Author Archive: Gareth

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By November 14, 2009 Read More →

Desktop version of Windows Mobile marketplace spotted

desktopmarketplace_thumb Interesting article over a WMpoweruser relating to a desktop portal to the Windows Mobile marketplace. Playstation Network has a similar setup and obviously it will draw parallels with Itunes but at any rate it will be nice to have some movement towards a better Marketplace environment.

It seems Phase 2 of Marketplace for Windows Mobile is on us, with the he Windows Mobile Developer Blog announcing:

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By November 14, 2009 Read More →

Cameron’s Avatar comes to iPhone on December 15, 2009

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By November 14, 2009 Read More →

Orange defending Unlimited* 750mb data cap

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The BBC have done a little digging around the 750mb data cap on the Orange iPhone contracts and it’s quite interesting that Orange still feel the need to enforce this despite O2 merely threatening those to abuse their generosity. I’m certain that Unlimited meant no limits, but I guess my dictionary must be in need of updating.  See the article after the break:

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By November 13, 2009 Read More →

o2 deliver iPhone unlock as promised

image As we reported a few days ago, o2 have promised to unlock iPhones that are on pay monthly anytime and after 12 months if your iPhone is on pay as you go. They have a form that you need to fill in to request the unlock and then wait a maximum of 14 days. My situation was a little different, yes I have an iPhone on pay monthly but I bought an iPhone 3GS on pay as you go back in July.

I filled out the form and put in the IMEI number of my iPhone 3GS and hoped for the best, about 15 minutes ago I received a text from O2 telling me the iPhone had been unlocked.

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By November 13, 2009 Read More →

Review: Acer s200 Neotouch

 ABAE4D6D-6223-4253-85BF-31752FB239B9 The Acer s200 is a device that does exactly what it sets out to do. I can say very little about it other than I recommend it, here’s why.

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By November 13, 2009 Read More →

HTC HD2 Unboxing

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I’ve completed parts 1 and 2 of an unboxing for the HTC HD2. Had a real probelm getting part 3 uploaded, it just didn’t want to work! See the complete set of  videos after the break:

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By November 12, 2009 Read More →

Vodafone UK first to stock Nokia N900?

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The Nokia N900 handset has finally started shipping to distributors, and it seems that Vodafone may be the first to announce it in the UK.

TechRadar contacted all the UK networks, with all of them saying that there’s nothing to announce – although O2 said is has ‘no plans as yet’ to stock it, despite CPW having a coming soon page offering the N900 on O2 which has since been pulled.

However, it seems likely Vodafone will be the first to announce the device, if its forums are anything to go by. While stopping short of announcing it to the hordes of enquiring fans, the eForum team are constantly asking people to keep an eye on the ‘Coming soon’ page, which is a big hint the red network might be the first to announce it.

One network that is unlikely to be launching it until 2010 at the earliest is 3, after it emerged that the SIM-free device is incompatible with 3’s latest USIM cards in the UK, although a software update to fix the issue is due before the years end.

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By November 11, 2009 Read More →

iPhone banking comes to UK

Do you really really love your iPhone? Well, you can prove it: if your bank doesn’t support banking services through an iPhone app, then dump this bank and open an account at a bank, offers an iPhone app for its customers:

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By November 11, 2009 Read More →

Clove selling Blackberry Bold 9700 on Friday

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Clove have announced with will have the BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be in stock this Friday!

SIM FREE, UNLOCKED and unbranded, the Bold 9700 is the newest device from the firm.

If you wanted to get your hands on one of the first, then CLICK HERE to order yours.

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By November 11, 2009 Read More →

OffMaps for iPhone – review

So, imagine that you would like to visit some remote country. However you wouldn’t like to pay for international roaming data (that would be used a lot if you would use built-in Google Maps) and you wouldn’t like to buy expensive GPS turn-by-turn navigation software (after all it may be that you drop by to this country only once in a lifetime). Or maybe you have only an iPod touch and you can’t use Google Maps while traveling at all.

Well, there is an app for that and it’s called “OffMaps” and it costs only $2.99:

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