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A while ago we did a short video of the Eye Scope from find me a gift.com and I said we would give it away. Well we forgot to be honest, so now is your chance.
If you are an iPhone 4 owner then you get a double prize as we also have the iPhone Microscope to include in your prize.
So how do you win you may ask. Details are below:
The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray is a brilliant multimedia Android smartphone with a super-slim 9.4mm body and aluminium frame.
Available in a gold coloured finish from Vodafone, the Xperia ray is free on £26, 24 month price plans, including 300 minutes, unlimited texts, 500MB of data and 1GB of BT Openzone WiFi allowance when purchased through Vodafone’s online shop.
The 3.3″ state-of-the-art Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine delivers sharp, bright, vivid pictures. With Exmor R for mobile image sensor, also used in
Sony’s Cyber-shot cameras and Handycams, you can shoot stills and HD videos on the 8.1 megapixel camera, even in low light. And with Facebook inside Xperia you can share photos, status, likes, recommendations and more.
Specifications:
For more information on pricing, visit the Vodafone online shop.
Posted by: James
I’m not sure what this new video from T-Mobile is all about that I found on YouTube today. It is clearly a teaser and tells people to visit YouTube.com/lifesforsharing this Friday, 9.15pm on Channel 5 or , for the premiere of their new video.
By now we know that T-Mobile do some great TV adverts. I can only guess that the parking ticket being given out are some kind of winning voucher or similar and the people who receive them will have their expressions filmed, first upset with getting a ticket and then joy at maybe winning something.
I could be totally wrong though.
You can see the teaser video below:
If you like to meet new people via BlackBerry Messenger then I have just the application for you. Pinbook is a social networking app for BlackBerry where you can search for other BlackBerry users that have registered with Pinbook.
Pinbook is currently is in private beta but will be going public soon.
The Pinbook is a brand new BlackBerry application designed to find new BBM friends. Get in touch with 50 million BBM users all over the world and share your thoughts & interests.
Not sure about the person at the other side of the line? Thanks to the built-in chat feature you can introduce yourself without adding a new contact.
Keep an eye on thepinbook.com for updates.
More details and screenshots below:
Evernote is the notes application that the Blackberry PlayBook has been waiting for. The notes application that is free, has the ability to add media to notes, has a double-paned layout, has the ability to sync notes to a cloud and most importantly a well known name behind it.
I shall begin with the layout of the Evernote application for the Blackberry PlayBook. Evernote initially requests that you sign in with an account, but if you don’t have one, it lets you sign up. After this process is finished, you are greeted with a rather simple display of greens, blacks and whites. You have two main panes, the left pane is your list of notes in date order and the right pane shows the note that you have selected. In the top left you have the option to create a new note and a button that brings down the option to either look at all notes, select a different Notebook or to look at tags. Also you have a search button if you have a lot of notes and wish to search for a specific one. Finally, on the right of the application main screen, you have a delete button, an edit button (for the current note you have selected) and a refresh button. Also you are given the option to see the note in a bigger preview without having to edit it by clicking on the top arrows just on the top left of the note preview. I like the layout as it is simple to use and the scrolling through the note is very smooth, however, the scrolling through the note titles is not so smooth.
Various sites have posted pictures over the last week of a BlackBerry that is unknown it is real or a knock off. Rumors have been going around that it is a specially designed device by Porsche but it could well just be a home made shell.
The handset has now been caught on video and as you will see it is clearly based on the Bold 9900 but with a very different keyboard and back cover.
To be honest i think it looks disgusting. It doesn’t even have an optical track pad. Clearly running BlackBerry 7 I don’t think we will see this one in the shops. Thank god!
You can see the video below.
A while ago we did a short video showing you some of the accessories Clove are now stocking for the BlackBerry Bold 9900. They have kindly said we can give away the Soft Shell and the Case-Mate Barley There Aluminum.
So how do you win one you may ask. Simple. All you need to do is be following both Clove and tracyandmatt on Twitter and retweet this post. It doesn’t get much easier than that.
We will pick two random winners in 48 hours and tweet the lucky winners names.
Entries are restricted to the UK due to postage posts.
Good luck.
Posted by: James
I have recently become an avid Twitter fan because I was originally a Facebook fan. What I liked about Facebook was the ‘posting a status’ feature, however posting too many status’ was seen as socially wrong, whereas, on Twitter, you can post as many ‘Status’ or ‘Tweets’ as you like.
If you had not guessed from the opening rant, TweetBook is a Twitter app for the Blackberry PlayBook; and what a brilliant one it is. TweetBook has nearly all the features you’ll need from Twitter, the ability to view profiles, the ability to search tweets, the ability to view personal lists and the ability to follow and unfollow people within the application.
TweetBook is designed very similarly to the Mobile Twitter website that you find on tablets with the multiple panels and the options along the top bar. On the left panel you have your Tweets that you can scroll down through; scrolling is very smooth and reactive.
From today, the millions of people in the UK who own a BlackBerry Smartphone can download the RBS & NatWest banking app. Customers with the brand new app will be able to check their balance, see their last 6 transactions and even transfer funds between accounts.
It’s clear that customers are increasingly turning to their mobiles to help keep tabs on their banking. This new app means they can transfer money when short of cash, check their account balance, and even pinpoint the closest ATM if ever short of a few pounds. Essentially it provides RBS and NatWest customers with a simpler way to manage their money – all from their BlackBerry smartphone.
Today’s exciting announcement also means customers with BlackBerry smartphones will be able to :
* See all accounts they hold with either NatWest or RBS, and check balances
* View their last 6 transactions
* Manage and receive SMS text message alerts
* Top up their pre-paid mobile account.
This new app joins the banks phenomenally successful iPhone and iPad banking app. RBS and NatWest have already seen hundreds of thousands of customers regularly using these banking apps since they launched earlier in the year.
Satyendra Chelvendra, Managing Director, Consumer Distribution commented:
“We know that our apps are making everyday banking that little bit more helpful and convenient. We’ve been working hard to provide the most advanced banking apps for our customers, so we’re thrilled that we can the lead the way once more as we launch one of the first mobile banking apps for the BlackBerry.”
Being a NatWest customer myself I am clearly overjoyed with this new app. Once downloaded, registration takes just a couple of minutes and then it is a case of waiting for authorization which can take up to 24 hours. I am now waiting.
Posted by: James
One of my favorite applications Evernote is now available for the BlackBerry PlayBook. This multi platform application will allow you to take notes on a device and the information will then be synced with any other devices, including PC/Mac enabling you to view your notes on whatever device you happen to be using at the time.
Although the notes feature is the only one I use Evernote is capable of several other features. To find out more you can visit their webpage here.
Head on over to App World from your PlayBook and grab the download. It’s free!
Posted by: James
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