Wow! There are some seriously good acts coming to The O2, with tickets for sale from TOMORROW (10th October) – check these out: Remember if you are an O2 subscriber, you get lots of advantages when you go there, like priority tickets, and the like. Check out the The O2 site here.
Mobile TV: DVB-H vs DVB-T
Echoing what I have been saying recently about DVB-H vs DVB-T “Mobile” TV, Broadband TV News has a piece on exactly that. Essentially, devices that have a DVB-T tuner can take advantage of FTA terrestrial services, breaking any kind of value chain that could have existed if the device’s tuner were DVB-H. The article does…
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…
UK: T-Mobile and 3 plug themselves together – via BT Wholesale
T-Mobile and 3UK have joined forces to beef up the hi-speed links between their base units. Interestingly it’s BT wholesale that is the middleman here, so they have got to be happy with what will surely have been a nice deal size! The question I guess is what is the bandwidth of these links –…
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…
LG and Fonestarz do deal to provide content in 22 countries
Mobile content player Fonestarz Media has done a deal with LG Mobile to provide content to users in 22 countries – with a really good selection including UK, China, India, and Australia. The content will include wallpapers, and animations, and I would presume some other things too – given they aggregate content from more than…
UK: Sony Ericsson C905 comes with ‘NearMe’ preloaded
Sony Ericsson has announced that the new C905 handset will come preloaded with an app called ‘NearMe’, by Mobile Commerce. In addition, the app will become available for download on the C702, and W760. In case you are wondering what NearMe is, it’s a local search service that gives detailed info on all sorts of…
UK: Tesco Mobile new SIM-only tariff
Tesco Mobile has joined the SIM-only contract wars (well they are not really wars, but, it could trigger some heavy duty price-cutting) today, and will also introduce a flat rate prepay tariff soon, reports Mobile News. Tesco contract customers paying £15 a month will receive bonus credit of £45 giving them £60 credit. The £20…