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Docking station for Hermes Devices

Matt | September 1, 2006 |

Brando have just released a decent looking hot sync/docking cradle for HTC Hermes devices. According to the website the cradle will fit Dopod CHT9000, Qtek 9600, i-Mate JasJam, O2 XDA Trion, HTC TyTN, HTC Hermes, htc Z, Orange SPV M3100 and T-Mobile MDA vario II devices. It comes complete with the USB cable and features […]

Mobile phones to be allowed on planes

Matt | August 31, 2006 |

Ryanair has announced intentions that it plans to allow its passengers make calls on mobile phones and use handheld devices such as Smartphones and Pocket PC’s whilst in flight. It has signed a deal with Onair, part owned by Airbus maker EADS, to allow mobile use on all its Boeing 737 aircraft. Passengers will be […]

Hermes D-Pad bug update

Matt | August 30, 2006 |

Just a quick update on the HTC Hermes D-Pad bug that we reported a few days ago. The bug affects all know Hermes variants including Orange SPV M3100, HTC TyTN and Vodafone v1605. I have now spoken with HTC about the bug and they fully acknowledge that it is a problem that they are able […]

Acer TravelMate 3012 Review (Part 4)

Matt | August 29, 2006 |

Review Part 4 – Summary Go To Part 1 of the review. Go To Part 2 of the review. Go To Part 3 of the review. It’s been almost a month since the last part of my review of the Acer TravelMate 3012. I thought it was about time that I wound the reviews up […]

HTC Hermes bug confirmed

Matt | August 28, 2006 |

Yesterday we told you about a bug that we had discovered with the Orange SPV M3100 joypad. As an update to that post we have had a few people contact us to confirm that this isn’t just a problem with our devices but one the affects the HTC TyTN and the Vodafone v1605. Now that […]

Orange SPV M3100 bug identified

Matt | August 27, 2006 |

Muff and I have been playing more with the Orange M3100 today and have identified a bug in the hardware! The bug that we have seen affects the Joypad on the SPV M3100. To put it simply, if you press and hold the joypad in any direction, then whilst the joypad is held down you […]

Shuttle Struck by Lightning?

Matt | August 26, 2006 |

The launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which was due to lift off on Sunday 27th August, has been posponed until Monday at the earliest to allow more time for teams to assess ground and flight systems following a strong lighting strike to the lighting protection system at the launch pad on Friday afternoon. If […]

Orange SPV M3100 Review (Part 2)

Matt | August 25, 2006 |

It’s been about a two weeks since I posted the Orange SPV M3100 Review (Part 1) so I thought I would follow up with my experiences with the device. Let me start out by saying that the SPV M3100 is not a perfect device but then I would be surprised if it were, I don’t […]

Orange SPV M3100 stability issues?

Matt | August 24, 2006 |

I’ve had my Orange M3100 for about ten days now. Since I published the SPV M3100 review I have been using the M3100 as my primary phone. On the whole, I really like the Orange M3100. The processor is pretty fast and the 3G internet connection works really well, even better since I changed the […]

Atlantis Crew arrive in Florida

Tracy Davis | August 24, 2006 |

[color=#6200aa]The Crew for STS-115 arrived at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida this afternoon ready for scheduled launch on Sunday 27 August at 4.30pm EDT (9.30pm BST).[/color] [color=#6200aa]The offical countdown began at noon EDT at T -43 hours and will hopefully conclude at 4.30pm EDT Sunday with the sucessful launch of Atlantis. The Offical countdown […]