Hands on: T-Mobile G1

Just after I commented on the T-Mobile G1/G2 speculation I realised one of my contracts was within the renewal window so decided I'd take a leap of faith and see what all the fuss over the G1 was about. I'm a big admirer of T-Mobile's business team and as always they got the handset out to me the following morning. After a couple of days playing with it I'm pleased to say I'm impressed with the general look and feel … [Read more...]

Latest Asus Eee announced

ASUS has announced the Eee PC 1002HA, the newest member of its award-winning family of UMPCs. Boasting a stylishly redesigned chassis adorned with a brushed aluminum LCD cover and palm rest, Asus describes the 1002HA as "a sophisticated, lightweight, easy-to-use netbook that brings a touch of elegance and utility to everyday computing." … [Read more...]

ITV's Demons starts this Saturday

Demons, ITV's modern day take on the Dracula legend starts this Saturday (3rd January). The series stars Philip Glenister as Rupert Galvin, a larger-than-life American with a zero tolerance policy to the rabble of mythical “half-life” entities that exist all around us and Christian Cooke as Van Helsing’s descendant Luke, who is also Galvin's the godson. Luke discovers it’s his destiny to fight hordes of … [Read more...]

New UMPC offer from T-Mobile

T-Mobile is now offering the Asus Eee PC 904HD with mobile broadband packages. Featuring an 8.9" LCD screen and Windows XP, the laptop is available on 24 month plans starting from £21.28 per month. … [Read more...]

Might a G2 be bad PR but good business?

The web’s been busily discussing the prospect of a G2 phone from T-Mobile, rumoured for release next month. The consensus seems to be that it won’t happen because the iPhone wannabe G1 has only been out a couple of months and an early release would be bad PR. It’s probably true that a lot of early adopters would be miffed if a better handset came out 2 or 3 months later but at the moment T-Mobile will be … [Read more...]

Christmas in soapland

Once again it was relentless gloom in the UK’s soaps yesterday, EastEnders offered yet another dismal attempt to rival the classic Christmas episode where Den handed divorce papers to Angie. It’s been twenty years and the writers have yet to come up with anything to match the episode which was so effective it’s set the template for every soap’s festive offerings ever since. This year the plot revolved around … [Read more...]