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Finally. It looks like an agreement has been made between 10 of the leading mobile phone makers to come up with a one-for-all charger. No more scronging an obscure Motorola charger, and a lot less waste. Manufacturers signed up include these scheme Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Apple, Motorola and RIM. We should start seeing common [...]

If you were watching Dragon’s Den on BBC2 last night, you may have seen “TrueCall“. This is an ingenious tool to stop those annoying unwanted calls on your home phone. The Truecall unit is about the size of a paperback, and can effectively filter nuisance calls. It works by having a has a Star list [...]

According to a report on the Guardian website, BT has relented and announced that it’s scrapping plans to use the controversial web monitoring service offered by US-firm Phorm. The deal between BT and Phorm would have meant that user’s surfing habits would be passed to Phorm to allow the ads that users’s see to be [...]

Here at FileSaveAs, we received an odd call from a chap claiming to be from o2, warning of a problem with our o2 Joggler. The caller was unable to tell me anything about my o2 account, or confirm anything other than my first name. He was after my home address so that a replacement product [...]

Show 41 of FrequencyCast, our UK’s TV and Tech podcast, is online now. In FrequencyCast Show 41, Carl and Pete ways to get a faster broadband connection, get hands-on with the o2 Joggler, and look at a pocket pedometer, as well as round up the latest tech news and answer listeners’s questions. You can download [...]

The o2 Joggler is now running with a new version of software. The new version, 17103.R2b, adds a “Messages” option that allows you to send and receive text messages over the Internet from your Joggler. More on the Joggler: o2 Joggler Explored

TomTom has finally released an upgrade to its Windows Mobile Smartphone product, Navigator. TomTom Navigator 7 is now available, offering improved maps (thanks to TomTom Map Share), improved navigation, new Safety Preferences and more customisation options. It’s available now for Windows Mobile v6.1 devices. More details of TomTom Navigator 7 at filesaveas.com/navigator.html TomTom has also [...]

The FrequencyCast podcast team has just released an emergency podcast update covering the week’s news stories: the new iPhone 3GS, a peak at iPhone OS 3.0 due later this month, Setanta Sports close to collapse, changes to DAB, Sky on the X-Box, a top BT offer and the rise of the Pirates…. You can get [...]

When you make a call from your landline to a mobile, or a call from your mobile to another network, you’re paying a “carriage fee” called an MTR (Mobile Termination rate). This is typically 4.7p a minute. BT, 3 Moneysupermarket and others have clubbed together to start the “Terminate The Rate” campaign, aiming to bring [...]

Within the last hour, Apple’s announced two bits of news for fans of the iPhone New iPhone set to launch on 19 June in the UK: a new iPhone, the iPhone 3GS – faster, 3 meg camera with autofocus, better battery, voice control. 16GB (£184) and 32GB (£273) versions. Updated software 17 June: OS v3.0 [...]

Nokia’s long-awaited replacement for the Nokia N96 is expected to be released later this month. The Nokia N97 is a touch-screen device with an innovative slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It’s a powerful smartphone, has 32GB of internal memory, a 5.0 Megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens, Wi-Fi connectivity and built-in GPS for navigation. The N97 [...]

Customers of BT Broadband are about to get a free boost in download speed. BT is about to enable ADSL2+, which takes the speed from “up to 8 megabits a second” to “up to 20 megabits” per second. This speed ramp-up will affect around 10 million premises, or 40% of the BT customer base, although [...]

The humble pen is in for a shock… the Pulse is mightier than the pen. We’ve just added a review of probably the most revolutionary writing tool in the world… the high-tech Pulse Smartpen. Take a look at our detailed review of this top gadget: Pulse Smartpen reviewed.

Seen the TV ads for the new o2 Joggler? If you’ve seen o2′s telly ad, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Joggler is an add-on for your fridge… fortunatley, it’s more than that. We’ve got hands-on with this small home tablet, and you can check out our full review now: o2 Joggler review If [...]

Show 40 of FrequencyCast, our UK’s TV and Tech podcast, is online now. In FrequencyCast Show 40, Carl and Pete look at ways to improve your Wi-fi, a report into why so many have wireless woes, a look at a new high-tech pen, free calls from 3, plus cheap International roaming. We also answer your [...]

High in orbit around the Earth is a family of satellites forming the GPS network – if you’ve got yourself a sat-nav device such as a TomTom, this network of satellites supply your navigation device with the vital positioning information. A report just out shows that unless things change PDQ, your GPS navigation device might [...]

UK network operator 3 is making a big thing of their “Free Calls Forever” offer, so we thought we’d give you the low-down. The offer relates to the use of Skype, the voice-over-Internet service. There are currently over 400 million Skype users worldwide, and 3 is now offering free calls and instant messages from many [...]

Good news for anyone travelling to Europe this June, July and August… Vodafone UK is dropping International roaming charges for over 35 countries. From 1 June to 31 August 2009, all customers who opt into Vodafone Passport can take their UK home rates for calls, texts and picture messaging abroad with them at no extra [...]

TomTom’s released a new version of software, v8.35, for their TomTom GO x20 and GO x30 range of handheld sat nav devices. So what, you may ask? Well this version re-instates a feature dropped in a previous version. Newer TomTom Go devices come with an FM transmitter that broadcast the “after 200 yards, turn left” [...]

Troubled Internet provider Tiscali has found a buyer. The Carphone Warehouse has stepped up and acquired Tiscali’s UK operation for £236 million, making them the second largest broadband provider in the UK. What does the Tiscali buy-out mean for existing Tiscali customers? It seems that the Tiscali name is set to vanish, but Carphone Warehouse [...]