Sony Ericsson has unveiled the first in its Xperia family of phones, the X1, which is also its first phone based on Windows Mobile.
The X1, following hot on the heels of the new Nokia N96, is meant to herald Sony Ericsson’s solution for the “converged mobile experienceâ€, which means it has lots [...]
With all the coverage about Apple ‘allegedly’ gagging its UK partners from not revealing poor iPhone sales figures, it’s not surprising to see that O2 is hoping to boost business by slashing the cost of running Apple’s stylish device.
O2 has taken the wraps off a new tariff structure that will apply to new users [...]
The humble radio has seen a lot of changes in recent years and that transformation continues with the arrival of the Revo Blik WiFI Radio.
For under £100, you get a well made WiFi radio with access to over 8,000 radio stations, an FM tuner, iPod/MP3 player connectivity and the ability to stream music [...]
The humble radio has seen a lot of changes in recent years and that transformation continues with the arrival of the Revo Blik WiFI Radio.
For under £100, you get a well made WiFi radio with access to over 8,000 radio stations, an FM tuner, iPod/MP3 player connectivity and the ability to stream music from your PC or laptop.
Stations can be searched by genre or country and if 8,000+ aren’t enough to keep you happy, you need help. Being Wi-Fi-enabled means you don’t even have to have it attached to your PC, just within range of your wireless router.
There’s a large LCD, plenty of presets, an Alarm and Snooze function and a remote control so that you don’t have to make too much of an effort. You can buy it here in black or white but, if you want some more information, check out a decent review of it here.-Martin Lynch
Webmail and social network users are warned about loopholes that let attackers hijack accounts via wi-fi.
Fledgling mobile firm Truphone faces network giant T-Mobile in court over calls made via wi-fi networks.
The numbers of wi-fi access points in London grew by 160% in a year, suggests a survey.
Wireless tracking systems could be used to protect people and assets, backers of the technology say.
The oddity that is the UMPC continues to gain traction, albeit really slowly, and sitting at the forefront of the drive is Samsung, which has just delivered the Q1 Ultra. Yesterday, we had Fujitsu enter the fray while Sony is commanding the high-end with its pricey Vaio UX-1.
Promising that’s it better than the overpriced original Q1- which was pretty slow, had no keyboard and poor battery life - this one is powered by either a 600MHz or 800MHz Intel processor, has 1GB of DDR2 memory and comes with an integrated split-QWERTY keypad, mouse, and user-defined function keys.
Battery life has been boosted to 4.5 hours [claimed] and performance speeds have been increased. There’s a 7in LED display with a native resolution of 1024 x 600 and a brightness rating of 300nits. On the comms front, it sports integrated 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR and an optional 3.5G HSDPA modem. It weighs 1.5lbs.
There are four versions of the Ultra on the way, and the first to arrive is the Ultra-V, sporting a 60GB hard disk drive, Vista Home Premium Edition, biometric fingerprint scanner, camera and a $1,200 price tag. A budget version, the $799 Q1 Ultra-EL, has a 40GB drive, slower processor and no camera and is due out in a few weeks. Remember, none of these attractive prices are a useful indicator of what they will cost over here, just prepere to be gouged.
The Ultra-XP, due in June, is aimed at businesses and will use the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition OS. Top of the range will be the Q1 Ultra-CMV, due in August, with in-built HDSPA modem and an 80GB HDD. No prices for those yet.-Martin Lynch
Following on from last week’s scare into Wi-Fi being potentially harmful for kids, today we have another one, with a leading government advisor claiming that kids should not place laptops on their laps when using Wi-Fi.
This stuff has more than a whiff of similarity to the ‘mobile phone/radiation’ scares. This time, Professor Lawrie Challis, who heads the committee on mobile phone safety research, told the Daily Telegraph that laptops on kid’s laps put them too close to the transmitter and exposes them to mobile phone levels of radiation. He said:
“With a desktop computer, the transmitter will be in the tower. This might be perhaps 20cms from your leg and the exposure would then be around one per cent of that from a mobile phone. However if you put a laptop straight on your lap and are using Wi-Fi, you could be around 2cms from the transmitter, and receiving comparable exposure to that from a mobile phone.â€
Half of UK schools are currently equipped with Wi-Fi networks and teachers are now weighing in on the subject. The Professional Association of Teachers is writing to the education secretary for confirmation that Wi-Fi is not harmful.
That means you can expect to see yet another Wi-Fi safety report commissioned for a few million quid and, in about two years and after numerous delays, it will deliver either contradictory or inconclusive results, leading to - yes, you guessed it - another pricey report. Expect this hot potato to run and run.-Martin Lynch