Tag: Old
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Norway To Shut Off FM Radio By 2017
Norway are to become the first country to shut down FM radio. The technology is apparently just too outdated for Norway to stand anymore, and therefore by 2017 the country will be fully FM free, instead using Digital Audio broadcast, or DAB radio as their default broadcasting method. The Norwegian Ministry Of Culture decided that […]
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Flip Phones Still Huge In Japan
Whilst it doesn’t seem to correlate with the current smartphone trend, Japan’s obsession with flip phones isn’t going to die out soon – fans of anime would be able to tell you that straight away. Whilst the devices appear a lot in Japan’s famous cartoons, in real life the older flip phone is still growing […]
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Apple Says Goodbye To The iPod Classic
Happy Retirement iPod Classic: First Released October 23, 2001 – Retired September 9, 2014 It’s been a long time since the original iPod came out back in 2001. The device revolutionised the way people carry their music with them on the go. The device’s click wheel was one of Apple’s greatest earning innovations – when the […]
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LG G Flex released in the UK on the 1st of February
LG has now given a definitive date on when us folks in the UK will be able to get our hands on its brand new LG G Flex smartphone which will make the handset the first Curved (and Bendable) OLED Screened handset available in the UK. The LG G Flex will be launched in the […]
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LG G Flex pre-orders open in the US – Launching in UK & Europe in February
LG’s first ever flexible smartphone, the LG G Flex, has officially gone up for pre-order in the US on the carrier AT&T starting from January 24th. The handset will then go on sale in the US a week later on the rival Sprint network. However, in the UK and Europe we won’t be missing out […]
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LG G Flex pre-orders open in the US – Launching in UK & Europe in February
LG’s first ever flexible smartphone, the LG G Flex, has officially gone up for pre-order in the US on the carrier AT&T starting from January 24th. The handset will then go on sale in the US a week later on the rival Sprint network. However, in the UK and Europe we won’t be missing out […]
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Banana Phone: LG’s curved G Flex shown up close and personal
Due to launch next month, LG’s bent phone has cropped up in a number of high quality snaps…
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Apple’s Siri Assistant Swears At 10-year-old Boy In Tesco
Apple’s usually mild mannered voice assistant Siri has verbally abused a ten year-old boy who was playing with a demonstration phone at a Tesco’s store in Coventry. The 10-year-old boy, Charlie Le Quesne, was doing what any inquisitive boy would do and was playing with smartphone at a store in Coventry. According to the boy’s […]
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Sonic Generations races onto PC along with consoles on November 4th
Gamers who tucked away their consoles in favour of the more sensible choice of a PC get an extra life on November 4th as SEGA has listed PC as a platform for the upcoming revival title Sonic Generations – with pre-orders already going live! In a celebration of 20 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic […]
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Our thoughts on Apple ending iPod Shuffle and iPod Classic lines
It would seem that Apple are set to pull the plug on a couple of its beloved family members to make way for the more spritely iPod Touch and Nano to carry on the legacy. It has been reported that the iPod Classic and the iPod Shuffle are both set to be killed off in […]
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Apple October 4th event: iPod Classic and iPod Shuffle set for the chop?
Rumour has it that Apple will lose half the iPod stable as they announce the iPhone 5
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Star Wars: The Old Republic pre-order blasts off – 3 versions to choose from
The Saga is coming back online! Star Wars: The Old Republic has now gone up for pre-order and the MMO games creators, Bioware and LucasArts, are really delivering a bounty of treats. Including a chance to play the game early and get some extra physical and virtual goodies – you’d think Han Solo had smuggled […]