Month: September 2009
PURE launches five new DAB radios
Pride of place goes to the Siesta Flow, which PURE is billing as its first internet connected bedside radio. The Siesta Flow has a retail price of £99.99 which also makes its PURE's cheapest internet radio so far.
Google Android phone video review round up
Most of all though manufacturers and networks began to see the operating system as a potential rival to Apple and one by one they came out of the closet and announced they were backing the Google OS on mobiles.
Spotify's app for the iPhone and Android on sale now
Announcing the launch on a blog post Spotify's Andres Sehr said "The mobile apps will allow you to take the entire Spotify catalogue and put it in your pocket. You can use our 'offline mode' to make playlists available at all times, even when no connection is available, perfect for that ride on the tube or long flight across the Atlantic."
Is this the ereader that takes electronic books mainstream? ASUS to debut feature-packed, yet budget model
The company which turned the notebook on its head now has plans to do the same for ereaders with a model that has dual screens. The idea being that you can read an ereader as you could a normal book and turn pages, or even better, use the second screen for web surfing or whatever else ASUS comes up with.
Twitter's new rival Woofer might be a joke, but it may have a use or two
Just maybe the Woofer crew are on to something here. Maybe there is space for a Twitter type site where people add slightly longer posts. How about come classic bits of comedy? Some cool song lyrics? Anyone got any other cool ideas.
LG and Vodafone team up to launch the GM750 Windows smartphone
The handset itself is a 3.0 inch touch screen model which packs a 5.0 mega pixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi and LG's S Class interface so users can add apps and widgets to the phone and its screen.
Vodafone goes phone crazy with eight new mobiles
I doubt that there's much here to worry Apple, Palm and other smartphone makers but at least Voda customers will have plenty of choice of cheapo mobiles in their local store.
TomTom launches top-end GO 950 LIVE, GO 750 LIVE and GO 550 LIVE
All three offer access to TomTom's Live Service offering which gives the driver traffic alerts and fuel prices before they start as well as real-time updates. There's also an Eco Routes option has also been introduced, so drivers can select the most fuel-efficient route.
HMV snaps up 50% of online music retailer 7Digital
In some ways this should be no surprise as over the past couple of years 7Digital has been establishing itself as a solid alternative to the likes of iTunes and Amazon, especially by offering tracks as MP3s without any DRM. It has also struck innovative deals with companies like Last FM, Spotify and Songbird.
Sony Ericsson finally unveils the Xperia X2 Windows smartphone
Nevertheless for the time being the X2 is a slightly smartened up version of its predecessor the X1 with slightly better specs. A lot remains from the X1 including the full QWERTY keypad and the SlideView feature, which provides quick access to frequently used phone activities.
