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Smartphones

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TechGuide
Here's why you would want to factory reset your device
12 Nov 2014
170k
26
deactivate
Apple now allowing you to deactivate iMessage and escape SMS woes
10 Nov 2014
22.6k
3
blue light
Did you stay up on your phone last night? It could be ruining your sleep and vision
10 Nov 2014
15.9k
8
Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
8 Nov 2014
21.2k
9
TechGuide
Why is your smartphone's battery life so poor?
6 Nov 2014
27.4k
52
TechKnowHow
Phone specs: which ones are actually worth paying attention to?
2 Nov 2014
17.2k
44
Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
1 Nov 2014
19.2k
11
Troubled Waters
Sony records hefty losses as its smartphone woes continue
31 Oct 2014
7.3k
6
overworked
The 9-to-5 working day is an endangered species
31 Oct 2014
14.1k
36
TechKnowHow
Thinking of getting your child a smartphone? Here's what you should consider
26 Oct 2014
16.4k
20
We Hardly Knew ye
IMAGES: RIP Nokia mobile phones (1987-2014)
23 Oct 2014
76.4k
98
Pros and Cons
Review: Should the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact be your next phone?
22 Oct 2014
37.7k
15
padded out
Apple is offloading heaps of iPhones, but is the iPad's day done?
21 Oct 2014
19.4k
28
would you ever cop on?
Irish lead the world for not tolerating bad mobile phone manners
20 Oct 2014
15.8k
31
pc or macgyver
7 apps that will transform your phone into the ultimate toolkit
20 Oct 2014
27.6k
8
TechKnowHow
How to transfer contacts from one smartphone to another
19 Oct 2014
36.8k
23
go big or go home
Google's latest smartphone is a 6-inch behemoth
15 Oct 2014
15.8k
33
Oops
Apple maps and 8 other times Apple got it wrong
11 Oct 2014
23.7k
13
TechGuide
Getting an SD card to increase phone storage? Here's what you need to know
8 Oct 2014
62.8k
31
TechKnowHow
Not using your old phone any longer? Here's why you should recycle it
5 Oct 2014
23.2k
9
hot swapping
Google's modular phone will allow you to swap hardware while it's running
30 Sep 2014
5.7k
20
Sell Sell Sell
Apple shows no signs of slowing down as iPhone sales top 10 million
22 Sep 2014
11.1k
63
TechGuide
Find app permissions confusing? Here's what you need to know
17 Sep 2014
9.8k
2
struggling
Sony smartphones not so clever any more
17 Sep 2014
18.9k
51
TechGuide
Here are the different lock screen security options at your disposal
10 Sep 2014
23.1k
21
Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
6 Sep 2014
19.2k
17
The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you take a break from your mobile phone when on holiday?
5 Sep 2014
10.7k
38
let's play
Sony may have come up with the best reason yet to buy an Xperia phone
3 Sep 2014
13.3k
22
Turned down
These are the reasons why most iPhone apps are rejected
2 Sep 2014
23.6k
7
iphone 6
Sssshh! Apple are being very secretive about a 9 September product launch
28 Aug 2014
28.4k
83
Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
23 Aug 2014
19.2k
12
self-destructing news
Is disappearing news the next step for Snapchat?
20 Aug 2014
10.5k
4
TechGuide
Why you should take five minutes out of your time to activate Find my Phone
20 Aug 2014
28.2k
49
choices
One of the best Android smartphones this year just got a Windows Phone twin
19 Aug 2014
17.0k
23
Pick Me
5 apps worth downloading this week
9 Aug 2014
26.0k
6
Paranoid Android
Google could be in hot water with Europe again, this time with Android
1 Aug 2014
8.6k
16
Competitiveness
Samsung blames slow smartphone sales and increased competition for profit slump
31 Jul 2014
6.8k
27
headwind
Apple's iPhone 6 faces a big pricing problem around the world
29 Jul 2014
35.2k
77
TechGuide
What to keep in mind when you're downloading apps
23 Jul 2014
14.2k
3
TechKnowHow
How to protect yourself against unwanted app charges
20 Jul 2014
13.6k
6
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