Tag: pricing
O2 mobile contract bills to rise 3%, and there's nowt you can do about it
Mobile network O2 will be upping the price of all of its monthly contract costs, adding 3.2% to monthly bills from next February, regardless of the price of the contract you originally signed up for. While users on PAYG plans…
16GB Google Nexus 7 to drop to £160 as launch of 32GB tablet nears
Cheap tablet deals aplenty at the moment; not only do UK slate fans have the iPad Mini to look forward to as well as the newly-luanched Kindle Fire line from Amazon, but new pricing info suggests the Google Nexus 7…
Nintendo Wii U price and release date revealed : Two versions on the way
Nintendo have finally revealed launch and pricing details for their Wii U console. Landing in Japan on 8 December, two versions will be available at launch, a basic edition costing 26,250 yen ($337; £210) and a premium version at 31,500…
Microsoft Surface tablet aggressively priced at $199 (£130), has Nexus 7 in its sights
The gloves are off in the next generation tablet pricing war. Microsoft's Surface tablet, with its nifty ARM-based Windows RT OS and stylish keyboard cover, blew everyones socks off when it came out of nowhere in June. All that was…
Cheapest Microsoft Surface tablet to be insane $1,000, £650?
Microsoft, say it ain't so! The Surface tablet is one of the most promising devices we've ever seen come out of the Redmond giant's stable, being their first own-branded piece of hardware. But all the goodwill Microsoft gathered after its…
HANDS-ON: Orange San Diego Intel-powered Android smartphone
Orange have revealed their own-branded San Diego Android smartphone. Previously codenamed the Santa Clara, the Orange San Diego uses an Intel Atom system on a chip (pairing a Z2460 processor with an XMM 6260 modem), with the long awaited collaboration…
Star Wars: The Old Republic pricing and release date revealed
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, we started getting our hopes up that EA/Bioware's forthcoming Star Wars MMORPG, The Old Republic, would make it onto our PCs before 2011 drew to a close. Looks like EA…
Apple encouraging premium priced apps?
It's arguable that the Apple App Store's key to success was its rock-bottom pricing of quality content. It's become a bit of a stickler within the games industry in particular, with Nintendo executives criticising Apple for "weakening the value" of…
Spotify coming to US next week, cheaper than in Europe?
They've teased US music fans for years with promises of bringing their music streaming service over the pond, but all things are now pointing towards an American launch for Spotify as soon as next week. With three of the…
Apple iPad 2: Orange and T-Mobile (Everything Everywhere) to sell it, O2 won't…for now
The T-Mobile and Orange networks, now combined under the Everything Everywhere banner, have confirmed that they will be among the first UK carriers of the iPad 2. Launching in the States on March 11th, 26 more countries, including the UK,…
