Thursday, 1 September 2011

Deezer is coming to the UK in September

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Source: TechRadar

Deezer, Parisian music streaming service is coming soon offering packages from nothing to pay to £4.99 to then £9.99 a month to pay.

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Sky and Sainsburys team up to create Apple iPad mayhem!

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Not content with being the dominant force when it comes to watching sports at home or in the pub, broadcaster Sky has got a trick up its sleeve that it hopes will see the man (or sports fanatic) of the house suddenly offer to do the weekly shop. The company is trying out a trolly-mounted iPad dock in specific Sainsburys stores, and it could be one of the most annoying inventions yet!

Samsung Wave phones at IFA 2011: A trio of Bada phones to suit all needs

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Yesterday marked the first day of IFA 2011 – one of the biggest international trade shows – and Samsung was the first major company out of the blocks. The South Korean giant released a number of new products, with a trio of Bada 2.0-powered smartphones leading the line.

All new 4oD is rolled out from Channel 4

 

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Channel 4 has finally thought its time that their catch-up service, 4oD is put back into the competition with a new look and feel which the broadcaster promises is much more than just an ordinary “catch-up” service.

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Tetris makes a comeback on Android, and this time it's free!

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Among a host of other announcements today, games developer Electronic Arts proudly revealed that you’ll now be able to get Tetris on your Android smartphone for free, irritating yet frustratingly catchy music included.

Friday, 26 August 2011

Bad 3G coverage exposed by the BBC

Update.

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The BBC undertook a survey around a month ago which tested 3G reception out and about around the UK. All you had to do was own an Android smartphone and download an app which was later criticised for eating up your juice. The makers, Epitiro later threw out a hotfix update to remove that minor issue.

HTC’s first ever Windows Mango smartphone could possibly be called the HTC Radar

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Source: TechRadar

Leaked onto the Internet today were press shots of HTC Radar now possibly longer called the HTC Omega. The smartphone comes intact with Windows’ new OS, Mango and this could be one of the smartphones that HTC unveil on September 1st.

Thursday, 25 August 2011

Channel 4 gets personal with 4oD relaunch

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Channel 4 is all set to relaunch its on-demand service at the end of the month, with 4oD getting a significant makeover.

Featured: Samsung Galaxy S, W, Y, M smartphones unwrapped

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Samsung has launched four new Android phones and, in the process has let us know its new classification system for handsets in the Galaxy range. The Samsung Galaxy range will consist of four models S, W, Y and M. Read on to find out all about the four new devices.

Featured: The Nokia 600, 700 and 701 in full

Nokia has launched the new and latest Symbian OS, Belle designed to be keypad free plus a whole load of new features. Along with the new OS comes three new touchscreen smartphones. Here’s a little about them all:

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Sony S1 becomes Sony Tablet S for mid-September launch

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Sony will release its first Android tablet, the Tablet S in the middle of next month. Sure, we love our Apple iPad but this Android tablet has all the hallmarks of being the one to steal the thunder from Apple.

Motorola vs BlackBerry with the FIRE

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Motorola are set to launch a budget-friendly Android smartphone this September which could very much be mistaken for a BlackBerry handset and this is what Victoria McManus, Motorola’s UK marketing boss had to say about the new and upcoming smartphone:

Sony announces massive changes to PlayStation Home

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Sony has announced a complete redesign of PlayStation Home, adding new districts, a central hub and effectively turning the virtual world into a game in its own right.

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

BlackBerry Curve 9360 snapped up by Vodafone

 

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Another day, another new BlackBerry. This time it is RIM’s latest addition to the Curve series of entry-level BlackBerry handsets. The early Curve ‘Berrys were a pretty sparse bunch with no 3G or wifi but the BlackBerry Curve 9360 looks like a much better deal.

