A lot of people, including most of the Redmond Pie team, live with their smartphones in silent mode. With the vibration motors being so good on handsets these days, you can probably hear the thing as well as feel it, anyway!
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Oliver Haslam has written about technology for over a decade. His work has been published in print at Macworld and online pretty much everywhere else. If it plugs in or has a battery, it's fair game.
The news that Google is looking to bring a Game Center-like feature to its Android smartphone and tablet operating system is a particularly interesting one, if perhaps not a surprising one.
New iPhone 5 concept images, created by the owner of a Kickstarter project, show what we suspect would be many people's choice for the design of the unannounced smartphone, even if we can't see Apple ever going for it.
If you want to reclaim some long lost storage space on your Android smartphone and happen to be someone who is installing and removing apps more often than most, then SD Maid may be the app for you. By completely removing traces of uninstalled apps, SD Maid promises to reclaim some of that storage space that you probably never thought you would see again.
If you are a fan of cricket and happen to own a Windows Phone device, then you are in luck today, for a new app has been released that promises to be right up your street.
Apple has taken the decision to rename one of its iPad models in the face of criticism from a collection of countries, over the way the 'WiFi + 4G' iPad was named.
3D is all the rage, leaving some with the burning desire to try and create their own 3D content. While they could pop out and pick up an expensive 3D video recorder, owners of a couple of iOS devices can start taking 3D photos right now. Or at least, that's the idea.
The build-up to WWDC always sees a plethora of rumors and conjecture, and the 2012 event is no different. As it is often the case, a new version of iOS is very much the hotly anticipated product this year, what may or may not find its way into the first beta being disputed across the internet.
In what can only be described as a highly comical turn of events, Apple's much lauded Siri has offered Nokia something of a shot in the arm by decreeing its latest Windows Phone 7 smartphone to be the best available.
Well well well, if the rumors of an Apple television were rampant before, then this latest development certainly isn't going to slow them down. In fact, depending on which side of the fence you sit on, this particular rumor could go so far as to confirm the existence of the fabled Apple Television.

