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Logi BLOK, the iPad Case That’s Made to be Dropped

Logitech revealed their first family of products today, a set of rugged iPad protective cases named the ‘BLOK’ series, under the new brand ‘Logi’. All three BLOK cases use a “unique extra-absorbent polymer” and square corners to absorb the force when dropped, hence the product name ‘BLOK’. Logi says that your iPad will be able…

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Smartphones

Huawei Unveils 5.2-inch Honor 7 At Just $320

Huawei’s brand new smartphone, the Honor 7, was unveiled yesterday. It comes in three different variants and fits within the higher end of the mid-range spec’d phones. Pricing starts at just 1999 Yuan ($322) for the base model of the Honor 7 which features 16GB of storage, 2199 Yuan ($354) again gets you 16GB but allows for…

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Computing Smartphones & Tablets

#AcerLiveBlog: Spending A Weekend With Acer’s Latest Tech

Acer recently took me and a bunch of other UK bloggers to Dublin as part of a live blogging trip. Not only was it an opportunity for us to play with some of their devices, but we also had to complete a number of challenges around the city. Here’s a short video I made about the trip: Cooks…

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OnePlus 2 CPU Revealed to be Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1

OnePlus forum administrator Pete has just revealed that the OnePlus 2 will be using an optimised version of Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1. The reasons behind this choice were because the engineers creating the phone decided that the 810’s “speed and ability to multitask while maintaining optimal battery performance remain unmatched amongst others in the industry”.…

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Tips To Save Battery On Your Smartphone

There’s nothing worse than discovering you have something around 10 per cent battery on your phone when you’re about to head out the door. And the truth is, it happens to all of us, so with that in mind, phone company Mobile Phones Direct give us a few handy tips to help you save a…

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Apple Smartphones

A Cracked iPhone Lens, Apple’s Genius Bar & Great Customer Service

Last week I had the bad luck of dropping my iPhone flat on concrete. Go ahead, take a moment to cringe — I know I did. Fortunately enough it fell flat on its back rather than the display (that would have been much worse), which meant a few kinks to its sensitive aluminium body. That was painful to look at,…

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Smartphones

Honor 6 Plus Smartphone: First Impressions From UK Tech Bloggers [Video]

I recently got invited by UK network, Three, to get hands on with Huawei’s Honor 6 Plus smartphone. You can read my full first impressions in this post, but in the video below (produced by fellow tech blogger Purav, or PDTechHD) a few UK tech bloggers weigh in their thoughts on the device. Also read:…

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Smartphones

From iPhone 6 To BlackBerry Passport: First Impressions

My first experience with a smartphone was with a BlackBerry Bold. Truthfully, I don’t even remember which specific model it was, but I do remember picking it over the iPhone 3GS at the time. Why? BlackBerry messenger (BBM) was one of the company’s key selling points, and with its physical keyboard and mouse, it was just a pleasure…

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Apps & Software iOS Mac OS X Smartphones & Tablets

Clear Coming to The Apple Watch

In the past couple of days there has been a barrage of apps updated to add support for the Apple Watch. While I’m not much of a watch person, there a couple of apps that make me wish I was. One such example is Clear from Realmac. Clear for iOS was among the apps updated…

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Three Announces Exclusive Tariffs For Huawei Honor 6 Plus Smartphone

Three have today announced that Huawei’s new Honor 6 Plus smartphone — a device which I took a look at here — is going to be exclusively available on Three’s UK network from May 1st. You can check out the range of tariffs below: The Honor 6 Plus is available for as little as £19…