If like many people you have been waiting for the launch of the X1 with a level of excitement that could power the average family home, then you can unplug yourself and make a dash for the nearest web browser. My fave online store Expansys has the X1 – even better, they will give you…
UK: Darn fine deals at Expansys: Xperia and N96
eXpansys Friday Deals: Selected deals between 11am and 4pm, 17th October 2008 So what is basically my fave online retailer Expansys has mailed me to let me know that the Sony X1 Xperia is selling at a very reasonable £85 off the normal price, between 11am-4pm on 17th October! That makes it £499.99, which as…
The wow shiny new and super easy MP3 music downloads
So Nectar emailed me the other day to let me know about a new mp3 download store they have launched – just to be clear, this is a UK-only store – based on their Nectar reward card. Most people in the UK will be familiar with Nectar I think – it’s a joint venture between…
UK: Sunday Newspaper insert: Dell now does patterns on Laptops
In scouring the Sunday newspapers, I found an insert for 5 new customised Laptop casings from Dell, which have been patterned-up by an artist called Mike Ming. For our UK readers, that name may cause some amusement due to the usage of the term in current-day language, but nonetheless I persist with my article. So,…
UK: Saturday Papers – Phones review
As mentioned in my last post, I was checking out the Papers this weekend -seems old-school doesn’t it – but occasionally the printed word is nicer than looking at the TFT monitor, however big it may be! The next item I noticed in The Daily Mail on Saturday was on “current phones”, and their scores…
UK: Saturday Papers – NeoNode N2
So occasionally I take a look at what’s in the papers, and this week I thought I’d do that – two items from Saturday’s Daily Mail, and one from an insert in the Sunday edition. The Item that sprung out at me from Saturday’s paper was a reference to the NeoNode N2 – now, we’ve…
Picstop’s 16GB SDHC for £17.49 = about £1/GB!
Many of you UK reader that use memory cards for your various devices portable devices may be interested to know that Picstop.co.uk are currently doing a 16GB SDHC (high capacity) card for £17.49! That’s about £1 per GB! How cheap is memory these days?! I was chatting to someone today who said that a 5MB…
The N96: the swiss army knife of handsets! And cheap(er) in UK!
Ha ha! Quite a good description for the N96 I thought – it does pretty much everything! The analogy came from Indianexpress.com, you can check out their full story here. On UK-related pricing matters, though, Expansys are now the UK’s cheapest by my reckoning – but only for tomorrow morning, between 11am and 4pm. During…
Popcorn Hour A110 Media Tank!
Yes, it would appear as if I am typing random words in a string, but no, it really isn’t the case! Advanced MP3 Players (AMP3) emailed me to let me know about the “Media Tank”, and this stoked my interest – it looks kinda cool, but what on earth is it?! Well, according to AMP3:…
UK: Vodafone introduces ‘Chargebox’
UK: Vodafone has launched a new battery charger serivce in-store, for customers to recharge their mobiles, and other portable media devices. From October apparently, customers in some stores will be able to hire a “chargebox” (locker) where they can choose from a bunch of connectors from different manufacturers – think there will be a Nokia…