The Legend of Zelda’s Link, one of Nintendo’s most famous characters, could have been a woman. Well, kind of. A recent art book for Hyrule Warriors, a hack and slash game based in the Legend of Zelda universe, shows designs for various ‘original’ characters. Included is a ‘girl version of Hero Link’ called ‘Linkle,’ which […]

BT Sport will offer 351 matches from the Champions League and Europa League next season, and this whole package is free if you’re a BT TV customer. Champions League coverage – originally split between Sky and ITV – was purchased by BT for a whopping £897 last year. BT has created its own new channel […]

Of all the announcements being made at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the news that iOS 9 finally has a lowercase keyboard is one of the most welcome ones. This means the keyboard will show lowercase letters when you’re typing in lower case and uppercase letters when you’re tying in upper case. Until now, all letters […]

Apple unveiled iOS 9 at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this week, and many of you probably can’t wait to install it. It’s already available to registered developers and will be available as a public beta in July. Some of you may have even come across video tutorials showing you how to install it, regardless […]

Whilst it didn’t announce the 2 last week, OnePlus did reveal a week-long discount on the OnePlus One. The Chinese manufacturer said that the discount would only last from June 1 – 7, but the brand has confirmed that the drop is indefinite. All this means you can get the 16GB One for just £179, whilst […]

Apple Maps had a terrible launch back in 2012, which has led to Google Maps dominance as one of the most used navigation apps. But Apple isn’t going down just yet. The tech giant has finally added transit directions to its Maps app. Craig Federighi, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software engineering, announced on the […]

Newsstand is dead. Yesterday, Apple introduced its replacement, a News app that bears a striking resemblance to an improved version of the popular Flipboard app. This replaces the lukewarm Newsstand app which was never adopted to the standard Apple would’ve liked. The service displays content on-screen in a vertically scrolling fashion, with news aggregated from […]

Apple Music has just been announced, signalling Apple’s intentions to seriously rival Spotify as a music streaming service. The company unveiled Apple Music at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).  The new app combines a streaming song and music video library, an internet radio station and allows artists to share unreleased tracks and other material. User input and […]

Apple Pay, a service that could revolutionise how iPhone owners pay for goods and services, is expected to be launched in Britain.  The tech giant is expected to announce the news today in San Francisco at the Worldwide Developer Conference, its annual conference for software developers. Industry sources say that the service will be switched […]

Whether you’re a budding Bradley Wiggins or casual gym buff, music can turn any regular workout into a winning one.  There’s no use having brilliant music on your phone if your ‘cans’ can’t cut it. And if you’re serious about music you can forget the headphones that came boxed with your handset. Top sound and […]

Footballer James Milner hit headlines this week when he made a move from Manchester City to Liverpool FC. As well as being a workhorse who can play well in most positions on the pitch, he’s also famous for the spoof @BoringMilner Twitter account (not run by Milner) that hilariously portrays him as the dullest footballer ever. But […]

The new iPhone 7 will go on sale through Vodafone on September 25, according to a leaked e-mail. In the e-mail, leaked to Mobile News, Vodafone outlined pre-launch information, with details that it will take pre-orders for the device from September 18. Vodafone described the device as the ‘New iPhone’ in the email, which suggests […]

Nandos hasn’t started a delivery service, but you can now call upon a new service called Deliveroo to deliver the food you’re too lazy to pick up yourself. With just a few clicks, your favourite dish can be at your front door within 32 minutes. Charges start from as little as £2.50 for orders over […]

Apple has announced a voluntary recall of 220,000 Beats Pill XL speakers following a report of one user claiming to have suffered burns from the device.  The report, alongside eight other reports of overheating, has ignited fears that the battery pack of affected units may overheat and catch fire and the company is offering customers a £215 refund […]

It’s been a busy week for football. Sepp Blatter resigned from his FIFA presidency, Rafa Benitez became Real Madrid manager and an ad starring Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has been crowned YouTube’s ‘ad of the decade.’ YouTube crowned the Turkish Airlines advert, which stars Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi and basketball legend Kobe Bryant, the ad […]

It seems that Nintendo won’t be using Android on their new console after all, as a spokesman for the company has just confirmed they have no intentions to make it happen. Various rumours yesterday suggested that Nintendo was thinking of using Android for its next gaming console, the NX. Today though, it seems the rumours have […]

Counting calories can be very time consuming for the most part. Most of us have to scan through food packaging, repetitively enter figures into dieting apps or mathematically work out how many calories our meals have. Google could be making this often cumbersome task a bit easier with some clever new software.  Google is developing […]

