by Matthew on July 11, 2008
The iPhone launched this morning in the UK at 8am, but unfortunately a snag was to be found. In London a queue of over 150 people was formed (with some queuing over a day) which when the doors opened the on-line registration system refused to accept details or payments for the new phone. Oops. It is estimated that just a few dozen iPhones will be made available at launch today with others wanting to buy having to wait a few more weeks or months until the end of summer.
O2 were limiting the iPhone to just one per customer although if you are a business user then you are allowed two of the phones, assuming you were in the queue from early on today. A significant change over the first iPhone is that the UK will be offering the phone for free on some of it’s plans (those for £45 and above) which is a smart move and very welcomed move.
Source – Sky News
by Matthew on July 10, 2008
VoIP Weblog raised an interesting question today about the iPhone 3G and VoIP. They are wanting to know “Who will have the first VoIP over Wifi application on iPhone 3G?” What they are referring to is actual applications being built rather then Jajah and RingFree which are web based services.
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by Matthew on July 9, 2008
A rumour has been floating around about T-Mobile preparing for a Google Android based mobile phone which will run on a 3G network. 3G for T-Mobile is beginning to roll out around the US, and it is intended that later this year the Android based phone will be part of the roll out.
The HTC Dream is more then likely going to be the new Android based phone which will hit the shelves the 4th quarter 2008. Three other phones will be launched along side which are the Sony Ericsson Z780, Samsung and the Motorola ZINE ZN5. Of course, these are all rumours and there is no official statement yet on this.
Via: CNet
by Matthew on July 8, 2008
Coverflow was “kind of cool” when it came out, but at the same time it isn’t really something we enjoy using day to day as other methods of scrolling around your music tend to be quicker. An idea has now been put forwards that suggests Coverflow should be used for contacts on the iPhone. A picture of each contact with information on their current status could be flicked through like an address book.
The benefits of a Contact Coverflow or Contactflow could be to find those people you forget the names of but remember their faces. A quick scroll through your contacts would quickly find them… although if you don’t remember their names then why would you be asking them for a picture anyway?
Although on the surface it looks like a great idea, I could soon see it becoming a bit boring like coverflow. I still think contactflow should be included in the standard software though!
Via: TechAU
by Matthew on July 7, 2008
This past weekend saw the penultimate episode of the Dr Who series which drew in an audience of about 9.8 million viewers in the UK (how do they know I was one of those viewers???). On the show a mobile phone number was displayed several time as 07700900461 which was the Dr’s number through out the episode. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on July 5, 2008
Pocket Now did a great review of the Toshiba Portege G810 which runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. The Portege G810 is built from a collaboration between Toshiba and Spb software and they attempt to deliver “the ultimate mobile experience”. The phone comes with some fairly cool specs such as a 400MHz processor, 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM with a microSD/HC expansion slot which allows you to seriously bump up that standard RAM amount. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on July 4, 2008
PowerPoint presentations have become more popular with companies around the country. The two common methods I have seen for controlling these presentations is either using an infrared remote control to flick through the slides, which works well, or by having a monkey sit next to the laptop and hit the next key at your request. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on July 3, 2008
It’s not breaking news that Apple is slashing the cost of it’s iPhone by an average of $200 when it is launched next week. But did you realise that Apple is not loosing out by doing this? Apple has managed to make deals with AT&T so that they will be paid more money for each iPhone sold. No official comment has been made about the financials, but observers believe that Apple are making an extra $100 on each iPhone sold. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on July 2, 2008
If you have ever taken your mobile phone out of your country then network roaming begins. Should you use your phone while abroad then you will be sometimes in for a nasty shock when the bill arrives back at home. Most contract phones are locked to a single network such as Orange, Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2 and when manually trying to hop on to another network you get a message saying that the network cannot be accessed. Take your phone abroad to France for example, you then have a plethora of networks you can connect to. Great… you can use your mobile in most places around the world because of this. [click to continue…]