| HTC One Max shown off in massive photo leak Sep 18th 2013, 11:40, by Marc Chacksfield 
The HTC One Max has appeared once again on film, with the super-sized smartphone shown off in comparison with a few of its big-screen rivals. The image shows the HTC One Max compared to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Note 2. This is the first time we have been able to get an idea of the size of the device and, well, it's going to be big. It looks longer than the Note 2 and a tad thicker but that could be down to the angle of the photograph. Max powerThe HTC One Max hasn't been announced by HTC yet. But, this leak further proves that the Taiwanese manufacturer is gunning for the bigger than a phone, not quite a tablet middle market (we aren't going the mention the 'p' word). There is also rumour that HTC is set to bring its stylus back, last seen on the largely forgotten HTC Flyer, presumably so HTC fans can have play sword fights with their Samsung S Pen wielding mates. 
Other features are set to include a fingerprint scanner (the leak shows one on the back of the handset), 4G connectivity and the fact this will be a single SIM device. Previous leaks had hinted at a two-SIM setup. HTC seems to be betting big (literally) on its One brand, having already released the HTC One mini earlier in the year, but there's no word at the moment when the HTC One Max will be officially announced.        |  | BlackBerry Z30 is a 5" communication machine, comes with BB10.2 Sep 18th 2013, 08:57, by Kate Solomon 
BlackBerry's "biggest, fastest and most advanced" phone is here in the form of the 5-inch BlackBerry Z30. Sashaying onto the scene with a very similar look to its stablemates, the Z30's display is a Super AMOLED one, with a Snapdragon S4 1.7GHz processor under the hood keeping things zippy. The Z30 also comes rocking the latest version of BlackBerry 10 OS, BlackBerry 10.2, and a 2880mAh battery which BlackBerry says should get you 25 hours of "mixed-use" when coupled with 10.2's "battery-enhancements". BlackBerry also reckons you'll get better signal thanks to its new Paratek Antenna, with stereo speakers boosting the handset's music playback and voice reproduction easier on the ear. Sound as a pound"It is designed to keep you hyper connected, productive and always in control," BlackBerry's says. We're not sure how being hyper-connected is any different to just being, you know, connected but hey if you're dazzled by marketing speak then a BlackBerry Z30 may well be the phone for you. The handset is also "designed for people looking for a smartphone that excels at communications, messaging and productivity". FINALLY! A smartphone that excels at communications and messaging! Throw out the semaphore flags, Norma. We's gettin' hyper connected now. The BlackBerry Z30 release date is scheduled for next week in the UK and the Middle East, with all other regions coming before Christmas. Pricing is down to carriers so stay tuned for more on that. Meanwhile, the BlackBerry 10.2 software update should hit the BlackBerry Z10, BlackBerry Q10 and BlackBerry Q5 from mid-October, network dependent.        | | Vodafone bundles Gear as telcos announce Galaxy Note 3 plan pricing Sep 18th 2013, 07:28, by Farrha Khan 
The three big Aussie telcos have come out with their prices and plans for the Galaxy Note 3 after Samsung announced that the Aussie launch is slated for October 3. Vodafone and Optus pre-orders start today, with both confirming October 3 availability. Telstra has yet to announce availability and you can as yet only register your interest. Virgin Mobile pre-orders begin from September 26, but they have yet to announce pricing and plans. Samsung has priced the Note 3 at $999, but Telstra will have the phone outright for $912 and Optus has given it a price tag of $949. Vodafone hasn't revealed its outright price. The Galaxy Note 3 through Optus's 24-months contracts will have monthly repayments starting from $27 on its lowest $35 plan to $5 on its highest $100 plan. Telstra has only revealed that on its $80 Every Day Connect and Business Performance plans, the Note 3 will cost $8 per month over 24 months. On its 24-month Red plans, Vodafone will have a $10 monthly repayment on a $65 plan, $2 per month on an $80 and $0 monthly repayment on a $100 plan. On its 12-month Red plans, Vodafone will have a $42 monthly repayment on a $65 plan, $34 per month on an $80 and $26 monthly repayment on a $100 plan. All bundled upWhile Optus is slated to also sell the Galaxy Gear, it hasn't announced any prices or availability. Telstra will be selling the Galaxy Gear outright for $369 – priced the same as Samsung Experience stores. Vodafone, however, is so far the only telco to announce bundled Note 3 and Galaxy Gear plans, with pre-order specials as well. Pre-order the bundle on Vodafone's 24-month Red plans, and both devices will have a monthly repayment of $15, $7 or $0, respective of each plan tier. On a 12-month contract, the monthly repayment will be $52, $44 and $36, respectively. After October 3, the bundle on Voda's 24-month plans will have a monthly repayment of $23, $15 and $0, respectively, while on a 12-month contract, the monthly repayment will be $68, $60 and $52, respectively.        | | Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear pre-orders start today Sep 18th 2013, 03:54, by Farrha Khan 