Mobile gaming is an industry that only keeps getting bigger. Games act as a perfect companion for those stressful morning commutes or short journeys. However, with the wealth of titles on offer it can be a little daunting to separate the good from the bad. Continuing on from last weeks titles, here’s the roundup for the 5 best FREE […]

Uber is about to get a whole lot more personal, as the company has just revealed that it aims to bring location-based sharing to the application. After the recent PR catastrophe that saw several Uber employees spying on a Buzzfeed reporter and high-profile venture capitalist, the company has undergone an external review of its privacy policy to ensure […]

If you’re a selfie lover who’s after the best-quality close-ups of your mug, then you’ll want to look at the ASUS ZenFone Selfie.  As the name suggests, the Asus ZenFone Selfie is all about selfies and its front-facing camera packs some serious quality. Both front and rear cameras are 13MP and boast dual-tone flash. The […]

Google unveiled ‘Android M’, the next version of its Android operating system launching in autumn, at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. ‘Android M’ is the follow-up to Lollipop, the current Android operating system released last September. What new features can we expect from the upcoming operating system? There’ll be a newly designed app […]

We managed to get our hands on a pre-production model of the Sony Xperia Z3+, Sony’s latest addition to its flagship Xperia range. The model we played around with wasn’t running the final software that Sony will stick on the finished handset, but the design will remain largely unchanged. It’ll be known as the Sony […]

Classic Sony fans rejoice as Tomb Raider clashes with Temple Run for a crazy mash-up of the two franchises. Fresh from the jungle by developer Square Enix and in partnership with Crystal Dynamics, Lara Croft: Relic Run combines the addictive route-driven Temple Run gameplay with classic Tomb Raider shooting mechanics and parkour. Run, swing, drive, and […]

Mobile gaming is an industry that only keeps getting bigger. Games act as a perfect companion for those stressful morning commutes or short journeys. However, with the wealth of titles on offer it can be a little daunting to separate the good from the bad. Here at Whatmobile, we’ve recognised this fact and decided it’s about time we do […]

If you’re not getting enough Kanye West in your daily life, then there’s an app that can sort you out. The app is called Ye.I and places a Kanye West avatar on your phone. You can make the digital Kanye drop a mic, set an alarm for you and even greet you when you enter […]

With over 800 million users, WhatsApp has asserted itself as one of the most popular messaging apps in the world. It’s hard to go anywhere nowadays without seeing someone type away in it. That growth is partly due to the list of features constantly being added to WhatsApp. Yet most of us find these features confusing […]

Music festivals like Glastonbury can be nightmare for modern smartphones batteries. Most don’t even last a day never mind an entire weekend. That might not be a problem if you’re an EE customer. EE will have two ‘Power Bar Exchange’ points at Glastonbury Festival from June 24 – 28 this year, allowing EE customers to […]

Facebook made its Skype-rivalling intentions clear by rolling out a new Messenger update allowing users to make and receive video calls.  The update will be available to users on every platform, so the only requirement is that you have the Facebook Messenger app on whatever phone you’re using. Those with the most recent Messenger app will […]

Version 4.0 of augmented reality game Zombies, Run! was released earlier last week. To celebrate, the game’s developers have dropped the game’s flat fee for a free-to-play subscription model. This new pricing model hasn’t affected the iOS and Android fitness app’s main premise. The app is aimed at joggers and runners who’s aim is to literally […]

Konami’s new CEO Hideki Hayakawa has revealed that the publisher is shifting focus to mobile platforms and will build on the “pay-as-you-play” models for the foreseeable future. A story posted in japanese magazine Jin115.com was translated by NeoGAF user HGH and revealed some interesting information regarding the future of the world famous developer. Hayakawa was […]

Photography has become an essential part of our daily smartphone usage. It’s hard to go anywhere these days without spotting someone taking selfies for Snapchat or taking holiday snaps for Facebook. Smartphone photography has now become so advanced and feature-packed that many phone cameras rival DSLRs, the standalone cameras many professional photographers use. These many […]

The Touchjet Pond Projector, the first device that turns any flat surface into a super-sized touchscreen, has launched today (May 12). Prices start from £599. The device allows users to interact with photos, videos, games, apps, presentations and watch videos anywhere on a screen that stretches up to 80″. Examples of what you can project […]

A new study has shown that online browsing has more than doubled in the UK, with four in 10 people using the internet on a tablet. People in the UK are browsing the Web twice as much as they did 10 years ago. According to Ofcom, this surge is down to increased smartphone and tablet […]

