A quick message to listeners of the FrequencyCast podcast.
We need your feedback!
What do you think?
We’re reviewing our shows, and we’d love your feedback on whether you’re still enjoying what we’re doing, what we could do better, and what interests you.
We ran a survey last year with some great results, and we’d like to do it again this year. If you have 2 minutes to spare, there are only 10 simple questions.
This weekend, the 17th of July 2010, Conspiracy For Good hits London.
The augmented reality drama will hit the streets of London. Created by Tim Kring, the chap that created Hereos, this is something rather unique, and you can take part for free. Want to know more? See this video teaser…
From the 24th of June 2010, o2 will be scrapping the unlimited data plan for new iPhone customers.
Existing iPhone customers on an unlimited data plan can keep that plan as long as they don’t change tariff, or upgrade to the new iPhone 4.
Anyone getting a new iPhone from 24th June will instead be offered a tariff with the following:
Cap of 500MB of data a month – £25 to £35 a month contracts
Cap of 750MB of data a month – £40 to £45 a month contracts
Cap of 1GB of data a month – £60 or £65 a month contracts
Given that many iPhone users are heavy data users, this new cap will be far from ideal, and many may choose to either a) not upgrade to the new iPhone 4 and keep their existing Unlimited contract, or b) shift to a network that offers a less extreme data cap.
Although the new data caps take effect from 24th June, it seems o2 won’t be enforcing them until 1st October 2010. From 1st October 2010, it’ll be an extra £5 for each block of 500MB used.
Hacked off with o2′s new data policy? Add a comment below!
As a tech website, it would be remise of us not to mention that here in the UK, it’s National iPad Day.
After some delays, the Apple iPad hit the UK market today, the 28th May 2010. Queues were let into the Apple Store in Central London this morning at 8am, with many camping out overnight to get their hands on the latest goodie from Apple.
First across the line at the store in London was a 17 year old lad from Essex. Mac-man Stephen Fry was there too – he’s already got one, but after being at the launch back in January, it seems he felt he had to be there… and why not.
Prices for the iPad start at £429 for the 16GB wi-fi version, right up to £699 for the 64GB version with Wi-fi and 3G, It seems that pre-order demand was high, and it seems that web pre-orders now won’t be shipped until the 7th of June.
Any of our lovely listeners been in the queues today? Any comments on your iPad experiences appreciated!
A reminder that today is “Towel Day“. We hope our listeners all have their towels or modified face flannels stowed in their satchels today.
No idea what we’re talking about? Shame on you! A towel is probably the most handy thing you can own. “A man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with”.
Today is marked by fans of the wholly remarkable radio series, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, as Towel Day. The date commemorates two weeks after the author, Douglas Adams, ascended to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, on 11th May 2001.
In searching to see which of the newspapers have mentioned Towel Day, the Telegraph referred me to an article written by Douglas in 1999 – It’s well worth a read: How to stop worrying and learn to love the Internet.
We’d also like to point to a rather good deal on the radio series (the original and best Hitchhikers version) – All five series of the radio series can be purchased for £36 (saving £44), from Play.com. There’s a bonus CD of extras and behind-the-scenes stuff too. Free postage and packing all the way from Ursa Minor.
Once again, happy Towel Day to you all, and Don’t Panic!
FrequencyCast now has its very own iPhone Application.
By installing our free iPhone application, you’ll be able to read our latest news and blog posts, listen to our latest podcasts, send us a message, see what’s new in our forum, and check out our new TV & Tech section.
The FrequencyCast iPhone application is available now, free, in the Apple iTunes App Store. It will run on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
Google Android phone users note that a similar version for Android has been available for a few weeks in Google Market, available from your Android phone.
If you find our apps useful, please click on one of the ads at the bottom of the app to visit our advertisters. This helps to cover our app development costs.
Do you own an Internet radio set, such as one of the Pure, Revo or Roberts radios? You may be able to tune in to FrequencyCast.
We now have a ShoutCast stream on FrequencyCast, which includes our current show, as well as a selection of recent Focus features. Internet radio receivers make use of a database of streaming radio stations, and we should be listed on many of those databases. If you have an Internet radio, take a look and see if we’re listed.
FrequencyCast has just released another news update podcast – this time covering loads of HD news, a look at what Google’s been up to, and a rather fun new social networking app for mobile phones called Waze – plus your feedback on how you use mobiles.
With Sky working hard to own the HD market, Virgin has just made their own HD offering that little bit sweeter.
