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- Samsung Galaxy Tab hits Vodafone: Registration open now!
- IFA 2010: Samsung booth tour featuring Galaxy Tab, and yet more 3D
- Nokia and BlackBerry back new wireless power gear
- Windows Phone 7: Zune Pass UK pricing leaks
- BBC iPlayer social redesign rolls out next week
- IFA 2010: Toshiba booth tour – Folio 100, Jacob Jensen and a few extra treats
- Samsung Galaxy Player: new Android iPod touch rival
- Gmail Priority Inbox now open to all
- iPhone 4 gets Mio GPS Car Kit
- Sony VAIO PCs get BBC iPlayer widget
| Samsung Galaxy Tab hits Vodafone: Registration open now! Posted: 03 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT 
 We knew the Samsung Galaxy Tab would be rocking up on UK shores soon, and now we know that when it does you’ll be able to pick it up with a 3G contract from Vodafone – and hopefully subsidised too. Head on over to the Vodafone Samsung Galaxy Tab registration page and you’ll be able to sign up right now for alerts for pricing/pre-order and what not. Check out our Samsung Galaxy Tab hands on photos here! Sure, we’d love to know the UK price of the Samsung Galaxy Tab right now, and how much data we’ll get for our moolah, but we’ll take finding out immediately via email as the next best thing. Bring on the tablet wars! Will you be buying a 3G Samsung Galaxy Tab? Let us know which way you’ll be voting with your wallet in the comment below! Out TBC | £TBC | Vodafone Related posts:
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| IFA 2010: Samsung booth tour featuring Galaxy Tab, and yet more 3D Posted: 03 Sep 2010 11:50 AM PDT  The Samsung hall at IFA, like many of the big stands here, is full of 3D. 3D gaming, 3D TVs, 3D Blu-ray players. But one thing that caught our eye was an enormous 3D glasses-less screen. In terms of what it was like, because obviously we can’t show it you in pictures, we’d say it was very different from polarised or active shutter 3D. It had lower resolution, and seemed more blocky – it was like a giant Nintendo 3DS screen. Click through for a full booth tour…
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| Nokia and BlackBerry back new wireless power gear Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:44 AM PDT 
Due to launch this autumn, the Energizer Inductive Charger (pictured) will allow you to top up the battery on your iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and BlackBerry Curve 8900, as long as they're clad in the right charging sleeves. It's a lot like the Palm Touchstone, but compatible with more kit. Last year we reported on Nokia's involvement in the Global Qi standard, and other companies like Olympus, Philips and Samsung are apparently readying their own Global Qi kit. Sanyo, meanwhile, has promised wireless-charging battery packs that'll work with existing mobile devices. Exciting times for wire-hating gadget fans. Out TBC | £TBC | Global Qi (via Engadget) Related posts:
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| Windows Phone 7: Zune Pass UK pricing leaks Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:10 AM PDT 
In fact, Zune Pass is priced pretty reasonably (assuming the leaked info is on the money). It'll set you back £8.99 for a month, or £26.97 for three months. Yes, we know that doesn't actually represent a discount – why Microsoft didn't just make it £25 (or less) we don't know. You can also trial the service free of charge for 14 days. The weird thing about the Zune Pass pricing is that it says "plus tax", which doesn't ring true. Why wouldn't Microsoft include VAT in its pricing, given that Zune Pass is clearly aimed at consumers rather than business users? Hopefully that's an error and will be wiped off by the time the info goes official. The Zune Pass music service is expected to go live with the launch of Windows Phone 7 handsets in October. The subscription enables you to download as many songs as you like from the millions-strong library, and you can listen to these as many times as you like, provided you keep up the subscription. In addition, you'll get 10 song credits per month, and any songs you download using these you'll own forever, regardless of whether you renew your Zune Pass or not. Out 2010 | From £8.99 per month | Windows Phone 7 (via WMPowerUser) Related posts:
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| BBC iPlayer social redesign rolls out next week Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:04 AM PDT 
Speaking on the BBC Internet Blog, head of BBC iPlayer James Hewines confirmed that the new design (pictured) and personalisation features (intelligent recommendations, we first heard about in May will roll out next week. He also gives several interesting stats, noting that between 8 and 10 percent of BBC iPlayer use is in the new beta mode, and that people using it watch more shows on average. Are you looking forward to the new look BBC iPlayer? Sound off with your two cents in the comments below. Out Next week | £from | BBC iPlayer Related posts:
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| IFA 2010: Toshiba booth tour – Folio 100, Jacob Jensen and a few extra treats Posted: 03 Sep 2010 08:43 AM PDT  Toshiba's IFA 2010 booth is a beauty. Large, roomy, and with some extra special touches like graffiti walls and tech museums. Oh, and cutting edge Android tablets and designer TVs too, of course. Come and take a peek! Click through the image gallery above, and check out our other booth tours from IFA 2010 below. IFA 2010: LG booth tour – 3D Xbox and oversize OLED IFA 2010: Sharp booth tour – 3D surprises in store IFA 2010: Sony booth tour – 3D overload! Related posts:
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| Samsung Galaxy Player: new Android iPod touch rival Posted: 03 Sep 2010 08:36 AM PDT 
The Samsung Galaxy Player 50 also offers a 2MP camera, DivX video playback, Wi-Fi, GPS, 8GB or 16GB of built-in storage (backed up by a microSD slot allowing you to expand the total storage to 32GB), microphone and an FM radio. The screen is WQVGA, but it's a regular old LCD rather than a super lovely AMOLED. So, yep, the Samsung Galaxy Player 50 is pretty much an Android smartphone without the phone. It'll give you access to the apps in the Android Market, as well as the Google Experience stuff: Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube and the rest. All things considered, it seems Samsung has put together a PMP package to rival the new iPod touch. We don't have a release date or pricing info for the Samsung Galaxy Player 50 yet, but we'll let you know when we do. Out TBC | £TBC | Samsung (via Engadget) Related posts:
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| Gmail Priority Inbox now open to all Posted: 03 Sep 2010 08:17 AM PDT 
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| Posted: 03 Sep 2010 07:55 AM PDT 
The Mio GPS Car Kit can also deliver its voice directions through the speakers of your car stereo – pretty standard stuff, but handy. And as well as the iPhone 4, it'll also work with the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and second generation and up iPod Touch models, and charges the battery of whatever is docked. You might be wondering why the Mio GPS Car Kit needs its own GPS receiver, given that all the above Apple gear (iPod Touch aside) comes with built-in GPS. Well, Mio says it means you don't need to rely on a phone GPS – its receiver is more reliable and more powerful. One thing it doesn't offer is Mio's own satnav software – although Mio says it will work with "most navigation software" for the iPod Touch and iPhone. The Mio GPS Car Kit is out this month, and will be sold in Argos stores. Out September | £99.99 | Mio Related posts:
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| Sony VAIO PCs get BBC iPlayer widget Posted: 03 Sep 2010 06:54 AM PDT 
Dubbed iPlayer Desktop, the service allows Sony VAIO users to pre-book a series of upcoming shows to be automatically downloaded (Internet connection permitting), as well as access on demand the usual truckload of BBC TV and radio shows. Downloaded content can be watched offline, natch. BBC iPlayer Desktop will come pre-installed on Sony VAIO laptop and desktop PCs from September (i.e. "now"). You can also download it yourself here, as long as you have a Windows or Intel-based Mac computer. Out now | £Free | Sony Related posts:
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