Prospective iPad purchasers have already set up camp outside Apple stores across the UK, but many of those facing a night in the cold have yet to try the iPad for themselves. We thought that was a bit unfair, so we took our American iPad in London down to Apple’s flagship Regent St store to see how it went down.
The Nokia N8 has only just been confirmed as heading to Vodafone but new talk from the Far East suggests it might not be the first Symbian ^3 phone out of the gate. After waiting so patiently for the Nokia N8 to emerge, could we really see another phone stealing its thunder?
Vodafone will give 100 lucky iPad 3G buyers free breakfast tomorrow. All you have to do is grab an iPad Wi-Fi + 3G with a Vodafone iPad 3G data plan and dance across to the Vodafone Experience. Well, if you’re planning to to join the iPad queue tonight at the Apple Store on Regent’s Street, you’ll need something to warm you up! Head through for more details on how to grab free grub…
When Rock Band 3 was teased with a keyboard peripheral the other day, we jokingly suggested that we were hoping for a keytar. Now new rumours suggest our dreams of recreating ‘80s rock posturing may actually be coming true – Rock Band 3’s keyboard could in fact be a keytar. And people actually hoping to play instruments for real may be in luck too. Stage whispers suggest Rock Band 3 will pack a new pro mode that will teach you proper technique…
Google electricity meters that will let you keep track of your energy use online have hit the UK. Current Cost home energy monitors which keep track of your power consumption will now hook up with Google Power Meter, an online tool that will show you how much juice your using in real time. Could this finally put an end to the tyranny of gadgets on standby stealthily putting pounds on your electricity bill?
Happy Thursday lunchtime to you! Even if you think there’s no reason to celebrate, take a look at all the headlines rounded up right here, and you’ll see why we’re feeling festive: we’ve got plenty of new tech and juicy stories for you, so read on to see them.
Apple discounts have bounced back into view for students headed to university at the end of the summer as well as teachers and other folk working in education. You can nab money off a Macbook, Macbook Pro, Macbook Air or iMac and if you grab an iPod Touch at the same time, Apple will give you a chunk of change back. If you’re not a student, it could be time to hunt a tame one down…
A Vodafone iPad data plan will be sold alongside the iPad 3G at PC World, we can confirm. We knew it wouldn’t just be Apple stores flogging the clever tablet come tomorrow, but now we’ve heard from multiple sources that one other store at least will sell you the device with a Vodafone data package to boot.
