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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 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 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 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 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 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 July 13, 2008
Launched on the same day as the iPhone 3G is Face the Task another one of Nokia’s great marketing sites that gives you the chance to win one of a number of special edition Nokia N96 handsets.
The Limited Edition N96 comes in a decorated ash tree box with a unique number on the inside cover. [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged features, n96, nokia, wwf