While global sales will start from next week, Samsung has announced that its new Galaxy Note 3 will be available in Australia from October 3 for $999, but pre-sales will start from 2pm today. Along with a whole heap of S Pen, Multi Task and other software feature updates, the handset comes packing the latest version of Jelly Bean, Android 4.3 and a 5.7-inch Full HD Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1080. Coming in either pink, black or white with a leather-like back, it also sports a 3200mAh battery, 3GB of RAM, 13MP camera with UHD recording capabilities and a front-facing 2MP camera that can record Full HD at 30fps It also looks like Aussies will be missing out on the octa-core variant, with Samsung confirming just the 2.3GHz quad-core 4G model with Category 4 LTE capabilities for Australia. We also won't be getting the 16GB model, with only the 32GB internal storage variant (which is expandable up to 64GB through an microSD card) making its way Down Under. Sammy dons new GearThe Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch will be available for pre-sale today as well, and will be on sale with the Note 3 from October 3 for $369. As it runs Android 4.3, it will only be compatible with the Note 3 at first, but Samsung confirmed that the Galaxy Gear will also be compatible with the Galaxy S4, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 by the end of the year - which means OS upgrades are coming for these devices by the end of the year too. The Gear will come in six colours, sporting a 1.9MP camera for photos and videos, a Super AMOLED screen with a 320 x 320 resolution and an 800MHz processor. The device pairs up with the Note 3 using Bluetooth and can be used beyond just checking emails and messages by also allowing you to make phone calls, but it only has a battery life up to 25 hours. Other nifty features include voice control for hands-free calls, Voice Memo that converts speech into text, a handy Find My Device app, a pedometer that pairs up with the S Health app, and an auto lock feature that locks your phone if you move the watch more than 1.5m away. You can pre-order the Note 3 and Galaxy Gear at Samsung Experience Stores in Sydney and Melbourne. The Note 3 will be available for pre-order from Optus and Vodafone today, while Virgin Mobile will have pre-orders beginning September 26. Vodafone is offering the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear in bundled plans, and while Telstra has previously confirmed that it will have both the Galaxy Gear and Note 3 once it is available in Australia, there is no news on bundling yet.        | | iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C: the official TechRadar reviews are in Sep 18th 2013, 03:43, by Kate Solomon 
The iPhone fans among you may be facing a quandary after Apple's big iPhone event last week: do you go for the top-end iPhone 5S or save a few bucks and opt for the colourful iPhone 5C? For some it will be a no-brainer: "LOOK AT THE PRETTY COLOURS" or "LOOK AT THE 64-BIT CHIP ON THAT" depending on your priorities. But you'll still need to know if either are worth your money given that even Apple's 'budget' option doesn't exactly come cheap. DefinitiveEnter TechRadar. Our phone expert has been putting both handsets through their paces since they were announced and we're confident you won't find a more balanced or comprehensive review of the iPhone 5S or iPhone 5C anywhere on the web. So (spoiler alert!) what are the scores on the doors? Our Mobile Devices Editor Gareth Beavis made merry with the iPhone 5S, proclaiming it to be "A step far and above what we expected from Apple with its usually boring iterative update" and awarding it 4.5 out of five. His pocket was also jazzed up by the iPhone 5C and its Connect-4 casing. He described the iPhone 5C as "well-made yet ultimately uninspiring iPhone", awarding it a healthy 4 out of five. And if you're still mid-contract with an iPhone 4, iPhone 4S or iPhone 5, don't worry! You can still get iOS 7 on your device with downloads starting at some point today. Stay tuned for more details. - Read everything you need to know about iOS 7 here.
