Archive for March, 2011

New HTC Flyer Video Overview

HTC have made available a video overview of the new HTC Flyer tablet pc, showing off its versatility as a media device and organiser, but also of the stylus input option the HTC Scribe. The video makes a compelling case for using the Flyer in meetings to take audio, video, text and handwritten notes during [...]

Orange launch ‘Do Some Good’ mobile based volunteering

Orange today extended its commitment to volunteering in the UK, with the launch of the UK’s first mobile volunteering initiative “Do Some Good“, allowing people on the go to take 5 minutes from their schedule and help linked charities. The ‘Do Some Good’ app allows convenient, bite-size volunteering through a mobile phone, enabling users to [...]

HTC Desire S Available for Pre-order from Vodafone

Vodafone have made the HTC Desire S available for pre-order on their site today. First announced back at MWC2011 the Desire S is sculpted out of a single block of aluminum making it feel solid and natural in your hand. With Qualcomm’s new 1GHz Snapdragon™ MSM8255 processor, the HTC Desire S offers snappy performance and [...]

O2 Simplify Data Tethering Options – Personal HotSpot for Free

Yesterday O2 announced they were simplifying the data add-on and tethering options on all new contracts (or upgrades) for its customers. There are now 3 simple data bolt options – 100MB at £3/month, 500MB at £6/month and 1000MB (1GB) at £10/month. The top 2 tiers also include free unlimited WiFi usage at BT Openzone and [...]

Amazon launches ‘Cloud Drive’ music service

Today Amazon officially launched its ‘Cloud Drive’ music service, a hard-drive in the cloud allowing you to securely store your music, videos, photos, and documents online and access them from anywhere. Together with Amazon Cloud Player for Web and Amazon Cloud Player for Android you can now store your digital music online and play it [...]

Global TNS study reveals UK as European leader in mobile social networking

A Global TNS study has been released showing the UK as the European leader in mobile social networking. TNS, the world’s largest market research company, today revealed the results of its survey comprising of more than 25,000 hours of interviews with over 34,000 consumers aged 16 – 60 years of age in 43 countries. The [...]

Firefox 4 released for Android – brings Sync history to mobile phone

Mozilla have announced the release of Firefox 4 for Android OS allowing users to “take the power and customization of Firefox everywhere”. Firefox is available from the Android Market and brings seamless and secure access to personal data across desktop and mobile devices, including browsing history, bookmarks, open tabs, form data and passwords. Tabbed browsing, [...]