Author: Shiny
Why we will probably never see the Microsoft Zune in the UK
"Our next step is mobile phones, but we haven't talked about a timeline for when that will happen,"
Amazon fudges UK Kindle ereader launch
From 19th October Brits will be able to buy it from Amazon's US Store and then import it to the UK. The downside of this is that any purchasers will have to pay import tax which should bump up the cost of the ereader to around £200.
And the hottest mobile phone platform for next year is… Windows Mobile
It predicts that by 2013, 67.9 million smart phones will use the Windows Mobile operating system, which will give Windows Mobile a 15.3 percent share of the global market. Symbian will stay in top place second with 47.6 percent.
Sky TV on an Xbox 360 – not long to wait now
The service will deliver up to 20 live channels and a host of video on demand footage like movies and music events. Initial demos back in May when the scheme was unveiled also displayed how Windows Live Messaging facilities could be added to the video so that user could talk about the games/movies/events they are watching with friends as they can do now when online gaming.
Twitter fun – My Tweet 16 – or how Twitter was nearly called Twttr
From this we can denote that Twitter was nearly called Twttr (eek) and also that Ev set himself a low standard for his feed from day one. Then again if you are first on Twitter I guess you don't have many followers to entertain…
Napster to go free? Or maybe launch an iPhone/Android app
What Napster may do is offer a cut-down free service with fewer tracks than its rival and keep its fingers crossed that one day very soon Spotify either goes bust or ditches its freebie business model.
Have ads confirmed new iMacs, Macbooks and mac minis?
The ads seems to add bit more weight to the theory propounded by Apple Insider and others that there will be thinner iMacs, skinnier sleeker Macbooks and cheaper Mac minis.
The i-Wallet – a digital picture frame to go
It is a fairly tasty black leather wallet with lots of space for credit cards and cash etc, but it also has a mini 1.4inch screen and16MB of internal memory. The idea being that you can upload your pics and voila an instant 56 image gallery each time you reach for your receipts. It also includes speakers so you can listen to a 140 second message from your loved one.
HTC Touch HD2 for T-Mobile in UK as well as O2?
It is a seriously top-end device with a stonkingly quick 1GHz MSM8250 processor, a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, full HSPA for ultra quick web browsing, an FM radio, five mega pixel snapper and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Can Twitter help you lose weight? Tweet What You Eat hopes so
You use it to tweet about all you eat and then use its calorie counter database to see how much you have consumed. The idea being that you think twice before you head for the biscuit tin as you know you'll have to share it with your Twitterverse.
