Sony has announced their second generation e-reader, the PRS-700, which looks to grab a piece of the action stirred up by Amazon’s innovative Kindle e-reader, which is also rumoured to be updated shortly.
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Sony PRS-700 E-Reader Announced, Kindle 2 Leaked
Looking For The Ultimate Netbook (8.9″ Screen Edition)
After weeks of deliberation, we worked out that netbooks with 10″+ screens were just too big for our needs, so our attention drifted to smaller screened models.
The first gen Asus Eee’s with their paltry 7″ screen were immediately discounted as we didn’t fancy indulging in a scrolling frenzy every time we looked at a website, which left the 8.9″ models for consideration.
Samsung Announce M8800 Pixon: “Slimmest 8MP cameraphone” LG disagree
With a spec sheet to rival budget cameras, Samsung’s ultra thin M8800 should really be thought of as a camera with a phone attached rather than just an ‘umble cameraphone.
The handset comes with a 8 megapixel sensor with autofocus, backed by Dual Power LED flash, ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction) and WDR (Wide Dynamic Range). Keeping up the camera-heavy features, there’s an Auto Panorama Shot feature, geotagging support (via the integrated GPS) and a photo browser (Accelerometer Sensor, Tilt and flip with sorting by Face/Time/Colour/Folder).
Google Maps Adds Live Traffic updates For England
We’re huge fans of GoogleMaps, so we’re chuffed to see us folks in Blighty being offered some of the treats that our Stateside cousins have been enjoying since last August
Mobile Adult Video Chat Services Soaring
Worldwide revenues from mobile adult video chat services are set to hit a pocket bulging $1.5bn within the next five years according to a new report from Juniper Research.
Their research reveals that the average monthly spend for this specialist market has throbbed up to 20 times higher than for other types of adult services, with profits set to keep on thrusting upwards.
Mobile Phones: Than Half The World’s Population Are Now Connected
The head of the UN’s agency for information and communication technologies has gazed deep into his crystal ball and predicted that there will be 4 billion mobile phone users by the end of this year – which equals more than half of the planet’s estimated 6.7 billion inhabitants.
MBW-200: Sony Bluetooth Watches For Women
Sony have introduced Bluetooth watches for women that have control over mobile phones.
We all know that lots of women keep their mobile phones in the handbags rather than stuff them in the back pockets like men do and most of them don’t clutch them in their mits a-la Paris Hilton.
Android T-Mobile G1 Handset Launched
In a hugely anticipated event, telecoms big boys T-Mobile, handset supremos HTC and search kings Google have announced the launch of the G1, the first handset to run the open source Android operating system.
T-Mobile G1 Android Handset Offers Access To 6 million DRM-free songs on Amazon Music
Just ahead of the eagerly anticipated launch of the T-Mobile G1, the first phone running Google’s Android mobile operating system, Amazon has just announced that its MP3 music store will be pre-loaded as an application on the handset.
“The Truth About Mobile Phones” Revealed
Decide What To Buy have an interesting piece about “The truth about mobile phones.”
They’ve gone out and asked 31,000 people about their mobile phones and collated the info.
It reveals what we all knew really, that people primarily buy phone for what the look like.