From the monthly archives:

September 2009

N900 PUSHed as a hacker's best friend

by Dan Lane 15th September 2009

This past Sunday I was invited to London’s Southbank to take a peek at a number of arty hacks centred around the new Nokia N900 tabletyphonething. The hackers involved were from Tinker.it, a creative consultancy that seems to specialise in making physical things that represent the digital world. A lot of what they do seems [...]

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Battle of the MiFis… Round 1

by Ben Smith 15th September 2009

I took a quick look at the Novatel MiFi 2352 ‘mobile hotspot’ last week, which is avaiable SIM-free now or expected on Vodafone soon. Today, 3UK have announced their offering – available online on Thursday 17th and in stores the next day – last night… The Huwei E5830.  It’s available for £69 with a rolling [...]

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3UK Confirm Android and INQ Mini 'in weeks'

by Ben Smith 15th September 2009

This evening at the blogger-launch of the new MiFi ‘mobile hotspot’ device, David Kerrigan – Head of Internet Services – confirmed that an Android device would be launched ‘in weeks’ as part of 3UK‘s Christmas line-up.  They were reluctant, he said, to launch any handset until it was mature and stable enough for a mass-market.  [...]

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INQ Goes to Singapore

by Ben Smith 14th September 2009

Just days after announcing they’re working on Android based handsets, INQ have announced their first deal to supply handsets outside 3′s networks (also owned by parent company Hutchison Whampoa).  SingTel will be selling the new INQ Mini from this Saturday (19th September).  Reuters has the full story. This is a colossal move for INQ – [...]

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Freerunner announce 50 hotspot community give-away

by Ben Smith 14th September 2009

Interesting news just in about the free WiFi project ‘Freerunner‘ who are aiming to put free WiFi ‘where people are’. In addition to the hotspots they’re already providing, they’re launching a fund to provide free internet access to 50 community locations around the UK for anyone to use: “People need Internet access to be able [...]

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Windows 7: Even bigger pre-order discounts [UK Only]

by Ben Smith 14th September 2009

We don’t generally post ‘deals’ here, but if – like me – you’ve been eyeing a copy of  Windows 7 for your netbook (I tested the beta on my Samsung NC10 and was very impressed with the speed and features) this might be interesting… Windows 7 has been heavily discounted for pre-orders, knocking £85 off [...]

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BREAKING: INQ to launch Android handsets [UPDATED with Video]

by Ben Smith 11th September 2009

At the Mobilize 09 conference in San Francisco, INQ‘s CEO Frank Meehan has announced that they will launch an Android-based handset by the end of 2010.  To-date INQ has produced it’s low cost ‘social mobiles’ on a BREW platform – something that allowed them to develop handsets very quickly on a popular platform – but [...]

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Nokia World 2009: Really Rapid Round-up

by Ben Smith 10th September 2009

The Really Mobile team discuss the big news from the Nokia World 2009 event held in Stuttgart last week and offer opinions on the major announcements. Oh… and we’re back by the way…!

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