Mobile phones & tablets thread

[janneppi]

Wireless charging on a mobile phone sounds like something you can live without your whole life, but after using it for a while you wouldn't want to give it up. A bit like touch screens. I remember when a friend of mine showed it first in his Nokia 7710 around 2004 I wasn't that impressed.

I've already had some thoughts about using nfc tags when I get a new phone. It would have been nice to go with a wireless charger, but can't get everything right yet.

[Knock-on]

I wonder if anyone on here can help me with an iPhone problem I have.

With Sky Go, can it be played from a 4s onto a TV. I have brought the appropiate iPhone to HDMI cable but only sound comes out with a message that HDMI isn't supported on Sky Go where I have heard it is?

Is there a way around this?

[race aficionado]

The missus and I just renewed our family plan contract with our local mobile carrier, with shiney new iPhones on order .

In other news, I was just told that I'm being issued a new Nokia Windows phone as a company device

Perfect!
Now finally we will have a real hands on comparison.

[donKey jote]

with his missus ?

[schmenke]

The missus prefers the "hands on" approach tareup:

[Dave B]

I wonder if anyone on here can help me with an iPhone problem I have.

With Sky Go, can it be played from a 4s onto a TV. I have brought the appropiate iPhone to HDMI cable but only sound comes out with a message that HDMI isn't supported on Sky Go where I have heard it is?

Is there a way around this?

It's almost certainly to do with DRM - copyright protection, basically. Does your TV support DLNA? If so you may be in luck but I suspect between Sky and Apple they've got it pretty well locked down.

What you need is some sort of baseball cap and simply hang the iPhone from the peak such that it hangs in front of your eyes. Voila! That home cinema experience comes to life. Now all you need is a chav kicking the back of your seat, and to pay a tenner for some flat Coke and a bucket of inedible slop.

[Mark]

Probably not. As Dave says its a DRM issue. Basically Sky are aiming Sky Go as a way to watch content while out and about. If you want to watch on a proper TV you'll need a proper Sky box!

It might work via AirPlay mirroring on the Apple TV but I doubt it.

[Daniel]

Well I've ordered a Lumia 920 in Black. Kind of fancied an Ativ S, but I love the idea of a good camera too much

[henners88]

Did you buy the phone outright or is it paid for over a contract?

[Daniel]

Contract. Trying to find a reasonably priced path 920 seemed an impossible challenge