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May 6

So long and thanks for all the fish...

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So long and thanks for all the fish...

Twenty years of mobile coverage, almost 25,000 articles across (at times) up to five sites, half a dozen writers, Symbian through Meego and Windows Phone operating systems, then cross-platform to iOS...

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May 4

Samsung Semiconductor launches UFS 4.0 dlvr.it/SPm3wb

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Apr 30

Android 13 beta and demo

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Android 13 beta and demo

With less than two weeks to go until Google's annual shindig, pieces are starting to fall into place. Including the first public beta of Android 13, though note that you need not apply unless you...

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Apr 28

And after months of imaging updates... (Duo 2, iPhone, Pixel 6 Pro)

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And after months of imaging updates... (Duo 2, iPhone, Pixel 6 Pro)

In part testing whether I can get Features to work on this site again - but also testing some of my favourite recent smartphones with a bevy of updates under their belt now. In theory, this is as...

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Apr 25

'Switch to Android' Google app now official on iPhone...

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'Switch to Android' Google app now official on iPhone...

Platform owners are forever trying to woo users from rival platforms, of course. Now that 'third' ecosystems have died away and it's a two horse race in the mobile world, Apple has been trying to...

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Apr 23

The laptop in your pocket

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The laptop in your pocket

So yes a bit of an experiment. Writing about the laptop in your pocket ON a laptop in my pocket. In this case the Microsoft Surface Duo 2. No corrections or additions were made on any other device....

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Apr 21

Buy a new mid-ranger or a two year old flagship?

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Buy a new mid-ranger or a two year old flagship?

With my own Phones Show now in the past, I'm very happy to recommend other YouTubers, not least Arun Maini here, who - aside from the juvenile backwards baseball cap - produces very high quality...

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Apr 19

(Definitive) Surface Duo vs Surface Duo 2

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(Definitive) Surface Duo vs Surface Duo 2

These are crossover devices for our time, certainly across AAWP and AAM - the Microsoft Surface Duo and Duo 2, with the best of Microsoft and most of the best of Android. A year apart and significant...

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Apr 17

Review: UGREEN Travel Organiser Bag

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UGREEN Travel Organiser Bag

While utterly generic, I have a soft spot for 'gadget bags', as I call them. My go-everywhere briefcase has been filled in recent times with a myriad of cables and adapters - and this £17 UGREEN...

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Apr 14

iMovie update features Storyboards and Magic Movie

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iMovie update features Storyboards and Magic Movie

Apple's iMovie system, for both Macs and iPhones, is one of a number of stand-out value-add features for their hardware. In other words, budgeting for commercial quality video editing on other...

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Apr 13

No compromises folding luxury? The Vivo X Fold debuts

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No compromises folding luxury? The Vivo X Fold debuts

Take the established Samsung Galazy Z Fold design and ramp up all the specifications to the maximum, then launch it as a lower cost than Samsung ever did. Sounds impossible - and it may be in terms...

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Apr 12

Google's Pixel division seems to lack any QA dlvr.it/SNQtCw

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Apr 4

All About... the Nokia 9 PureView

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All About... the Nokia 9 PureView

My own experience with the Nokia 9 PureView, released to much fanfare exactly three years ago, was limited to my loan review period, but there are plenty of people with years of experience with this...

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Mar 31

'Your Phone' becomes 'Phone Link'

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'Your Phone' becomes 'Phone Link'

OK, so there's not much new here aside from a redesign of the PC side of things and that'll be rolling out soon - but Microsoft has at least simplified things slightly in the renaming of 'Your Phone...

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Mar 31

TGS: Folding phones and over-ear Bluetooth

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TGS: Folding phones and over-ear Bluetooth

The Gadget Show is a well known TV review affair in the UK, with everything dumbed down in 'Top Gear' fashion for mass market consumption, but still quite fun and covering tech that you or I might be...

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Mar 29

Mini-review: UGREEN HiTune X6 TWS buds

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Mini-review: UGREEN HiTune X6 TWS buds

There's not that much to say about TWS (True Wireless Stereo) earbuds, since they're now pretty ubiquitous in 2022, which is why I refuse most review sets offered to me at All About Towers. However,...

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Mar 28

Surface Duo 2: Michael Fisher's long term review

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Surface Duo 2: Michael Fisher's long term review

Fresh from his detailed look at DeX and Continuum, Michael Fisher has turned his polished attention to the Surface Duo 2, which he's been using on and off now for the best part of half a year. With...

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Mar 25

Review: Jackery 500 Power Station

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Jackery 500 Power Station

Following my look at a folding 120W solar panel and a 12V 65W adapter, it's time for the pièce de résistance - a way of 'caching' charge and dispensing it as needed. Traditionally in the mobile world...

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Mar 23

Review: Firefly 120W folding solar panel dlvr.it/SMFH41

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Mar 20

Review: Baseus 65W PD 'Car Charger'

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Baseus 65W PD 'Car Charger'

No, the second appearance of Baseus in these pages has nothing to do with sponsored products or freebies - I bought each with my own money and am renovating my entire home tech power system - more in...

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Mar 20

DeX, Continuum - 'almost useable'

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DeX, Continuum - 'almost useable'

Michael Fisher is one of the biggest YouTubers who's also open to 'think different', in terms of smartphones, accessories, folding, and extending. In the video below he takes the NexDock 360 and a...

