Everyone knows I am a TomTom fan – their clear mapping and UI are a boon when you are navigating, and their software support (e.g. traffic, speed cameras) is good too. So I was pleased to hear about the launch of the Go 930, because it’s got a stack of features: * IQ Routes™ technology…
UK: Mobile location-based price-comparison service launches
UK: The Daily Mail Online is reporting that a new mobile service is being launched that check prices for where you are based, and save you the hassle of trudging round and checking prices yourself. It’s called GotYourPriceCheck – and simply, allow you to text details (to 60706) of what electrical item you want, plus…
Software faults on devices on the increase
Mobile Today has a fascinating article about the rise in software faults as the trends of Smartphone and Touchscreen increase…interestingly, it is claimed that some customers ask the staff of retail outlets whether they think it’s better to wait for a while [for the device software to stabilise] before taking the plunge! There is a…
UK: Vodafone and Orange to collaborate further?
According to Guardian.co.uk, Vodafone and Orange are close to completing a deal to share their networks costs in the UK. Figures being mooted inlcude those up to £1bn as the potential saving – something that I am sure will be met with happy thoughts from the cost-savers. As you might remember, I posted earlier this…
Awesome: 3D Webcam now available to buy!
Well this is quite Mobile, in that it’s not a fully Mobile device, but can be moved around – and so it qualifies as something that might be of interest to readers! The Minoru 3D Webcam is currently being retailed by one of my fave online retailers, Firebox.com. They appear to have the world’s first…
Predictions from 2009… from “The Valley”
BBC News has a couple of interesting articles on trends for 2009, emanating from Silicon Valley. I’d like to pick up on the second of the two articles on the site (here and here), since it’s got some neat trends… First up is Mobility – whether it’s devices, consumption of the InterWeb, or Advertising, apparently…
Smash it up! Your Mobile, that is…
UK: There is an interesting new report out by Which? Magazine, which is a consumer organisation in the UK. The Magazine bought a number of PCs from eBay apparently, and was able to recover thousands of files from the hard disks. Their conclusion was that the only way to permanently get rid of the files…
Are you quashing your gadget-purchasing in the wake of the ‘credit crunch’?
I think it’s safe to say that we are now firmly in the grip of a recession – certainly in the UK anyway, barely a day passes when the ‘naysayers of doom’ (TV News, and Newspapers) don’t have something very negative and depressing to say! But then there are those of us that are (a)…
Touchscreen Touchscreen Touchscreen!
Yep, that seems to be the battlecry of the Mobile handset vendors at the moment. Each is realising it in slightly different ways – be it capacitive, or some kind of force feedback – but none of the majors is without at least one touchscreen device in it’s range! Take Nokia for example – I…
Ethiopia gets 3G services from ETC
Continuing my news track from around the world, it’s great to see that ETC (the only Mobile Operator in Ethiopia), has announced the launch of 3G services in Addis Ababa. The Operator will run a Prepay services on WCDMA at 384kbps. Coverage is going to be growing across the city, with additional services like MMS…