Archive Stories: September, 2009

Portable Wi-fi Base Stations now available

At last, you can now get a wi-fi base station in your pocket. If you’re out-and-about and need mobile Internet, there have been three options open to you: Use a mobile phone, get a USB mode for you laptop, or hope you’re in range of a wi-fi hotspot. Now, there’s a fourth option – a [...]


Podcast Update – iPhones, Sat Nav and Mergers

Our podcast boys have just released a quick audio update, as there are a couple of news stories that we wanted to pass on to you as soon a possible. In this show, we look at the plans for Orange and T-Mobile to merge, Apple’s new product lineup, an update on the Sat Nav apps [...]


CoPilot for iPhone now with safety cameras

The battle to be the best sat nav app for the iPhone continues with a new update to CoPilot Live from ALK Technologies. They’ve released a free update to their sat nav application, adding support for safety cameras, and fixing that rather nasty bug where routes were lost when the application exits. CoPilot Live continues [...]


T-Mobile and Orange to form super-network

Mobile Phone firms T-Mobile and Orange are set to merge, it’s just been announced. Due to the complexities of such a merger, the super-network won’t come into being until 2011 at the earliest, and is still subject to regulator approval. Assuming the deal goes ahead, the new company would control around 37% of the UK [...]


Podcast: FrequencyCast 43 out now

Show 43 of FrequencyCast, our UK’s TV and Tech podcast, is online now. In FrequencyCast Show 43, Carl and Pete look at GPS Watches, Mobile Phone watches and GPS gadgets. We also compare the new iPhone Sat Nav apps from TomTom, CoPilot and Navigon, plus run down the latest TV and Tech headlines. If you’ve [...]


Garmin 405 – Top GPS Sports Watch

We’ve just added a page looking at what you can do with a GPS-enabled wristwatch. Our top watch is the Garmin Forerunner 405, which has onboard GPS, can track your heartrate using a chest strap, and wirelessly sends your excercise and location data to your PC. The Garmin 405CX was also rated #1 Sports Watch [...]