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Mar 16

Review: Baseus Adaman 65W Digital Power Bank

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Baseus Adaman 65W Digital Power Bank

It's that time of the year, perhaps. Roughly once each annum I declare myself to have discovered the 'perfect' power bank. And the thing is that I always have justification for the new rating because...

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Mar 15

Magic Movie and Storyboards coming to iMovie next month

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Magic Movie and Storyboards coming to iMovie next month

Apple has trailed two major new features for its flagship video editing suite on iOS (and iPad OS and Mac OS). Magic Movie is an overhaul of the basic 'cinematic' wizard that has been in iMovie for...

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Mar 13

David Wood on 30 years of PDA and smartphone OS...

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David Wood on 30 years of PDA and smartphone OS...

If you haven't heard of David Wood before then you need to catch up a little. One of the creators of the Psion palmtops in the 1990s and then one of the architects of Symbian OS in the 2000s, he has...

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Mar 13

18 years on... the Sony Ericsson P910

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18 years on... the Sony Ericsson P910

Michael Fisher has an ongoing video series looking at smartphones of yesteryear and in the episode below he looks back at the Sony Ericsson P910, a device with no less than four user interface...

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Mar 11

Google upgrades Messages and RCS

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Google upgrades Messages and RCS

Google is gradually taking control of messaging in Android with a double whammy of a constantly upgraded Messages app (as seen in many phones now, not just Pixels, e.g. in Sonys, in the Surface Duos,...

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Mar 9

'File transfer by default' in Android

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'File transfer by default' in Android

One of the biggest annoyances of Android is when plugging into a PC or Mac, you have to manually find the 'Connected by USB' prompt and then select 'File transfer', since otherwise you get just get...

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Mar 8

Android 12L: confirmed coming to Surface Duo and Duo 2

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Android 12L: confirmed coming to Surface Duo and Duo 2

Google is prepping the new Android 12L, optimised for large and folding displays, for mainstream release via update channels and has pushed out an article giving more details, by Andrei Popescu, VP...

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Mar 7

Review: UGREEN 100W GaN Fast Charger dlvr.it/SLDllL

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Mar 3

OpoLua brings Psion palmtop apps to the iPhone

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OpoLua brings Psion palmtop apps to the iPhone

A brief history lesson. Today's smartphones are built on the lessons learned from the early days, when Symbian ruled the world (2002-2010) - and Symbian itself, a multitasking OS in the palm of your...

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Mar 2

Review: RENAISSER Raphael 530 Stylus

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RENAISSER Raphael 530 Stylus

Features may be on hold, but I can still post reviews. Now, now... If you resent paying £120 for a Microsoft Slim Pen 2, and then either another £30 for a charger for it, or another £60 for the...

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Feb 27

Review: XtremeSkins: Aged Oak and Textured Black

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XtremeSkins: Aged Oak and Textured Black

Features may be on hold, but it seems that I can post reviews. Not there's a huge amount to tackle at 'All About Towers' right now, but for the sake of completeness, here's a look at two of my...

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Feb 26

Surface Duo 2: Updates, Long term review

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Surface Duo 2: Updates, Long term review

Two quick notes regarding Surface Duo 2, of interest today. Firstly, the February 2022 update just hit the phone, with yet more speed improvements to the camera, plus proper animations in single...

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Feb 20

How to Side Load Android Apps on Windows 11

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How to Side Load Android Apps on Windows 11

YouTuber Shane Craig has a specialism in the intersection of Windows and mobile, resulting in a lot of interesting geeky videos, including the one embedded below, demonstrating how to sideload...

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Feb 18

Haptics-enhanced Android 12 and Dynamic Vibration...

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Haptics-enhanced Android 12 and Dynamic Vibration...

YouTube channel 'Gary Explains' has an interesting video up, embedded below, on the criminally under-reported inclusion of 'HD Haptics' in Android 12, now here on the Google Pixels and imminent on...

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Feb 18

Windows 11 powered by your Android phone?

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Windows 11 powered by your Android phone?

For anyone steeped in Lumias, Continuum, DeX, and now Surface Duo, there's an interesting editorial up at WC this week by fellow Brit Sean Endicott, talking about his dream of dual booting a phone...

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Feb 16

Enter the Amazon Appstore Preview, with select Android apps and games on Windows 11

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Enter the Amazon Appstore Preview, with select Android apps and games on Windows 11

You've always wanted to run Android apps in your Windows Desktop, right? Well, perhaps not (and note that Your Phone kind of got there first), but casual gamers in particular might like to know that...

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Feb 16

Why does the Surface Duo 2 exist? A new chat series...

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Why does the Surface Duo 2 exist? A new chat series...

Brett and Mathew Gilbertson, Australian tech experts and Microsoft MVPs, also known on YouTube as 'oztabletpc', have started what will hopefully be a full series of chat videos based around the...

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Feb 15

What can I still do with my Microsoft Band?

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What can I still do with my Microsoft Band?

Coming across my Microsoft Band 2 the other day, I charged it up and found it in tip top condition - and it's been gathering steps, heart beats, and stairs climbed ever since. So - what can the Band...