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By Mike on December 18, 2008
Great news people – a year after the launch of the highly successful BBC iPlayer comes the announcement that the much anticipated BBC iPlayer Desktop for Mac is finally available for download!
The new version of the BBC iPlayer Desktop launched in Beta today uses Adobe Air meaing that the application is platform netural and will [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged adobe, BBC, iplayer, Mac, software
By Mike on December 10, 2008
Google have just announced that Google Street View is now available in their latest version of Google Maps for Mobile for S60 handsets.
Street View is spreading across mobile handsets quite rappidly, with the G1, iPhone and Blackberry already getting a piece of the action.
Goto m.google.com either on your PC or phone to download your copy.
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Google, maps, Mobiles, software
By Mike on December 9, 2008
Nokia are the biggest manufacturer of mobile phones in the world, and with that comes so. much. choice.
If you cant decide which Nokia handset will be the ideal Christmas present this year, then why not take a look at their ever-so helpful Nokia Christmas Gift Guide.
You can filter on who you want to give to [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Mobiles, nokia
By Mike on December 8, 2008
It would seem that getting live TV on your iPhone is one step closer thanks to the guys at Livestation who have been demoing their Livestation App for the iPhone. The P2P TV network have previously offered its TV coverage via a downloadable desktop app (available for Windows, Mac & Linux) and via its website [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged app, Apple, iPhone, livestation, p2p, software, TVs
By Mike on December 8, 2008
That was the verdict of The Gadget Show, as they announced that the Apple iPhone 3G was the must-have gadget of 2008.
What do you think? What is your Gadget of the year?
Posted in Gadgets, Mobiles | Tagged Apple, Gadget, iPhone, Mobiles
By Mike on December 3, 2008
Can you believe it, Argos are selling a Blu Ray player for less than £100. The Bush DB01 previously retailed at £299.99. OK it might not be the best Blu Ray player in the world, but for those of you who are just after a nice little unit to watch films on your H-iDef TV, [...]
Posted in Gadgets | Tagged blu ray, features, Gadget
By Mike on December 2, 2008
Video streaming site Joost have released a Joost iPhone/iPod Touch App free to download.
The first version of the iPhone application provides access to our full content library via Wi-Fi. You can browse, search, or simply enjoy some of our most popular programs.
Download Joost for your iPhone/iPod Touch
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged app, Apple, iPhone, joost, Mobiles
By Mike on December 1, 2008
Tomorrow is the big day for Nokia fans, as it would seem that Nokia have something up their sleeves to announce to the world in a live broadcast from Nokia World 2008 titled Transforming the way we connect.
What could it be about? Grab your seat tomorrow morning to watch the live feed. In case you [...]
Posted in Internet, Mobiles | Tagged Event, features, Mobiles, nokia, nseries
By Mike on November 26, 2008
As I mentioned at the beginning of October, The Gadget Show Live will be at the Birmingham NEC from Friday 17th April to Sunday 19th April 2009.
You can now pre-order your tickets from the Gadget Show Live website.
Advanced ticket prices are as follows:
Adults: £12.95
Under 12s: £5
Under 5s: Free
There will also be special live performances [...]
Posted in Gadgets | Tagged Event, gadget show, TVs
By Mike on October 27, 2008
Great news people – Google have just released their amazing Google Earth for the iPhone.
The app allows all the normal zooming and searching and of course uses the iPhones location feature to zoom in to where you currently are.
One nice touch is tilting the iPhone to a more vertical position and the view you see [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged app, Apple, earth, Google, iPhone, Mobiles
By Mike on October 21, 2008
The amazing TV Plus app that was only launched last week, that allows you to remote record your favourite TV shows on Sky+, has just had an update to 1.1.
The update brings regional settings allowing you to select your TV region so that you have the appropriate variation of BBC1 and ITV1.
I think this has [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged app, iPhone, Mobiles, sky, software
By Mike on October 14, 2008
First you could set your laptop free with Mobile Broadband from 3 – now you can set your household free from fixed wire broadband with a 3 Mobile Broadband Router.
If you already have a Huawei Mobile Broadband dongle you can now share you Mobile Broadband connection with other devices in your household using the Huawei [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged 3, Broadband, Mobiles
By Mike on October 14, 2008
Sky+ Remote Record is now available for the iPhone!
I received news this morning that a new app has hit the App Store called TV Plus. A UK TV Guide that supports Sky+ Remote Record.
At an introductory price of £2.99 this is a must have application for any iPhone user that has Sky+ here in the [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged app, Apple, iPhone, Mobiles, remote record, sky, software, TVs
By Mike on October 9, 2008
The cool guys at SpinVox have teamed up with the guys from Ping.fm to enable you to update all your favourite social sites with one swift voice message.
