Spinvox has been a big favourite of tech fans in the past couple of years. Turning garbled voicemail into readable texts is supposed to mean no more whacking your mobile’s volume up and employing your best translation skills on your pals’ drunken ramblings. But now a BBC investigation has found Spinvox to be using call centres rather than clever tech to transcribe calls, with some data even ending up on Facebook.
July, 2009
After chatter about a planned release this very week, Modu – apparently the world’s smallest phone – has hit the shelves, in Israel at least. The micro mobile, which lets you change its personality courtesy of “jacket” add–ons, has taken 18 months to land but now you can see it in its full glory. Read on to see just how the planet’s tiniest blower measures up.
A new version of Google Maps for mobile has arrived, letting you slap down layers on top of the basic view to show where your friends are, local bus routes and even pre-prepared routes you’ve created. In fact, there’s so many new additions, you might well got lost in them. Read on to see what we mean.
eBook readers like the Sony E-Reader PRS-505 have been stealing headlines of late, but not all reactions have been positive. iPhone-toting folk will tell you they’ve got an app that handles eBooks just fine, while those that linger in libraries, sniffing spines, can’t even stand the idea of an electronic book.
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We’ve only just finished icing our enemies as Johnny Klebitz in GTA IV: The Lost and The Damned. So it’s good to know Rockstar is on the case with its next installment of Liberty City–based downloadable mayhem. The Ballad of Gay Tony has been known about for a while, but now it’s been dated for 29 October. Read on to find out how you can lay your hands on your next GTA IV hit.
Avast! The iPhone version of classic LucasArts adventure The Secret Of Monkey Island has just gone on sale in the App Store, promising a ripping yarn filled with point and tap swashbuckling and lashings of humour. Want to know what to expect from this re-imagining? Read on.
Google took the fight straight to Microsoft’s door earlier this month when it announced