What with the advent of the supposed new iPhone, with its supposed rubber case, I thought it might be interesting to consider a selection of back cases (or mouldings) of various devices – with a view to ID-ing the best and worst in terms of medium-term wear. So readers, here are my best(s) and worst(s)…
NetLingo: whole-house opportunity
My fave online terminology site, NetLingo, is back again – with a definition that I’m very familiar with, but a term that I’m not: whole-house opportunity Term used by John Malone (one of the world’s richest people) to describe what the combined efforts of AT&T/TCI could offer consumers: “seamless” integration of video, voice, and…
UK: Lycamobile grows; joins Electronic Top-Up forum
Lycamobile, the international mobile telecoms provider, has joined the Electronic Top-Up (ETU) forum as a sub-licence holder following the MVNO’s achievement of extending its retail penetration to more than 66 per cent of UK’s Electronic Top-up retailers in less than nine months since its launch. Lycamobile’s fast growing and ethnically diverse customer base can…
UK: Orange have the i8910!
GSMarena is reporting that the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD (to give it its full name!) is now available through Orange stores in the UK! Totally dependent on contract, you might pay between (approx) £100-300 up-front for the handset…. Of course this heavyweight handset is touting all things HD, and personally I can’t wait to…
Arima pushes forward TV Handsets by Integrating SMS With Telegent FTA Mobile TV Feature
Telegent Systems and Arima Communications Corp., a leading Taiwanese handset ODM company, have announced that Arima has enhanced its free-to-air TV handset design incorporating Telegent’s mobile TV technology to enable consumers tosend and receive SMS messages while watching live, free broadcast TV. The SMS-TV feature, which will be commercially available in handset designs this…
Karaway Entertainment announces launch of its multi-patented mobile gaming system and digital content distribution platform
Karaway Entertainment is proud to announce the multiple patent pending Gaming Stick® System. This complete electronic gaming system utilizes a USB flash drive device will give a gaming establishment the ability to offer electronic gambling on a casino floor or even at the customer’s home under certain conditions. The Karaway system is designed to allow…
eXpansys: Acer Aspire One at cracking price!
Acer Aspire One A110-L Mini-Laptop Version: UK, QWERTY, 1GB, 16GB SSD, 8.9″, Linux, White £179.99 What does the above text say to you? To me it says very nice, bargain price! Joking aside though, eXpansys have got the Acer Aspire One on at £179.99 now, which to my mind breaks that very imporant “sub-£200” barrier.…
Twitter goes on to TVs with Samsung
TechDigest is all over this piece of news from Samsung that they are planning to add Twitter to the some of their TVs! In case you are wondering how this is all going to work, first of all the TVs are ‘connected devices’, which means there is something like an Ethernet cable plugged in.…
BlackBerry Curve 8900 – user test success!
Well it’s nice sometime to cut loose and just write about good things in Mobile. For example, I like SpinVox – it’s blisteringly simple, does what it says on the tin, but saves me hours of dialing up for my voicemails! Another good thing is the BlackBerry Curve – thanks to the kind PR types…
Good.ly is a run by a goodly person..!
Well it’s not everyday you find an entrepreneur who gives their profits to charity, but that is exactly what Alicia Navarro is doing! According to TechDigest, the person behind the good.ly service is also shortlisted for a prize at the National Business Awards! Alicia Navarro’s Skimlinks company allows online publishers and bloggers to create…