Here’s what’s new…
1. The cost of the V+ HD box has just dropped to £49 (free if you get the XL TV package)
2. No extra fee for HD channels. Unlike Sky’s offering, you don;t need to pay an extra £10 a month for Virgin’s HD channels
3. More channels. Due in the next few months: ITV 1 HD, E4 HD, Film 4 HD, Sy Fi HD, Eurosport HD and Discovery HD. That’s in addition to the existing HD services: BBC HD, Channel 4 HD, ESPN HD, FX HD, Living HD, MTVN HD and National Geographic HD.
Got a phone powered by the Android Operating System? Congratulations – there’s an app for you to install!
The FrequencyCast podcast now has its very own Android app. With our app, you can listen to the latest show, see our latest news stories, read Pete and Carl’s Random Words blog, and see our new TV and Tech guide entries as we add them.
Here’s us, holding a Google phone running our app…
The FrequencyCast UK application is now available for Android phones. In the UK, this includes the following Google Android devices: HTC Dream, HTC Hero, HTC Magic, HTC Sapphire, Motorola DEXT, Motorola Milestone, Samsung Moment, T-Mobile G1 , T-Mobile G2 Touch, T-Mobile myTouch and T-Mobile Pulse. With more to follow!
If you have an Android phone, select the “Market” application from your phone’s menu, press search, and search for “FrequencyCast” in the Android Market store.
The app is free! If you try it, we’d love to hear what you think!
December 23rd, 2009 by FrequencyCast in Announcement
The world’s smartest pen just got a little smarter. In Show 40, we reviewed the Livescribe Pulse Smart Pen, the pen that records voice, and mtahces it to what you’re writing.
Livescribe has now released their long-awaited App Store, allowing users to get to a colklection of third-party applications to enhance the Smart Pen. Applications include Hangman, travel phrases, blackjack, guitar, a sexy oracle and a handy conversion app.
Pulse users should visit http://www.livescribe.com/store . Note that you’ll need to update your pen with the latest version of firmware to be able to use third-party apps.
December 4th, 2009 by FrequencyCast in Announcement
We’ve featured home energy meters on our shows in the past, and they’re a great way of keeping an eye on what you’re spending electricity-wise.
We’ve stumbled across a top offer – a way of getting a home electricity monitor for free.
npower is offering a free power meter, worth £40, to new customers that sign up to their Go Fix tariff online. The offer is running for a limited time only.
September 21st, 2009 by FrequencyCast in Announcement
Want a better way of getting Internet on the move? How about carrying your own wi-fi hotspot in your pocket?
3 has just launched MiFi, their mobile wi-fi modem service. Get a Mi-Fi modem for a one-off £70, and use it as a portable wi-fi 802.11 access point. The modem is a combined 3G data modem and wi-fi access point, and it connects to 3′s data network, re-broadcasting Internet over standard wi-fi to any wireless-enabled device in range.
A nifty product, and one we’ll be featuring in one of our upcoming podcasts, no doubt.
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!
If you love FrequencyCast, and who doesn’t, please cast your vote for us in the European Podcast Awards 2010
From the 24th of June 2010, o2 will be scrapping the unlimited data plan for new iPhone customers.
As a tech website, it would be remise of us not to mention that here in the UK, it’s National iPad Day.
A reminder that today is “Towel Day“. We hope our listeners all have their towels or modified face flannels stowed in their satchels today.
We’ve just released an audio update to keep you informed on what’s new while we’re working on our June show. Here’s what we cover in the update:
FrequencyCast now has its very own iPhone Application.
Do you own an Internet radio set, such as one of the Pure, Revo or Roberts radios? You may be able to tune in to FrequencyCast.
Still don’t have a Scooby-Doo who to vote for?
FrequencyCast has just released another news update podcast – this time covering loads of HD news, a look at what Google’s been up to, and a rather fun new social networking app for mobile phones called 
With Sky working hard to own the HD market, 
The world’s smartest pen just got a little smarter. In Show 40, we reviewed the Livescribe Pulse Smart Pen, the pen that records voice, and mtahces it to what you’re writing.
3 has just launched MiFi, their mobile wi-fi modem service. Get a Mi-Fi modem for a one-off £70, and use it as a portable wi-fi 802.11 access point. The modem is a combined 3G data modem and wi-fi access point, and it connects to 3′s data network, re-broadcasting Internet over standard wi-fi to any wireless-enabled device in range.
