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More than 20 years in the IT industry. Blogging with a passion and thirst for new technology since 2005.

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By December 23, 2006 Read More →

12 Days of Christmas – Prize numbers 39 and 40

‘12 Days of Christmas‘ competition.

I promised you an announcement for prizes 39 and 40 and here it is. These two prizes are being given away very differently to the previous 38 prizes. There is no question to answer and I have already chosen the two winners! What is it then I hear you ask.

I have been keeping a tally of all the answers that everyone has submitted over the last two weeks. I ended up with a list of people that had submitted correct answers to the most questions but didn’t win a main prize. I have randomly picked two winners from that list and both will receive a Tracy&Matt branded t-shirt courtesy of Spreadshirt!

Spreadshirt t-shirt

Spreadshirt

The two randomly chosen winners are: Nick Reynolds and Lee Sainsbury.

Spreadshirt is the leader in online merchandising: letting individuals and organisations start an online shop at no cost and no risk. With a focus on individually produced and customised apparel the shop system allows designers to create and sell their shirts for free – earning commissions on every sale. Spreadshirt has been recognised as a leader in the field with awards from Hewlett Packard Business Vision Award, Red Herring Europe 100 and the German Founder’s Award.

I set up a tracyandmatt.co.uk branded shop. You can take a look at our merchandise at tracyandmatt.spreadshirt.net.

Matt

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By December 23, 2006 Read More →

Astraware mobile site

Astraware press release:

Astraware mobile site – now with simpler checkout for Club Astraware members.

THE MIDLANDS, UK – December 22nd 2006 – Astraware would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and Holiday Season! If you’re away from your computer over the holiday break and want to pick up a new game to entertain yourselves during long journeys, or even to share some fun with the family, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve made a couple of changes to Astraware’s mobile site to make purchasing a little easier.

As Club Astraware already stores address and device details, you can now login to Club Astraware via our mobile site and this makes the checkout process easier – plus, of course, you can access all the usual Club Astraware discounts!

Simply connect your device to the internet, via your phone or PDA’s data or wi-fi connection, and the Astraware mobile site is formatted to detect a mobile web browser. Once connected you just need to put in the regular web address – http://www.astraware.com – login to Club Astraware and you’re all set! Download the trial of the game you want, and then checkout in the usual way. Have a fun-filled Holiday!

Matt

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Posted in: Phones
By December 23, 2006 Read More →

Prize number 38 – we have a winner!

I’m pleased to announce the winner of the 87th prize in our ‘12 Days of Christmas‘ competition.

The winner of the Sony Ericsson W850i Walkman phone, 1gb memory card and PAYG sim from Orange is Michael Davison.

Orange W850i

Michael correctly answered our prize question: The Sony Ericsson W850i weighs 118g. I know that some of you found other weights quoted elsewhere but we did ask you for the weight as listed on the Orange site. You’ll find the W850i product page HERE.

Thanks to all who entered, again there were many hundreds of you! A special thanks also to Orange for supplying such a great prize.

The final prizes will be announced later today!

Matt

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By December 22, 2006 Read More →

12 Days of Christmas (and some) – Prize number 38 update

Just a quick update about prize number 38 in our ‘12 Days of Christmas‘ competition.

I’ve spent all day finishing things up at work ready for the Christmas break, followed by spending the rest of the afternoon/evening getting home through the Christmas rush. Therefore I have not yet selected a winner of the Sony Ericsson W850i Walkman phone prize. I will announce the winner early tomorrow and make sure that the prize goes out ASAP.

You still have time to enter the competition to win the Sony Ericsson W850i.

I will also announce prizes 39 and 40 tomorrow.

Come back again soon!

Matt

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By December 22, 2006 Read More →

VITO QuickContact updated

VITO announce a new version of the award winning QuickContact software. Here is their press release:

VITO Technology releases new version of VITO QuickContact – even a WINNER of the Best Software Awards can get better when our users want it. Now you can completely replace your standard contacts & phone application with the new version of VITO QuickContact and manage your contacts with one hand without stylus!

VITO QuickContact
VITO QuickContact

VITO QuickContact is a contact manager for your Pocket PC that includes everything you need to call your contacts, input phone numbers and search people in your database. QuickContact allows you to stay connected on the go and dial any numbers without even touching your stylus! QuickContact is designed to enable one-handed control, using only your joystick. New features in VITO QuickContact:

  • press the Green and Red buttons to open and close QuickContact
  • view history of last 50 calls
  • immediately call found contact with Green Button press
  • view, add, edit contacts both on SIM card and in phone book
  • when creating a new contact on SIM QuickContact automatically inserts selected number from the history list
  • new version of QuickContact can filter contacts in two different languages simultaneously
  • it also supports all European languages
  • send us your request to search contacts in your own language
  • new cool icons for contacts on SIM card and phone book as well as for incoming, outgoing and missed calls in history

    • VITO QuickContact is available at vitotechnology.com for $15.95.

