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Programme 197 covers:
- News of
Facebook Home and the HTC First
- Customising guide for the Samsung Galaxy S III - creating the perfect, flexible, cutting edge smartphone for under £250
- A cosy sofa chat about The
Phones Show and answering emails
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Show 206 - Hands on
review of the Huawei Ascend P6, plus my hands-on first look at
the Nokia Lumia 1020 and its rather special camera.
Show
205 - My hands on review of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom,
plus news of the Nokia Lumia 1020
Show 204 - When is a
phone not a phone? Plus a review of the Nokia Lumia 928 (with
Xenon) and an OIS update, by popular request(!)
Show 203 - News
catch-up, plus a hands-on demonstration of the state of the art
in smartphone OIS
Show
202 - My detailed review of the utterly unique Blackberry
Q10
Show 201 - News
catch-up, plus my thoughts on stock Android...
Show 200 - Full
review of the Samsung Galaxy S4, plus your user stories sent in
to celebrate 200 shows!
Show 199 - News of
the Samsung Galaxy Mega and Archos devices, my Top 5 Phones for
May 2013
Show
198 - why wireless charging will be standard on all top
phones within 12 months, plus hands-on review of the Nokia Lumia
520
Show 197 - News of
Facebook Home, my story of 'customising the heck' out of the
Galaxy S III, plus a cosy chat on the sofa(!)
Show 196 - Extended
review of the HTC One: the premier Android smartphone in the
world?
Show
195 - hands-on review of the Sony Xperia Z, plus news
comments on the HTC One
Show 194 - Extended
review of the Blackberry Z10: beginning of a new era or
beginning of the end?
Show 193 - Reviews of
the iPhone OtterBox ARMOR, the Nokia Lumia 620 and (kind of) the
HTC 8S(!)
Show
192 - hands-on review of the Samsung Galaxy S III mini,
plus news of the Blackberry Z10 and Q10
Show 191 - The ins
and outs of software video stabilisation, plus 'how far back
could you go?'
Show 190 - My review of the Samsung Ativ S, plus phone news from CES 2013
Archive of earlier Smartphones Shows
