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By February 13, 2010 Read More →

Competition reminder!

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The new podcast is out and we are looking for some folks to win these headsets. Send me a picture of you listening to the podcast. When at Mobile World Congress I shall ask the coolest and most prominent person I can find to choose their favourite two photos (To be honest it will probably be the most attractive booth babe.) The two photos chosen will win! Simples.

You can send your photo to [email protected]. Entries should be in by midnight on 17/02/10. I will be posting all photos received so keep them clean 🙂

Best of luck!

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By February 13, 2010 Read More →

Nokia N97 Mini unboxing video

N97-mini-angled-open It’s been a long time since we reviewed the Nokia N97, August 2009 in fact. The N97 was pretty popular but it was widely reported to have some stability and performance issues. The N97 Mini, as the name suggests, is a smaller version of the N97. Released at the end of 2009 it offered much the same as its bigger brother and virtually the same specification in a more compact package, having a 3.2″ screen versus the 3.5″ of the N97 and some 12 grams lighter.

Control.
Stay in control of your email, calendar and music with dedicated widgets for your home screen. Move content around your home screen and place it anywhere you like by dragging your finger across the touch sensitive display.

Style.
The N97 mini feels as good as it looks with its wide-screen multi-sensory display, QWERTY keyboard and sleep metal finish. View web pages , videos, photos and maps at a natural 35-degree angle on the innovative 3.2" tilting display.

As you’ve come to expect from us by now we have an unboxing video below which tours the hardware and takes a quick look at user interface. It’s essentially the same user experience as the original N97. We’ll have a full review for you over the next couple of weeks but feel free to ask your questions in the mean time.

You’ll find the video after the jump.

 

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By February 13, 2010 Read More →

1.6GB-big NDrive Barcelona turn-by-turn for iPhone – available for FREE

NDrive offers amazing Streetview-like turn-by-turn navigation fully offline (1.6GB-big! here you can see entrance to Mobile World Congress venue):

Posted in: Phones
By February 12, 2010 Read More →

Sanyo Xacti VPC-CA9 review

CA9Ok this is my first review so I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did playing with this camera! When I opened the box I was rather pleased to see a cool looking red video camera staring at me. Right away I can tell you that for basic use, you can pick this camera up and without having to even look at the manual perform the basic tasks such as, taking pictures and videos, browsing through the material you have snapped or recorded and even deleting the unwanted shots is easy as 1-2-3.

What’s in the box?

  • Sanyo Xacti CA9 HD video camera
  • Battery charger
  • Power cable UK outlets
  • Power cable EU outlets
  • Micro USB – AV TV connection
  • Micro USB – USB 2.0 connection
  • Camera holding pouch
  • Instruction manual & quick guide
  • Wrist strap
  • Installation CD
  • Warning cards regarding the waterproof features.

 

You may also want to check out Matt’s Sanyo Xacti CA9 unboxing video.

 

Posted in: Reviews
By February 12, 2010 Read More →

eXpansys Friday deals 12th February

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eXpansys Friday Deals: Selected deals between 11am and 5pm, 12th February 2010

   
RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000 Smartphone
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RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000 Smartphone

Normally £364.99
Now £354.99
Save £10

Gainward NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 Graphics Card
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Gainward NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 Graphics Card

Normally £419.99
Now £369.99
Save £50

HTC Touch2
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HTC Touch2
Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro

Normally £224.99
Now £214.99
Save £10

GMAX 2-Bay Alloy Desktop Hard Drive Enclosure
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CardScan Executive V8
Business Card Scanner

Normally £219.99
Now £179.99
Save £40

Buffalo LinkStation Live 1TB NAS
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Buffalo LinkStation Live
1TB NAS

Normally £124.99
Now £119.99
Save £5

TomTom ONE IQ 5th Edition In-Car SatNav (UK & Europe Maps)
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TomTom ONE IQ 5th Ed In-Car SatNav (UK & Europe Maps)

Normally £135.99.99
Now £115.99
Save £20

HTC Touch2
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2-Power Telefunken Digiframe 8 Inch Digital Photo Frame

Normally £131.99
Now £111.99
Save £20

GMAX 2-Bay Alloy Desktop Hard Drive Enclosure
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Q-waves Wireless USB to HDMI Extender

Normally £92.99
Now £87.99
Save £5


These deals are available on Friday the 12th February 2010 between 11am and 5pm by following the links above only. Normal pricing will apply outside of these hours*.