That’s right, one simple call and your message will be converted into text by the magic of SpinVox and posted to the sites you choose via Ping.fm. [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Mobiles, ping.fm, spinvox
By Mike on October 9, 2008
Fancy the chance to win yourself a brand-spanking new mobile? – then why not head over to the 3 website where you can be in with a chance to win a Nokia N96.
The flagship Nokia N96 is the must-have mobile that does everything apart from make you a cup of tea:
5.0 megapixel camera
A-GPS
2.8 inch display
DVB-H [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged 3, competition, Mobiles, n96, nokia
By Mike on October 2, 2008
The Nokia Remix London Event tonight saw the launch of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic handset, which we all know as the Nokia Tube.
This isn’t Nokia’s iPhone killer handset, its just their first touch-enabled mobile which runs on the new S60 5th Edition. The specs are nothing to be sniffed at with a 3.2 megapixel camera, [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged 5800, features, Mobiles, nokia, touch, xpressmusic
By Mike on October 2, 2008
The rumours have being building for a while that Nintendo have a new DS. Today was the day that it was finally announced to the world – the Nintendo DSi.
The new handheld will launch in Japan on the 1st November for just over £100, with Europe sometime early next year.
The Nintendo DSi, which will [...]
Posted in Consoles | Tagged camera, DS, dsi, game, Internet, nintendo, WiFi
By Mike on October 2, 2008
Nokia have another Virtual Event running this evening titled Nokia Remix London.
The event’s tagline is:
Hear big news that set to mash up the world of mobile music
Be there to find out the lastest news, and join the discussion.
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Event, music, nokia
By Mike on October 1, 2008
British High Street Bank Lloyds TSB have announced the next generation in Mobile Banking here in the UK with the first Mobile Banking application for mobiles that allows a range of banking services.
The java application will allow customers to securely move money between their Lloyds TSB accounts, view account balances and set-up a range of [...]
Posted in Internet, Mobiles | Tagged bank, Internet, Mobiles, software
By Mike on October 1, 2008
More great news Gadget Fans – not only is The Gadget Show returning to our screens next Monday, but you will also be able to see them live at the NEC in Birmingham next April.
Expect to see your favourite gadget hosts Jason Bardbury, Jon Bently and Suzi Perry
at the live event from 17th – [...]
Posted in Gadgets | Tagged Event, gadget show, TVs
By Mike on October 1, 2008
Big news people – the BBC have launched its fantastic iPlayer for a selection* of Nokia NSeries handsets.
The first mobile version of iPlayer was launched for the iPhone earlier this year and has proved to be very popular.
The Nokia N96 is the first official phone that will come with the new BBC iPlayer application, as [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged BBC, features, iplayer, nokia, nseries, software
By Mike on September 30, 2008
Great news for all you British gadget lovers out there – The Gadget Show is back on our screens again on Monday 6th October at 8pm.
Jason Bardbury, Jon Bently and Suzi Perry are back for season 10 of the hit show, with more fantastic hands on with the latest gadgets and gizmos. Get your Sky+ Planners [...]
Posted in Gadgets | Tagged features, Gadget, gadget show, TVs
By Mike on September 30, 2008
The wait is over Facebook have finally launched a much improved app for the iPhone. Facebook 2.0 brings you Notifications, Full News Feed, People Search, Friend Requests, Photo Tagging, Photo Captioning, Photo Posts to your friends Walls, your entire Inbox, plus performance improvements.
To update go to the App Store on your iPhone/iPod Touch and click [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged app store, Apple, features, iPhone, software
By Mike on September 29, 2008
You may have noticed that things have been a little quiet around here on iGadgetLife recently, with hardly any activity this month. The main reason for this was due to me getting some much needed sunshine in Portugal at the beginning of the month.
A week away in a foreign land with no mobile [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By Mike on September 2, 2008
It would seem that new Google Chrome doesn’t trust Google websites, as I found out when I clicked the Google Reader link at the top of my Gmail window:
This is probably not the site that you are looking for!
You attempted to reach www.google.co.uk, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as www.google.com. This [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged browser, chrome, Google
By Mike on September 2, 2008
It’s that time of year again, when Apple announce some new iPods in time for Christmas.
I wonder what else they’ll have up their sleeves?
Posted in Apple | Tagged Apple, Event, ipod
By Mike on September 2, 2008
The new web browser from Google has been launched. Google Chrome first announced yesterday at Google Books in the form of a cartoon, is now available for Windows users.
