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Apple iPad Set for UK Launch

May 28th, 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts

Apple‘s CEO Steve Jobs had always insisted that his company would never produce a netbook – a smaller sized laptop primarily designed for web browsing. Instead Apple has attempted to head in a different direction and dip its toes into the world of internet tablets. Despite what some people may imply, Apple is not the [...]

How Slow is Our Internet?

May 28th, 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts

A global survey has placed the UK at the 33rd position in terms of average broadband download speeds. While it may seem like a bad thing at the first glance, but the UK is still pretty much above the global average. The only snag is that one cannot help but wonder how Japan, South Korea [...]

Dell Streak Surprises Tablet Market

May 28th, 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts

If running Android 1.6 Donut may not seem all that impressive, the Dell Streak still has plenty of surprises and useful features in store for people who are interested in getting their hands on their tablet hybrid phone. Specs wise, the Streak is not that different from most high end Android smart phones on the [...]

Apple iPad Launch: Expect Long Lines and Stock Shortages

May 28th, 2010 by Simon

Despite the fact that many experts are advising people to hold off on purchasing the Apple iPad and wait for other tablet devices to be available, it seems that there is no stopping the many iPad fans who are gearing up for the long wait in this Friday’s lines. As previously shown in the US [...]

Stephen Conroy: Google Lied

May 27th, 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts

Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt has stepped in a few days ago in order to defend his company. While he admitted that the collection of WiFi data was wrong, he also stated that the act was unintentional and that the data collected would be deleted. What many people, including Australian minister Stephen Conroy fails to understand [...]

Dell’s Streak: Part Tablet, Part Phone

May 27th, 2010 by Simon

Getting past Dell’s reputation is certainly something that one has to get used to. The company is known for its haphazard computer bundles that would make many tech fans look the other way. Still, there are a few occasional products from the electronic manufacturer that manages to catch our attention every now and then. The [...]

Key Players Tag Out: Will Microsoft’s Game Change?

May 27th, 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts

Right now, Microsoft is still boosting full steam ahead with the Windows Phone 7 mobile platform, the recently launch Windows 7 operating system has also met significant success –especially when compared to the abysmal performance of Windows Vista. Steve Ballmer is the man at the helm and from an outside perspective, everything is moving along [...]

Britons Hoarding 85 Million Old Mobile Phones

May 27th, 2010 by Caroline

We are more likely to simply sit on an old mobile phone rather than trade it in for cash or recycle the handset – amounting to an estimated 85 million mobiles being discarded in the UK. This is according to a poll carried out by UK consumer group, Consumer Focus. The findings revealed that 68% [...]