*Voucher codes do not apply with these deals. Limited to 2 units per customer, available while stocks last.

 

Posted by: Matt

Posted in: Deals & Offers
By February 11, 2010 Read More →

Unlock 3 MiFi for other networks

image Another discovery that I have made is the ability to now unlock your 3 MiFi for use on other networks, this solution is not free unfortunately but I have done it and it works perfectly.

As 3 are the only UK network currently offering a MiFi solution, this could be of interest to lots of people as you can but it on pay as you go and unlock it.

The site I used was DC Unlocker, you download a small program and run it and it tells you if your MiFi is unlocked, if it’s not you can buy credits which cost me 15 Euro and unlock it there and then, it worked fine and I am now using it with my company supplied O2 broadband contract.

I have also been told that if you ask 3 themselves they will unlock it for you for £15.00 and this will not void your warranty.

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By February 11, 2010 Read More →

Unleash your 3 MiFi with a firmware flash

image I have been using a 3 MiFi which I find to be an excellent product and one that is a brilliant backup for home broadband should yours fail as well as being a great tool while your out and about, one of it’s major faults was that the WiFi would shut off after a short period of inactivity and you have to physically hold the WiFi button in to get it to fire up again, well there is some good news.

I have found a firmware update for the MiFi, it’s not an official 3 firmware but it works a treat and opens up some hidden settings one of which is the WiFi sleep option.

On top of that you can also now access the settings over WiFi via IP address 192.168.1.1 which for some reason 3 decided to block.

You an download the update here but make sure to follow the instructions here to avoid any unforeseen update problems.

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By February 11, 2010 Read More →

Devicewire – Live Chat

devicewire.com have a fantastic new service on their website – Live Chat.Gráfico1

As from now, if you visit devicewire you will notice the words Live Chat at the top right of the page, in red. Give it a click and you will be connected to to them over the internet and can ask them whatever it is you need to know. Its very similar to using Windows Live Messenger or even Facebook Chat. What a great idea!

We mentioned last week a few changes including a free phone number but this Live Chat really makes life easier for customers with a query.

And it works. I just tried it out and Tom was online to help with a couple of seconds. I’m sure he thought I was bonkers as I said I was just testing!

 

Posted by: James

Posted in: News
By February 11, 2010 Read More →

Motorola Milestone (Droid) USB host mode

cable You may have seen our Motorola Milestone review a little while, if so you’ll know that we were pretty impressed with the handset, certainly the best QWERTY keyboarded Android device out there at the moment in our opinion.

So how would you like to enable USB-Host mode on your Motorola Milestone (aka Motorola Droid)? Having a hunt around the web a few days ago I discovered that a clever chap, Chris Paget, has come up with a way to use USB storage devices on the Milestone. It’s a bit of a hack, you’ll have to make your own USB cable and ‘dongle’ in order to do it but if you head over to Chris’s website you’ll find full instructions on how to do it!

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By February 11, 2010 Read More →

HTC HD Mini

Rumours of a new HTC device starting to surface, Tweets from two different people this morning mentioning the HTC HD Mini. Very little information about the rumoured handset but I wonder is this may actually be the ‘new’ name for the device we believed to be the HTC Diamond3.

We assume that it’ll have atleast a HVGA display and guess that it’ll have a screen of between 3″ and 3.5″. Will it be Windows Mobile or Android? Again, we assume WinMo to fall in line the other HD branded models but who knows!

If anyone knows more we’d be happy to hear from you. We’ll be sure to get back to you when we find out more!

 

Posted by: Matt

Posted in: Rumours
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