Tag: Festivals
Over 1 in 10 festival goers report smartphone lost, damaged or stolen
Smartphones top the list of at-risk items at UK festivals, with over one in ten festival goers (2.15 million) having lost, damaged or had a device stolen Over half (52%) of festival goers still complain of unreliable phone reception at UK festivals, with EE, Vodafone and O2 networks offering the strongest signal across top…
Hot Pants with a difference: Vodafone Power Shorts use thermal energy to charge smartphones
Bringing a whole new meaning to the term "Hot Pants", check out Vodafone's prototype Power Shorts, which harvest thermal energy to give your mobile devices an extra bit of juice when away from a charger. Using what Vodafone are calling…
Five essential gadgets for Glastonbury 2007
Have you seen the weather forecast for Glastonbury this weekend? If you missed out on tickets, you really should check it out – you’ll be riding the schadenfreude wave for weeks. Which, co-incidentally, is the same amount of time Glasto-goers will be washing Pilton mud out of random orifices.