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By July 20, 2010 Read More →

HP Color LaserJet CP1515n review

CP151 Not so long ago a colour laser printer was a luxury item even for larger businesses and you’d have to have been a seriously hardcore user to warrant one for home use. It wasn’t just the cost, my first colour laser was cost me around £4000 ten years ago, but the size of the older models was also quite prohibitive. I recall that the one I had was about the same size as a small refrigerator and took three of us to carry and move in to location.

Obviously things have changed a lot in the past few years and like everything else the price of colour laser printers has tumbled and new technology has enabled them to drastically reduce in size. This HP Colour LaserJet CP1515n that we are reviewing for it247.com is not much larger than an multi-function inkjet printer and would probably find a place on most peoples desks at both work or home.

The cost may also surprise you, £180.15 including VAT for a colour laser printer is quite incredible! Oh and don’t forget the £50 cashback!

So does the size and price lead to a quality compromise? Read on to find out.

Posted in: Printers, Reviews, Videos/Unboxings
By July 18, 2010 Read More →

Mugen extended battery for HTC Desire review

SONY DSC HTC Desire is an excellent phone but most users struggle to get through a day when using the device to its full potential. A large capacity battery is a must for many. But there aren’t that many around. Can Mugen 3200 mAh battery be an answer for the power hungry smartphone?

I should perhaps explain that I’m not a heavy user and I usually get three days on a single charge from the HTC Desire’s standard 1400 mAh battery.

I switch off the phone for the night, I keep bluetooth, GPS and 3G off when not needed. Wi-fi is on perhaps for 30 minutes during a three-day period. A fourth day remains an “option” determined mostly by the length of my phone calls.

Posted in: Reviews
By July 17, 2010 Read More →

Traffic Eye for iPhone video

traffic-eye Here is a quick video demo of Traffic Eye for iPhone. With the UK roads being rather congested at times what is better that trying to avoid the jams. Traffic Eye will enable you to do this by letting you view the CCTV cameras on our motorways and major A roads. What a splendid idea.

The app is free and can be found in the app store.  See what you think?

 

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By July 16, 2010 Read More →

Steve Jobs on ‘Antennagate’

iphone-antennagate There’s a press conference going on at Apple at the moment and as expected it’s all about the problems with iPhone 4. Well I say all about the problems but in the first part of the ‘show’ Apple state that the iPhone is the number one smartphone and that in 22 days over 3,000,000 (that’s three million) handsets have been sold!

So in what is now being referred to as Antennagate, Steve Jobs confirms that the issue with the signal and reception is not unique to the iPhone and that most, if not all phones, will suffer a similar fate depending in how and where you hold them. In fact the Blackberry 9700 was demo’d as being one of those handsets similarly affected.

Apparently less than one half of a percent of customers have complained about the problem.

Apple are going to offer a free case for every iPhone 4 customer. You’ll be able to register on the Apple site from next week and will receive YOUR CHOICE of case within the range they are offering. If you are not happy you can return your iPhone 4 for a full refund within 30 days of purchase, assuming the phone is undamaged.

As there have also been reported issues with the proximity sensor (I’m seeing this problem!) there will be an update to the OS to address the soon.

 

This conference is still on-going so we’ll bring you more as it comes in!

 

Posted by: Matt

Posted in: News
By July 13, 2010 Read More →

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro unboxing video

Xperia_X10_mini_pro_Open_Black A few weeks ago I managed to get my hands on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and we were able to unbox and review that here on site already. Overall we were impressed with the phone, it’s a bit of a niche device that obviously wont suit everyone but we liked that it kinda broke the mould.

This week we have the X10 Mini Pro which is the X10 Mini’s chunkier big brother, the Mini Pro packs a sliding QWERTY keyboard though which is what contributes to it’s additional bulk.

Otherwise the X10 Mini and the Mini Pro are virtually identical, same hardware spec and same 5 megapixel camera. There seems to be no software changes either.

We’ll have a full review for you sometime next week but for now take a look at the unboxing video below to see what this device has to offer.

