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Seasoned tech blogger. Host of the Tech Addicts podcast.
We all rely on our smartphones on a daily basis and wouldn’t know what to do without them.
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The Carphone Warehouse is offering cut price upgrades to the new iPhone 3G S by letting you trade in your old model.
The shop will let you trade in an iPhone 2G for £100, and if you’ve got a newer iPhone 3G the 8GB version will earn you £170 the larger 16GB version will get you £180.
Users would still need to pay up to 18 months of their deal to get their hands on the new phone, which can cost up to £275, so the maximum cost would spiral well over £1,000 just to be among the first to have the new phone.
Not a bad deal if you don’t want the hassle of wheeling and dealing but a quick search on Google and we came up with a service called Mazuma which will give you £180.00 for the 8 Gig and £200.00 for the 16 Gig all done by post.
Via Techradar
All-in-one Redefined: Omnia II (I8000)
The Omnia II features Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and the world’s largest 3.7-inch AMOLED display with WVGA resolution. TouchWiz 2.0 User Interface and 3D effects make enjoying multimedia and multi tasking convenient and fun. Advanced R Touch (Resistive Touch) enables faster, more accurate touch response. Multimedia features include DVD-like (480p) video recording/playback, internet browsing and interactive 3D games. Users can download content quickly to the Omnia II’s HSUPA 5.76Mbps, HSDPA 7.2Mbps and Wi-Fi capabilities. Up to 48GB lets users store more of their favorite content.
This morning in Singapore Samsung Korea unveiled the B7610, an Omnia Pro device with a keyboard. It features a 3.5” AMOLED touchscreen display with a 800×480 resolution, slide-out Qwerty keyboard, a 5.1Mpix camera module, 1GB of memory, FM tuner, WiFi, TV Out, GPS and all running Windows Mobile.
Also shown was the Samsung Pixon 12 M8910 and its 12Mpix Camera Module, The Samsung Jackie B7320, and the Android powered I7500.
via Akihabaranews
Documents To Go has eventually hit the App Store after what seems like forever waiting for it. There are two versions available one that can sync with Microsoft Exchange to retrieve attachments that you can then edit and a straight forward version without the exchange feature.
The one downside so far is the omission of any ability to edit Excel files although Dataviz have promised that this will be updated very soon and for free to anyone that buys this app now.
Pricing of the application is amazing but apparently is a limited time offer, the two versions are priced at £2.99 and £5.99 respectively.
Matt Miller from ZDnet has already done a review of the software and the video is after the break.
Of course it is not really a “browser” (like Opera Mobile or Internet Explorer) but it is an UI control – the same as the one used in Safari – that is used in app – like many other “browser” apps. However this “browser” adds something interesting: you can easily share links to web pages that you are viewing on 2 currently leading social networks: Twitter and Facebook. Of course next week, iPhone OS 3.0 will bring copy and paste and ability to share also with standard social network clients, but sharing directly from the browser might be faster.
This app is FREE (or rather banner-sponsored to be exact) and here is how this app looks like:
According to Apcom/I.R.I.S., the official distributors of Apple products in Romania, cited by Ziarul Financiar, the Palm Pre should come in the country at about the same price as in the US. This report comes from ZF.ro and it quotes Zsolt Kadar, the director of marketing for Apcom/I.R.I.S., "The launch depends on demand and in the West, but the device should be available in Eastern Europe, including Romania, at the end of September, at prices similar to those outside ($550 without subscription red.)." The Palm Pre may be offered on the local market in Romania through wireless carriers as well, though no exact details have been made public.
Still remember the Samsung B7610 Louvre we featured way back in April? It turns out that the Louvre is actually the newest Omnia from the company, the Samsung Omnia Pro. Taking a cue from HTC where their Pro version such as the HTC Touch Pro2 features a QWERTY keypad, Samsung does the same with the Omnia Pro. More details and pics after the break.
This whole Ice Age movie franchise is stuff for kids and new movie from this franchise is coming in July 2009 (with dinosaurs this time!), so movie studios decided to promote it by releasing FREE game for iPhone and iPod touch!
We have tested it and while it is a rather simple skate boarding game where you should pick objects while skateboarding, it has nice 3D feeling to it and here is how it looks like:
Due to work and family commitments, (about to become a Dad) we are taking a few weeks out from the podcast but we will be back soon. We will also have new intro music thanks to Gareth’s hard work.
The podcast has really taken off and we just wanted to thank you all for downloading it and listening each week, it’s always a lot of fun to do each week.
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