There’s been endless rumours, denials and loud speculation on the web about the existence of Goggle’s GPhone project, but a report today in the New York Times seems to confirm that the search engine giants are indeed about to release their own mobile operating system and possibly a handset.
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Mike Slocombe
Google GPhone Rumours Continue – OS Only?
PocketSurfer 2 Now Available In The UK
Now tempting your wallet via the Clove website is the Datawind PocketSurfer2, a small, simple web-connected device with
low cost connection fees providing “pocket broadband access.”Priced at a reasonable £180, the PocketSurfer 2 comes with a built SIM that lets you connect to the Internet for up to 20 hours per month for one year for free. After that, users get hit with a £39.95 yearly connection fee.
(more…)Deleu GPSMouse Packs GPS Functionality
Seasoned travellers fed up with lugging about more and more components and chargers may warm to Deluo’s ingenious GPSMouse, which – as the name suggests – cunningly combines a GPS receiver and a travel mouse into one product.The silver and grey unit packs all the usual features of a USB-powered travel-sized laptop mouse, with a lightweight form factor, optical sensor and handy built-in retractable cable to avoid getting the wire snagged in your seat/headphone cable/travelling companion’s beard.
(more…)Philips Launch Ho-Hum Streamium MP3 Players
Although most folks had assumed that Philips had long given up the ghost of scoring a hit in the portable MP3 player market, the Dutch electronics giants are back with two new contenders.Hoping to divert some of the tidal wave of Nano-bound cash into their own coffers, the ‘Streamium’ players come in 4GB and 2GB versions, christened the SA9345 and SA9325 respectively (way to go in the naming department, Philips!).
(more…)McDonalds Offers Free Wi-Fi And Fries
Fast food customers keen to enjoy Wi-Fi access while consuming their McSludge and McProcessed Meat Of Uncertain Heritage will be pleased to learn that McDonald’s is about to roll out a free Wi-Fi service across its 1,200 outlets.
(more…)Vodafone Scoops Up Spanish And Italian Broadband Firm
Mobile mega-company Vodafone has waved its enormous wad in the direction of Europe and acquired the Italian and Spanish assets of telecoms firm Tele2 AB for an eye-watering £537 million.The Swedish-owned Tele2 enjoys a big presence in Italy, offering fixed-line and Internet services to more than 2.6 million users, including 400,000 broadband customers.
(more…)Wi-Fi Detector Shirt
If ever you wanted a shirt that shouted out to the world, “LOOK AT ME! I’m a complete geeky l005er LaMeR5”, then this has to be the one for you.Available from ThinkGeek, the t-shirt features a glowing animated display that dynamically reveals the current Wi-Fi signal strength in the area.
As cool as a heatwave only twice as hot, the display is powered by three AAA batteries and can reveal the signal strength status of nearby 802.11b or 802.11g networks.
(more…)Toshiba Libretto 50 Ultra Mobile PC- Ten Years On (Part 2/2)
Yesterday we stepped back in time to review our old Toshiba Libretto 50, today we continue on that journey, looking at battery life and programs and give you our conclusion.
(more…)Toshiba Libretto 50 Ultra Mobile PC- Ten Years On
With the industry’s focus once again looking towards Ultra Mobile PCs, we were prompted to dig out our old Toshiba Libretto 50 and see how it shapes up in comparison.Released over ten years ago in January 1997, the Tosh was seen as something of a mini-marvel in its day, being the first mini-notebook computer to both pack an Intel Pentium (hurtling along at 75MHz) and run Microsoft Windows 95.
(more…)Sony PRS-505 eBook Reader Announced
We were always a bit skeptical about the whole idea of eBooks – we’ve always felt more comfortable with a battered old coffee- stained paperback – but a couple of long train journeys and hideous airport delays made us appreciate the value of having a couple of electronic books loaded on our phone (courtesy of the free Plucker reader and the superb free Project Gutenberg library).
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Now tempting your wallet via the 
Seasoned travellers fed up with lugging about more and more components and chargers may warm to Deluo’s ingenious GPSMouse, which – as the name suggests – cunningly combines a GPS receiver and a travel mouse into one product.
Although most folks had assumed that Philips had long given up the ghost of scoring a hit in the portable MP3 player market, the Dutch electronics giants are back with two new contenders.
Fast food customers keen to enjoy Wi-Fi access while consuming their McSludge and McProcessed Meat Of Uncertain Heritage will be pleased to learn that McDonald’s is about to roll out a free Wi-Fi service across its 1,200 outlets.
Mobile mega-company Vodafone has waved its enormous wad in the direction of Europe and acquired the Italian and Spanish assets of telecoms firm Tele2 AB for an eye-watering £537 million.
If ever you wanted a shirt that shouted out to the world, “LOOK AT ME! I’m a complete geeky l005er LaMeR5”, then this has to be the one for you.
Yesterday we 
With the industry’s focus once again looking towards Ultra Mobile PCs, we were prompted to dig out our old Toshiba Libretto 50 and see how it shapes up in comparison.
We were always a bit skeptical about the whole idea of eBooks – we’ve always felt more comfortable with a battered old coffee- stained paperback – but a couple of long train journeys and hideous airport delays made us appreciate the value of having a couple of electronic books loaded on our phone (courtesy of the free