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Sony PSP Phone and Tablet may Become Reality

by Jay Garrett on March 8, 2010

The mythical PSP Phone as well as an iPad baiting tablet may well slip out from Sony – Well, that’s how the Wall Street Journal sees it.

Sony CEO Howard Stringer is looking towards Apple for inspiration in order to bring success back to Sony’s door.

The Japanese company is already making steps with its Sony Online Service having iTunes firmly in its sights and add that to a bunch of new mobile gadgets to use SOS – it sounds like plots are forming.

The report claims a source says that there will be a PSP-phone and an iPad style tablet that “blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PSP.”

These new devices will join the PSP Go and get access to SOS which will enable them access to games, music, movies and, more-than-likely, e-books.

I’m just hoping that Sony has looked at and taken on-board the feedback received after the lower-than-expected sales that the PSP Go has had thus far ;)

I’m interested to see what Sony come up with and must admit – I’m more than a little excited by the prospect :)

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INQ 3G Socially Active Phone Now Available in UK – Loves iTunes

by Jay Garrett on December 12, 2009

INQ 3G ChatThe INQ Chat 3G handset, remember – the ‘BlackBerry for the Facebook generation’?

Well it’s now on sale for the stocking-filler price of £100.

The social butterfly’s blower looks like it shares parentage with some of RIM’s most loved offers up widgets for Twitter and Facebook right there on the homescreen.

There’s great news for those that get their grooves from iTunes as the Chat 3G is the first handset (that isn’t an Apple iPhone) that can actually play those AAC files downloaded from Apple’s music portal.

The DoubleTwist app was developed by 25-year-old Norwegian Jon Lech Johansen and if the INQ and Mr J get away with this without attracting unwanted attention from Apple then I reckon there may be a few other handsets offering similar apps.

The INQ Chat 3G can be grabbed for £100 on PAYG or from £15-a-month from 3 Mobile – with that you get the unlimited free Skype-to-Skype calls and MSN Messenger so that you keep all your buddies up-to-date with everything you’re doing.

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Mewbox – On the Go Music Downloads on Android

December 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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Mewbox – not a new dry cat food or a mash-up of Robbie Williams’ failed 2006 album and a Danish alternative rock band.
Mewbox is actually a new music download service that originally launched with the Archos 5 Android slate but has now gone live for all Android phones.
This means that whether you’re going to [...]

The Dead to get Special Memorialised Facebook Pages

October 27, 2009 Click to read more →
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Facebook has just announced that it’s bringing in a new feature that will allow friends and family to ‘memorialise’ the profiles of their loved ones who have sadly shuffled loose this mortal coil.
As well as being able to memorialise the deceased Facebook will also ensure that the friends and family are not needlessly reminded of [...]

Google Audio – Search, Stream and Buy Music – One Box

October 21, 2009 Click to read more →
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It sounds as though Google will definitely be parading out a new rival to Spotify, Napster and the like.
Word on the web is that Google is in talks to shore up content from major music labels ahead of launch.
Nothing has been confirmed, but one tipster has called the service Google Audio, and it will launch [...]

Apple iPod Touch 64GB Lands Without a Camera and Nano Can’t Take Stills – Here’s Why

September 10, 2009 Click to read more →
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Yup – There’s now a 64GB iPod Touch!
Yay!!
Notice the pic with the free engraving service?
As Mr Schiller said last night :”There’s something for everyone” on the Touch and iPhone, Schiller says, with over 21,000 titles for games and entertainment in the App Store.
He went on to say:
“$199 is a magic price point in the iPod [...]

118800 Has Got Your Mobile Number and Will Give it To Anyone for £1

June 10, 2009 Click to read more →
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The first directory service that claims to be able to find any British mobile phone number starts next week so you’d better be ready to get calls from strangers!
It will cost a £1 and then 118800.co.uk will be able to connect customers of its service to any of Britain’s 42 million mobile phones.
The directory, [...]

Pirate Bay Goes Anonymous With IPREDator – 100,000 Already Signed Up

April 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Pirate Bay’s (TPB) new anonymity service, IPREDator, is designed to hide IP addresses from the authorities, according to the Bay’s spokesman.
Last Wednesday, the snooptastic Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) became law in Sweden.
The main goal of IPRED is to enable copyright holders to acquire data identifying people linked to illegal file sharing which, [...]

Free Google Post Delivered Research – Answers on a Postcard

April 1, 2009 Click to read more →
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For those of you that can remember pre-interweb research – you know, books and stuff then this might trigger memories.
For competitions and such back in the day the usual format of “send a postcard or self-addressed envelope to……” was a regular feature on most tv programmes.
Also when removing medical notes (I worked for 13 years [...]

Sky’s 3D Television Service Available By Christmas 2009

March 10, 2009 Click to read more →

Sky is pushing their eagerly anticipated 3D TV service to be hitting a telebox near you by Christmas!
That’s what chief engineer, Chris Johns is hoping after recent trials of the 3D broadcasting service.
“Our aim is to refine 3D techniques and TV production and build a content library over the coming year,” Johns told the Digital TV [...]

City of London Police Are Metrotextuals.

February 10, 2009 Click to read more →

“Call the Cops” once said a great man……well, Sean Ryder.
Not any more.
The City of London Police have launched a new SMS service that will enable regular folk to report crimes and send them information using their mobiles.
The new SMS number was initially planned as a replacement for the Typetalk and Textphone services for people with [...]

Nintendo Wii Gets Take Away Delivery Service

December 27, 2008 Click to read more →

So, you dutifully check your BMI and age on Wii Fit and things are going the right way (apart from that little speed bump that is Christmas).
You’re looking forward to some more challanges in Wii Fit 2?
Well, at least it’ll be easier to stay away from fast food in the UK than it will be [...]