Mike Slocombe

  • London Rules The Business Wi-Fi Charts

    London Rules The Business Wi-Fi ChartsWhen it comes to Wi-Fi, London is the big cheese of wireless connectivity according to mobile services firm iPass.

    iPass’s new research found that London had the highest level of hotspot use by business folks, with four times as many besuited Wi-Fi sessions than the number two and three cities, New York and Chicago.
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  • Brando Flexible Illuminated Full Sized Keyboard

    Brando Flexible Illuminated Full Sized KeyboardWe’re not sure if we’d recommend typing on one of these if you’ve just ingested some high quality magic mushrooms, but Brando’s Flexible Illuminated Full Sized Keyboard sure looks a load of fun if you like pretty lights.
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  • Zoom H2 Portable 2-Track SD Recorder

    Zoom H2 Portable 2-Track SD RecorderLooking well flapjack with its no-nonsense – some may say brutal – industrial looks, the Zoom H2 Portable 2-Track SD Recorder promises high quality stereo recordings in an ultra-portable device.
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  • Palm Treo 500v Review: Smartphone (Part 3/3: 87%)

    Palm Treo 500v Smartphone Review (Part 3: 87%)This is the last section of the review – check back on parts 1 and 2.

    Camera and video
    The onboard 2MP camera produced reasonable enough results although the accompanying thunderous shutter sound effect is likely to startle sleeping babies and send nearby cattle stampeding. We sure it’s in there somewhere, but we couldn’t find a way to turn the ruddy thing off.
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  • Palm Treo 500v Review: Smartphone (Part 2)

    Palm Treo 500v Smartphone Review (Part 2: 87%)In part one we took a look at the Palm Treo 500v’s ergonomics and form factor, and in part two we’ll see how it shapes up as a phone.

    Booting up the Treo for the first time took around 30 seconds, with a succession of logos appearing on screen: first the Palm logo, followed by Vodafone’s animated feast of redness and finally the Window Mobile branding.
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  • Nokia E51 Dual Mode Smartphone

    Nokia E51 Dual Mode SmartphoneWith a design best designed as traditional and business-like, Nokia’s new 3G E51 dual mode smartphone has been given a gentle kick down the new product slipway .

    Sporting a revamped user interface for improved navigation, the Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone offers dedicated email/calendar keys, a 2MP camera, and FM visual radio.
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  • Motorola Announces MOTOLIVN D8/D7 Landline Handsets

    Motorola Announces MOTOLIVN D8/D7 Landline HandsetsMotorola has announced its new range of of MOTOLIVN phones for folks that are still digging the landline action.

    White, tall and slim like an Icelandic supermodel, the D8 phone comes with a location-free base so you can position the handset wherever there is a nearby power socket.
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  • Apple iPhone UK Announcement – At A Price

    Apple iPhone UK Announcement - At A PriceAfter months of bedwetting anticipation for Apple fanboys around the UK, His Royal iHighness, Steve Jobs, has shuffled his rollneck personage into London to announce the first European carrier for the 8GB iPhone.

    In a deal that one insider described as “madly money-losing,” O2 has secured exclusive UK rights to flog the innovative new phone, with a launch scheduled for November 9th.
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  • Mobile Dating Revenues To Hit $1bn By 2012

    Mobile Dating Revenues To Hit  $1bn By 2012Lusty lovelorn loners looking for love are likely to push revenues from mobile dating and chatroom services past the $1bn mark by 2010, according to a new report by Juniper Research.

    The research firm estimates that users of such services are set to soar to 260m in 2012, substantially up from the current tally of 40m.

    The report points to strong demand in both developed and emerging markets, including more than 60m users in the Indian sub-continent, with the largest mobile dating markets being Japan and India.
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  • Palm Treo 500v Review: Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone

    Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone As anyone who has been tracking the various ups and (considerable) downs of Palm’s fortunes recently will know, there’s quite a lot hanging on this latest release for the company.
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