Android users tired of the built-in browser have had an alternative the form of Opera Mini since shortly after the OS was launched. Opera has now released Opera Mini 4.2, which adds a plethora of new features and bug fixes to what is already a very capable app.
January, 2009
The BlackBerry Pearl will go on sale on pay as you go (PAYG) at the Carphone Warehouse this month. It’s the first time a BlackBerry has ever been sold on PAYG in the UK, with full push e-mail and web browsing thrown in.
Hungry? Fancy some tech tidbits? Then dive on into the Lunchtime Lowdown! We’ve got news on Apple’s next iPhone, Google’s pirate-friendly tools and Nokia’s slick new handsets. Tuck in!
Ubisoft’s survival game I Am Alive is.. still alive. One thing it isn’t is ‘on time’. The publisher has just announced that the much-anticipated title will be delayed until next year.
A new iPhone has been leaked by Apple in code tucked away in the latest firmware upgrade!
It didn’t seem like there was much of interest in the new iPhone firmware when it was released yesterday, but intrepid hackers have dug through the code and turned up a scintillating nugget- a reference to something called iPhone 2,1.
Look! It’s the new OLPC dual touchscreen in the wild! OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) promised this dual touchscreen tablet version of the lil laptop some time ago, but this is the first evidence we’ve seen of it in the works. Don’t get too excited though – this is an obvious fake. Find out why after the jump.
General Mobile will show off the DSTL1 handset next month. It’s super sexy, runs Android, and packs slots for two SIM cards, so it’ll act as a business and personal phone at once. T-Mobile G1, we hardly knew you!
BitTorrent pirates have just been given a helping hand by Google. It’s launched a new set of tools to check if your ISP is blocking traffic to your PC. In particular, it’ll sniff out ISPs that block P2P traffic. That means BitTorrent, the filesharing system of choice for pirates.