       | | Updated: Samsung's BBM for Android app set to rain down in Africa on Friday? Sep 17th 2013, 23:56, by Chris Smith 
Update: Samsung Nigeria may have jumped the gun a bit. Victoria Berry, BBM communications director at BlackBerry, sent a statement to CrackBerry clarifying that "no one will have an exclusive on offering BBM." "We'll be bringing the app to Android and iPhone users across the globe soon," she said. While Samsung may lack an exclusive claim to BBM in Africa, we all should be in for some messaging goodness before long. Original article... The first official implementation of the BlackBerry Messenger platform on Android devices could arrive in Africa this Friday, exclusively for Samsung Galaxy phones. According to a ZDNet report and a tweet from Samsung Nigeria's Twitter account, the South Korean tech giant may have snagged access to BBM three months before it arrives for other Android devices in the region. As per an existing marketing agreement between Samsung and BlackBerry in Africa, the launch of the BBM platform for Galaxy devices will see it integrated within Samsung's own messaging hub application. BlackBerry is launching its time-honoured app for iOS and Android sometime this year with the clear aim of becoming the world's No. 1 messaging platform, but as of right now the apps remain in private beta. As yet, despite the odd hint hint here and there, there's no clear indication of when BlackBerry will pull the trigger on its BBM expansion project. However, the developments in Africa suggest it cannot be far away. Bargaining chipWith the launch still pending, BBM has become a pivotal discussion point behind the potential sale of the Canadian smartphone manufacturer, which is currently welcoming offers as part of a strategic review. The popularity of the free BBM app helped to keep the company's phones popular with the younger crowd long after the slump had commenced and is one of the most valuable chips BlackBerry possesses. It may prove a target for potential buyers looking to pick the bones, or it may be a division that remains under Waterloo's control as other parts of the business are sold off.        | | Major Google Wallet update hits new carriers and almost every Android Sep 17th 2013, 20:11, by Michael Rougeau 
Google announced today that a majorly updated Google Wallet app has been released for every Android phone in the U.S. running Android 2.3 and above. That's an overwhelming percentage of Android phones - in July research from OpenSignal found that just 6.3 percent of Android devices were still on 2.2 or below, and that number has certainly continued to decrease since then. Prior to today's update Google Wallet was available on just a handful of phones with Near Field Communication built in, but the app just got a lot more inclusive. It also gained some important new features that will help it take on competition like PayPal. Join the partyToday's update also makes the Google Wallet app available on AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, the three major U.S. carriers that previously blocked it. That said, AllThingsD reports that users on those carriers still won't be able to use the NFC functions like tap-and-pay. It's been speculated that those three carriers' lack of Google Wallet love stems from their support of competitor Isis. Though we haven't heard much about Isis in a while, we've seen nothing to refute the theory, and the continued lack of support for Google Wallet's NFC functions is troubling for customers. But AllThingsD did get a hint about Google Wallet coming to iOS at some point: "We want to bring Google Wallet to all smartphone users, and we're working to do that as soon as possible," a Google spokesperson told the site. Change is in the airThe new Google Wallet app can send money from a user's bank account or existing Wallet balance directly to any U.S. adult with an email address. Users can also use a credit or debit card, though Google charges fees for that. Using this feature also grants early access to sending money through Gmail, though. The Google Wallet app can also scan, store and update loyalty programs like those from grocery stores, airlines, hotels, restaurants and elsewhere, with more options rolling out in future updates. And savings and coupons from Google Search, Google Maps, Google+ and Google Offers will all appear in Google Wallet. Couponing sites like Valpak will be added later this week, and Google said it's working with more partners. Finally, the app keeps track of all your purchases and activity, including those made using tap-and-pay on NFC-enabled Android devices. Stay safe, kidsGoogle said in today's announcement that it takes security seriously. To that end all Google Wallet transactions are monitored for fraud, all users are 100% protected against unauthorized use, and the Google Wallet app can be disabled remotely if a phone is lost or stolen. And Google reiterated that users should choose strong passwords and enable two-step verification.        | | Updated: iPhone 5S supply could be severely limited on launch day Sep 17th 2013, 19:25, by Michelle Fitzsimmons 
