Phones

Boingo Wireless launches mobile-enabled location detection

Shortly after we reported that Boingo lies about availability of Boingo Mobile service, Boingo has updated their WiFi hotspot directory in a way that resolves this problem:

Blackberry Bold 9700 – Discount!

Those nice people at devicewire.com have just dropped me a line to let us know they have a new promo on the Blackberry Bold 9700.

Blackberry Bold 9700

The first batch of these Blackberries sold out pretty quickly but devicewire.com have just received more stock and as a bonus you can get an extra £5 off the price and free delivery when using the promo code BB9700TAM

Just click the above promo code to be taken straight to the 9700 page.

If you have not read my recent review of the Bold 9700 you can do so here. It’s a great device!

Posted by: James

Update for HTC HD2 – Digital Picture Enhancement

There has been quite a bit of internet noise with regard to camera problems and pink splodges on the recently released HTC HD2, well looks like HTC have been listening and have just released a patch to improve the cameras quality. Details below:-

This update for HTC HD2 delivers clear digital picture quality like never before. Living up to the name of “HD” this phone and its twin LED flash will take beautiful pictures for you to cherish your memories. Displayed in brilliant vibrant colors on its 4.3 inch screen, HTC HD2 camera will delight you.

Get the patch directly from HTC

iPhone 3GS arriving at Tescos on December 14th

Collect Double Clubcard points when you buy an iPhone & Triple points for every £1 you spend on top-up or your monthly bill

• 12 Months free Web & Wi-Fi on Pay as you go iPhone
• Up to 24 months Web & Wi-Fi on Pay monthly (depending on length of contract)
• Save £20 when you spend £40 in store (PAYG only)

So there you go, again nothing much to get excited about apart from the the double club card points!!

Via Tesco

Apple tablet landed in Germany + upstream UStream approved

What is the difference between daily tabloid newspapers in Germany and UK? Well, the main difference lies in the fact that German tabloids publish naked ladies on the front page and British ones on 3rd page. There is one more difference though: German tabloids are available on Apple tablet too:

HTC HD2 desktop cradle

SuperETrader have let us know that the desktop cradle for the HTC HD2 will be in stock very shortly.

HTC HD2 Cradle

If you fancy your HD2 looking swish on your desk then you can pre – order the cradle here.

Posted by: James

HTC Hero gift set special offer – Extended!

devicewire.com have the HTC Hero gift set on special offer. It was going to be for one day only but its been so popular they are extending the offer and you can still get the gift set today (Wednesday)  at the discounted price.

HTC Hero gift set

If you own the HTC Hero and want a bargain then head over to devicewire.com and use the promo code HEROGIFT for a discount on the gift set. It may also make a nice Christmas present?

Posted by: James

Boingo lies about Boingo Mobile

Update: Boingo has improved reporting.

Previously we have published review of Boingo WiFi app for iPhone but now we have gathered more information and we can reveal something that only few know…

Dragon for iPhone now available

If you have ever used any voice to text applications on your PC then I am sure you have heard of Dragon. Well today the Dragon Application has hit the App Store (US only at the moment) and it is totally free.

This little program allows you to talk to your iPhone and have it transcribed to text, you can then paste it into Email, SMS or any other iPhone App and I have tested it and it works pretty well.

Gear Diary have done a video of the application in action and here is the iTunes link for the App.

HTC 2010 Roadmap

HTC always have a few interesting devices up their sleeves and here we can visualise what we can expect. Putting names to faces is always great, especially when we have reports of names ripped out of Android roms.

Engadget have all the details of what to be expecting in 2010, obviously this isn’t going to be every device HTC will output but it is a good starting point. Read on for the details: