February 2008

  • iPod Shuffle Price Drop. 2GB Added Too

    iPod Price Drop. 2GB Added TooApple have dropped the price of the iPod shuffle and introduced a 2GB model.

    The 1GB player had dropped down to £32 in the UK ($49 in the US), making it “the most affordable iPod ever” according to Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing.

    The soon to be released new 2GB model will be priced at £48 in the UK and $69 in the US.

    Apple are ramping up the storage of their range, with the last models, the iPod touch and iPhone benefiting from this upgrade just over two weeks ago.

    iPod Shuffle

  • HP iPAQ 210 Enterprise PDA

    HP iPAQ 210 Enterprise PDAWe know that PDAs are supposed to have gone the same way as Sarsaparilla bars and 8 track cartridges, but HP’s much-delayed shiny black iPAQ 210 seems worthy of a look after

    Packing an almighty 4 inch 640 x 480 touchscreen LCD, the iPAQ comes with more connections than Clapham Junction, offering both CompactFlash and SD (with SDHC and SDIO support) slots, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, and USB 2.0 and docking options in the shape of a 24-pin iPAQ connector and Mini-USB connector.
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  • BBC TV Now on iTunes: At The Right Price?

    BBC TV Now on iTunesA selection of BBC TV programmes are, from today, available to be bought on iTunes.

    BBC Worldwide, the commercial side of the corporation, has penned the deal, which has been long anticipated.

    Individual episodes will cost £1.89 with some available as a series bundle, an example being the Catherine Tate Show, selling at £9.99 for six episodes.

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  • Wii On Course To Overtake XBox 360 This Year

    Wii On Course To Overtake XBox 360 This YearThe Nintendo Wii looks set to overtake Microsoft’s XBox 360 as the dominant console system this year, according to the white-coated analyst bods at research firm iSuppli.
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  • Daily Mail Launches Free SMS Service

    Daily Mail Launches Free SMS ServiceWhining middle-Englanders, polyester slack-wearing Conservatives, nostalgic old duffers and social climbing Home Counties types will soon be able to send outraged texts for free, thanks to a new service from Associated Newspapers’ Daily Mail.
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  • Toshiba Set To Dump HD-DVD. Shares Surge

    Toshiba Set To Dump HD DVD. Shares SurgeAfter a long battle with its rival Blu-Ray, Toshiba has admitted that it is considering throwing in the towel and getting the hell outta of the high-definition DVD business.
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  • Elonex Unveil £99 Laptop

    Elonex Unveil £99 LaptopMover over Asus and tell Eee the news – there’s a new bargain basement laptop in town, in the shape of the Elonex One, set to retail for under a hundred quid.

    The super, nay ultralow cost laptop is set to be wowing Brummies when it’s introduced at The Education Show in Birmingham on 28th February.
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  • Guardian Savaged By Blog Comments

    Guardian Savaged By Blog Comments

    We’ve been passed over a link (thanks Mike) to a travel piece published today on the Guardian Web site.

    The article — the first blog post of a 19 year old student, Max Gogarty, in his gap year, who ‘just happened’ to be the son of the travel editor freelance travel writer, Paul Gogarty — itself isn’t the main source of interest, but the masses of comments that followed it that are.

    Clearly commenters are keen to share the love on this, Valentines day.
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  • Murdoch Interested In Yahoo?

    Murdoch Interested In Yahoo?It’s being reported that there’s ‘secret’ discussion going on between Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Yahoo, apparently in an attempt to find an alternative route to Microsoft buying it.
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  • Nokia Store Regent Street, London: Opening

    PLEASE NOTE:We don’t have the phone number for the Nokia Store – Sorry

    Nokia Flagship Store Opening: Regent Street, LondonLast week saw the opening of the Nokia Flagship Store in Regent Street, London.

    It’s their first in the UK and eighth in the world, all following on from the December 2005 opening of their first in Moscow.

    Opening night
    The pre-opening night party was crammed with all sorts of funky music types, mobile world people and journos swigging the plentiful champagne and yummy nibbles.
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