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By July 12, 2010 Read More →

HP Photosmart A532 review

HP Photosmart A532 review HP have been producing their Photosmart range of printers for years, in fact if you were to take a look at HP’s site you would see that there are over 18 past models that are now discontinued. They’ve come a long way too, not just in terms of the picture quality and speed but also in terms of the purchase price and running cost.

Take this HP Photosmart A532 for example, IT247.com sent us this one as they had just been able to secure a deal with HP that has allowed them to sell the A532 for an incredible £44.99. You might think that with the printer being so cheap that the consumables would be staggeringly expensive but in fact the ink cartridge is only £15 and we’ve been able to get close to 150 full photo prints from that one cart, 10 pence per photo (ink cost) for the ability to print you photos immediately is brilliant I think.

Don’t forget that you can enter our competition and win one of these great little printers too.

The HP Photosmart has been around for a little while but is still very much a current model. Let’s take a closer look…

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By July 10, 2010 Read More →

Nokia 7230 unboxing video

7230-main We’ve recently been asked by readers to cover and review some of the less-expensive mobiles that are available. We’ve also been running the ‘bargain feature’ on the Mobile Tech Addicts podcast for the past month or so where we’ve been scouring the stores and the internet to bring you what we think are some of the best mobile deals out there.

To that end we’re looking at the Nokia 7230 here. It has been available since February this year and has just reached a price point of a little over £100 which makes it worth considering. It’s a reasonable specification for the money too, offering Quad-band reception, 3G, FM Radio and 3.2 mega pixel camera.

We’ll be reviewing the Nokia 7230 over the next week or so but thought we’d leave you with this quick unboxing so you can see what it come with and what it has to offer.

 

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By July 9, 2010 Read More →

Samsung Galaxy S social networking video demo

GalaxyS-main With so many of us now using social media apps I thought would shown you how a few are handled on the Samsung Galaxy S that I reviewed recently. As you will see, the Galaxy S is a great mobile tool for taking care of your social media needs and with its 4 inch Super AMOLED display using these apps is a truly enjoyable experience.

In the below video I will give a basic tour of Facebook, Twitter for Android and MySpace on the Galaxy S. I hope the video is of some use if you are considering buying the device.

 

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By July 8, 2010 Read More →

HP photo printer competition

A532-anged-open A few days ago I unboxed the HP Photosmart A532 which had just come in for review from IT247.com In the post I promised that we’d be running a competition here on the site in conjunction with IT247.com to give away a Photosmart A532 printer – A new one not the one I unboxed and reviewed.

So while I am putting together that review it’s time to kick off the competition!

Entering is about as simple as it gets. All you have to do is follow IT247.com on Twitter and retweet the following tweet: "RT @IT247uk I’m hoping to win an HP Photo Printer with IT247.com – Find out how you can enter too: http://bit.ly/aAY8w3" You can also click the retweet link below to save you copying and pasting the phrase. Your twitter name will be entered in to the draw. You’ll have to keep following us as we’ll notify winners via DM.

RETWEET ME!

IT247.com will pick a winner at random and will announce who’s won, via Twitter, on the 21st July.

 

Posted by: Matt

Posted in: Competitions
By July 7, 2010 Read More →

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini review

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini reviewIn much the same way as phones went touchscreen in the recent past, it’s now becoming a trend for mobile manufacturers to add ‘mini’ on the end of the model names, then put them through the most minor of changes and call it a day. The X10 mini however is probably the only phone that really deserves the title of ‘mini’ – Sony Ericsson has made some serious changes and ‘X10 Tiny’ would probably have been a more appropriate name.

Whatever they chose to call it, the design also reflects that it is very much the little brother of the original beefy X10. Sony Ericsson showed off both the X10 mini and the X10 mini pro back at MWC in February, where their tiny form factor combined with Android caught many people’s hearts. On the face of it, a small touchscreen may not seem to make sense for sake of usability, and so in the review we’ll find out amongst other things whether having a 2.55″screen and not many buttons is a good idea. The X10 mini is the first of the two to hit the market here in the UK, but can a tiny little phone make a large impression?

 

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