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Three has Sony Vivaz HD Recording Phone – Spotify Preloaded but no Membership

by Jay Garrett on March 16, 2010

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz has landed at the 3 store and with the promised Spotify.

Three has included the Spotify Symbian app all preloaded for you but Premium membership will come out of your own pocketses.

Yup, a bit of a kick in the teeth if you were expecting a similar deal to the HTC Hero 3 tariff that included Spotify Premium membership – that way you could stream just about any song you liked to your phone on demand. Loverly!

Three has the Sony Ericsson Vivaz on Pay As You Go for £349.99 or, if you sign up for a two year pay £35 monthly deal, you get the 8MP phone for free with unlimited data and texts, and 750 minutes of calls.

Looking to use Spotify on your new Sony Ericsson Vivaz? You’re looking at another £9.99 per month – let’s call it £45 per month all in for cash yeah? Errr. No.

What do you think to Three’s ‘offer’?

Let me know.

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T3 Push Tablet PC Design Forwards with Medion and The Alloy

by Jay Garrett on March 15, 2010

It can’t have passed you by that Tablet puters seem to becoming de rigueur recently with the likes of iPad, Courier, Streak and even PSP Tablet, etc

Well, those gadgety lovers over at T3 have had a chat with The Alloy and Medion and together have come up with their own rather nice spin on the tablet PC.

The Akoya Smartpad, as they’ve named it, has come to shape via T3 readers and staff, Medion and the designers at The Alloy and if I’m honest – it looks rather sweet

The spec is realistic but swanky with a HD multi-touch display, a front-facing camera for video messaging, a thin carbon fibre screen protector that doubles as a stand and my favourite design item is the retractable physical keyboard.

Check out the gallery and then head over to get more info and see the video over at T3 NOW!

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Sony PS3 Move not Arc – Motion Controlling Wand gets Named and Shown off

March 11, 2010 Click to read more →
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Sony has been showing off its Nintendo Wii baiting motion controller. They’ve also officially named it: PlayStation Move.
Sony created a bit of a stir at the PlayStation presentation held at the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco.
The naming of the Move may have lost a number of people money if they’d been betting on [...]

Sony Ericsson Unboxing Video of Xperia X10 – Weirds me out! Narcissistic Much?

March 10, 2010 Click to read more →
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Now, I’ve already met SE’s new range of phones but I was looking forward to perhaps getting the pleasure of actually unboxing one or more for myself.
But, oh no! Sony Ericsson goes and does it themselves!
Yup. The sparkly new X10 handset gets its first video unboxing by the hands that made it.
This is just wrong!
If [...]

Sony PSP Phone and Tablet may Become Reality

March 8, 2010 Click to read more →
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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 [...]

Sony ICG-CL75iP Dream Machine – Hands on Review

March 5, 2010 Click to read more →
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I’m a fan of gadgety convergence – especially when it makes sense. Just look at the Tefal Toast n Egg
So when I was told that I could have a test run of a clock radio I was a bit like ‘wow – that’s never been done before! I bet it doesn’t [...]

Sony MDR-NC300D Noise Cancelling Earphones – Ears on Review

March 1, 2010 Click to read more →
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I feel that I should be fair and state at the start of this review that I’m a headphones not an earphones man.
So, when I received a package containing Sony’s catchily named MDR-NC300D noise cancelling earphones I couldn’t help but pity the little mite.
I’ve never bothered with noise cancelling cans as I generally go for [...]

iPhone 4G will Arrive with NFC Inside – Swipe That Thing

February 20, 2010 Click to read more →
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Near Field Communication seems to be on the cards for Apple’s next gen iPhone looking at the new Apple patents.
Imagine being able to use your iPhone to open doors, as a travel card or to unlock your Macbook.
Late last year there was hinatge in another Apple patent that RFID and their Grab and Go app [...]

Hands on With Sony Ericsson’s Latest – Two World’s Smallest Titles

February 16, 2010 Click to read more →
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I’ve had a gadgety grope of Sony Ericsson’s latest.
I’m thankful that I’ve managed this as no matter how good the press releases are they don’t really do tech much justice and, being cynical, I can’t always believe what I’m told.
The other thing I hadn’t realised before having a poke around is that SE have also [...]

