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The aim of Pocket-lint is to entertain and inform about the tech that matters.
This approach is at the core of everything we strive to do at Pocket-lint and we constantly ask the same three questions for every product that we see:
- Does it work?
- Does it make my life better?
- Has it got wow factor?
Founded by Stuart Miles in 2003, Pocket-lint is run by a full-time team of professional journalists in the UK and US, with over 100 years of experience between them.
An official nominee for the 2017 Webby Awards, we cover everything consumer tech, be it phones, smart home, cars, cameras, and home entertainment, with the goal of not only helping you make the right buying decisions, but also getting more from your tech products once you've bought them.
Our news and features are designed to be useful and in-depth, our buyer's guides, helpful and knowledgeable, and our reviews thorough, but not overly geeky.
Pocket-lint's team are regularly quoted in newspapers and on websites like the BBC, Bloomberg, and others, as well as appearing on the BBC News and Sky News in the UK.
Brands trust Pocket-lint too, with companies including Apple, Samsung, Sky, and LG all quoting Pocket-lint in their marketing in the last year.
Pocket-lint is a trusted global authority on all things consumer tech and as been at every major tech launch from the roll-out of 3G to the first iPhone to the reveals of all the latest games consoles like the PS3 or original Xbox 360 over the last 15 years.
How we review products
We aren't interested in pointless number crunching or providing you overly long 16-page articles including how we took it out of the box, but easy to read, and more importantly, easy to understand words. Here's our full review policy on how we handle products at Pocket-lint whether it is at trade show, a dedicated briefing, or once we've got it in the office.
How we handle data
If you are interested in finding out more about how we work, our competition rules, and how we handle cookies or your data you can visit our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy pages to get a detailed explanation.
Getting in touch
If you have any comments about the site, or the stories we write, or would like to get in touch about advertising on Pocket-lint or licensing & syndication, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us via the feedback form, social media or even write to us at PO BOX 4770, Ascot, SL5 5DP.
We hope that you enjoy the site as much as we enjoy making it.
Stuart Miles and the Pocket-lint team
Our team
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Adrian Willings
Contributing editor
Adrian has been a tech enthusiast since the 90s with a particular passion for gaming that developed thanks to his first gaming outings on Pong, Zork and Space Invaders. In the years that followed he dabbled in various games consoles and personal computers starting with the humble Commodore 64 before moving to Sega Mega Drive, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2 and then into the world of PC gaming. His gaming outings online in the days of dial-up modems included Command and Conquer and Battlefield 2 before he found the joys of gaming communities and started Enemy Boat Spotted over 10 years ago. Over the years, Adrian's passion for technology has grown. He has built multiple gaming PCs by hand, and equipped his home with a variety of smart devices. He has been writing about tech and gadgets for the last few years and enjoys sharing that passion with anyone that will listen. Adrian is currently obsessed with Virtual Reality and is excited to see the future that holds for all of us.
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Amy Trombetta
Licensing manager
Amy has been a sales executive for more than 20 years, during which time she has amassed more than $5 million in sales for her Fortune 500 clients. Before starting with Wright’s Media, Amy spent 7 years working as the lead sales representative for Interep, a national spot radio representation. Her experience in corporate sales, with a specialization in technology has led Amy to raise the bar for sales performance. Amy received her bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University and is currently leveraging her high-tech background at Wright’s Media where she serves as the sales lead for most of their technology publications. As one of Amy’s top clients, Pocket-lint leads the way in helping companies leverage editorial content for marketing and brand awareness. For more information on using Pocket-lint online content please contact Amy for a customized licensing package atrombetta@wrightsmedia.com.
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Britta O'Boyle
Features editor
Britta has been part of the Pocket-lint team for five years, starting as a contributing editor before working her way up into the features editor chair. You’ll often see her name on some of our biggest features, including many of the versus articles and the rumour round ups, but she is also responsible for ensuring all the other great features from other members of the team cover off everything you might want to know about. Previous to joining the tech industry, Britta worked within interior magazines, covering the smart home and smart appliances before many knew what they were or what they entailed. Throughout her journalist career, Britta has travelled the world in search of a good story, while her dedication to delivering thorough reviews has seen her climb three mountains in 24 hours to test the accuracy of the 10 fitness trackers she was wearing. Britta has a first class honours degree in Fashion Journalism from London College of Fashion, during which she gained experience from both GQ and the Daily Telegraph, while also learning the importance of good design whether that be clothing or a smartwatch. Her free time is mostly taken up by her baby daughter these days, but she absolutely adores travelling, food and great shoes. You’ll never find her without her rose gold Fitbit on, desperately seeking 12,000 steps a day so she can justify the extra bar of chocolate.
