

Debate: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Holo themes - too much control or not enough?

Opinion: What does the future hold for Symbian?

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

There’s a problem with Symbian, and it’s one I sympathise with. It’s old. Older than you think. Like me. Back in the early 1990s, Psion came up with a fully multitasking, graphical, extensible operating...

Opinion: What does the future hold for Symbian?

Opinion: Google TV is here – but does anybody care?

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

Google wants to take over your TV. After an abortive first sortie, the Giant of Search was back with a second iteration of its interactive TV platform at this year’s International CES. But despite its ambitions...

Opinion:  Google TV is here – but does anybody care?

Debate: Are Windows Phone smartphones too expensive?

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

Nokia recently introduced it's second Windows Phone handset: the Nokia Lumia 710. We loved the handset and scored it highly, but it did provoke a question in the office. Are Windows Phone handsets too expensive?...

Debate: Are Windows Phone smartphones too expensive?

Opinion: Mobile Predictions for 2012

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

The first week of 2012 over, which for many people involved early starts, rail fare hikes and less predictable galeforce winds, with the Olympic Games and the Mayan 2012 phenomenon still to contend with. But what will...

Opinion: Mobile Predictions for 2012

Opinion: iPhone 5 vs Android next-gen rumours

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

My quad-core’s better than yours. No it isn’t. Yes, it is! It’s already coming down to this. With rumours abound about the iPhone 5 and its suspected A6 quad-core processor, Android's upcoming...

Opinion: iPhone 5 vs Android next-gen rumours

Opinion: Taking on South America and giving up my smartphone

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

I've been a smartphone lover since I first was introduced to the iPhone 2G and have had the pleasure (well most of the time), of using a variety of devices including Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia and most...

Opinion: Taking on South America and giving up my smartphone

Opinion: The smartphone needs to go back to basics

2 years ago | POSTED IN Opinions

In the rush to make our smartphones faster, thinner, and lighter, I can’t help but feel that manufacturers are overlooking the finer details. Our phones have moved beyond their basic functions and have essentially...

Opinion: The smartphone needs to go back to basics

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