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Bargain of the day from Expansys – The Huawei E586 3G HSPA+

Discount time if you are looking for an unlocked Huawei E586 3G HSPA+ MiFi 21Mbps Mobile Broadband. For today only Expansys have the device available for only £79.99 including free shipping.

The Huawei E586 is a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot (Mi-Fi). It’s the solution to having high speed internet on the move for all of your Wi-Fi enabled devices, saving you money by not needing to buy internet access in a Wi-Fi hotspot (e.g. on a train) and by not needing multiple SIMS for each individual device (e.g. smartphone & iPad). Also it’s perfect for locations that are unable to receive conventional broadband.

Encased in a stylish silver and white design, the E586 is small and light enough to forget about when carrying it in your bag. It’s roughly the size of a small mobile phone and weighs 90g. Fully charged expect a decent five hours of work time with the Wi-Fi on and a rather ridiculous 100 standby hours when it’s switched off. Plus unlike a dongle, the E586 doesn’t need to be plugged into your USB port for power so it won’t drain your devices battery.

Order your discounted MiFi here.

Posted by: James

Win the chance tomorrow to see the new Bond film ‘Skyfall’ before the public thanks to Heineken

EVENT OVERVIEW

• In October 2012, as part of Heineken’s CRACK THE CASE campaign, we are offering 5 UK consumers the chance to win tickets to the Heineken Skyfall screening in Leicester Square
• To win, consumers in London use Twitter to locate a real case inside a strict time limit
• The case will be carried around London by an agent who will open it at exactly 3pm on Saturday October 20th
• The first 5 players to be physically find the agent and the case ("Crack The Case”) will each win a pair of tickets

HOW IT WORKS

• On October 20th, from 1pm onwards, a map with the location of the agent/case will be tweeted every 15 mins.
• Players click on the map to vote for the next location.
• The goal is to be the closest to the case when it is opened ("cracked") at 3pm.

But while the time is fixed, the location isn’t. Instead, you will have 2 hours to guide our agent around EC1 via Twitter. So, from 1PM, you’ll have to get her as close to you as possible, so that you’re the first on the scene when the drop goes down. It’s an interesting experiment, and we have no idea where Twitter will send the agent. I really hope that you and your readers will be up for playing along! Follow @Redstar_1873 and #TheDrop to keep up with the action…!

Posted by: James

Have HTC teamed up with Sharp?

Could The HTC J Butterfly phone be the next offering from the Taiwanese company? The word on the street is that HTC have teamed up with Sharp to offer a device with a 5 inch display with an industry-leading 440 pixels per inch – blimey! The Android device is allegedly going on sale in Japan in December this year.

HTC’s 440ppi – pixels per inch – resolution offers a performance-boost over rival flagship devices including Samsung’s similarly-sized Galaxy Note 2 with a 267ppi screen. Apple’s iPhone 5 offers 326ppi, Nokia’s upcoming Lumia 920 332ppi and LG’s Optimus G 318ppi. To support the facility, HTC has included Qualcomm’s top-end Snapdragon S4 Pro processor.

Clearly we have no news regarding the device from HTC UK so whether it will grace our shores is still yet to be announced.

Source: BBC

Posted by: James

Pre-Order the new HTC Windows Phones from Expansys

If you are eyeing up the forthcoming HTC Windows Phone 8 devices that will be with us imminently then you may want to consider getting a pre-order in from Expansys. They have the HTC 8X and 8S in a selection of colours to choose from.

The HTC 8X will set you back £399.00 SIM free and the 8S will be £239.99 – both prices inclusive if V.A.T.

Posted by: James

Microsoft Surface has a price and pre-order

Earlier today Microsoft announced pricing, market availability and pre-order for their “Surface” – the tablet PC designed to be the ultimate stage for Windows. Announced some months ago there has been much speculation regarding the price and specs. Speculate no more, as all is made clear. This pricing is for the Surface with Windows RT, coming pre-installed with Office Home and Student 2013 RT Preview.

Surface with Windows 8 Pro pricing is still a mystery at this stage however, it’ll likely be more than the Windows RT version as the specifications have been beefed up to run the full version of Windows 8. The specs are quoted after the break.