Friday may be a disappointing end to the week for iPhone 5S hopefuls if reports of constrained new iPhone supplies prove as bleak as they sound. According to a number of reports, launch inventory of the 5S is far below expected volumes, at least at U.S. carriers. There's no word on where international supplies stand, but the U.S. may not be alone in having a limited 5S offering come Sept. 20. "We will have grotesquely unavailable inventory," one U.S. carrier source told AllThingsD, which reported the message is the same at multiple U.S. carriers. A different carrier source noted that though shipments are paltry, demand for the Touch ID-equipped iPhone may not be that strong to begin with. While there shouldn't be a problem picking up the iPhone 5C on launch day, supplies of the 5S are "severely constrained," according to a BGR source. The site reported Apple hasn't been able to pump out enough 5Ses to fulfill the first wave of demand. We've asked AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint for comment on these reports. AT&T responded by saying it has nothing to share at this time while Sprint said it's not commenting on iPhone 5S supplies figures. Verizon had nothing to share, either. iPhone 5S release woesPre-orders for the iPhone 5S opens at 12:01 a.m. PT Sept. 20, or 8:01 a.m. London time and 5:01 p.m. in Melbourne. Apple Stores will start selling the iPhone 5S at 8 a.m. local time, and lines are already forming for it and the iPhone 5C. Bucking the international trend, reservations for the iPhone 5S opened in China and Hong Kong earlier today, however nearly all storage models and all colors sold out within minutes, reported 9to5Mac. The site separately reported that of the new iPhone supplies at large U.S. Apple Stores, about 70%-80% of the phones are the iPhone 5C. The space gray iPhone 5S model is expected to be the most popular and therefore the most in stock, while the white and gold models will be much rarer finds. To pacify what could be some cranky customers, Apple is supposedly preparing an Apple Store app update that will tell customers when new iPhones in different colors and configurations are available at their local Apple Store. The update is expected to arrive by next week.        | | No iPhone left behind as Apple offers older app versions through App Store Sep 17th 2013, 19:16, by Chris Smith 
Apple is in the process of rolling out a new feature for iOS devices running older versions of the software, which allows the last compatible version of apps to be downloaded. Apple's new iOS 7 software becomes available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners on Wednesday, but for handsets like the iPhone 3GS it's the end of the road when it comes to software updates. With developers busying themselves with updating the apps for re-imagined software, the new feature will give those owners incapable or unwilling to use iOS 7 the ability to continue using their favorite apps. According to reports today, the new notification pops up asking if users wish to install the last compatible version when they attempt to download an app that's not supported by their version of iOS. New lease of lifeThe decision to make the older versions available, first spotted by a Reddit user, keeps devices like the iPhone 3GS and original iPad alive and kicking, despite their incompatibility with iOS 7. It could even encourage some estranged iPhone users to dig the old handset out of the closet and give things another whirl.        | | Microsoft puts a fresh coat of paint on Bing, but will users bite? Sep 17th 2013, 17:20, by JR Bookwalter 
With Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Xbox and Office, Microsoft is working hard to unite its products and services under the same shingle, but this week the company offered a peek at how Bing will fit into its new vision of the future. Microsoft's Bing Blogs announced a rebranding of Bing.com that offers a reinvention of the service's visual identity, starting with a new logo and brand elements intended to stretch across all of the company's products. Featuring a clean, modern design, Bing's new logo cleverly matches the color palette used in the lower right quadrant of Microsoft's latest corporate branding, but the change is about more than just looks. "Bing is no longer just a search engine on a web page," explained Bing Senior Director, Brand and Creative Scott Erickson in a blog post. "It's a brand that combines search technology across products you use every day to help empower you with insights." The right searchIn addition to the new look, Microsoft is rolling out a new Bing.com web portal today that's billed as "faster, cleaner and more visually appealing." New to the service is Page Zero, a feature that attempts to guess what a user is looking for as they type a search query, while intelligently offering multiple choices for queries that have more than one option available. Other changes include "Pole Position," which displays answers front and center for queries where Bing has a high confidence in the results, as well as combining existing Snapshot and Sidebar features for better integration with social networks like Facebook and Twitter. The new Bing is available today as a preview, and Microsoft claimed the design was created with every kind of device in mind - from big-screen TVs to future smartwatches and everything in-between, from PCs, smartphones and tablets. The question remains: Will users flock to the new Bing or stick with the search engine (a.k.a. Google) they're used to? At least the refresh is better than another "Scroogled" ad.        | | In Depth: The five phones that EVERYBODY loved Sep 17th 2013, 15:35, by Gary Cutlack 