Driver: San Francisco is on its way but digitally

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Source: TGS

Its on its way and the good news is that you will not even have to move from your home because Ubisoft Reflections are planning to launch it as a digital download to the PSN (PlayStation Network)and this is what Gareth Edmonson, Ubisoft Reflections MD had to say:

Monday, 22 August 2011

Another portable console from Sony with the PSP-E1000

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So forget about the upcoming Sony PS Vita for a moment because we have a brand new PSP on the way called the E1000.

Friday, 12 August 2011

Bye bye Dell Steak 5

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Source: TGS

The Dell Streak 5 has now got competition from the upcoming Acer Iconia Smart and the company have decided that its now time to knock off the unpopular Streak 5.

Thursday, 11 August 2011

Acer Iconia Smart 4.8 inch smartphone will be available in September

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Source: TGS

Acer are to launch a smartphone or shall I say tablet next month featuring a Snapdragon processor and running on Android’s Gingerbread OS. The screen is massive measuring 4.8 inches which certainly takes on Dell’s Streak due to the screen size.

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Facebook Messenger app to offer video conferencing?

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Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Pre-order your BlackBerry Bold 9900 now

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Source: TGS

Popped onto the Vodafone UK website today was the gorgeous BlackBerry Bold 9900.

Access Facebook from your wrist with the i’mWatch

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Source: TGS

Would you like a high-tech watch? Hmm. The little, attractive Android gadget builds a connection with your smartphone through Bluetooth giving you access to Facebook, text messages, phone calls and music on the move with 4GB of storage. Also, the features don’t stop there because in addition to the above you can also use widgets including checking the daily forecast and your next meeting.

Monday, 8 August 2011

Friday, 5 August 2011

Expect the Nokia N9 September 23rd

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Nokia have put a countdown timer on the website which means that ignoring the fact that the page is in Swedish a September launch date looks possible. However, nothing is set in stone at the moment.

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Thursday, 4 August 2011

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 UK release date revealed

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The Sims on Facebook, its coming soon!

 

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The Sims is popular without a shadow or doubt is a best seller so with that in mind the makers of EA have sat down and come up with an idea of incorporating the game into one of the biggest social networking sites of them all, Facebook.

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Apple iCloud pricing revealed

 

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Source: TGS.

We first heard discovered Apple’s iCloud service back in June and now the costs and full details have been revealed.

Firefox redesigned, is it true?

 

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Source: TechWorld

Posted on to the Internet are some Firefox design mock ups submitted by a Mozilla designer. The question is, are Mozilla following in Chrome and Safari’s footsteps?

Featured: Bad news for competition and poll volunteers, The Sun’s website has been hacked again

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The Sun’s website has been at the heart of an attack supposedly leaking registered users personal information including names and addresses onto the web.

New portable DAB radio from Pure called the Move 2500

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Source: TechRadar

Pure has announced news of a new portable and personal DAB radio claiming to offer users 14 hours of digital radio per charge.

iTunes in the Cloud is now giving US users a chance to re-download TV shows

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For US users only Apple have now added TV shows to its new iTunes in the Cloud service. This means with this new addition users can now re-download their favourite TV shows to all of their Apple devices including iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Monday, 1 August 2011

RUMOUR: Apple to possibly release a 46 inch HDTV

 

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Source: SandBox

Sony PS Vita to launch in October

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Source: TGS

Gaming on the move with the Sony PSP was popular but the next edition called PS Vita wants to up that.

New budget smartphone from Nokia launches called the 500

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Source: trustedreviews.com

Nokia are getting fierce and are taking on HTC’s Wildfire with their first new smartphone to feature new OS, Symbian Anna and no letters in its name!

Friday, 29 July 2011

Nintendo to drop 3DS prices

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Source: Shinyshinytv

Some may say the Nintendo 3DS is pretty cheap as it is but now the company have confirmed that during the middle of next month prices will drop to a new all time low meaning it will cost the Japanese company more to manufacture the consoles than it does to buy them. Good for us!

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Apple iPhone 5 iPad 3 to launch soon

 

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Source: TechRadar

Today, sees news of two possible release dates for the upcoming next edition of Apple’s much loved smartphone and furthermore a possible release date for Apple’s iPad 3.

