Archive for November, 2010

O2 Germany hooks up lucky LTE testers for free during six-month trial

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

Network trials occasionally benefit from real-world testing -- and nothing is better at real-world testing than... well, real-world testers. To that end, O2 Germany is going to start hooking up some of its customers with LTE next month free of charge for a solid half year, during which they'll have access to ...

Get every issue of Playboy on this teeny-weeny hard drive

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

It's taken a while, but Playboy has finally followed National Geographic's lead, by making every issue of the iconic magazine available in digital form. So now you can finally toss out that steamer trunk full of soft-core porn you've been hauling around since college. The 250 GB drive runs a cool ...

How To: Bypass Activation On The Samsung Galaxy Tab

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

For those of you that purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tab this weekend and found a way to sneak out of the store without anyone forcing you to tack on a data package, here is your trick to bypassing the activation screen.  As you long as you can count, you should be ...

Samsung Wave 723 out now on O2

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

The Samsung Wave 723 is another touchscreen phone from Samsung that runs the Bada OS with the TouchWiz user interface 3.0. The 3.2 inch display can be used in landscape or portrait views making it perfect for Web browsing over the 3G/HSDPA Internet connection. Top end features include GPS with A-GPS ...

HTC Sense sets sights on the cloud

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

Cloud computing the logical way to go says HTC CIO HTC’s chief innovations officer, Horace Luke, has told Pocket-lint that the company will continue to build its htcsense.com website hinting that it will become a core part of the company’s phone strategy in the future. “Right now, most tasks are computed on ...

Sanwa 24 Ports USB Hub

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

If you need more USB hubs for your desktop or laptop, then check out the new 24 ports USB hub from Sanwa. The device comes equipped with a 1.8 meter AC adapter, a 1.1 meter USB cable and LED light indicators. Measuring 140mm x 140mm x 30mm, ...

LG’s new Android phone, LG-LU3000, is blazing fast

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

At the recent KES2010 (Korean equivalent of the CES), LG unveiled a new Android phone, the LG-LU3000 which packs some serious hardware. The LG-LU3000 packs an OMAP 3630 1GHz processor, a 3.8″ WVGA IPS Screen, a 5 megapixel autofocus camera, HDMI output, 1080p video support, and runs ...

Find your Android/BlackBerry phone for free with iTag

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

With Apple recently making their Find My iPhone service free, it looks like other companies are jumping on the bandwagon. Just for today, November 29, iTag is giving away lifetime membership of their premium services for free. iTag, like Find My iPhone/HTC Sense,  is a service that allows ...

4G airwaves to be auctioned in 2012

Monday, November 29th, 2010

Following past delays it has now been confirmed that the 4G airwaves auction for the UK is set to take place in the first half of 2012, which means that the spectrum will become available from 2013. With so many people keen to see 4G being rolled out across ...

Toshiba’s 32-inch Power TV runs for 2 hours on integrated battery

Monday, November 29th, 2010

You read that headline correctly, Toshiba just announced its new Power TV family of battery-powered LED TVs. Mind you, these aren't tiny portables. Toshiba's PC 1 sets are pushing 32- or 24-inches and are the world's first (according to Toshiba) to integrate a rechargeable battery good ...

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