I’ve downloaded and had a quick play (I am writing this from within Google Chrome) and the first thing that you notice is that its FAST!
On the surface, we [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged browser, chrome, Google
By Mike on September 1, 2008
For one day only – Tuesday 2nd September 2008 MyMemory.co.uk are having a SanDisk Day where you can get 20% off all SanDisk Products!
All you need to do is quote discount code mysan01 during checkout.
If you are in the market for a new memory card for your mobile, then head over to MyMemory.co.uk for this [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged promotion, sandisk
By Mike on August 26, 2008
Not only is the 3 Skypephone S2 a neat phone in a compact form, it also doubles up as a Mobile Broadband Dongle allowing you to surf the internet on your laptop via your mobile.
Getting started
Set-up was a breeze, well for PC users (more on that later), as all you need to do is plug [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged 3, features, Internet, Mobiles, skype, skypephone
By Mike on August 26, 2008
Today saw the announcement of two new handsets, the Nokia N79 and the Nokia N85 at the Nokia Virtual Launch.
The Nokia N79 comes with 3 Xpress-on smart covers (included in the box) that when changed will automatically change the colour of the theme on the phone.
The handset brings a lot of features already seen in [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged features, n79, n85, nokia, nseries
By Mike on August 24, 2008
Tuesday 26th August 2008 is a date to put in your diary, for at 9am (UK time) you should be taking your seat and participate in the Nokia Virual Launch.
During the event you will be discovering how convergence meets Nokia’s exciting solutions.
You may wish to pre-register with Tangler (if you are not already a [...]
Posted in Internet, Mobiles | Tagged Event, features, nokia
By Mike on August 23, 2008
If you have been wanting to upgrade your 2G iPhone to a White 3G you have been out of luck here in the UK, as the only place you could get a White iPhone was on a brand new contract from an Apple Store.
As of yesterday Carphone Warehouse have started to sell White 3G iPhone’s [...]
Posted in Apple, Mobiles | Tagged 3g, Apple, iPhone
By Mike on August 22, 2008
Just when I’d given up all hope of seeing any sun this summer in the UK, today we were blessed with blue skies! Luckily I have had this week off so I was able to make the most of the sunshine and head to the coast; Lyme Regis.
The weather has been so miserable here in [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Apple, iPhone, Mobiles, wordpress
By Mike on August 19, 2008
Its traditional to do an un-boxing video of a new mobile here on iGadget Life and the new 3 Skypephone S2 is no exception:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfhRR-66HG8
Below is the photo that I quickly took in the video. Please bare in mind that it was a quick snap taken from a not very well lit room pointing out to [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged 3, s2, skypephone, video
By Mike on August 18, 2008
I was recently lucky enough to test-drive a Toshiba Qosmio G40 Laptop.
The first thing that you notice about the Qosmio G40 is its size. Its a monster! at 44×23×4.5cm and weighing in at hefty 4.5kg; this is one big laptop.
For size comparisons, the pictures below show the Qosmio stacked with an Apple Macbook and [...]
Posted in Gadgets | Tagged features, laptop, qosmio, toshiba
By Mike on August 18, 2008
The support site of the much anticipated Nokia N96 is now live – which can only mean one thing – not long until we finally get our hands on the N96! yeah!
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged n96, nokia, nseries
By Mike on August 18, 2008
A Motorcycle courier arrived on my doorstep today to drop off an interesting new handset – the brand new 3 Skypephone S2.
There has been much chatter on the internet recently about the replacement to the original Skypephone launched back in October last year, and today 3 have finally announced the handset.
I have been one of [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged 3, skypephone
By Mike on August 12, 2008
I received an email today from a PR company that work on campaigns with Nokia, with the attached invitation:
It would seem that two new handsets will be announced to some select recipients of this email on Monday 18th August at 8am before the official handset launches a week later.
iGadgetLife will be there to bring you [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged nokia, nseries
By Mike on July 30, 2008
I was in London the weekend to see Kylie at the O2 Arena, and of course I took along an Nseries handset to capture some footage of the concert.
As you can see from the video below, the quality recorded by the Nokia N82, both video and audio, is pretty outstanding. Please bear in mind that [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged concert, n82, nokia
By Mike on July 15, 2008
Just as I expected – false promises – today (Friday 11th) was the day that I was supposed to get my hands on my pre-ordered 16GB iPhone 3G, and guess what it never arrived!
Annoying enough that I was still iPhone-less, today (Tues 15th) was also the day that o2 ported my 3UK number across to [...]
Posted in Apple, Mobiles | Tagged 3g, Apple, iPhone, O2
