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Orange Solar Tent Concept Offers Interesting Camping Future?
June 28, 2009
One of the great British summer traditions is getting the family together, squeezing as much stuff as humanly possible in a car and go camping – something that always ends up in bad weather, poor hygiene and a good time had by all. But to be honest it hasn’t really been brought into the electronic age and that is what Orange have been putting their mind to.
This concept all-singing-all-dancing solar tent has been unveiled in conjunction with the opening of Glastonbury (as Orange are one of the many sponsors) and although some of the details may be more from the realms of the ideal than that of reality it could well be the direction in which camping is going.
Continue reading »iPhone 3.0 Software Update – The Upgrade Experience!
June 18, 2009
Ever since the iPhone 3.0 software update was announced back in January 2009, people have been eagerly anticipating its release, if only for the much-wanted cut, copy and paste functionality that every other top smartphone has as a basic feature. However, there has been very few times in which I’ve really thought I wish I could copy/paste that – must be the way that I use my iPhone, perhaps I use it more as checking device, rather than a doing device?
The day had arrived, 6pm (BST) on 17th June 2009 – time for the iPhone 3.0 software update!
Continue reading »Nokia Plans Self-Charging Mobile Phone!
June 11, 2009
Imagine if you will a hypothetical world 10 years in the future where you no longer need to charge your phone, iPod or laptop, they just absorb energy from the air around themselves and convert this into the electricity they need to run.
Admittedly this is more fantasy than reality, but the basic idea is one that Nokia say they have made headway into – and they have the prototype to prove it. By being able to harvest the free energy flying around in our atmosphere (from Wifi, TV and other assorted signals) Nokia plan to be able to convert this into electricity in smartphones in the future, just think, having a smartphone like the Nokia E71 that self-charges!
Continue reading »Mobile Phone Number Directory Raises Privacy Issues
June 10, 2009
You know those little tick boxes that you get on everything nowadays that ask you to check (or uncheck) you are happy to have you details sold across the world? Well have you ever wondered what happens if you don’t (or do) select that option? Well here’s an answer, you get included in a mobile phone number directory.
Since 2007 Connectivity (the company behind the directory enquiries service 118 800) have been through a load of these lists and managed to compile a list of around 15million mobile phone numbers which will now be accessible through the website and via the landline number.
Continue reading »iPhone 3GS Upgrade Cost Farce
June 9, 2009
So, the eagerly anticipated new iPhone release happened last night (well, BST anyway) and my, wasn’t everyone a little peeved! Although I spent most of my time chuckling at the hordes of people infecting my Twitter account with talk of the same damn thing, I found solace in knowing that none of it affected me. I have avoided the iPhone so far, but in the last few months have really had urges to own one.
It turns out that O2 aren’t happy with their ridiculous monopoly over the iPhone and want to still charge their loyal customers hundreds of pounds to upgrade to the shiny new 3rd generation toy. You know what means, right? Yep – Twitter has been overrun once again with complaints from all sides of the UK.
Continue reading »LG Crystal (GD900) Preview
June 1, 2009
LG has now released new handset to add to their ever expanding range of mobile phone options and this one is called the LG Crystal (GD900).
With their recent mobile phone handsets that we’ve covered here on Zath, the LG Renoir (KC910) and the LG Arena (KM900), you’d have thought that LG were firmly targeting the iPhone-style large touchscreen handset market, well they’ve now returned with a new sliding handset.
Continue reading »HTC Magic Review
May 11, 2009
Vodafone have released the HTC Magic, but the question is, have they got their exclusive hands on a “magical handset”? Back in February as part of our smartphones series we had a look at the T-Mobile G1 which was the first to have the much hailed Google Android operating system, and although the O/S was impressive the hardware wasn’t; but now it is time for the second wave of Android phones, and the first of them is the HTC Magic.
The Taiwanese telecommunications company have been on the rise recently with the HTC Touch HD, Pro and Diamond all receiving acclaim and success. So who better to have a crack at getting the best out of Android; and let’s face it they couldn’t do any worse could they?
Continue reading »LG Arena (KM900) Launch Event
April 6, 2009
During this past week on the 1st April, LG held another of their events similar to the previous LG Secret launch event and LG Renoir launch event, but these are no April Fools jokes! – These events give some of us bloggers the opportunity to get some hands-on time and experience of the their latest mobile phone handset which we’ve previously covered with our LG Arena (KM900) preview.
The new LG Arena compares favourably and builds upon the success of the LG Renoir (KC910) which was launched late last year – an interesting difference is that the LG Renoir has an 8 mega-pixel camera while the LG Arena only has a 5 mega-pixel camera – clearly LG are making some differentiation between handsets here. Presumably, the Renoir would be a better choice for someone wanting to take top quality photo and video capturing, while perhaps the Arena would be better as a general “multimedia consumption” mobile phone handset.
Continue reading »Free SIM Cards
March 22, 2009
A few people have recently asked me about free SIM cards on Pay As You Go (PAYG) for mobile phones, so I thought I should perhaps provide a quick summary of the different options on offer.
Given the current economic climate, everyone is trying to save money wherever they can and I know from experience as when coming towards the end of my current mobile phone contract, I didn’t really want to commit to yet another 18 month contract, especially when I don’t use the included minutes and text messages that I’m paying for now.
Continue reading »iPhone 3.0 Software Guide
March 18, 2009
It’s that time that Apple lovers having been waiting ages for: the iPhone 3.0 operating system has finally been released. Offering over 100 new features, including many of which have frustrated Apple users for years, and it promises to be a major improvement on its predecessor.
So, let’s have a look at the features, some of which have been highly anticipated and even demanded as essential by some users…
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