Travellers in, and travelling through London leave 10,000 mobile phones behind a month! (more…)

It’s officially reaching the end of 2009, Google & Bing have released details of the most searched for topics of the year. (more…)

The most common type of headphone jack socket. You can find these on mobiles, laptops, iPods, TVs, etc. Nokia & Apple are both big pushers of the socket type which has helps popularise them.

O2’s grip of the iPhone has ended today as Orange moves in and shapes-up to retail it too. (more…)

Just a quick post to say that thetechangel will be taking a well earned break from next week. (more…)

Capacitve Touchscreen is a touchscreen that conducts electricity when your finger is placed upon it. It doesn’t react to pressure from your finger. This technology is what allows for multitouch on mobiles, so you can use more than one finger at a time.

This is the element used in a proper camera flash that produces a very bright, fast, flash. Not all mobiles have them, but if you’re a quick snapper probably worth looking for.

AMOLED is a super-slimline Active Matrix Organic LED display (basically a different kind of screen technology that you’re used to). It controls all of the pixels in the screen individually, giving you a far sharper image on screen and better contrast for whites and blacks. The power consumption is also far less compared to traditional LED screens.

This is fastest mobile phone Internet connection. HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Pack Access if you’re interested!) gives 14.4mbps, which is quite a high speed for a mobile device. Speed is though subject to handset type, location, and mobile phone network.

Just a quick note to announce my summer holiday plans. (more…)