Archive for August, 2011

Galaxy Tab 8.9 on sale very soon

The wait seems to be coming to an end. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, the smaller brother of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, was up for pre-order via the Amazon UK site listed at a price of £605.34. The listing shows that the tablet packs a 3G modem inside and has an in-stock date of August 12. This was last week however the pre-order option has since been removed.

With 8.9 inches, Samsung is clearly aiming for not just the right size, but the features to go with. This is something the company failed to do with the original Galaxy Tab.  The device is 8.6 mm thin, 465 grams in weight, and has a 6,000 mAh battery that supports up to 10 hours of video playback, and a platform built specifically for tablets.

Posted by Gareth

Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility

Given the current situation with everyone suing everyone else in relation to alleged patent infringements it’s perhaps of little surprise that a number of big companies are going on the acquisition trail in order that they may bolster their position.

However the news this afternoon that Google are about to acquire Motorola Mobility is something of a surprise.

You’ll find the full press release below.

HP Pre 3 coming to Orange

The HP Pre 3 has been keeping a low profile since its announcement in which seems a lifetime ago. It is however clearly coming to the Orange network as a help and support page has cropped up on the Orange Website.

I’m not totally sure what HP are playing at to be honest. The Pre 3 was first announced back in February and we are still waiting for it. Sure, in the meantime HP released the Veer, which in my opinion is too small for a normal person to use. We then had the TouchPad which seems better but we want the flagship phone soon please HP.

No dates are confirmed when the device will hit the Orange stores but we will be sure to let you know when it does.

Posted by: James

Everything Everywhere – East Africa Famine Appeal

UNICEF is urgently appealing for emergency assistance for the millions of children affected by the drought and food crisis across the Horn of Africa. The situation in the region is worsening by the day, with drought, famine and rising food prices affecting more than 12 million people. Children are most vulnerable, with UNICEF estimating that more than two million children in the Horn of Africa region are affected and a child is dying from starvation every six minutes in Southern Somalia, the worst hit area.

UNICEF is scaling up life-saving efforts by providing malnourished children with life-saving emergency food, access to safe water and sanitation, as well as preventing the spread of killer diseases including measles through vaccination campaigns.

UNICEF is the main provider of life-saving emergency food for children in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti but need more funds urgently to reach children in the worst affected regions as quickly as possible to prevent more children from dying.

Just £5 can help feed a child for an entire week.

Everything Everywhere, which runs the Orange and T-Mobile brands, and is UNICEF UK’s official disaster and emergency response partner, has launched a text donation appeal to encourage customers to help UNICEF save lives in East Africa.

The Orange Monte Carlo – Bargain of the year?

A couple of days the Orange Monte Carlo went on sale. If you have not seen this one before it is worth checking out as on pay as you go the device is only £149.99. Sound a lot of money? Well you may change your mind when you know that it has a 4.3 inch capacitive touch screen and is running Android 2.3.4.

The Monte Carlo is actually the ZTE Skate but like last years Orange San Francisco Orange have rebranded the device and if sales are as good as the San Francisco they are onto a winner.

Matt got his hands on the Monte Carlo yesterday so watch out for the unboxing video over the weekend.

Live the high life with the Monte Carlo from Orange. The top of the range 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen will amaze your friends and you can capture some wonderful photos with the 5 megapixel camera. A host of apps are available to enhance your phone via the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and you can stay in touch with everyone via email using the 3G+ data speeds.

You can see the spec below :