    VITO Technology ltd. is known for its high-tech products in the field of Windows Mobile and Symbian software, GPS navigation and custom projects. Introduced in the present article VITO QuickContact is easy to use contact manager for your Pocket PC Phone Edition.

    Matt

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    Posted in: Apps & Games
    By December 22, 2006 Read More →

    Prize number 37 – we have a winner!

    I’m pleased to announce the winner of the 37th prize in our ‘12 Days of Christmas‘ competition.

    We have two winners for the JAVOscreen protectors for iPod. John Collinge and Matt Morris will both receive a JAVOscreen protector.

    JAVOEdge

    John and Matt correctly answered our prize question: The Spanish website that gave the JAVOScreen 9.5 out of 10 in their review was PCdemano.com.

    Thanks to all who entered!

    Matt

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    By December 21, 2006 Read More →

    12 Days of Christmas (and some) – Prize number 38

    ‘12 Days of Christmas‘ competition.

    Here is another fabulous prize, this time it comes courtesy of our friends at Orange. This is your chance to win a Sony Ericsson W850i Walkman phone with 1Gb Memory card and Orange PAYG sim. The whole package is worth in excess of £300!

    Orange W850i

    The W850i is the first-ever 3G Walkman™ phone, and great thing is, that as well as moving songs across from your PC playlists, you can just download ‘over the air’ via the preinstalled Orange Music Player.

    Because the W850i is a 3G device, this is done in a trice, so you can always access the latest tunes quickly and easily, even when you’re out and about.

    The supplied 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo card gives you enough space for up to 1000 tracks, but if you upgrade to a 4GB stick, that’s more than enough for someone with the most eclectic of tastes. You can listen to your music in pristine digital quality via the supplied stereo headphones (but if you feel like it, you could also invest in a wireless Bluetooth™ headset, or get hold of an optional media stand and pair of speakers and – hey presto – you have a neat mini hi-fi system).

    Prize Question: How much does the W850i weigh? You’ll probably want to have a look on the Orange website for the answer as that’s the one we are looking for!

    Please use our feedback form to submit your answer. Remember to include your full address so that we can arrange delivery for the winner as quickly as possible, we will make every effort to get it to you in time for Christmas. We will accept entries for a day or so and will choose a winner at random.

    Entry by using our feedback form only. Entries will not be accepted by any other method.

    Matt

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    By December 21, 2006 Read More →

    HTC USB Headphone adapter available

    Our friends over at Brando Workshop have just released their own headphone adapter for the new HTC devices.

    HTD headphone converter

    The adapter will work on the HTC Trinity, HTC P3600, Dopod D810, HTC Artemis, HTC P3300, Qtek G200, T-Mobile MDA Compact III, Dopod P800W, HTC TyTN, Orange M3100, Vodafone v1605, and many other HTC devices and variants.

    The price is a very reasonable $10 which at the moment works out to about £5! It looks like a much better solution than the adapter on back order at eXpansys.

    Go check out the Brando product page.

    Matt

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    By December 21, 2006 Read More →

    Orange SPV M700 on sale in France

    The eagerly awaited Orange SPV M700 has appeard for sale on the Orange France website.

    Orange M700

    Based on the HTC Trinity (Aka HTC P3600) the Orange M700 looks great in its white casing. It is currently selling for 299.00€ which seems to be a bargain.

    We hope to have one of these for review soon!

    Orange SPV M700 Specification

  • Dimensions (width x height x depth): 58.2 x 108 x 18.4 millimetres
  • Mass: 143 gramms (battery included)
  • Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition AKU 3.0
  • CPU: 400Mhz Samsung S3C2442
  • ROM capacity: 128MB, including 61.02MB user-accessible non-volatile memory
  • Expansion Slots: miniSD, SDIO
  • Display: 240 x 320, 2.8″ colour transflective TFT
  • Supported networks: GSM 850MHz, GSM 900MHz, GSM 1800MHz, GSM 1900MHz, UMTS 850MHz, UMTS 1900MHz, UMTS 2100MHz
  • Supported WAN standards: CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
  • Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0
  • Wireless LAN: 802.11b, 802.11g 54Mbit/s
  • Main Camera: CMOS sensor, 1600×1200 (1.92 million pixels)
  • Front Camera: 640x480pixel, 20frame/sec
  • Battery: Lithium-ion, removable 1500mAh
  • Estimated Battery Life: 12 hours

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    By December 21, 2006 Read More →

    Prize number 36 – we have a winner!

    I’m pleased to announce the winner of the iPod, prize number 36, in our ‘12 Days of Christmas‘ competition.

    The winner of the Apple iPod Nano supplied by our good friends at expedIT Ltd is George Stobbart.

    expedIT Ltd

    George correctly answered our prize question: expedIT’s recent innovation is a packaged solution to deliver a complete solution for office technology is called ‘Office in a Box’.

    Thanks to all that entered and a special thank you to the folks a expedIT for providing such a great prize. We had HUNDREDS of correct entries on this one!

    If you missed out on this one, dont worry, we still have a few more prizes left!

    Matt

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