There was a time when phones used to be a bit different from each other. Buyers used to have choices that extended a little further than whether they'd like their featureless new rectangle to run iOS or Android, with the phones of old having quirkier appearances and more unpredictable features. Nokias were nothing like Panasonics, Sony had some bonkers ideas, Palm existed and LG pioneered with some weird touchscreen models way before Apple worked out how to make them feel nice and actually work properly. Many older handsets came with their own operating systems and therefore had different personalities. Some had games, some didn't, some had chunky little aerials to fiddle with, and it was always, always possible to work out which way up they were in your pocket by feel alone. We miss the days when phones weren't all homogenised into the same form factor by the one huge factory in China that makes everything, so here are the five finest phones that made us love them by being different and proud of it. Nokia 3210
The first phone of a generation. We loved it like we love a first car. It didn't matter what make it was, how fast it was or how cool it looked, the fact that it existed, worked and was ours* was enough. We were empowered with the ability to adjust meeting times and dates while on trains, we could send text messages when a full conversation would be needless or awkward, while T9 text input had us texting with ease on the keypad. It had three games and you could choose the sounds it made, plus you could purchase after-market covers to jazz up that staid exterior. Cutting-edge tech that changed lives. Sony Ericsson K800i
Sony's been a bit shy about putting its Cyber-shot branding on mobiles of late, but it was this promise of decent portable imaging, teamed with a capable 3.15MP sensor with autofocus, flash, a dedicated shutter button and a cute little sliding lens cover that convinced people the K800i was the coolest phone to own in 2006. Its burst mode photo tool was innovative back then too, letting users capture nine shots and pull out the best of them to keep - a system most modern smartphone makers are still trying to pretend to have invented themselves today. And while we may laugh at its clunky candybar looks now, just seven years ago this was the phone used by gadget king James Bond to text his East European lady friends in product-placement motion picture bonanza Casino Royale. Nokia N95
As well as dominating the cheap candybar market for years, Nokia was also king of the newly emerging smartphone world for a bit. Phones weren't quite as smart in 2007 as they are now, but the S60/Symbian OS was the hackable Android equivalent of its day. A 5MP camera was a thrilling thing to have on a phone back then, which Nokia coupled with GPS, Wi-Fi, a decent web browser and HSDPA radio support. It was the nerd's phone of choice, thanks to Nokia managing to push it as a powerful computer inside a chunky little sliding case. It wasn't quite that, but it had all the elements of today's smartphones in place - just working a bit slower than they do now. BlackBerry Bold 
Released shortly after the iPhone began recalibrating everything, the BlackBerry Bold 9000 series model appeared to have the power and style to give Apple's newcomer a thorough kicking. It was slimmer than previous BB models, supported the full-speed HSDPA mobile data connections, and incorporated all of today's smartphone must-haves like GPS, Wi-Fi, a camera, SD card memory upgrades and more. The Bold was solid (with an erotic leatherette back), the keyboard a dream, the display large and clear. It was a winner. Shame about what came next for BlackBerry (nee RIM). HTC Desire 
The first genuinely Triple-A Android model, the original HTC Desire was also one of the last smartphones to really stand out from the crowd in design terms. It was brown for a start, had chunky silver buttons and even came with a glowing red Terminator eye inside its clickable track sensor, a feature that would soon disappear from the Android spec sheet. With a 1GHz processor inside, the old Desire still functions pretty well as a smartphone today, although HTC never took it past a DIY upgrade to Android 2.3.   | | In Depth: A GALAXY of taste: using the S4 or Note 8.0 in the kitchen Sep 17th 2013, 15:24, by Your Mobile Life 
With so many superb food festivals celebrating the world of great cuisine taking place across the UK these days we decided to round-up the best GALAXY S4 and Note 8.0 apps to take advantage of all the great produce on offer and to turn you into a digital masterchef. So get your Samsung GALAXY S4 or Note 8.0 into the kitchen and let it help you hunt out local produce, find and organise recipes, choose the best accompaniments for meals or just put handy kitchen tools at your fingertips, helping you to make light work of even the most fiendish recipes. Sourcing and choosing ingredients and finding recipes 
1. Boskoi Free - get it here Foraging is all the rage nowadays, seeking out wild, seasonal produce to create great-tasting meals. To help you in your own foraging quest there's the Boskoi app, which lets foragers add reports of where you can find local food in your area to create a map of the edible landscape. Each report lets you navigate to the location marked using Google Maps, describes what food can be found there and will even have a link to the relevant Wikipedia page so you can learn more about the ingredients if you are unfamiliar with them. It's an open source project reliant on people tagging food they've found, so results will vary according to where you live, but it's well worth a try to help you source free ingredients. 
