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PC World’s crap customer service continues

Friday, Jun 4, 2010Friday, Jun 4, 2010 - by mike s - 27 Comments.

After being sold a second-hand wireless router as new, having our email ignored and generally having a thoroughly unpleasant experience with PC World, we wrote up our sad story here …

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mobiles / portable / Symbian / transport

Nokia’s £13 bicycle dynamo mobile charger for lycra-clad techies

Thursday, Jun 3, 2010 - by mike s - 7 Comments.

We love cycling and we love gadgets, so Nokia looks to be pedalling into a world of win with their new bicycle charging kit.

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audio / broadcasting / portable

Zoom H1 offers high quality audio recordings for just £89

Thursday, Jun 3, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

With a hugely competitive price to tempt amateur bloggers, struggling musos, journos and even those odd people who like to go around recording random things, the Zoom H1 offers professional quality …

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mobiles / Palm

HP says: ‘We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business’

Thursday, Jun 3, 2010Friday, Jun 4, 2010 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

In a statement sure to send long suffering Palm aficionados into fresh depths of despair, Mark Hurd, the CEO of new owners’ HP is quoted as saying, “We didn’t buy …

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Android / computing / mobiles / portable

Dell Streak Android tablet offered free on contract in UK

Wednesday, Jun 2, 2010Wednesday, Jun 2, 2010 - by mike s

If you’ve been keeping your beady eye fixed on Dell’s Android-powered Streak tablet, the good news is that you’ll be able to pick one up for free from the Carphone …

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Apple / computing / portable / reviews

The Apple iPad: not for me. Well, at least not yet

Tuesday, Jun 1, 2010Tuesday, Jun 1, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

So, the Apple iPad has been out in the UK for several days now, launched with the most ghastly whoopin’, high fivin’, clappin’ and cheerin’ celebration of luxury consumer item …

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mobiles

Nokia N8 viral shows off astonishing table football (foosball) trickery

Monday, May 31, 2010Monday, May 31, 2010 - by mike s

It looks like Nokia are going  to get all viral on our collective asses, releasing a slew of videos showing off their forthcoming Nokia N8 smartphone. The footage shows off …

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web

Skype 2.0 for the iPhone adds 3G calling

Monday, May 31, 2010Monday, May 31, 2010 - by mike s

It’s been a long time coming, but Skype 2.0 for the Apple iPhone has finally shimmied into town, adding 3G calling.

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stuff / web

Forecast the weather – without any gadgets!

Sunday, May 30, 2010 - by mike s

If you’re like us, you’ll probably have weather widgets on your phone, on your PC desktop and maybe even your own personal weather station keeping you permanently updated in all …

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business

PC World sell used goods as new, customer service says “whatever”

Friday, May 28, 2010Sunday, May 30, 2010 - by mike s - 13 Comments.

We’d had bad experiences with PC World in the past, but finding ourselves in an emergency after our router packed in two weeks ago, we thought we’d give them another …

PC World sell used goods as new, customer service says “whatever” Read More
mobiles

Nokia’s flagship N900 handset looking like a bit of a pup

Friday, May 28, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Nokia’s all singing, all dancing, top of the range N900 handset has failed to set the world alight, with  research firm Gartner saying that less than 100,000 models have been …

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Apple / gaming / iPhone / mobiles

GTA: Chinatown Wars Lite – free for the iPhone!

Thursday, May 27, 2010Thursday, May 27, 2010 - by mike s

If you fancy some car-jacking, gun blasting, tyre burning adventure on your iPhone but the wallet is a little light, then head off to the AppStore and bag yourself a …

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Apple / iPhone / mobiles

Firefox Home for the iPhone imports browser bookmarks and tabs

Thursday, May 27, 2010Thursday, May 27, 2010 - by mike s

Thanks to Steve Jobs’ iron-like grip on what is allowed in Apple’s AppStore, it’s unlikely we’ll ever see a version of the massively popular Firefox browser running on an iPhone …

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gaming / mobiles / web

Dominos Pizza hooks up with Foursquare to offer foodie freebies

Wednesday, May 26, 2010Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - by mike s - 4 Comments.

Dominos Pizza has decided to grab a piece of the location-based social gaming pie by using Foursquare to encourage users to check-in at its outlets.

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Apple / photography

Apple iPad coming to Currys, Dixons, PC World

Wednesday, May 26, 2010Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - by mike s

Apple is set to smother the High Streets of Britain with iPads on its launch day on Friday, with UK High street stores Currys, Dixons and PC World set to  …

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