Keep a track on the whereabouts of your kids with the Life 360 app.  Track their real time location and movements. Very reassuring if your children have started travelling to and from school alone – you can add locations and get notified when they arrive at their destination. Also very handy.. Read More

If you are walking by the sea on a frosty winter’s walk and you see three ships go sailing by, how do you know what they are?  Just have the MarineTraffic – Ship Tracking free app on your phone and you can identify them and find all sorts of details. It will show you their names, where they.. Read More

This feature is quite handy if you find yourself having to retype a specific phrase quite often such as your email or house address, phone number, bank details, credit card number, or anything like that.  Text replacement offers a shortcut to this.  

To find it head to Settings > General.. Read More

The charging port on your phone is a little collection point for dust and dirt, and not many people realise that it needs cleaning on a regular basis. You might find that one day your phone refuses to charge, and it’s probably because the charging port is full of fluff.  We have protective cases.. Read More

Did you know you can easily see how much data you are using, and more importantly what apps are eating up your data?  Head to Settings, then Mobile Data.  As you scroll down, it will show you not only how much data you have used and then how much each app has used in order.  Netflix, social media,.. Read More

Do you ever find yourself scrolling back through Whatsapp message feeds in an attempt to find something important that someone once told you?  Important things like people’s address, concert times, bank details, flight times, anything really.  If at the time of receiving the message, you think.. Read More

If you long to see the Northern Lights on a crisp winter’s evening, you may be able to see them from the UK.  They are often visible by the naked eye or by camera from all over the UK.  These two apps on your phone can help: AuroraWatch UK which can send you alerts when there is high likelihood.. Read More

If you are heading away for the festive period, or going abroad at any time, just check with your phone provider before you go that your mobile phone tariff covers the area you are going to.  You do not want to be like the Scottish MP who racked up £11,000 of data charges whilst he was away.  If.. Read More

This is a neat little shortcut that you can programme yourself.  Head to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap and then you will see a list that says Double Tap and Triple Tap.  Select one of those and it will bring up a list of functions you can activate by tapping twice (or thrice).. Read More

As a small stocking filler, Simpatico would like to give you the Twelve Tips of Christmas.  We know the Twelve Days of Christmas are traditionally from Christmas Day to the 5th of January, but we hope you will be relaxing and not looking at the Internet by then, so there will be one a day for you.. Read More

There is a common misconception about Wi-Fi calling on mobile phones – that it allows you to make free calls. This isn’t the case, and it’s important to understand before you make a potentially expensive international call!

Wi-Fi calling is available on all but the oldest handsets… Read More