Press Releases

Spotify comes to iPod

In an update that’s due to automatically roll out to users over the next few days, Spotify will now support syncing with you iPod. A significant milestone for the Spotify service.

Key features include:

• The ability to manage your iPod in Spotify
• The all new Spotify download service, offering some of the most competitive MP3 prices available
• The Spotify Mobile app now available to all to sync MP3 playlists
• From today, Spotify is the only music player you’ll need

Full press release and images follow.

Motorola ATRIX goes on sale tomorrow exclusively from Orange

World’s First Smartphone With Fingerprint Security Hits The UK – ATRIX Launches Exclusively On Orange

What smartphone suits the gadget fan for whom the world is not enough? On sale exclusively from Orange from tomorrow, Motorola ATRIX is the world’s first smartphone to have an in-built biometric fingerprint reader for enhanced personal security.

The award winning Orange ATRIX is tipped to be one of the biggest releases in 2011 and is sure to impress the most stylish of aspiring secret agents. The fingerprint reader allows you to unlock the phone with the swipe of a finger ensuring the mobile phone remains for your eyes only.

The device also features a powerful 1GHz dual core processor so you can open web pages twice as fast as most other smartphones, as well as having the capacity to connect up to a HDTV to show HD video, games, music and more.

RIM Introduces New BlackBerry Bold Smartphones

New BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 Smartphones are the Thinnest and Most Powerful BlackBerry Smartphones yet, Featuring the Renowned BlackBerry Keyboard Together with a Brilliant Touch Screen and the New BlackBerry 7 OS

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today unveiled two new BlackBerry Bold smartphones. The high-performance BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones feature a stunning and iconic design that integrates an incredibly easy-to-use BlackBerry keyboard with a brilliant, high resolution, capacitive touch screen. These exceptional smartphones are built on a new, performance-driven platform powered by the BlackBerry® 7 operating system and designed to deliver the ultimate in communications, multimedia and productivity for users around the world.

"The new BlackBerry Bold smartphones and BlackBerry 7 OS are inspired by millions of customers around the world who want the ultimate combination of performance, functionality and style," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion. "These fully-loaded and beautifully crafted smartphones offer a highly refined user experience with blazingly fast performance, a brilliant touch screen and an outstanding typing experience."

White iPhone 4 on sale tomorrow from Three

Like the title suggests you can pick up a white iPhone 4 from Three as of tomorrow, Thursday 28th April in-store and online.

Not really sure what else to say now. I like iPhones? It looks ace in white?

Anyway, head on over to Three tomorrow and place your order.

Posted by: James

HTC strengthens senior leadership team in EMEA

HTC Corporation, a global designer of mobile devices, has strengthened its senior management team in EMEA with two key appointments. Stefan Streit has been appointed as Vice President Marketing & Retail for HTC EMEA while Jon French – formerly Executive Director, UK, Ireland and South Africa – has been promoted to Vice President Sales & Operations for HTC EMEA.

“The mobile marketplace is one of the most dynamic technology sectors around,  and has a unique blend of challenge and opportunity that exists to engage with new users in EMEA,” says Florian Seiche, President, HTC Europe, Middle East and Africa. “With smartphone sales growing more than 70% in 2010*, Stefan and Jon are strengthening the team at a crucial time and will further  help to position HTC at the forefront of the industry, in addition to delivering continued growth.”

Acer creates the Web Surf Station: the first monitor that lets you surf the web and enjoy your multimedia with no need of a computer!

No more time wasted waiting for the computer to boot when you are in a hurry and all you need to do is a quick web search or communicate with friends. What’s more, with the Acer DX241H you can enjoy and share your multimedia files as well as get instant access to your social networks.

Including both wireless and wired connectivity options, The Acer DX241H ensures seamless access to available networks for instant Internet access. With a 61cm (24″) panel, this display offers plenty of room to comfortably view all web content and multimedia. And, to make your experience totally effortless it comes with an integrated browser.

Everything Everywhere opens its first dual brand store

Everything Everywhere, Britain’s biggest communications company, today opened its first trial dual branded store in Bexleyheath which will split branded Orange and T-Mobile products and services, all under one roof. Both brands will occupy 50% of the shopfloor and offer 100% of Orange and T-Mobile product and services range. Everything Everywhere staff will work across both brands to ensure all customers receive the best advice and have unrivalled access to the best possible range of products available on the high street today. The second dual  branded store will be opening in Bracknell tomorrow.

Keith Seddon, Bexleyheath store manager, Everything Everywhere, said: “We can’t wait to open the doors of the first ever Orange and T-Mobile dual branded store. Our in-store staff have been fully trained as experts across both T-Mobile and Orange products and services, and truly believe that anyone coming in to visit us will find the best possible device and payment plan available to them. “

Staff in both stores will be there to encourage customers to drop in to chat about their needs, and to make sure they are getting the most out of their phones. They are also invited to interact with “live” devices and tablets, and enjoy demonstrations.

The shop frontage will be branded Orange and T-Mobile, offering distinct services that represent the different Orange and T-Mobile brands.

Orange and T-Mobile both had stores in both Bexleyheath and Bracknell and the dual branded stores were previously the T-Mobile sites.

The Everything Everywhere store in Bexleyheath is located in 75 The Mall, Bexleyheath. DA6 7JJ

The Bracknell store is located 20 Charles Square, Bracknell. RG12 1DF

If you get a chance to visit either of the new stores please let us know your thoughts in the forum.

Posted by: James

Disney Titles Now Available on the LOVEFiLM Player

LOVEFiLM and The Walt Disney Company UK & Ireland have come together to make the magic of Disney instantly available to film fans through the LOVEFiLM Player either on the PC, via in-home internet connected devices or the PlayStation 3.

Blockbusters such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe are being made available to film fans to rent and stream instantly, whenever they want to see them.

The agreement will see more than fifty films from Disney’s library become available to LOVEFiLM subscribers paying £5.99 a month or more at no extra cost ­ just in time for the Easter holidays.

HTC goes on tour

An interesting idea here from HTC as they are putting on a roadshow over the next 6 weeks in order to showcase HTC Sense and their latest smartphones. It’s the first time I’ve heard of such a thing happening here in the UK so it’ll be good to see what HTC do with it.

I’ll be heading to at least one event to check it out!

Full details and dates follow:

Orange Unveils Pricing And Availability For Motorola ATRIX

The Motorola ATRIX will be available to purchase exclusively from Orange in early May. Customers can reserve their handset now through Orange retail shops and Orange telesales 
As Motorola’s exclusive UK launch partner, Orange today announced pricing and availability for Motorola ATRIX – the world’s most powerful Smartphone. From today, consumers will be able to register their interest online or reserve their device from Orange retail shops and Orange telesales ahead of launch in early May.
Tipped to be one of the biggest device releases in 2011, Motorola ATRIX is the true epitome of mobile computing. The handset features a dual core processor which delivers up to two GHz of processing power. As a result, Motorola ATRIX is capable of opening web pages twice as fast as most other Smartphone’s, and it has been designed to become a user’s primary digital hub to create and edit media content on the go. It also features a biometric fingerprint reader for easily unlocking the phone.

Running the Android operating system, Motorola ATRIX also offers Motorola’s revolutionary webtop application which runs a full Mozilla Firefox 3.6 browser and supports Adobe® Flash® Player for rich graphics, animation and video.