News

Auto Trader are giving away a car – via Twitter

This isn’t our normal type of post but seeing as Auto Trader are going to be using the power of Twitter to give away a car to someone I thought it was news worthy.

They will be suspending a SEAT Mii 35 metres over London’s South Bank and giving it away, all through Twitter! To enter the competition all you need to do is tweet #winMiiwithAT and tell us why you deserve to win the car!

You will also have a chance to win one of 35 mystery spot prizes – in celebration of Auto Trader’s 35 year automotive heritage. Prizes range from an iPad, to petrol vouchers and fluffy dice.

Search #winMiiwithAT from 12pm this Wednesday and check out New Car Drop for all the action. We would love it if you’d like to get involved and tell your followers why you deserve to win Mii?!

Posted by: James

Warning – HP in Attack mode!

It seems that HP is going to jump back into the tablet market big time. In fact, they are also planning to "aggressively attack" the smartphone market as well, and they plan to use the Android OS to do it. Here’s a quote with some of the details,

Quote:

HP will “aggressively attack” both the smartphone and tablet markets, according to Jefferies analyst Peter Misek recent note to investors.
“While the move makes sense strategically, we see it as a high risk move,” Misek explained. “On top of adding costs and working capital burdens to an already stressed balance sheet, there could be additional write-offs.”
HP’s last attempt to enter the mobile space was a short-lived one. Just around a month after it launched the webOS-based HP TouchPad, the company pulled the plug on webOS, cancelled its HP Pre 3 project, all under the strong influence of then CEO Leo Apotheker.
Newly appointed Meg Whitman seems to renew HP’s somewhat lost focus in consumer products and the mobile industry and we can only hope the company brings a great Android device, competition is always welcome.

This seems like a daring move by HP. We are looking forward to seeing what they can come up with. Would you consider moving to an HP phone or tablet?

Posted by: Gareth.

ZTE V9A Light Tab 2 gets a price drop at Clove – A Nexus 7 alternative?

The ZTE V9A – Light Tab 2 may not be as great specs wise compared to the Google Nexus 7 but it does have a 3G modem built in which you can’t ‘currently’ get with the Nexus. With a discount on the tablet at Clove the price is only £142.80 including VAT which for what you are getting is a pretty sweet deal if you ask me.

Yes, it only runs Android 2.3 and only has 4GB of internal storage but the 3G capabilities kind of make it attractive,.

You can pick up the ZTE Lite Tab 2 at Clove here.

Posted by: James

BlackBerry 10 Sneak Peek – It’s all about the flow

Posted by: James

Bad Piggies released by Rovio

Rovio Entertainment released its newest game, Bad Piggies, for iOS, Android, Mac, and PC. Told from the pigs’ point of view, this innovative game lets fans build amazing machines that crawl, roll, crash, and fly the pigs to the eggs!

“We’ve never done anything like this,” said Petri Järvilehto, EVP of Games. “Where Angry Birds was all about destruction, Bad Piggies is all about the joy of construction. It’s not just about getting three stars — in this game, failing is almost as much fun as succeeding!”

The game is set on Piggy Island, where the Bad Piggies are after the eggs again — but as usual, nothing is going according to plan. They need help in creating the ultimate flying machine and steering it safely to their destination.

With more than 60 levels, and free updates coming up, there’s hours and hours of pig-crashing, exploding, and flying fun. Fans can unlock an additional 30 levels by getting three stars, and four sandbox levels let them stretch their creativity to the utmost. With 33 objects available to create the ultimate machine, the sky’s the limit — if you can navigate around all the obstacles first!

This is the first time the Bad Piggies are protagonists of a game, but it’s just the beginning of a series of Bad Piggies related games and other entertainment.

Bad Piggies is available now on iOS, Android, Mac, and PC, with Windows Phone coming soon.

Posted by: James

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 – Wi-Fi 16GB price drop from Expansys

If you are in the market for a new tablet we have good news regarding the price of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. Expansys are now offering the tablet for £209.99.

• Processor: 1GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2
• Memory: RAM: 1GB / ROM: 16GB
• OS: Android Honeycomb
• Display: 8.9" capacitive TFT LCD widescreen with 1280 x 800 WXGA resolution
• Connectivity : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n,

If you fancy it head on over to Expansys.

Posted by: James

RIM show off more of BlackBerry 10 ay BlackBerry Jam Americas

BlackBerry®Jam Americas 2012, formerly the BlackBerry Developer Conference, has kicked off on September 25 in San Jose, California.  The conference is a showcase for the bold, new direction BlackBerry is heading with the upcoming BlackBerry® 10 platform. The flow of ideas, passion for the platform, and drive to succeed is in full display at the conference.

During his keynote, Thorsten Heins, Chief Executive Officer at Research In Motion (RIM), clearly demonstrated that the company is delivering on its vision for BlackBerry 10 to a global audience of partners and developers.  More sneak peeks of BlackBerry 10 were also shared.

BlackBerry 10 is designed to make users more productive and more efficient.  With Flow, which is at the core of BlackBerry 10, home buttons are gone and there is no need to exit an app to open a new one.  Users can move easily from task to task, and check in on their conversations, wherever they may be. With BlackBerry 10, RIM is expanding its leadership in communications, NFC, mobile social media, as well as collaboration in the enterprise.

You may want to check out the video below where Vivek Bhardwaj of the BlackBerry 10 product team shows off a few new features of the OS. It’s impressive stuff.

It’s iPhone 5 Friday

Today is the day many of you have been waiting for – it is iPhone 5 Friday!  We already know that pre-orders of Apples new iPhone have been huge and it will be interesting to also see what retail sales are like over the weekend and if stores have enough stock, I suspect they won’t!
So if you are still in two minds whether to commit to the iPhone 5 or not you can find below the links to the major UK networks to get your order in online. I can’t say how long you will have to wait for one as clearly all pre-orders will ship first but I wish you luck.

Orange iPhone 5
T-Mobile iPhone 5
Three iPhone 5
Vodafone iPhone 5
O2 iPhone 5

Posted by: James

Clove announce pricing for the two new HTC Windows Phone 8 devices

Although the HTC 8S and 8X won’t be available until November Clove have today published the prices of the two new Windows Phone 8 handsets and although you can’t actually pre-order you can register your interest with them and you will be notified via email nearer the time.

The HTC 8X will set you back £399.98 including VAT and the 8S will be a fair bit cheaper at £224.99 which seems pretty good value to me.

Head on over to Clove for the full run down of the devices. They will look after you. Nice guys.

Posted by: James

iPhone 5 specs and design

Unless you were asleep yesterday you will be aware that Apple announced the iPhone 5. If you are planning to get one, and i’m sure one or two of you may here’s the run down of the full specs.

On a personal note – I wasn’t particually excited with the resuluts. Yes, it is bigger but it is still an iPhone. I shall be holding off getting one in anticipation for BlackBerry 10 in Q1 2013. Matt will get the iPhone though so expect his full review in the coming weeks.