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By Kristofer on September 1, 2009
The Mobile World is all a buzz with this news today, so I figured I would share the official press release with you:
Napster, the pioneer of digital music, today announced subscribers can now access their account at m.napster.com from most web-enabled [...]
Posted in Press Releases | Tagged Download!, Mobiles, music, napster, pc, phone, songs
By Amanda on August 5, 2009
Having an iPhone in your pocket gives you a powerful tool to not only get information while traveling, but it also gives you a link back to your home, allowing you to monitor it for security and peace of mind.
There are many ways to make this work, and we will explain a few of the [...]
Posted in Apple, Mobiles | Tagged Apple, camera, home monitoring, iPhone, Mobiles, security
By Mike on April 29, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged app, Google, iPhone, Mobiles, voice
By Mike on April 28, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged 5800, Mobiles, nokia, xpressmusic
By Mike on April 23, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged 3uk, Mobiles, skype, three
By Mike on February 9, 2009
Google have just launched a Beta of their Google Sync for Mobile Phones.
The new service opens up Microsoft Exchange connectivity direct to the Google Cloud, so that you can sync your Contacts and Calendar to a variety of mobile phones:
iPhone
BlackBerry
Nokia S60
Nokia standard
Sony Ericsson
Windows Mobile
This means that companies like NuevaSync who have currently been filling the [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Google, Mobiles, sync
By Mike on February 2, 2009
Track your Photos and Videos with Nokia viNe
Back at the beginning of September I was fortunate enough to be part of the Nokia viNe Beta trial. For those of you unfamiliar with Nokia viNe, its an application you can install on your Nseries handsets that will record your journeys out and about and when and where [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Mobiles, nokia, nseries, software, vine
By Mike on February 2, 2009
Get free credit from Tesco
British supermarket giant Tesco have some great deals on their Tesco Mobile to beat the credit crunch.
Simply top-up your pay as you go Tesco Mobile and they will give you extra credit free!
Top-up £10 and get £10 free giving you a total of £20 credit
Top-up £15 and get £30 free giving [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Mobiles, offer, tesco
By Mike on January 28, 2009
The Samsung Show with built-in Projector
It was only yesterday that I wrote about my experiences with the 3M MPro110 Pocket Projector, and how I was looking forward to seeing how this will develop in the future and arrive in actual mobile phones.
Well in my RSS Feeds today I came across an example of such a [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Mobiles, oled, projector, samsung show
By Mike on January 27, 2009
3M MPro110 Pocket Projector
The projector has taken a massive leap in technology recently, but not a major leap in size, the total opposite in fact. Miniature projectors have started appearing that can display great images, but the unit is the size of your average mobile phone and in some cases actually built inside a mobile [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged 3m, Mobiles, mpro110, n82, nokia, projector
By Mike on January 9, 2009
Congrats to Mark from The Nokia Blog on his wedding to Shelia a little earlier. Mark was kind enough to share their special day with us all straight from his Nokia handset using steaming video service Qik.
It was only a couple of months ago that Mark proposed to Shelia and shared with us how he [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Event, Mobiles, nokia, quick
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 July 8, 2008
If you have been using the great GooSync software application on your mobile that allows you to sync your contacts and calendar with Google – then you may be interested to hear that they have a special promotion on this month for GooSync Premium.
To use GooSync Premium you previously had to pay an annual subscription [...]
Posted in Internet, Mobiles | Tagged Google, Mobiles, software
By Mike on May 28, 2008
Just a reminder that the Half-price Mobile Broadband offer from 3 finishes the end of this month – thats this Saturday (31st May).
If you have been thinking about getting Mobile Broadband – then you only have a few days left to take up this too good to miss offer!
I have just recommended it to a [...]
Posted in Internet, Mobiles | Tagged 3, Broadband, Mobiles
By Mike on May 6, 2008
Bringing you the best of the best in Smart Phone Software are the aims of the Top Mobile 20 Competition that has just been launched by Jeb Brilliant.
Aimed squarely at mobile software developers from the individual to large companies, that produce, design or develop smart phone software, the Top Mobile 20 is a showcase for [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Mobiles, software
By Mike on April 14, 2008
People have been trying very hard to find new ways of using Mobile Barcodes (Datamatrix or QR Codes), to get the technology more mainstream. I posted recently about how the Petshop Boys used Mobile barcodes in their music video for Intergral.
Now its seems that a particular Japanese gravestone maker is embedding the QR Codes within [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged Mobiles, software
By Mike on April 10, 2008
I received a very exciting new gadget through the post on Saturday – a brand new 3 HSDPA Mobile Broadband dongle.
I have been toying with the idea of getting a Mobile Broadband Dongle from 3 for some months now (as I am already a mobile subscriber). One of my main concerns was tying myself into [...]
Posted in Internet, Mobiles | Tagged 3, Broadband, EEE PC, Mobiles, review
By Mike on February 19, 2008
If you have been thinking of joining the mobile broadband revolution and are a student – then you need to hop over a 3 Store near you soon for their Student Mobile Broadband Offer where they have reduced the price of the 3 Mobile Broadband Modem (Dongle) from £99 to £49 for Pay as You [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged 3, Broadband, Mobiles
By Mike on September 10, 2007
OMG Sky+ has to be the best thing ever invented!
Yesterday at 8am (yes it was a Sunday!) I had a Sky installer on my doorstep ready to upgrade my standard Sky equipment to the wonders of Sky+. It’s something that I have wanted for ages but have refused to pay Sky £10 a month [...]
Posted in Gadgets, Mobiles | Tagged Mobiles, n95, review, sky, software
