Heading to any festivals this year? If you are, you’ll probably be worrying about how your smartphone’s going to survive. First of all there’s the great British summer, and the boundless mud that comes with it, but the bigger worry is battery life. Fret not: Vodafone’s charging truck cometh, and it’s got some amazing new tech powers to make sure your phone can’t go walkies. Read more
Feature phones don’t get much of a look-in here usually but with the Nokia 101, Nokia has created something rather intriguing. Predominantly designed for the Indian and African markets where affordability and killer battery life are vital, the dual-SIM phone could also be the ultimate festival phone. It’ll set you back just €25 and has all the features you need from a phone set for tents, mud and the threat of festival thieves.
While the 128 x 160 resolution colour display will offend the eyes of smartphone owners, the Nokia 101 comes with a built-in torch, FM radio, MP3 player, 3.5mm audio jack and support for up to 16GB of memory via SD card. The dual-SIM slots also allow you to swap out up to five different SIM cards so you could share the Nokia 101 with your mates while the battery life gives you up to 8.5 hours talktime or 32 days on standby. This is definitely a phone that won’t be out of juice when it comes to calling your ride home.
The Nokia 101 is due out in the next few weeks in a choice of Phantom Black or Coral Red.
Out September | €25 | Nokia
Google has picked Glastonbury as the subject for its first UK ad campaign. The spot sees a host of Google services including Google Translate, Google Voice Search and Google Maps Navigation put to use by the most unprepared festivalgoer we’ve come across in ages. He’s also frustratingly lucky in love. Read on for the Google Glastonbury ad and to tell us what festival tech you’re packing this summer…
Glastonbury coverage by the BBC this year has gone high-tech. As well as live streaming video for the first time, a host of other upgrades to the main BBC Glastonbury site mean festival coverage is not only more mobile, but more suitable to view on a mobile.
