Jon Gold - Author - Good Gear Guide

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Article | 5/09/2012 In Pictures: Back from the EDGE - a look at the evolution of the iPhone

With the Apple iPhone 5 on deck, we look back at how the iconic smartphone line has evolved

Article | 30/08/2012 Hottest Android news and rumors for the week ending August 31

It's fair to say that the verdict in the landmark Samsung vs. Apple case could have been better for the Android manufacturer, as the jury dealt it a b...

Article | 27/08/2012 Apple files injunction against 8 Samsung devices after major court win

Apple's lawyers filed a preliminary injunction that would ban the sale of eight Samsung mobile devices that were recently found to have infringed on t...

Article | 27/08/2012 5 reasons Android users won't switch to the iPhone 5

The hype around the upcoming iPhone 5 - which is rapidly approaching the hysterical peak that we've all come to expect every time Apple rolls out a ne...

Article | 27/08/2012 5 reasons Android users will switch to the iPhone 5

Unless you've been living under a server farm for the past few months -- subsisting on Ethernet cables and waste heat -- you're probably aware that th...

Article | 23/08/2012 Android news and rumour round-up for the week ending August 24

Releasing a new flagship Android device within even a few weeks of the upcoming iPhone 5 is probably not the greatest idea in the world, and that has ...

Article | 16/08/2012 Android news and rumour roundup for the week ending August 17

I really thought the whole stylus idea had been consigned to the same storage closet as Zip drives and dial-up modems, but Samsung doggedly stuck with...

Article | 2/08/2012 Android news and rumour roundup for week ending August 3

Let's face it - a lot of the technology that smartphone and tablet makers use in their devices is pretty similar. After all, there's only so many ways...

Article | 26/07/2012 Android news and rumour round-up for week ending July 27

People just love the Nexus 7. Love it down to its grippy white back panel. And that's actually causing problems.

Article | 20/07/2012 In Pictures: First look, Firefox 14

We check out some of the Mozilla Firefox 14 browser's new features

Article | 19/07/2012 Android news and rumour round-up (week ending July 20)

While the Google Android's rumor mill doesn't churn quite as hard as that of some other device families, there's still plenty of dessert-flavored mobi...

Article | 19/07/2012 Android Jelly Bean SDK released to public

Google's Android development team announced Wednesday evening that the full software development kit for Android 4.1 (a.k.a. Jelly Bean) is now availa...

Article | 12/07/2012 In Pictures: 9 high-tech glasses you might be seeing soon

The coming wave of techie headgear

Article | 10/07/2012 Jellybeans for (almost) everyone -- Google releases Android 4.1 source code

The full source code of Jellybean, Google's latest and greatest Android version, was released to the Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) late Monday ni...

Article | 3/07/2012 Patent war unlikely to bring Androidocalypse

On the surface, Apple's recent courtroom victories are a threat to the future of the Android platform. A pair of injunctions blocking Samsung's Galaxy...