Month: April 2010
Nokia N900 v the N8 v the X6: the Nokia smartphone throw-down
Nokia busted out the specs of a new phone this week, by releasing details of the N8 a big Amoled touch screen with a massive 12 megapixel camera. Last week we stacked up the iPhone 3G, the Android powerhouse the Nexus One and the Nokia N900. This time we decided to measure up the three…
iPad rival – the JooJoo Internet Tablet – now on sale in UK
If you've heard of a little something called the iPad, then you'll probably know it's not available in the UK yet. But if you're into the whole browsing the internet on a touchscreen computer idea - you may be interested in the JooJoo. Made by Fusion Garage, the JooJoo is comparable in price to the…
Facebook starts making interests into automatic Pages: making more private info public
Just spotted a interesting change on Facebook which suggests FB is moving towards making everything into pages.. and making private profile information into publically visible fan pages. On the ShinyShiny profile, a dialogue box popped up prompting me to link my interests, activities, school and employer details to pages. It asked if I wanted to…
Poll: as ad-supported music streaming turns a profit, where do you get your music?
In good news for music streaming sites (and their users) it seems that advertising can support letting users play free music. Music streaming service we7 is announcing that it has had its first month where all of its on-demand music played in the UK was paid for in full from advertising. If sustainable, it's good…
Spotify shuts down new installations after massive demand
Spotify has temporarily stopped installations of their app as demand rocketed following the updates to the service announced yesterday. Everyone with a Spotify account will get the new version of Spotify rolled out to them, but might have to wait for a few days. Some users worked out that by logging out and reinstalling the…
The Sun to run a 3D issue….
British paper The Sun, mostly famous for its topless page 3 models, has just announced it will be launching a 3D issue. Details are sketchy, as is exactly what it hopes to achieve by doing so. Making boobs project out of the page slightly? I certainly can't wait. It seems that the 3D element won't…
Poll: Are Police smash and grab raids too far? the next twist in the lost iPhone 4G scandal
Apple representatives and California police have supposedly visited the house of the man who found the iPhone 4g in a bar to interview him. It seems they tracked the source down after raiding and confiscating computers from Gizmodo editor Jason Chen last week. After the iPhone 4G went missing last month and wound up as…
Shiny Review: the new Spotify features – do we like them?
These days it seems like all web services can be improved by getting Facebook functionality plugged into them. Of course it's terrifying because Facebook is taking over the internet, and hoarding vast amounts of personal information about about all our banal little lives. But it is also great. In the case of Spotify's greater integration…
Preview of Blackberry's new User Interface, arriving July
All my good intentions of understanding more about Blackberry's new user interface Blackberry 6 (arriving in July) sort of disappeared when Boom Boom Pow from the Black Eyed Peas started playing on the introductory video. I just bopped my head backwards and forwards a bit and stared at the flashing screen, mesmerised.... watch it below:…
A Wrist-Watch that looks like broken glass and charges by USB
A watch that looks like broken glass and can be recharged by USB? If that sounds like some crazy Japanese invention, well that's because it is, but it's also commercially available and looks kinda cool. Released by Tokyoflash Japan, the Kisai Broke does to the traditional two-handed watch face what Battle Royale did to my…
