The Apple Keynote at the WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) cued cheering from many mac enthusiasts. The main order of the day was to announce an upgrade to the iPhone 3G. Namely the iPhone 3G S. The Basics: Camera has been upgraded to 3 megapixel Battery is longer. Apparently. Can now use 7.2 Mbps HSDPA 16Gb [...]
The Short Version: The Palm Pre is being thrown out by Sprint on the 6th of June for $200. It’s data-plan heavy, and can be charged by a Touchstone charger for extra outlay. The Longer Version: You can get the Palm Pre for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate. If you value your wallet, you [...]
QR Codes are a fantastic idea. Mostly. And yes, I’m talking about a technology that has been around for quite some time and it really didn’t take off outside of Japan, but go with me on this. I know that you lot would have seen them before and dismissed them as futuristic ideas that will [...]
It’s strange really. Sometimes the best adverts come from the internet. Such as this one from Nokia called The-Unloader. The basic idea behind it is that you upload a document, then in a Dilbertesque way, the doc gets printed and sent along a production line to be destroyed, ruining the point of printing the document [...]
Hey kids, do you want a new cellphone that you don’t have to worry about charging any more? Fed up of emergency chargers involving winding on a crank, or carrying around a spare battery? Do you just hate it when you accidentally leave your phone in your swimming costume whilst you cannonball into the pool? [...]
Every once in a while, your mobile phone may stop making and receiving calls and texts. This happens to be the most common technical issue with handsets where I work, and stems from the fact that the phone simply stops updating on the phone network. Most handsets do this every few hours and can miss [...]
The second phone on the market with Android has been announced. Instead of being on T-Mobile, this one is being put onto Vodafone in the UK, Spain, Germany and France (to SFR), with some restrictionless handsets heading to Italy. They say you get all of two choices of colour (black or white) but I would [...]
As many of you that read one of the other blogs will know, I have owned my 3 Skypephone for a good few months now. I loved the idea of being able to use Skype on a mobile phone without resorting to some cobbled together solution involving extra equipment nor a computer. I blathered about [...]
Nokia (They make phones, apparently…) have paid a stupid amount of money (254m Euros, £209m, $410m or 4 Esso Tiger Tokens) for Symbian. They already owned almost half of it already, but they went ahead to get the rest of it. What will they end up doing with the newly bought entity? Why, create an [...]
Apple have unleashed possibly their worst kept secret ever. Apple (United Kingdom) – iPhone: Introducing iPhone 3G. With fast 3G wireless technology, Maps with GPS, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange and the new App Store, iPhone 3G puts even more amazing features in your hands. Now, I have already said in the past [...]