Portaltech, a UK eCommerce systems integrator and consultancy, has announced that it has enhanced its iPhone app with the official release of StripeyLines V1.0. StripeyLines is a shopping companion for bargain and info hungry shoppers who want to ensure they are getting the best deal, and allows shoppers to instantly scan the barcode of goods…
Samsung’s S8500 Wave Super-AMOLED Bada phone now in the UK
Samsung’s S8500 Wave phone is now for sale on T-Mobile in the UK (here). It will punish your wallet for £369.99 unlocked, or between free and £59.99, dependent on contract. As we know from previous reporting, the Wave has a Super-AMOLED screen, and the Bada OS. On top of that there’s Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-FI, a…
Android phones get some lovin’ from a Robot!
You like Android? Good! We do too! Electricpig’s Robot however, has rather deeper feelings for the Google operating system! Below you can see three video where he’s getting up close and personal with the HTC Legend and Desire, and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. There are a few different scenes, so I’m sure you’ll be able to…
Audi A1 Beat Driver launched on Apple’s App Store
Audi have launched the brand new Audi A1 Beat Driver app for iPhone & iPod touch – which can be downloaded for free (yes, free!) from the App Store. The game is a rhythm based driving game with free new music from some cool up and coming bands including La Roux, The Rakes , Lo-Fi-Fnk…
Samsung confirms new OLED plant – will go online January 2011
The iPad 2 – that’s what this post is mostly about – or at least the screen anyway. Currently there’s a nice LCD screen doing the business in the iPad, but everyone knows that the holy grail of pretty colours and non-thrashed batteries is OLED. So would it be unreasonable if the next iPad had…
ImpulsePay Launches Age Verification Service for SMS Billing
ImpulsePay has announced the launch of its new age verification service for online content – meaning that content owners can now sell over eighteen content safe in the knowledge that the customer is old enough to purchase it. Using their mobile phone to pay for the content, similar to SMS billing, the purchaser has their…
Telefónica offer customers free telepresence services due to Volcanic Ash
Telefónica is offering free use of its eight European telepresence online conference suites to government and business customers stranded during the ongoing volcanic travel crisis. The free offer will remain available until air traffic restrictions are lifted. (For those of you that haven’t been watching the world news, there’s huge cloud of volcanic ash, which…
LTU technologies Introduces lookthatup iPhone App
LTU technologies has announced new updates to its image recognition platform including functionality optimized for mobile image matching. The company has also launched a new release of lookthatup, (www.lookthatup.com) an LTU-powered mobile application featuring visual search for the iPhone (see pics above). LTU technologies has made its APIs open and with its newly introduced developer…
Sygic Aura for iPhone hits App Store in Singapore & Malaysia
Sygic AURA (a nex-gen Sat Nav app) has got released in to the wild – mapping Singapore on Malayisa on its first regional outing. In case you are wondering what’s nex-gen about it – well, it’s apparently a “revolutionary combination of full-featured turn-by-turn car and pedestrian navigation with social networking, packed with latest maps and…
iPad accessories coming courtesy of Avenir Telecom
Avenir Telecom, one of the UK’s leading distributors in mobile telecoms, has announced the availability of an exclusive series of accessories for the Apple iPad, from five major manufacturers: Dexim Including audio and video adapters, battery pack and power cables, in-car chargers, carbon fibre and silicon sleeves, screen protectors and headsets. There’s even an innovative WiFi-enabled…