Archives for October 2010

Samsung Galaxy Tab UK Price Revealed

T3 managed to get some details of the Samsung Galaxy Tab UK price, revealing that it will cost £599 SIM free.

Confirmation of the contract price has also been found as being £199 on a 24 month contract. The 24/month contract will cost £25/month to get it at £199 for the tablet.

Pricing seems a little off to us though as I doubt many, if any, would class the Samsung Galaxy Tab as a mobile phone (even though it does do voice and text messages) as it’s just a little too large for that. With this in mind, I expect that people would much prefer to pay closer to £10/month for a contract that comes with data only. [Read more…]

HTC 7 Surround Price is $550 Unsubsidized

Best Buy in the US has listed the price of the HTC 7 Surround at $549.99 unsubsidized. The HTC 7 Surround is a new Windows Phone 7 device that will begin shipping, with other new smartphones, on November 8th in the US.

If you opt to get the phone with a two year contract, the price tag drops down to $199.99. The device can be used on the AT&T network in the US. [Read more…]

Office for Mac 2011 Reviewed

Microsoft [MSFT] is about to launch a new version of Office for Mac. It is called Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 and is the first updated version in 3 years.

Early reviews indicate that 2011 is a huge improvement when compared to 2008. AllThingsD describe it as being new, faster and a better version. They also report that when opening documents created in Windows on the Mac that the conversion is far better, although not perfect but still better than the 2008 version with the document rendering closer to the Windows version than it ever has before. [Read more…]

New Lego Wii Remote

When I was a kid (kinda still am depending on who you talk to) I tended to use the little blocks to make spaceships, guns, (not very good) swords and towers. Even now I still like to play around with it a little from time to time though.

What’s tons better though, is that as an exclusive product to Toys ‘R’ Us, you will soon be able to get your hands on a LEGO Wii remote. [Read more…]

Delay AGAIN For Gran Turismo 5

First hinted at during the PlayStation 3’s unveiling back in 2005 at E3 and then originally touted to be heading to consoles for a November 2nd release this year, now only to be delayed yet again.

Gran Turismo first hit the shelves way back in December 1995, landing on the humble PlayStation 1 and the series to date has since sold over 50 million copies the world over. [Read more…]

Apple Back to the Mac Event on October 20

Apple [AAPL] has posted details of an event it is holding on October 20. The event is called ‘Back to the Mac’. The image provided with the invite shows a Lion in the background of the Apple logo.

Rumors are indicating that Mac OS X 10.7 could be launched at this event with the codename of Lion. [Read more…]

iPhone SMS Ringtones From iOS 4.2 Beta 3 Demoed

When Apple [AAPL] rolled out the latest iOS 4.2 beta 3 download yesterday, a few new features were added such as the new SMS ringtones section. This new part doesn’t allow you to put your own ringtones on the iPhone, but a bunch of new message tones are now available.

Thanks to Gizmodo, you can now take a look, or have a listen we should say, to all the new SMS ringtones that you will soon be able to select from. [Read more…]

Advent Vega Android 2.2 Tablet

The Advent Vega is an Android 2.2 tablet that will begin to ship in the UK on October 18th. The tablet specs were put online at Modaco and the tablet will be launched by PC World and Currys with a price tag of £249.

The technical specs of the Advent Vega Tablet show that it runs an NVIDIA T20 Tegra 2 chip inside. It is clocked at 1GHz. RAM and ROM are 512MB each and the included micro SD card has a capacity of 4GB. [Read more…]

Amazon iPhone App Gets Updated with Barcode Scanner

Yesterday, Amazon update its Amazon iPhone app. The new update brings a new feature to those running an iPhone 4 or 3GS running iOS 4… the ability to scan barcodes.

What the barcode scanner does is allows you to scan the barcode on any product. If Amazon stocks it, the price(s) of the product will be displayed in the mobile app and at that point, you can choose to purchase if you so wish. [Read more…]

Three HTC Desire Android 2.2 Update Release Date – 14 October

Those users who have a HTC Desire on the Three network in the UK, you can expect the Android 2.2 update to be made available on October 14th at 9am UK time.

The official Three UK account on Twitter made it official saying that the version will be numbered v2.25.25.771.1 and will launch 10/14 at 16:00 TW time…

HTC Desire owners, Android 2.2 Froyo update – HTC have said the update v2.25.771.1 will be live at 16:00 10/14(TW time)

[Read more…]

Samsung Omnia 7 Available at Orange, T-Mobile and Three in the UK

On Monday, the Samsung Omnia 7 Windows Phone 7 smartphone was announced. We now hear that three networks in the UK will be offering the device. The three networks are Orange, T-Mobile and Three who will each start selling the new WP7 device on October 21.

Orange has already provided pricing details with the handset being free on a 24 month contract of £40/month. Three and T-Mobile will also offer the smartphone for free, but for £35/month on a 24 month contract. If you don’t want to pay as much per month, you can opt to pay more up front for the Omnia 7 and pay a little less each month. Just make sure you get the right amount of minutes and data that you need. [Read more…]

Android 3.0 Gingerbread SDK Could Land Next Week

The Android Police website is reporting that the next version of Android OS could be landing soon. The SDK has been tipped to launch next week for Android 3.0 Gingerbread although the numbering isn’t confirmed as 3.0 just yet.

After Android 2.2 launched, Google [GOOG] started slowing down the Android updates to put them on a 6 monthly basis rather than whenever ready. By doing this they prevent fragmentation that we still see on many Android based devices. [Read more…]