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Apple iPad UK Release Date Clarified

by Jay Garrett on March 8, 2010

Apple has almost come up with a definite UK release date for their iPad.

Where stateside gadgety fans will be able to pounce on the new Wi-Fi tablet on April 3rd and the 3G version later the same month we in the UK will get both by the end of April.

US customers can pre-order the Wi-Fi models from 12 March, but not so for us in Blighty – we can’t pre-release purchase at all.

Apple has also said that the iBooks app and iBookstore will be available in the US on 3 April, with “additional countries added later this year”. I’m hoping that the land of the Union Flag will also be getting this, even though there’s indications to the contrary, as surely this is one of the major selling points of the iPad – or am I still confused?

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Apple Tablet Price Slips out as does Other Product(s)

by Jay Garrett on January 26, 2010

Not long now.

Apple’s ‘latest creation’ should appear in a few short hours and the loose lips have started.

A German electronics retailer apparently Tweeted the European launch date and pricing for the Apple iSlate.

Ooopsy!

Media Markt let slip that the iSlate would cost 499 Euros on a T-Mobile contract, or 899 Euros without which, if all things remain equal, would look at UK fanboys and girls needing £436 for one with a contract and an ouchy £786 without on March 1st.

That contract free price is a tad steep dontcha think? Either that or this tablet is going to truly amaze.

Even though Apple’s Q1 figures show a 50% increase CFO Peter Oppenheimer has admitted that the app store and iTunes aren’t exactly making the wad. He said “Regarding the App Store and the iTunes Store, we’re running those a bit over break-even, and that hasn’t changed, We’re very excited to be providing our developers with just a fabulous opportunity, and we think that’s helping us a lot with the iPhone and the iPod touch platforms.”

That’s not really the big news though. That came thanks to another slip, this time from Apple COO Tim Cook.

When he replied to questions regarding the tablet from shareholders with the line:

“I wouldn’t want to take away your joy and surprise on Wednesday when you see our latest creations.”

Whoa!

What was that?

‘Creations’? – as in plural? Is this going to be the outing of iPhone 4.0 or something even specialererer?

Answers in the comments box please!

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Amazon Kindle DX Lands in UK – Will Cost You Though!

January 6, 2010 Click to read more →
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Some may say – At Last!
Amazon.com has finally announced that it’s going to ship an international version of its Kindle DX to Blighty.
For those unaware of the Kindle DX – think Kindle but bigger.
It has a 246mm (9.7 inch) E-Ink screen and apparently the “Kindle DX is great for personal and professional documents, cookbooks [...]

Google Nexus One is Here and so is the Google Store to Sell it!

January 5, 2010 Click to read more →
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When Google decided to sell their own Android blower, the Nexus One, almost as many column inches were given to how they’d do this as were given to the actual handset.
Well, they’ve opened a new store, from which they plan to sell Android phones from a variety of carriers and manufacturers.
This will be a one-stop-shop [...]

O2 Officially Unlock Your iPhone for £15

November 9, 2009 Click to read more →
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Yup – if you’re coming to the end of your contract, such as I, then the world could be your lobster!
O2 has confirmed that iPhone users are “entirely free” to move to another network after their contract is up for £14.97 – thus allowing customers to unlock their iPhones to work on different networks.
On the [...]

LG BL20 Coming to UK – Funsized Chocolate Mobile Phone

September 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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Exactly a week a go I shared some video footage of the widescreened BL40’s smaller sibling – the LG BL20.
As I said before it’s a scaled-down version of the premium 21:9 handset and may only have GPRS connectivity, Bluetooth, microSD card slot, an FM radio and a 2.4 inch QVGA screen it manages to stay [...]

Pink Pure and Turtle Pictures Escape From Microsoft

September 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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You know that the first details broke of the Microsoft-backed phones earlier this week.
Today you get to see the real things!
What you get is the Moto/Palm styled ‘Turtle’ and the ‘Pure’ is the one that appears to share heritage with the Google G1.
As already stated both handsets will be made by Sharp who, incedentally, [...]

Nokia N900 Tablet is Real, Out and Official

August 27, 2009 Click to read more →
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Here we go – no more rumours about the new Nokia N900.
It’s now official as Nokia has fessed up that it’s real and that the new tablet packs a Maemo–powered OS that promises to be way more intuitive than the Symbian of old.
‘Mozilla-based’ browsing points to a taste of Fennec as well as well as [...]

