If you are an Orange customer and you want an iPhone, but you didn’t want to change to O2, then there is some good news today. Orange has announced that it has signed a deal with Apple to allow it to start selling the smartphone/iPod in the UK. In fact Orange have even setup a website so you can register your interest.
It was announced to the world in January, it went on sale in the USA in June, in July we heard it was coming to the UK “in time for the winter holidays” and now, finally, O2 have announced the launch date of the Palm Pre in the UK. From October 16th the Palm Pre can be had for free when you sign up to a two year contract at £34.26 per month.
While everyone was predicting and pontificating about Apple releasing a Tablet this month (which they didn’t but they probably will in February) Microsoft have been secretly working on their own tablet. Called Courier it it is more than a tablet, it has two screens hinged in the middle and looks more like a traditional book or filofax (remember those) than a tablet.
One of the obvious advantages of netbooks are their size. They are very portable and can be used just as much on the move as well as at a desk. But to be used on the move you need a battery and a battery that only lasts an hour or so kinda of kills the idea of a netbook. Many netbooks have great battery life, but MSI have just launched the new MSI Wind U110 ECO with a reported battery life of 15+ hours!
Only a few days ago LG announced to the world that it will be using Microsoft’s recently launched Windows Mobile 6.5 in a minimum of 13 new smartphones over the next 16 months. But now in a surprise move they have announced a new smartphone, the LG-GW620, which will use Linux – the arch rival operating system of Microsoft.
The deadline for entries to the UK government backed iawards is approaching rapidly. Aiming to recognise and celebrate the best British achievements in science, innovation and technology, the iawards are
AVG the company behind the very popular free anti virus software is running an awareness campaign about Data Snatching on the web. Data Snatching occurs when trusted websites are hi-jacked
Google have been working secretly to update the core infrastructure of their search engine. The project code-named “Caffeine” is designed to let Google increase the indexing speed, accuracy and the comprehensiveness of search results.