Sony Stop Making OLED TV’s – Will Still Sell Them to Westerners

February 16, 2010 Click to read more →
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Were you thinking that the televisual future was in the hands of OLED screens?
Sony thinks not and is halting its OLED TV production in Japan and will be ending sales once its existing stock runs out.
Sales will continue, however, in America and Europe.
Apparently the Sony XEL-1 11in OLED TV just wasn’t popular enough [...]

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro Brings the QWERTY at MWC

February 15, 2010 Click to read more →
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If the only thing holding you back from owning Sony Ericsson’s HD recording Vivaz is your fear of virtual keyboards – have a look-see at the new Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro!
The QWERTY board adds a tiny 2.5mm to the Vivaz’s slimline ‘human curvature’ contours, but you do seem to lose some features.
Instead of an 8.1 [...]

Sony Xperia Mini and Mini Pro Out in Barcelona

February 15, 2010 Click to read more →
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Sony Ericsson has decided to shrinkify the Xperia X10 and created the Xperia X10 Mini and Mini Pro.
SE whacked on a full QWERTY board to its new Pro creation as well as pumping in Android. The pintsized Mini is rocking a 65mm (2.55-inch) QVGA touchscreen.
There’s Wi-Fi, GPS and an FM radio on board.
“There has been [...]

Sony Ericsson Vivaz HD Recording Camera Phone Release Date Outed

February 9, 2010 Click to read more →
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More phone news – well, the Mobile Word Congress aint far off is it?
It appears that Sony Ericsson’s latest lovely, the Vivaz, has cropped up on Vodafone’s website with a UK launch date.
The new 8.1MP camera phone will be available on Vodafone from March with prices still under wraps but you [...]

Sony Ericsson Aspen Announced – GreenHeart Business Phone

February 2, 2010 Click to read more →
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Today sees the announcement of the new Sony Ericsson Aspen.
SE’s latest business blower joins the rest of its eco-friends in the GreenHeart range.
Being aimed at the busy business-person you get a QWERTY-board for firing off emails and a touchscreen to ease the multi-tasking.
You’re able to organise and adapt panels to change during the day and [...]

What Do Gadgety People of the UK Want From the iTablet?

January 26, 2010 Click to read more →
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Top shopping website VoucherCodes.co.uk commissioned a survey of 3,000 people across the nation, which lays bare what Britons want from Apple’s latest creation and what they might be prepared to pay for it.
Worryingly for Apple CEO Steve Jobs, price is a key concern for British shoppers.
The OnePoll survey of 3,000 people from across the UK [...]

Tracks by Aiaiai – 80’s Headphones for 2010

January 18, 2010 Click to read more →
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Righty – you love the retro vibe, perhaps wearing some cool Space Invader tights, but you’re rocking some modern headphones – you’ve ruined the look!
You could get yourself some mighty fine Koss Porta Pros, which I’ve owned and loved but they might be a little ‘off-the-shelf’ for someone as cool as you.
May I present the [...]

Sony Ericsson Satio User Review – 12.1 MP Touchscreen Camera Phone

January 3, 2010 Click to read more →
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I’ve lived with the Sony Ericsson Satio for a few weeks now and it’s time for a review methinks.
Out of the box it is noticeably lighter than my iPhone but also feels a little more brittle to me. I am not saying that it’s poorly put together or feels cheap but I think I’ve [...]

eBooks Outsell Their Paper Christmas Cousins for First Time

December 29, 2009 Click to read more →
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As you’re a Gadgety News reader you’ve probably expected eBooks to overtake ‘real’ books on Santa’s lists for a while but now it has actually happened!
There’s now so much choice if you fancy getting an eBook and, as I’ve mentioned before, the fact that you can have a library in your bag without doing yourself [...]

LG Have Worlds Thinnest 42 inch Television – Makes Fun of Tubby Sony XEL-1

December 22, 2009 Click to read more →
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LG have another boast – and it came in this announcement – albeit in Korean.
It apparently is all about this: the “world’s thinnest” tv!
This LCD looks like an OLED, and at just 2.6mm thick, is thinner than the tiny Sony XEL-1.
And whilst Sony’s telly is thin you’ll be able to see the picture on the [...]

Sony PS3 Supports 3D Blu-ray – Fact!

December 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Another feather in the cap for Sony’s PS3.
The Blu-ray Disc Association has completed the spec for the new 3D Blu-ray standards and the Play Station 3 will be fully compatible – this means that PS3 owners will be able to enjoy the full HD 3D film fest.
The new 3D Blu-ray spec will work with any [...]

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