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Be all ironic with Contexture's 45 cassette-tape Nano case
There’s so much cassette-tape nostalgia floating around these days, ever since Curry’s announced they would stop selling the format. If cassette coin purses, cassette skulls or cassette-shaped MP3 players don’t float your boat, then you were probably born after 1995 perhaps these Contexture cases for your Nano will?
The Canadian design studio has created one-of-a-kind shelled out cases for your Nano, made from recycled cassette tapes. Extremely…
Intel's concept "iPhone clone", and the future of super-powerful mobile devices
Intel has shown off a concept mobile device based on a new processor called Moorestown which is due to go into production in around 2009. From the picture, it looks very much like a narrow iPhone, and in reality…
Apple iPod Touch under fire for dodgy screens, battery life
If you’ve been scanning the reports online, you might’ve heard the reports that the iPod Touch’s screen isn’t as good as the iPhone, contrary to expectations. Users have been complaining that it’s particularly noticeable when viewing dark photos or videos.
Well, it seems they weren’t making it up. Apple (via influential Wall Street Journal hack Walt Mossberg) has confirmed that some of the initial batch of iPod Touch devices DID have dodgy screens, and are working to sort the problem out.
Stephen Fry launches his own blog with 6,465-word iPhone / smartphone post
Everyone and their mother is blogging nowadays, and now one of the greatest living englishmen is getting into the act. Stephen Fry has launched his own blog with a post about smartphones. Well, it’s more of an essay really. A 6,465-word essay, according to my word-count.
Fry’s well-known for being a gadget-lover, so it’s good stuff if you have the time to scroll through it
T-Mobile gets the iPhone in Germany and Austria
Us Brits had our iPhone fun yesterday, but today it’s the turn of Germany and Austria, with the announcement that T-Mobile will be selling Apple’s handset exclusively in those markets. It’ll cost €399, which is around £277 or $553 at current exchange rates.
iPhone UK launch: Everything you need to know about Apple's plans
So, Steve Jobs jetted over to London for this morning’s iPhone UK launch, announcing that the handset goes on sale on 9th November exclusively on O2, costing £269 if you sign up to an 18-month contract. We’ve been covering the launch in-depth, as you’d expect.
For the basic details of the UK iPhone, read our news story. If you want to see how things panned out at the launch, check Susi’s liveblog. Meanwhile, Alex has been doing the sums to work out exactly how much a UK iPhone will cost you in the long run.
Opinion: iPhone in the UK – overpriced, overhyped and over here!
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
So the iPhone is finally landing in Britain on November 9 – well, whoop di doo! I’m told Steve Jobs did his usual brain-washing-style spouting at yesterday’s launch – he even turned up live, presumably so it’d work better than via video – and regular readers will already know what I think about that from my column when the iPod Touch launched.
Timewise I make it seven and a bit weeks until the scrum kicks off, so roughly seven weeks from today until a load of morons begin camping out in front of O2 and Carphone Warehouse stores up and down the country in a bid to get their hands on this so-called “holy grail” of gadgetry…
iPhone UK launch: O2's iPhone (and iTunes) versus Vodafone's MusicStation
O2 may have bagged the iPhone, but keen readers will know that Vodafone got its retaliation in super-early, with the announcement a couple of weeks ago that it would be launching Omnifone’s subscription-based MusicStation service in November. So how do they compare?Well, Omnifone already has a document providing a direct comparison between the two services, which it supplied when we asked for its views. Unsurprisingly, MusicStation comes out on top for questions like ‘Available on prepay?’, ‘Cheapest device’ and features like social networking, playlist-sharing and personalised news.
Video: What do Brits think of the iPhone / O2 deal?
Phew, Susi's been busy this morning – having liveblogged Apple's UK iPhone launch and gotten hands on with the handset, she hotfooted it outside the Apple Store to find out what Regent Street shoppers thought of Apple's deal with O2 to sell the iPhone for £269 on an 18-month contract. Find out what they thought below.
Video: iPhone UK launch – hands on with Apple's handset
Susi was at this morning's iPhone UK launch, as you'll know if you read her liveblog. Once Steve Jobs had done his thang on-stage, she got hands on with the phone, explaining the key features and pricing for the UK market. Watch below.
