While it looks definite that Vodafone won’t be able to get us the iPhone by Christmas, it has now announced when it will be available next year. The date is set for January 14 2010, the iPhone will cost a reasonable £30 per month on two-year contract, however, this is in addition to a one off handset price of £239 if the 32GB iPhone 3GS is what you want. Otherwise it will just be a one off £59 for the 8GB iPhone 3G. A limited monthly 1GB of 3G data is included, alongside unlimited WiFi.
At the end of last week, Apple quietly announced a speed bump for the Mac Pro. The Mac Pro being the most powerful, most expensive and also the only tower-styled Mac has been in need of a speed booster. In addition to speed, new storage options are now available for both the Mac Pro and the Xserve.
Found this very useful quick clip recently. If you’re like me, you could only afford a 200GB hard drive when you first bought your laptop and one year later, you’ve already run out of space, this do it yourself tutorial could help you and save you from hiring someone else to do it for you. Tom Merritt from CNET shows you how to backup, create a bootable image of your Windows PC or Mac using some easily downloadable software. He then teaches you how to take out your existing hard drive and the things you need to watch out for.
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It looks like all the waiting may finally be over. Its been leaked just over the weekend that BBC could be in the middle of developing an iPhone / iPod Touch application for their free UK online TV and radio catchup on-demand service – iPlayer. Leaked from the BBC’s latest monthly press pack, normally the monthly press pack is created to provide viewing figures and usage statistics for the iPlayer video on demand service in the UK. But this latest one also shows an image of an iPlayer application running on the iPhone.
Tesco, one of the UK’s largest retailers for practically everything will soon be offering the Apple iPhone 3GS. Tesco Mobile, the retailer’s mobile virtual network operator, will soon be launching the iPhone at its Tesco Mobile Phone Shops. The handset will also be available online through its Tesco Direct website.
For those in the UK, you’ll know that Tesco Mobile is a joint venture between the retail giant and wireless carrier O2. Though mobile phones sold through Tesco are are branded and locked to Tesco Mobile, behind it is largely the O2 network.
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Just a few days after it was officially submitted, its now available! TomTom’s updated sat nav app is now in version 1.2 and available from the App Store. It boasts a number of much needed updates and surprisingly, TomTom has decided to support iPod Touch and the first gen GPS-less iPhone.
For those who have been waiting / undecided whether or not to get the sat nav app for your iPhone, this update is significant in that TomTom has now caught up with the others by allowing for turn-by-turn navigation. However, this still means you will need that expensive car kit to work. The Tom Tom car kit has a built-in GPS module, integrated speaker and line out. However, it’s not vital if you have the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS.
