Archive for October 7th, 2011

Everything Everywhere and Three iPhone 4S pricing

We posted earlier about the super offer that Vodafone has for today only for pre-orders of the iPhone 4S. Three and Everything Everywhere also now their price plans online and whilst there is not a great deal between them I have picked up on one possible issue.

With the launch of iCloud syncing starting next week I am a little concerned that the UK carriers data plans will be sufficient. Many people get close or go over their 500mb or 1Gb data allowance every month and with the added feature of cloud syncing will iPhone users be faced with an additional cost?

If you are going to be taking a lot of photos and video with your iPhone then I will urge you to have a look at the ‘One Plan’ from Three. With all you can eat data this may be the only way to ensure you are not going over your data allowance.

You can see the Three, T-Mobile and Orange iPhone 4S options below:

Samsung and Google cancel launch event

It was only this morning that we posted about the event that Google and Samsung had arranged to unveil the new Nexus phone. They have now changed their minds and we will have to wait for further updates from them.

Samsung and Google decide to postpone the new product announcement at CTIA Fall. We agree that it is just not the right time to announce a new product. New date and venue will be shortly announced.

The Next Web is now reporting that the date will only be postponed until October 27th and the location for the launch will now be London. I hope this rumor is correct!

Posted by: James

Asus show how tough they are

Asus recently revealed an up-coming Android tablet that we haven’t really heard about previously. The 7-inch tablet will be called the ASUS TOUGH, and will be designed as a rugged-style, water-proof and dust-proof Honeycomb based Android Tablet. Initially it will be heading to the KDDI network in Japan, and there is no word if it will make it to any other markets. Here is a list of specs:

• 7-Inch Screen with a resolution of 1280×800
• Honeycomb 3.2
• Water-Proof and Dust-Proof
• Dual-core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor
• 16GB of built-in internal storage memory
• 5 megapixel camera rear camera (no camera on the front)
• EVDO, Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS & WiMax

It’s interesting that it has WiMax support, so it is possible we could see it show up in the States for Sprint. Although this tablet looks a bit on the heavy and beefy side, the ability to use it outdoors or in the shower, make it kind of appealing. What do you guys think? Would you want this to come to the States?
Here’s a link to some additional pics of the device: Asus TOUGH Android Tablet Additional Pics

Posted by Gareth

Pre-order the iPhone 4S from Vodafone and get £59 back

Those nice people at Vodafone are offering a great incentive if you order the iPhone 4S from them today. For today only if you pre-order they will credit your account with £59 next month!

Vodafone are offering 12, 18 and 24 month contracts and obviously the longer the contract the better the deal.

Head on over to the Vodafone site and get your order in quick.

You can see the price plan options below:

HTC Sensation XL specification

After HTC’s press event yesterday where they announced the Sensation XL we now have the full spec on the new device. This one looks to be a huge hit.

Size:
132.5mm x 70.7mm x 9.9 mm 5.22" x 2.78" x 0.39"

Weight:
162.5 grams (5.73 ounces) with battery

Display:
4.7-inch touch screen with 480 x 800 resolution

Screen:
119 mm (4.7")

Big deal Galaxy Nexus hitting home soon

The folks over at BGR just released a full spec list (which they say comes from a trusted source) for the much-anticipated Galaxy Nexus:

• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• 9mm thin
• 4.65-inch 1280 x 720-pixel Super AMOLED HD with curved glass
• TI OMAP 4460 dual-core Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1.2GHz
• 1GB of RAM
• 32GB of built-in storage
• 5-megapixel camera on the back, 1.3-megapixel in the front
• 1080p HD video capture support
• LTE/HSPA depending on carrier
• Wi-Fi a/b/g/n
• NFC
• 1,750 mAh battery

The biggest news? This will be a pure Google experience phone!! It’s being reported that this will be a Verizon Wireless exclusive. Next Tuesday’s announcement should confirm a lot of what’s been speculated, but this is looking really, really good!

You can see a quick teaser video below: