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Mobiles get optimised Met Office website for weather
I think you can file this one under ‘handy to know’, just in case you were ever to need it… the Met Office (Weather Forecasters in UK) have now released a Mobile-optimised version of their website, following the launch of their iPhone App. The central premise here is that the App is quick to load, and (obviously) should display correctly on the pixel-challenged screens of most Mobile devices. When you arrive at the site, you are greeted by some nice simple layouts, through which you can find the weather near … Read more
Ben Robinson
iPhone gets cheap tariffs from Tesco Mobile
Tesco Mobile have just announced a trolleyload (ha ha – pun intended) of cheap new iPhone tariffs, according to TechDigest. You can get an iPhone 3G 8GB for £100, iPhone 3GS 16GB for £200, and iPhone 3GS 32GB for £275, on a £35/month contract – which only lasts for 12 months! In to that bundle you also get unlimited texts, data, and WiFi, plus 750 voice minutes – not at all bad, methinks! Another bundle is the mid-ranger iPhone 3GS 16GB, on a £45/month, 24-month contract – but this time … Read more
Ben Robinson
Multitasking for iPad allows you to Browse, Tweet, and Status Update in Parallel!
Well this is an interesting one… Makayama have released an App called ‘multitasking’ for the iPad. That may have had you wondering what it is doing, especially given recent announcements for the iPhone – well, it’s about mashing up Safari, a Facebook client, and a Twitter client together! They run at the same time (hence the name of the App!), allowing you to browse the web, while receiving alerts of Twitter and Facebook updates. The browser can work in half or full-screen mode – while in full screen mode, Twitter and … Read more
Ben Robinson
CoPilot South Africa will navigate you around the World Cup!
Football fans heading to South Africa this summer will be able to find their way around easily thanks to the newly available CoPilot Live South Africa sat nav app. Those kindly folks at ALK have released versions for iPhone, Android smartphones and Windows Phone, giving full turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation in-car or on foot. Detailed street maps are stored on the phone, so there’s no need to rely on the mobile network for navigation and no risk of incurring huge roaming bills for downloading maps. Sweet! With matches for the forthcoming … Read more
Ben Robinson
Microvision gets PO to deploy pico-projector in high-end Mobile Media device
According to my buddy Ron at picoprojector-info.com, Microvision have announced that they have received an $8.5 million purchase order for their PicoP laser pico-projector modules for a consumer electronics customer. The plan is to use the engine in a high-end mobile media player, which will be released towards the end of 2010! Of course, the immediate question is who could that be? And also, what the nature of the device in question is! I highly suspect it won’t be a pure Mobile Telephonydevice, but something a bit bigger. At any … Read more
Ben Robinson
Orange reveals sixth Digital Media Index
Orange today unveiled its sixth Digital Media Index (ODMI), which is a detailed report into how digital media is consumed across its mobile network. But rather than the IntoMobile readership have to wade through things, I’ve conveniently ripped out some interesting stats – coz I’m nice like that Key findings from the April 2010 report include: Mobile Social Networking Nearly two million Orange customers now use their handsets for social networking Over one billion page impressions on social networking sites are made via mobile each month Mobile Internet Orange’s mobile internet … Read more
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Amazon sold 3.3 million kindles in 2009
I just got a mini stat-attack in from my bud Ron at e-reader-info.com: DisplaySearch say that shipments of e-paper increased to 5 million units in 2009, up 417% on year from 950,000 units in 2008, mainly due to the popularity of e-book readers. The Amazon Kindle has 66% of the total e-paper market according to DisplaySearch, which means that they sold 3.3 million units. Why is this relevant? One word: iPad. Yep, the pancaked-iPhone is bulldozing sales figures, creation of non-Flash content, and aspersions about it’s size along quite nicely indeed, … Read more
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Android will be the OS of choice for nex-gen Puma Phone
Reading over an androidcommunity.com, the guys there are saying that the nex-gen Puma phone is going to be rocking Android – oh yeah? Nice! Apparently, during a launch event for the current device (!), an EVP Marketing commented that Sagem are looking to go with the Google OS in a big way in upcoming devices. The current devices are powered by a Sagem homebrew OS, but to get that feature-enablement, and address the market segments, Android is a good bet. Of course, it is extremely likely the upcoming device would … Read more
Ben Robinson
Android toys soon to be for sale, variety of designs on offer!
OK so this isn’t news about a new device, but it does win on the kookiness factor, the geek rating, and the downright cute-o-meter! Our buddies over at fonehome.co.uk have somehow managed to get their hands on a boxed set of Android toys! The toys feature some wick-eed art, and a variety of the little plastic critters to satisfy the uber-geek inside you. The Mini Android Collectables are 12 amazing Android figures, featuring Octopoid, Hi-Voltage, Albino, Creature and just plain green Android. And we’ve snaffled up a box of 16 … Read more
Ben Robinson
iPad will get pricing from three UK Operators at end of May
Talk about incoming press releases! I got three today, from O2, Vodafone, and Orange, respectively – and all were talking about when they are releasing iPad pricing – those amongst you that are pretty sharp might notice a lot of similarity in the text itself….! Now we already know that big pancaked-iPhone is late (because the US wants loads more, so-says Apple), but it would appear the ‘date’ in everyones minds is ‘late May’ – nice and vague I know, with loads of wiggle room – but to be fair, … Read more
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Android April at Vodafone UK!
No gag, I’m serious – Vodafone UK are launching not one, but three Android devices this month – and they are all good! Vodafone’s Android April Vodafone’s Android April is going great guns, with the HTC Desire and Legend, and Sony Ericsson X10 – all now available to buy on the UK’s best network. The Legend is available exclusively to Vodafone customers, and is available free on a £20, 24 month price plan. So there you have it – it’s an Android-fest, with the pretty excellent Legend providing the jam in high-performance … Read more