Neil Bird

and it’s Goodbye from me…

After 2 years at the helm of iGadgetLife.com, I have decided to call it a day and sell the site and handover to some new owners.
It’s been great fun, I have met some brilliant people, been to some cool places and of course been able to play with some great gadgets!
This isn’t the end for [...]

Google Chrome for Mac is on its way

Google Chrome for Mac is on its way

Google Chrome for Mac
Great news for all you Mac users out there that have been desperate to hear when Google’s web browser Google Chrome will be available on your Apple computers, as a developer version has been released.

Although this is far from being a complete working browser, its a good sign to show that us [...]

Search for N and win

Search for N and win

Win a Nokia N97
Nokia are running a treasure hunt that has 7 N’s located across the British Countryside*.

Myself and some of my fellow bloggers were invited to London last week by WOMWorld/Nokia for an exclusive mysterious screening. Unfortunately I was unable to attend due to work commitments, but for those lucky enough to go to [...]

One Million Views

One Million Views

Nokia N95/N95 8GB Video hits 1 millions YouTube Views
Back in November 2007 I was fortunate enough to be one of the first people to be sent a Nokia N95 8GB, the much anticipated update to the hugely successfully Nokia N95. Due to the huge interest in the handset at the time, I wanted to be [...]

Google iPhone App updated for UK and Australia

Google iPhone App updated for UK and Australia

Google Voice Search now for British & Australian iPhone owners
Google have updated their iPhone App for British and Australian citizens to better recognise their accents when using the voice search feature.
Being a Brit I have previously had problems using the Google iPhone App, as most of the time it failed to recognise what I had [...]

Nokia 5800 Star Trek Limited Edition

Nokia 5800 Star Trek Limited Edition

Beam me up with a Nokia 5800
Today Nokia announced that there will be a Limited Edition Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone sold exclusively through Phones 4U in the UK from 1st May.
The Limited Edition Nokia 5800 touch screen handset which features a 3.2 MP Camera, A-GPS and 16GB of storage will have the following additions:

Four special [...]

Xtival: Free XBox Live Gold 1st-4th May

Xtival: Free XBox Live Gold 1st-4th May

Free XBox Live for the Bank Holiday Weekend
XBox Live are running another Xtival over the weekend of the 1st - 4th May ‘09 that will allow all you (European) Xbox Live Silver members to experience some Online Gold for free during the special event.

There are even bigger competitions and tournaments to rock, and loads of [...]

1 Billion iPhone Apps Downloaded

1 Billion iPhone Apps Downloaded

1 Billion Apps in 9 months - WOW!

Amazing when you think that it took nearly 3 years before 1 Billion music tracks were downloaded from iTunes in 2006!
Love it or hate it, the iPhone really has shaken up the mobile industry!

Totally Free Skype Calls from 3UK

Totally Free Skype Calls from 3UK

Free Skype Calls & Messages from 3UK - No Top-up or Contract required!
Mobile network innovators 3UK have announced today that from 1st May you will be able to make free Skype to Skype calls over the 3 network with no top-up or contract required.

To start with any compatible 3 mobile handset will be able to [...]

Whatleydude on the BBC News at Six

Whatleydude on the BBC News at Six

James Whatley talks mobile apps
Mobile blogger and voice of SpinVox James Whatley, or Whatleydude as he is more commonly known in these circles made his first prime-time TV appearance on the BBC News at Six here in the UK yesterday.

In a piece by the BBC’s technology correspondent about how developers are making money from mobile [...]