2. Evernote Food Free - get it here Seen an ingredient, technique or recipe you want to remember? Just whip out your GALAXY S4 or Note 8.0 and using the high-definition camera you can capture the moment, add a note or record a quick voice reminder. With Evernote Food at your fingertips, you'll never forget a great restaurant meal or a food festival cooking tip again. The app also has loads of great recipes to browse for inspiration, a restaurant locator plus a cookbook section for you to store your favourite recipes in. If you already have an Evernote account your recipes and notes will be backed up there too. 
3. Epicurious Free - get it here Epicurious is a comprehensive recipe listings app with contributions from top chefs, restaurants and food magazines. If browsing a food festival has put you in the mood to create something extravagant, then choosing the "I cook like a pro" option will filter the 280,000 recipes listed on Epicurious to those that will really challenge you in the kitchen. Epicurious also offers categories like 'Weeknight dinners' and 'Decadent desserts', and lets you save recipes you really like to a Favourites menu. Also, if you've just bought a fancy ingredient from a farmer's market and aren't sure what to make, the Epicurious search function will find you a recipe by keyword, and it will save the other ingredients needed to create a shopping list too. 
4. ChefTap Free - get it here Wouldn't it be great if you could collate all your favourite recipes together in one place, no matter how or where you found them? ChefTap does exactly this – you can import recipes from any website, import recipes stored as text files, import recipes from a URL, or just copy and paste them in directly. It can even search your Chrome bookmarks for recipes. It takes three taps on a browser to save a recipe (tap the browser Menu button, tap Share, tap ChefTap) and the app will import the recipe on the page, images and all. You can also edit anything if you want to amend it, add your own notes, or correct it. A truly impressive recipe organiser. 
5. Hello Vino Free - get it here Got a new favourite meal but don't know which wine will make the perfect accompaniment? Hello Vino is your friend. You can find the perfect wine for anything from roast turkey to Pad Thai and the wine suggestions are listed along with tasting notes and other food pairings, plus the ability to add the wine to your favourites. It's a US-centric app – the prices are in dollars – but with such an extensive wine list, the detailed recommendation engine and wine reviews collated from numerous sites and blogs, this app is highly recommended to help you find that perfect drink/meal combination. Hello Vino can help you pair drinks with meals too, recommending what meal to cook with your favourite wine. 
6. Cocktail Flow Free - get it here Not a wine drinker? There is no better aperitif/accompaniment for a meal than a well-made cocktail, and Cocktail Flow comes with handy instructions on how to make many famous drinks for free (you can add additional cocktails linked by theme, for example New Year, by buying extra recipe bundles). It will also match the cocktail recipe to the drinks you have available. You can search for cocktail recipes by spirit, cocktail type and even by colour. You can also download a non-alcoholic cocktail package for free, for those who don't want a sore head the next morning. Cocktail Hero is also free and well worth a look, if only because of its much more extensive cocktail list. Kitchen tools 
7. Kitchen Dictionary FREE Free - get it here To cook like a pro you have to speak the lingo, and there are a lot of terms you need to understand if you are to become a culinary master. Now you need never get confused by a cooking term again with this free kitchen dictionary that covers everything from Al dente (neither soft nor over done) to Zushi (seasoned rice used for sushi). The entries are all spelled out in plain English, with a quick A–Z look-up, so you have no excuse for not recreating any of the fancy menu terms you may come across. If the ads are too much for you, you could upgrade to the paid version for the princely sum of 64p. 