Highlights:

· Originally unveiled in June, Surface with Windows RT will be available starting at £399.

· Touch Cover will be available in three colours-black, white and cyan- priced at £99.99 so customers can express their personal style. Customers will also have the option to purchase a Type Cover in black for £109.99, which adds moving keys for a more traditional typing feel.

· Customers can visit www.Surface.com to pre-order now in eight markets across the world: Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States. Pricing varies by geography.

Check out the Google homepage today

For a bit of lighthearted fun have a look at the Google homepage today. I won’t give too much away but it isn’t the normal pretty picture. This time we get some animated action! Enjoy.

That is all.

Posted by: James

Archos GamePad video debut

We have recently been treated to an exciting collection of videos for Archos’ new GamePad, a 7" tablet that favours gaming over all else. Running Ice Cream Sandwich and a fairly ingenious method of binding hardware keys to on screen functions Archos are taking steps into untested waters with this device that is likely to shift a good few units, especially at the proposed price of less than ?150! The idea of having hardware buttons rather than relying on Touchscreen will obviously be attractive to many.

It’s got a 1024×600 capacitive touch screen but more importantly for gaming, it’s got game controller buttons on each side of the screen. This device runs on the Rockchip RK3066 dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor with the quad-core Mali-400MP4 GPU.

Of course No. 1 Archos Fanboy Charbax got a bit of time with it. You can see the videos below:

O2 apologize for UK outage

Around 10% of the firm’s 23 million customers are believed to have been affected by the yesterday’s outage problem, with O2 admitting people in some areas had been unable to make or receive calls, texts or access data services.

Last night, an O2 spokesperson told Sky News: "Further to our previous update where some customers in some areas were unable to make or receive calls, send texts or use data, service has been fully restored for all remaining impacted customers.

"Once again we’re are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused."

Asked about whether any compensation would be offered, the spokesperson said: ”Our first priority was to get customers back up and in service. We’ll now need to conduct a full investigation into the cause of the problem.”

All Orange and T-Mobile stores to be rebranded as EE by the end of the month

The word on the street is that all 700 Orange and T-Mobile shops in the UK will get the new redesign to convert them into EE stores by the end of the month when the EE 4G LTE service goes live.

Prices of the new 4G tariffs are still to be announced but they will be made public prior to the 4G roll out. In the meantime Orange and T-Mobile customers can purchase 4G ready handsets which I believe are the iPhone 5, Huawei Ascend P1, HTC One XL and the Samsung Galaxy S3.

We will of course publish the price plans once we have them – not long to wait.

Posted by: James

CoPilot now available for over 250 Android devices

ALK Technologies Ltd, a leading developer of mobile applications, has announced that its CoPilot Live offline GPS navigation apps are now compatible with over 250 Google-certified Android Smartphones and tablets.

“Our mission is simple – to make sure CoPilot runs brilliantly on as many Android devices as possible.” said David Quin, Head of Consumer Applications at ALK Technologies. “We have been developing GPS navigation apps for the Android platform since the launch of T Mobile G1 in 2008 and we’ve learned an incredible amount about handling differing screen sizes and resolutions. The latest additions to the Android family such as the Samsung Galaxy SIII and HTC One X are perfect for GPS navigation with their high resolution touch screens.”

The latest version of the CoPilot Live Premium apps (version 9.3) supports Android OS versions from as far back as Froyo to the most recent version, Jellybean. This means that CoPilot’s full-featured voice guided navigation and mapping is available for Android veterans such as T Mobile G2 and HTC Desire, as well as the hottest new devices like HTC’s ONE X, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy SIII and Google’s Nexus 7.

CoPilot navigation is available in two versions from Google Play:

· CoPilot Live Premium: a paid app which offers full-featured voice-guided GPS navigation with advanced 3D map views and live traffic as standard.

· CoPilot GPS: a free app which includes powerful trip planning and offline maps. Turn by turn navigation is available via in-app purchase.

For more information visit www.copilotlive.com

Posted by: Matt