It’s happened to us all before. We’ve read about an exciting new Android app, headed to the Google Play Store hoping to give it a go and discovered that it’s not even ready. Most people who get to that stage will usually forget about the app shortly after. However, Google has just released a new […]

The middle finger: it’s a universal hand gesture that can cause offence to many people no matter what country you’re in. Very few people don’t know what it means and, despite becoming an official emoji last year, Apple, Google and other major tech companies have ignored it. Windows 10 support Well, Microsoft has decided not […]

Live video streaming app Meerkat has beaten Twitter’s Periscope to being available for both Android and iOS. Meerkat and Periscope are both apps that allow users to view live videos streamed straight to their devices. Twitter’s Periscope is currently available on iOS, but there’s no version available for Android. Meerkat for Android Meerkat for Android […]

Think the £299 Apple Watch is overpriced? Then the manufacturing costs won’t do much to change your opinion. According to analysts IHS Technology, the £299 Apple Watch Sport has a manufacturing and component cost totalling £53. IHS claims that this cost makes the Apple Watch the highest margin product Apple has ever produced. IHS worked […]

It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years since the PlayStation Portable first hit shelves in Japan. If you’re anything like us, you can probably still remember your sheer excitement for the device. Ten years ago was a time when GameBoys were still a thing, and the Nintendo DS had yet to dominate the […]

If you’re someone with an arm full of tattoos, then you may want to think again about the Apple Watch. Several tattooed users have reported that the Apple Watch doesn’t work properly on their inked arms. Their pulse couldn’t be read by the heartbeat sensor and direct contact wasn’t detected by the device. This caused apps to […]

Instagram’s latest update comes with three new filters and support for emojis. The three new filters are called Lark, Reyes and Juno and these are designed to brighten up your photographs in time for Spring. Each of these filters join five others that were added in December. These emojis received fantastic reception from users and […]

A classic-in-the-making snowboarding endless runner app is our pick of May’s top mobile game releases Alto’s Adventure iOS (£1.49) When reading about Alto’s Adventure you may encounter a lot of (entirely accurate) comparisons to the stellar Monument Valley. It may come as a surprise then that Alto’s Adventure is in fact a snowboarding endless runner. […]

Tell a tale simply with just three images using our app of the month, plus the best of the rest reviewed. Nutshell Free (iOS) Nutshell is yet another photo editing/storytelling app for iOS, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. Created by the team behind Prezi, the slideshow program that actually makes presentations […]

We recently told you about being able to make WhatsApp voice calls on your Android device.  The feature is now available on iOS devices, allowing iPhone users to call friends and family using WhatsApp. WhatsApps’ new calling feature relies on WiFi instead of a your mobile data, so you needn’t worry about getting charged for using […]

The Sony Xperia Z4 has finally been announced. Sony showcased its next-generation Xperia device in Japan just weeks after images of the device leaked. The handset will be available in Japan “later this summer,” but no details about when it will hit international shelves have been released. Sony Xperia Z4 specs The new device gets […]

Hearthstone developer Blizzard might have caused a productivity decline in offices everywhere. Hearthstone, one of the company’s most popular games, has been updated to support play on Android and iOS smartphones. This means you can knock out a few extra rounds of the game in your cubicle, on the toilet or on the way to your […]

Flying away to another country can sometimes be a confusing task, but easyJet has come up with a solution to make it easier.  The airline’s updated mobile app goes further than just storing electronic boarding passes. It guides you through your journey, but only if you’re flying from London Gatwick. Once you’ve arrived at Gatwick, […]

We told you last week (April 9) that the latest iOS 8.3 update includes more ethnically diverse emojis. Now iPhone users with the update, and OS X 10.10.3 users, can message their contacts with a secret emoji that references Star Trek’s Spock. You need to update your iPhone to iOS 8.3 and then copy the […]

If you’re someone who loves giving all your friends and family nicknames, then you’ll want update the Google app immediately. The latest Google app update on Android now lets you nickname your contacts and get the Google app to call them automatically using those personal tags. Just make sure you have no strange nicknames when using […]

Facebook has released a web browser version of its popular Messenger feature. The new web version launched today and you can find it here. It focuses solely on your Facebook messages, whilst separating all other parts of the site that could otherwise get in the way of your conversations. Facebook Messenger features It looks like a super […]

Popcorn Time, the popular torrent app that allows you to easily stream pirated content on your pc or mobile device is now even easier for iOS users to get involved with. According to reports the service is now being made available through an app that, for the first time, doesn’t require you to jailbreak your iPhone first! […]