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Cam Bunton
Contributing editor
Cam has worked in online tech reporting since 2010. His responsibilities at Pocket-lint include producing and hosting quality, personable and informative YouTube videos on our growing channel as well as writing reviews, features and managing social media. Prior to Pocket-lint he honed his video skills at PhoneDog, wrote for 9to5Google, and has appeared on TWiT TV. Other roles have seen him start projects from zero and grow their audience - covering Google, Apple and T-Mobile in depth. In that time, his area of focus and expertise has mostly been centred on mobile technology, but he has a musician’s ear and is equally adept at judging headphones and audio products. His chosen weapons of creativity include Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator and Affinity Photo. He’s a graduate in Film and TV Production, and in his spare time he’s usually running, playing guitar, singing or training in the arts of movie and coffee snobbery.
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Chris Hall
Editor
Chris has been a tech journalist for over 10 years and during his time at Pocket-lint.com has sat in the Reviews Editor job before taking the chair as Editor. Chris is responsible for the editorial content of Pocket-lint, working across all sections of the site and contributing to all aspects of the site's direction. In other journalism roles, Chris has contributed to the likes of Amazon.co.uk and ComputerActive, made appearances on television for the BBC and Sky, along with wider radio contributions and was a judge on The Apprentice. As a respected contributor in the tech space, Chris sits on judging panels for organisations such the GSMA and uSwitch. This all follows a 10-year career in professional research publishing where Chris managed a wide portfolio of academic research titles for the likes of Taylor & Francis, Sage Publications and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, covering a wide range of subjects from advanced materials to automotive engineering. Having studied English Literature and Sports Science, the post-graduate copyediting qualification might not come as a surprise. Chris doesn't just spend his free time editing, he spends most of it keeping fit, getting fat and raising a family.
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Dan Grabham
Associate editor
Dan Grabham is associate editor at Pocket-lint working across features, news and reviews and has extensive experience writing about computing, mobile and internet topics. He’s a regular at tech shows like CES, Mobile World Congress (MWC) and IFA as well as other launches and events. Based near Bath, UK, Dan stepped up to Pocket-lint from T3.com where he relaunched the UK lifestyle and technology site after a spell launching and editing Lifehacker UK. He was also part of the team that launched TechRadar where he rose to deputy editor. Dan has also written for a huge amount of magazines and websites including The Big Issue, MacFormat, Maximum PC, Official PlayStation magazine and Web User. He has also written a book, 1000 Life Hacks, featuring lifestyle tips and tricks across various topics including tech, parenting, fashion, home and DIY. As a tech pundit, Dan has also been quizzed and quoted for a wide variety places including BBC World Service and News Online, Sky News Swipe, The Sun, BBC Radios 4 and 5Live and has also been interviewed on Channel 4 News, ITV News and Sky News. Dan has also given talks on upcoming tech trends. Dan is completely platform agnostic, equally at home on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS and uses all four on a regular basis. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his family, watching sport and drinking beer. He doesn’t run or cycle as much as he should.
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Elyse Betters
US News editor
Elyse began her career in journalism in 2006 as a reporter at several regional New York State newspapers and magazines, including the Press-Republican, North Country Scene, and Malone Telegram, where she covered a range of beats, from local politics to business. She graduated from The University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in multimedia journalism, and shortly after that, she moved to New York City and stumbled into tech journalism. She worked at both 9to5Mac and 9to5Google as a copy editor at first and then as a reporter. During this time, she also contributed to other news websites, such as the BBC, and she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in writing from The New School in Manhattan. She joined Pocket-lint in 2013 and currently serves as a US-based contributing writer, focusing on tech news and features. She also works as an editor at CBS Interactive. When she isn't working, she can be found renovating her 100-year-old country house in upstate New York with her husband, two Russian Blue cats, and a Husky.
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Hassan Mohammed
Director of Digital Marketing
Hassan is our Director of Digital Marketing and has been in Performance Marketing for over 10 years. Hassan is responsible for performance marketing, focusing on content that is relevant to our audience, working with all major affiliate networks and merchants to bring you the best prices online. Hassan first started working at Cogenta (acquired by Market research and user experience research experts, GfK) as an Affiliate Assistant, before moving onto Future Publishing, bringing performance marketing in house on sites Techradar, T3, Gizmodo, Lifehacker. Moving forwards, Hassan joined Ziff Davis as UK Commerce Manager, introducing performance marketing internationally across AskMen, IGN and PCMag, driving ROI exponentially. Hassan spends most of his spare times rewatching old films, keeping fit by playing football, history and all things Psychology, graduating with a BSc (Hons) Psychology degree.
