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Windows Phone New York Launch Event

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:30:10 +0000

A US Windows Phone Launch Event is happening in New York next Monday, with senior execs from Microsoft in attendance it is hoped that the full plans for Windows Phone 2012 rollout…

Lease Your Mobile Phone And Save Money

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:42:05 +0000

Lease Your Mobile Phone And Save Money:

How many people upgrade their mobile phone and then leave the old one sitting in a drawer gathering dust? Yes many sell off the old one to a friend or via eBay, but a high…

Google to start charging for Google Maps in January 2012

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:27:41 +0000

Google to start charging for Google Maps in January 2012:

Well this is an interesting twist, Google is to start charging for Google Maps usage from January 2012 according to this BBC news article.

The charge will be levied on…

Nokia and Spectrum Interactive Bring Free WiFi To London

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:02:27 +0000

Nokia and Spectrum Interactive Bring Free WiFi To London:

Nokia and Spectrum Interactive today announced the launch of the first large scale trial of free WiFi access in London.

The free WiFi trial will be across 26 street…

Galaxy Note Available In Europe From November

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:36:19 +0100

Galaxy Note Available In Europe From November:

Samsung today announced that the Samsung Galaxy Note will be available across Europe in November. The Note first announced back in September has a 5.3” display running at 1280×800…

House Of Marley UK Launch Event

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:57:49 +0100

House Of Marley UK Launch Event:

I was at The House of Marley UK Launch event last night, where they showed off the range of headphones, earphones and docks they are introducing here in the UK following…

Nokia Drive SatNav Details On New Lumia 800 and 710 Windows Phone Handsets

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:24:12 +0100

Nokia Drive SatNav Details On New Lumia 800 and 710 Windows Phone Handsets:

The Nokia Lumia 800 and 710 were unveiled at Nokia World yesterday, and one of the features of the Nokia customisation was the satellite navigation App – Nokia Drive. There weren’t too…

Nokia Lumia 800 Picked Up By Vodafone, Three and Orange UK. Where is O2?

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:05:56 +0100

Nokia Lumia 800 Picked Up By Vodafone, Three and Orange UK. Where is O2?:

The Nokia Lumia 800 was announced at Nokia World earlier today, and the networks have been quick to announce they are picking it up.

Vodafone, Three and Orange have all…

Windows Phone 7.5 Voice Recognition – Spoken CallerID and Texts

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:39:47 +0100

Windows Phone 7.5 Voice Recognition – Spoken CallerID and Texts:

With the Mango update to Windows Phone last month came some speech recognition capabilities. While not as advanced as Siri you can still perform quite a few tasks by voice alone.

Nokia 800 Leak Phone Image

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:09:21 +0100

Nokia 800 Leak Phone Image:

There have been many Nokia N800 press images leaked recently, but now we have a shot of the actual handset itself.

With Nokia World tomorrow, at the very least the N800 should be…

Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale trial the UK’s first 4G connection

Thu, 26 May 2011 14:11:37 +0100

Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale trial the UK’s first 4G connection:

Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale have today announced a collaboration that will see the first live trial of next generation 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) high speed broadband to…

Yahoo! Messenger App brings video and voice calling to the iPad

Fri, 20 May 2011 23:29:43 +0100

Yahoo! Messenger App brings video and voice calling to the iPad:

The Yahoo Anecdotal Blog is reporting that the Yahoo! Messenger app has launched on the iPad. Yahoo! is the first major provider to bring video/voice calling to the iPad, making it possible to…

Yet more Windows Phone Mango features leaked

Thu, 19 May 2011 21:12:45 +0100

Yet more Windows Phone Mango features leaked:

OK, we were wrong. There *can* be more Windows Phone 7 Mango release details leaked. We thought someone from Microsoft would have put a stop to this to make sure there was actually something left to…

New Encyclopædia Britannica Snakes App launched today

Mon, 16 May 2011 19:30:55 +0100

New Encyclopædia Britannica Snakes App launched today:

Encyclopædia Britannica, following up on their great Easter App Giveaway, have today released their new Snakes App on iTunes featuring poisonous Adders, venomous Cobras and deadly…

Powermat Joins The Wireless Power Consortium

Sun, 15 May 2011 17:24:41 +0100

Powermat Joins The Wireless Power Consortium:

We love Powermat, their wireless charging system is so easy to use and benefits people with arthritis and other diseases that affect motor skills. We tested the iPhone4 charging system a while back and loved not having to plug in Apples lead connector. There is only one small drawback to the system, the fact that it uses technology proprietary to Powermat, and while this isn’t a huge deal at this early stage of wireless charging systems, it could become an issue as other system come on board and they aren’t interoperable.

Three selected as Chromebook 3G connectivity partner in UK

Fri, 13 May 2011 19:26:02 +0100

Three selected as Chromebook 3G connectivity partner in UK:

Three have just announced they have been selected as the Chromebook 3G connectivity partner in the UK. Announced yesterday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, the two…

Toshiba AC100 Android smartbook on Amazon, UK only

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:52:59 +0100

Toshiba AC100 Android smartbook on Amazon, UK only:

The Toshiba AC100 is now available to buy from Amazon UK.

The 10.1-inch, 1.9lb Android ‘smartbook’ has:

1GHz Tegra 250 SoC
32GB SSD
512MB of DDR2 memory
802.11n WiFi,
Bluetooth…

Samsung Galaxy Tab – $200-$300 says Wall Street Journal

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:52:59 +0100

Samsung Galaxy Tab – $200-$300 says Wall Street Journal:

The Wall Street Journal has a story that Samsung product executive, Hankil Yoon, informed them that the Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet would retail for somewhere between $200 and $300 in the United…

Warning: New Survey Worm Spreading On Facebook

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:52:59 +0100

Warning: New Survey Worm Spreading On Facebook:

“A group of developers have found a loophole in Facebook’s application Platform which enables them to automatically post messages to a user’s wall. This loophole doesn’t require any action by the…

iPad Video Calling Debugger

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:48:48 +0100

iPad Video Calling Debugger:

9to5 Mac have a screen shot of a video call debug screen on an iPad. No-one really thought that it would be long before a next-gen iPad with inbuilt camera would come along, and the mighty…