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

First Windows ‘Mango’ smartphone is revealed

We first heard about Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone OS codenamed ‘Mango’ a while back and now the first ever Mango smartphone was revealed this morning with manufacturer Fujitsu Toshiba behind it. The smartphone is expected to come to Japanese stores this coming September. However, the bad news is that its not heading to the US. 

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

BlackBerry 9930 smartphone on its way

Now put on US network’s Verizon’s website it can’t be long before the release of the BlackBerry Bold 9930  comes to the UK.

BlackBerry fans listen up earlier this year we announced the arrival of two new Bold smartphones and now the 9930 is hopefully coming soon to the UK. Read on for the details.

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Monday, 25 July 2011

Tesco to offer customers free Wi-Fi

Browse the Internet for free in your local supermarket.

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Four lucky stores across the UK are getting the benefit of free Wi-Fi.

Friday, 22 July 2011

LG are expected to launch a 55 inch OLED TV next year

Its certainly going to be good but certainly not cheap.

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LG are to launch a 55 inch OLED TV in the second half of 2012 and judging by previous OLED TVs it certainly won’t come cheap. The news comes from LG Display CEO Kwon Young-soo from an event held in Korea where he revealed plans to invest more time in producing larger OLED TVs rather than just smaller ones.

Along with that news, figures were also announced which proved TVs account for half of their overall sales. 

What’s my view?

Well OLED is the new technology that is gradually expecting to over take LCD and LED, its more energy efficient and contain several advantages such as a faster refresh rate, lack of backlight meaning manufactures can produce slimmer TVs. To have all of this on a 55 inch TV is even better but it certainly won’t be a bargain so if you can afford well great if not like me bad luck.

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Thursday, 21 July 2011

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No more Google Labs

In news from Google the search giant has revealed that they are intending on winding down Google Labs.

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Google Labs is the place you go to test out Google prototypes and now its being taken down, the decision has come from Google to focus more on improving the current products already out there rather than introducing new ones.

We’ve seen over the past month closures of a few Google Labs services such as Google Health and Powermeter. The company has now announced though that that they will be also taking down more Google Lab products in the near future or alternatively build them into its “core service offering.”

Read the actual blog post at The Official Google Blog.

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Amazon Game Download Store to hit the UK in Autumn

Released in the US in February 2009 the gaming store from Amazon is rumoured to land in the UK in Autumn.

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Amazon are releasing their gaming website in the UK October of this year to give gamers a place to buy the latest releases, a place to download them digitally but also a place to buy them physically.  Its still in testing  at the moment but I’m pretty sure that we can finally expected a release from Amazon this Autumn.

 

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Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Featured Post: New Apple OS X Lion on sale today, yes today!

New OS, new MacBook Air line up, new display and the release of the Apple Mini.

Apple have certainly been busy today with various releases and announcements. Read on for a break down.

Apple OS X Lion

imageIts Apple’s brand new OS and it hits shops today, its available to digitally download from the Apple Mac App Store to receive the 250 new features on offer including multi-touch gesture support update, Mission Control (new from Apple to view all of your running apps in one click, and with integration of the Mac App store.)

Upgrade your latest OS X Snow Leopard to the OS X Lion for just £20.99. Plus, the OS X Lion will be available to buy on USB memory stick from August for a price tag of £55.

Video from Apple’s Channel on YouTube.com

New Apple MacBook range

New MacBook Air laptops to come in 13 and 11 inch models. All receiving Intel Core i5 and i7 processors. Furthermore, Apple have thrown in a backlit keyboard and Thunderbolt ports.

Details on the updated Mac Mini range

Apple revealed today that the new and revamped Mini range will come loaded with Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors, AMD Radeon HD graphics card and to top it off the new OS X Lion. Additionally, The Mac Mini will also receive built in Thunderbolt ports.

New Display Screen on offer from Apple

Want a larger screen? Apple’s providing it for you in addition to your Mac Mini and MacBook Pro. The new monitor called the Apple Thunderbolt Display will measure 27 inches and a offer 16: 9 aspect ratio. The new screen also comes with Gigabit Ethernet, Firewire 800 and a few USB 2.0 ports.