8. Recipe Calculator Free - get it here If there is one thing you need to get right when creating culinary masterpieces, it's ingredient amounts, but recipes often come in a bewildering variety of units. Step up the free Recipe Calculator app. It has a typical calculator layout but with additional buttons for fractions as well as specific conversion buttons built in, meaning you can quickly convert recipe instructions like 1/3 of a cup into millilitres. It also lets you upscale recipes, so if you have a recipe for four people but need to make it for six, you can convert the ingredient measurements to the correct amounts needed. For ease, you can also set the app to always start up with millimetres or cups as the default unit. 
9. Ratio £3.19 - buy it here There are some that say there is a magic formula to cooking, and this is the basis of cookery writer Michael Ruhlman's book Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind The Craft Of Everyday Cooking, which this app is based on. Michael believes that perfect cooking is based on 32 basic ingredient-to-ingredient relationships. He argues that once you understand these ratios, you can create a fantastic dish every time no matter what's in your food cupboard. This app does all the hard calculations for you, so you can build any recipe to match what you want to cook and eat. Seasonal cooking just got scientific. 
10. Kitchen Timer Free - get it here A good kitchen timer is essential in the kitchen, and this one has a large visual display so you can easily keep track of how much time you have left – especially so on the generous screen of the GALAXY Note 8.0 or S4. It also has a digital readout on the screen above the dial. Just move the cursor to the time you want, adjust it by the handy +30s or +1m buttons at the bottom and press play when you want it to start (you can also type in the exact time you want). Swiping left lets you set a second timer, so you can have two things on the go at once. The app also comes with a choice of alarm sounds, and you can set the volume to suit the noise level in your kitchen.        | | In case of emergency: new text alert system goes on trial in UK Sep 16th 2013, 23:58, by Chris Smith 
Mobile phone users in some areas of the UK will soon be receiving text messages when emergency situations develop in their locale, as part of a new government trial. The Cabinet Office says it is working with the UK's three biggest mobile networks, EE, O2 and Vodafone, to test a US-style alert system which will warn of severe weather, industrial incidents and other emergencies. The scheme will be tested in on up to 50,000 mobile users in parts of Yorkshire, Suffolk and Glasgow via text and CB messages delivered directly to the handset. Alerts will be marked as 'test' during the trial. Countries like the US, The Netherlands and Australia already have measures in place to notify users to be on the look out for cars suspected in kidnappings, escaped felons and wanted fugitives. Other nations that are more susceptible to natural disasters, such as Japan and Chile, are also in the process of implementing their own mechanisms. Potential lifesaver?The idea is that the early alert system will keep mobile users vigilant and could even save lives during emergency situations. If you're interested, you can check out a list of those potential scenarios in the rather ominous sounding National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies 2013 government report.   | | Sprint 'One Up' early upgrade program said to launch alongside iPhone 5S Sep 16th 2013, 23:52, by Matt Swider 
On the same day that the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C launch, Sprint plans to introduce an early upgrade program called "One Up," according to a new report. Like T-Mobile Jump, AT&T Next and Verizon Edge, this optional policy allows customers to pay for their subsidized smartphone and tablet with monthly installments, reported CNET. The Sprint early upgrade plan is said to start on Friday, Sept. 20 and cost $27 a month over the course of 24 months when a $650 smartphone is involved. However, after 12 months Sprint "One Up" customers can turn in their devices and eschew the rest of the payments in exchange for a new smartphone or tablet. 
Sprint One Up vs AT&T vs T-Mobile vs VerizonSprint "One Up" costs $27 a month, matching the costly AT&T Next and Verizon early upgrade plans and higher than the $21 a month T-Mobile Jump program. However, a leaked Sprint chart suggests that "One Up" trumps its competitors with a total that is anywhere from $228 to $539 cheaper over the course of 12 months. That's because Sprint's Unlimited and My Way plans are less expensive than all of its rival carriers and, unlike T-Mobile, it doesn't charge a $10 annual upgrade fee. That brings the total monthly Sprint "One Up" bill down to $92 vs T-Mobile's $101 and AT&T Next and Verizon Edge's $137. That makes a big difference when multiplied by 12 months. TechRadar asked Sprint to confirm the leak chart's numbers and to confirm the existence of "Sprint One" and will update this story when and if that happens. It shouldn't be too long as iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C are set to debut on Friday.   | |
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