Archive for February, 2012

Apple Event Confirmed For March 7th

Apple have confirmed their iPad event where they release the new iPad3 will be held March 7th, one week from today at the San Francisco Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The iPad3 is expected to be less than 1mm thicker than the iPad2, but contain a Retina style high resolution display running at 2,048 [...]

More People Now Consume Media On Mobile Devices Than TV

A new study out by InMobi, an independent mobile ad network, shows that people are now consuming media in greater amounts on mobile devices such as mobiles and tablets, than they are on traditional media such as television and newspapers. The survey conducted in Q4 2011 questioned over 20,000 mobile consumers in 18 markets across all continents, found [...]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Deal Price At £339.99

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a Google reference handset running Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) and is currently still the only handset running native ICS available. We reviewed the phone a while back and really liked its large bright display and range of new technologies like NFC with Google Beam and the lightning fast camera. The [...]

Make The Most Of Skype For Windows Phone Beta

We reported yesterday on the announcement of a beta version of Skype for Windows Phone, and now the Skype Blog has released an post with details on how to make the most of the Skype for Windows Phone Beta. With tips on how to Pin Skype to your homescreen, find contacts, and use instant messaging, [...]

Skype For Windows Phone Now Available As Beta

Microsoft has announced the availability of a Beta version of Skype for Windows Phone, which is now available for download. Not many current gen Windows Phones have a front facing camera yet, so video calling support will be limited the Lumia 900 and newer handsets. The App is completely standalone and doesn’t yet bring any [...]

Orange Announces ‘Quick Tap Treats’ Contactless Payment Rewards

Quick Tap Treats will allow all Orange customers with NFC enabled handsets (currently estimated at about 200’000 Orange users) to participate in the scheme, currently only available in the EAT restaurant chain. Running through the summer of 2012, customers can simply tap their mobile phone on specially designed posters at any of the 110 EAT. [...]

Sky Go For Android Updated To Support More Apps

Sky Go for Android was released a few days ago, but was initially available to only a few handsets like “the popular Samsung Galaxy and a selection of HTC handsets.” Sky have confirmed they have added to the list of supported handsets with the HTC Sensation XE and the Samsung Galaxy S2. Still not exactly spoilt for choice, [...]