Watch the PS3 Slim Ad Before it Airs! [Play Station 3 Slim]

August 26, 2009 Click to read more →
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Here’s a chance to peep at the as yet un-aired official PS3 Slim ad.
The ad also confirms that the Sony PlayStation 3 Slim will hit the UK release on 1 September and cost £249.99.
The new console will come with a 120GB hard drive and be 32% smaller, 30% lighter and use 34% less power [...]

Sony PS3 Slim is Officially Official! New Play Station Released and Ready to Order

August 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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Sony has finally confirmed the new version of the PlayStation 3 – the PS3 Slim, and it’ll go on sale worldwide in the first week of September.
It was unleashed at Sony’s keynote event at the GamesCom gaming conference last night in Germany after appearing for pre-order on a couple of American store sites.
The new console [...]

Apple iPad / iProd / iTablet Caught on Video – Touched and Used

August 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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It sounds like the Apple Slab will be out next year with the amount of folk dismissing a September launch.
Thing is that the amount of people denying the iPad is decreasing and the amount of people suggesting a release date is increasing.
So – this iProd then, it has been described as a 10 inch screened [...]

Sony Walkman S-Series Specs and Prices Revealed

August 10, 2009 Click to read more →
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We all shared the leaked pictures of Sony’s S-Series Walkman and could only guess as to what the all important specs could be.
Well – guess no more!
Thanks to French retailer Material the actual specs have been outed.
So, as well as those stereo speakers on the front the new Walkman has a 2.4-inch (QVGA) screen [...]

LG BL40 Chocolate Widescreen Mobile Phone – Official Pictures

July 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ah – you’ve seen the video and the teaser shots but now LG has gone official about their LG BL40 Chocolate widescreen media smartphone.
The LG BL40 Chocolate is packing a 21:9 ratio 4 inch LCD screen which means when you’re watching flicks those black bars wont be there.
LG may have gone official with the pics [...]

Windows Marketplace for Mobile Open For Business For All 6.0 and 6.1 Users

July 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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At this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced that Windows Marketplace for Mobile will support Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 by the end of 2009 (Windows Mobile 6.5 support will be immediately available).
This is noteworthy as it will allow developers to push applications to existing Windows Mobile customers, of which Microsoft estimates there are [...]

Windows 7 – Official Release, Prices and Packaging

June 26, 2009 Click to read more →
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Microsoft obviously wants to rid people’s minds of ‘Vista’ and all of its hang-ups and has just confirmed official release dates and prices whilst showing off the finalised Windows 7 packaging.
The base prices for the three main Windows 7 flavours, available in October, are as follows: Home Premium costs £149.99, Professional is £219.99 and Ultimate [...]

Nokia E72 QWERTY Smartphone Gets Official Outing

June 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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Nokia’s successor to the E71, cunningly named the E72, was leaked via a promo video but now Nokia has now officially announced the launch of the new Eseries smartphone.
The E72 steps-up from the E71 with a new “desktop-like” email experience with which you get onboard clients for Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes [...]

Samsung Omnia Pro Louvre Officially Pictured [ B7610 ]

June 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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Samsung has been playing its cards fairly close to its mobile phone chest regarding the details of the Omnia Pro B7610 (aka, B7610 Louvre) QWERTY slider – but at least we have official pics!
The picture was taken at CommunicAsia and Akihabara News has kindly posted them up.
The phone on the right is the Omnia Pro [...]

Windows 7 Release Date Confirmed – 22 October 2009

June 3, 2009 Click to read more →
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It’s now official: Windows 7 will appear on store shelves on 22 October this year – not in 2010.
The October release date was originally leaked by an Acer exec last month but now we have an actual day as well.
All retail versions of the new OS will be available in the UK at [...]

Nokia N97 – Latest Smartphone Released in UK

June 2, 2009 Click to read more →
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Nokia announced that their new N Series flagship smartphone, the N97, is going to hit Great Britain on 19th June.
This is after announcements of March and then July 2009.
The touchscreen, QWERTY-padded, S60 5th edition N97 will bounce first from the Regent Street Nokia Store – time to start camping out if you’re one of those [...]

Sony Couldn’t Keep Their New 16 GB PSP GO! Secret Any Longer

May 31, 2009 Click to read more →
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Nope – Sony couldn’t contain themselves any longer and decided to whip out their Go’s ahead of E3.
According to John Koller, director of hardware marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, the main differences between the PSP Go and the PSP-3000 are “on-board memory, the flash memory, and 16 gigs of space. There’s Bluetooth on board as [...]

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