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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Launched

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Launched

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, [...]

New Nintendo DSi Announced

New Nintendo DSi Announced

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 [...]

Nokia Remix London - Tonight at 5.30pm

Nokia Remix London - Tonight at 5.30pm

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.

Lloyds TSB Launches Mobile Banking Application

Lloyds TSB Launches Mobile Banking Application

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 [...]

The Gadget Show Live Coming to the NEC

The Gadget Show Live Coming to the NEC

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 - [...]

BBC iPlayer for Nseries Now Live

BBC iPlayer for Nseries Now Live

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 [...]

The Gadget Show is back on Five at 8pm

The Gadget Show is back on Five at 8pm

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 [...]

Facebook 2.0 App now available for iPhone

Facebook 2.0 App now available for iPhone

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 [...]

September - Time Out

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 [...]

Google Chrome Doesn't Trust Google!

Google Chrome Doesn’t Trust Google!

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 [...]