August, 2009 Archive

The long-awaited LG Watchphone, the LG-GD910, is now available from Orange.

The Watchphone is 3G, with touchscreen and VGA camera. It also has Bluetooth, eight different watch faces, MP3 playback and a scratch-resistant screen.

The LG Watchphone is a steep £500 at at launch is only available by turning up in person at the Orange Store on London’s Bond Street. From mid-September it will be available online via the Orange Shop.

If you fancy a fully-featured mobile phone watch for half that price, consider the SWAP Phone

Sony has announced two new e-Book readers, to follow up from the Sony PRS-505.

The PRS-300 is smaller, and more pockable, whilst the Sony Reader PRS-600 comes with a touchscreen, holds up to 350 books and support handwritten notes.

The new Sony Readers will be out on the 10th September, and are available to pre-order now at Waterstones.

Tomorrow sees the start of the 2009/2010 English Premier League footy season. In case you’re not kitted out with Sky, Virgin, or any other digital services offering sporting coverage, you can still watch tomorrow’s matches, coutesy of an online service from Sky:

Everton vs Arsenal (EPSN) and Chelsea vs Hull (Sky Sports) are both available from skyplayer.sky.com – free to some Sky subscribers, otherwise there’s a special offer until 31st August.

We’ve just released an audio update. Here’s what we cover:

Quest Take 2, Freeview retune, ESPN latest, iTunes Chart, a Welsh apology and the best deals for your old mobile.

Links from the show:

• ESPN help: http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/espn.html
• Best deal for your old mobile: http://www.sellyouroldphone.co.uk
• iTunes Review: https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/addUserReview?type=Podcast&id=142899029

Today’s update is a 10 minute mp3 file. Download it or listen online at frequencycast.co.uk/update.html

Feed details: iTunes Feed | RSS Feed

 

 FrequencyCast Update 12 August 2009 [10:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As we discussed in today’s podcast update, it’s now possible to get ESPN on a Freeview box or TV that has a suitable card slot (known as a CI slot). The CI slot accepts a CAM, which accepts a subscription card.

If you were previously able to get Setanta Sports on Freeview, then you should be able to get ESPN – You’ll just need to get your old Top Up TV or Setanta subscription card activated by calling 08444 15 20 20.

If you’re looking for full details on how this works, please see the following summary of the ways to get ESPN: http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/espn.html , or listen to our 12 August update

 

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After spectacularly failing to launch on 14th of May 2009, it seems that Quest TV is to have another go at launching their free-to-view documentary channel on Freeview.

According to a report in Broadcast Magazine, Quest TV will launch on Freeview on the 30th of September.

More details on Quest TV and the failed launch at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/tv/quest.html

Something of a milestone for us here at FrequencyCast, so we had to shout about it.

Today, for the first time, we entered the Top Five in the iTunes chart for Tech News Podcasts. If you filter out the video podcasts, we’re number three!

Link: iTunes Tech News Chart

Show 42 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s TV and Tech podcast, has just been released.

In our regular online radio show, we discuss all that’s new with digital TV and technology. Here’s what we cover in this show:

• News Updates: ESPN launches Premier League service, 4 HD channels come to Virgin, half-price mobile broadband and robotic luggage.
• Focus: Catch-up TV – Ways to watch BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five shows you’ve missed.
• Hands-on: The TubeStick – the smallest Freeview receiver around?
• First-look: Truecall phone call screener as seen on Dragon’s Den
• Your questions on TV with PVRs, slow iPhones, Nintendo Wii S-Video, and the future of Ceefax.

You can download Show 42 direct to your MP3 player or listen online at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/latest.html. If you have an iPod or iPhone, get shows faster by signing up via iTunes.

 

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Envirofone, Fonebank, Mazuma Mobile? They’ll all offer you cash if you return a dusty old mobile phone that you no longer need – but how can you get the best price?

Now, there’s a handy dandy online price comparison checker for mobile phone recycling. Enter your make and model, and the service checks who’ll pay you the top amount for your old phone.

Try it for yourself at http://www.sellyouroldphone.co.uk