Matt Egan

Matt Egan

Matt Egan is editor of PC Advisor, having worked for the UK's best-read technology magazine and website since 2003. A passionate technology fan who writes on subjects as diverse as internet security, social media and Windows, in his spare time Matt enjoys playing football (badly) and singing in a band (also badly).


 

Articles by Matt Egan


Features: 
How much would you pay for a PS3?

Sony's PlayStation 3 pricing policy has long been grist to PC Advisor's internet rumour mill, but it's an issue that just won't go away.

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PlayStation 3 sales plummet. When's the price cut?

Sony's PlayStation 3 people may have been bullish about week one sales, but they may be feeling more sheepish after a fortnight. Sales of the Sony…

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Which city tops the mobile-phone theft league?

I'll tell you. It's Glasgow. Yup, the jewel on the Clyde has been named as the worst city in the UK for mobile phone theft. (Or the best, if you…

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Online fraud is all YOUR fault

Or at least, that's what a UK government campaign supported by eBay, BT and Microsoft is suggesting.

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Only the kids star on YouTube

YouTube gets around 65,000 new videos uploaded each day and there are almost 20 million YouTube surfers each month, according to…

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Windows 'more secure than Mac OS'

Symantec's 11th Internet Security Threat Report says that Microsoft's Windows is currently the most secure operating system. Which rather gives…

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US anti-porn laws repealed

It's a great day for America's single-handed typists. A US federal court today ruled that a 1998 law designed to block children from viewing web…

Review: 
Mr Site Takeaway Website

Takeaway Website removes the pain from designing and publishing a site.

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Hilary Clinton, Apple ad storms YouTube

A mashup of Apple's iconic '1984' TV ad, that replaces 'Big Brother' (the Orwell character, not the Jade Goody vehicle) with Hilary Clinton, is…

Features: 
Broadband ISPs hold our lives in their hands

A recent poll of PC Advisor readers suggests that fewer than half of web users are content with their ISPs. And in a 10-month period last year,…


 

Comments by Matt Egan


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Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone vs BlackBerry - what's the best mobile platform?

I have to say in my experience most smartphone users (and I use that term advisedly) struggle with Windows Phone 8 and BlackBerry 10, because they…

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Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone vs BlackBerry - what's the best mobile platform?

In which case it is a shame for your sale your wife wasn't in our test.

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Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone vs BlackBerry - what's the best mobile platform?

We were after comments on the user experience of the camera, and battery life is at least partially related to the OS. But we could have been…

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Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone vs BlackBerry - what's the best mobile platform?

Absolutely. Which doesn't mean WP8 (or BB10) is bad, but it does mean it is harder to gain new users. And that is relevent and important.

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Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone vs BlackBerry - what's the best mobile platform?

I personally choose to use those phones. That is not a bias. It would be a bias if I had chosen those phones before testing WP and Android.…

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Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone vs BlackBerry - what's the best mobile platform?

So we are biased toware iOS and BlackBerry? Why those two in particular? I think it is fair to see how easy it is for a normal user to get used to…

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Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone vs BlackBerry - what's the best mobile platform?

It's something they mentioned, and I thought it was interesting. But you make a good point. Probably a bit of scope creep there.

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Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone vs BlackBerry - what's the best mobile platform?

And you are 100% entitled to that opinion. Have a great day!

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Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone vs BlackBerry - what's the best mobile platform?

But if you have to run someone through the basics it negates the point of the test.