Now, Thunderbolt could make this screen stand out from the rest. I say this because by using the new technology there won’t be a need for those annoying and long cables. Thunderbolt lets you just use one cable and gives you the added ability to transmit audio and video signals to the display. This monitor will cost £899, not cheap but are Apple products ever at a reasonable price? It goes on sale in two months time.

What’s my view?

All good but expensive products on offer if you are an Apple fan. A few features that stand out from the crowd are Thunderbolt and Mission Control. These sound like they could come in handy at some time. Another thing that I do like about Apple is backlighting, this is so useful on a laptop especially when you’re in a dark room and need to use a computer but can’t see the keyboard! Those are just a few to highlight there are many and due to the price you pay for an Apple product one would hope you can expect an excellent and reliable purchase.

 

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Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Details on Samsung’s 5.3 inch Galaxy Q LEAKED

New smartphone from Samsung rivals Dell’s Streak.

 

Samsung Galaxy Q details leaked: Phone or tablet?

More from Samsung and this time its news of an upcoming release of yet another smartphone to be named Galaxy Q which has potential to be big!

The screen is at the centre of conversation because its to apparently carry measurements of 5.3 inches, pretty big indeed. Of course, this does come with some positives and negatives. A positive is certainly the ability to use the Galaxy Q as a full all in one multimedia device however a negative is who' wants to put a 5.3 inch device into their pocket? Certainly not me!

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Monday, 18 July 2011

A nationwide BBC survey looking at 3G signal strength

The BBC takes on mobile phones.

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Its really irritating when you lose your signal strength especially when you need to use it, it happens and its something that we had to live with but the BBC want to change that for good.

Owners of Android smartphones can take part in this new BBC survey by downloading the free app that will basically record your mobile phone signal every second of the day as long as your phone is switched on. It will then take the data and plot it on a cool interactive map.

This is what BBC Technology Correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones had to say about it:

"If we succeed, this should yield some interesting results.”

"It could tell us, for instance, whether our mobile networks are capable of delivering broadband connectivity in parts of the country where the fixed line service is patchy, whether coverage across cities is consistently good, and whether some operators are supplying a better service than others."

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Friday, 15 July 2011

Share your music with codenamed BBM Music

Share your music with your friends through BlackBerry Messenger.

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Sharing is popular as social networking site, Facebook has proven. People like to know what their friends are up to every second of the day. We also like to share what music we’re listening to and this is what BlackBerry’s new paid for service will achieve.

In addition to the forthcoming release of BlackBerry App World 3.0 BBM Music will let users share their songs and playlists with friends and family, well anyone really! Furthermore, RIM will offer their own and unique music library. Songs can be downloaded to your BlackBerry through a dedicated app.

Finally, it will set you back £3 ($5) a month, not much at all! With this monthly fee you then be able to send and receive a maximum of 50 songs per month.

What’s my view?

Its sounds good I suppose, not really my thing. However, if you’re the sort of person who likes to keep your people in the know of what music you’re listening and when BBM Music will be for you.

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Thursday, 14 July 2011

One beauty from Loewe with their Art 37 inch LED TV.

This TV offers both, design and features.

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Loewe offers pure entertainment with the LED Art 37 which gives you:

  • Superb sound well at least we would hope so with built in Dolby Digital Plus.
  • MediaNet allowing you to access other Internet content.
  • USB connection to check out videos, music and snaps.
  • 40-watt integrated subwoofer.
  • Two 20-watt Dolby Plus speakers.
  • Support for 5.1 surround sound.

It certainly looks good and will set you back £1795 or a greater £2195 if you want an integrated hard drive to avoid rushing to the TV for your favourite programmes.

What’s my view?

It sounds and looks good but contains an off putting price tag. Features I do like are MediaNet to access all of my iTunes library from my living room and the built in USB connection which is always useful to show the family the latest pics.

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