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Joe Simpson
Car Editor
Joe is Pocket-lint’s car editor; a role he recently moved into having written about cars for the site since 2010. Joe has a Masters in Car Design and has been working in the automotive industry for over 12 years. Joe worked for Ford in North America, before becoming a consultant to the car industry - specialising in developing future strategies and conducting user research. Previously he’s worked with brands from Audi to Volvo from his base near Leeds, UK. A regular at the major global auto shows, Joe has been a commentator and journalist for over 10 years, and besides Pocket-lint has written about design, cars and technology for Car Design News, Stuff, Core77, The Guardian and Wired. He’s also lectured internationally and teaches on the Vehicle Design Course at London’s Royal College of Art. As Pocket-lint’s primary car guy, he’s driven almost every important new car over the past five years and is fascinated by the way cars and technology are coming together. He’s just finished writing a chapter in a book about Autonomous cars, too. He likes the fact that his work allows him to further his love of travel, is a hopeless Apple addict and outside of work is busy being sleep deprived by two young sons, trying to keep his old Alfa Romeo working and wondering where to store a growing collection of trainers. He wants to run, but currently doesn’t.
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Max Langridge
Contributing editor
While still being relatively new to the technology industry, Max has already worked with some big titles, including T3, Stuff and What Hi-Fi? His time there has given him a broad knowledge of the latest tech trends and what the future brings, making him an ideal fit for Pocket-lint. He's particularly at home when it comes to home entertainment and audio products, being able to pit the latest headphones and speakers against one another to see which really are the best money can buy. When he's not helping to support the news desk at Pocket-lint towers, Max can be either be found in the gym trying to get fit or in the pub putting all of his hard work to waste.
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Mike Lowe
Reviews editor
Mike Lowe has been a journalist for over 10 years. He first started out at the publishing house now known as Immediate Media, producing a series of technology and lifestyle websites. Following this, a stint at Archant Specialist helped to take the company’s specialist content online, for magazines including Professional Photographer. Camera coverage become his forte, with roles at Time Inc working for What Digital Camera and Amateur Photographer - the latter being the world’s longest-standing photography magazine. Before starting life at Pocket-lint, Mike’s work has been commissioned for Wired UK, Metro, The Observer Magazine, Time Out Hong Kong, and more. As a keen traveller - some of which can be seen via commissions for The Points Guy - Mike spends much of his spare time exploring the globe, seeking new culture, architecture, food & drink, and inspiration. When in the UK, however, his only travelling tends to involve going to the pub and then hammering it around on London’s roads on his bike to try and counter the craft beer excesses...
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Ricky Harewood
Commercial director
Ricky has worked in media for over eleven years. Everywhere from large media conglomerates, such as FOX, Haymarket and Arqiva, down to small tech start-ups as second man in the office. His previous client base have included Google, Samsung, Amazon, Sony, Microsoft. Ricky is also studying Data Science and Python programming to become our in-house data wizard. At heart he is a bit of a geek who's just trying to be cool. Ricky’s specialism is creative and integrated campaigns. So if you want to create some awesome content on Pocket-lint or across our influencer network, Ricky is your man!
Twitter: @rharewood
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Rik Henderson
Senior editor of news & features
Rik has been a tech and games journalist since the 80s and has seen just about every console, mobile phone, gadget and home entertainment device launched in the last 30 years. He has been in charge of the news desk on Pocket-lint for more than seven years, as well as develops and writes new feature ideas. In previous roles, he has worked on and edited Home Cinema Choice and various videogames magazines, such as Your Commodore and Amstrad Computer User. For two years he also had his own games column in the Metro newspaper. Rik's TV and radio career, has seen him produce and/or presenter on many shows, including GamesMaster, Sky One’s Games World, Sky News Swipe, BBC Radio Humberside, The Apprentice and Channel 5’s Greatest Christmas TV Ads. When he’s not playing games, he is a football nut and has a comic book and DVD/Blu-ray collection the size of a small house.
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Stuart Miles
Founder and CEO
Stuart Miles has been a tech journalist for over 20 years. He first started writing about technology for The Times of London, before moving on to launch the video games channel on Amazon.co.uk in 2000. Previous roles have included being the features editor for Computeractive, a PR Account Manager for Olympus, and a second stint at The Times as both a journalist and designer. In 2003 he started Pocket-lint with a budget of just £15. Since then Pocket-lint has grown to be a leading authority within the UK and US consumer tech scene. Over the years Stuart has questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and numerous CEOs and founders over the years. Stuart is regularly quoted in UK national newspapers, websites from around the world, and on TV and radio. Highlights include appearing on the BBC Radio 4 Today show, World Business Report and Sky News tech show; Sky News Swipe, and as a judge on The Apprentice. He also advises companies on design, UX, UI, media training, and gives talks on technology trends. In his spare time, Stuart likes running, drinking wine, and watching movies, not necessarily in that order.
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