Mighty Gadget

• Verbatim Store ‘n Go Plus: Rugged keychain thumbdrive January 27, 2012
  Thumb drives maybe going out of fashion for some people but they still are very handy, especially if you carry one with you all the time, allowing you to easily share files (legally), and backup work date without worrying about an internet connection. Unfortunately it is too easy to lose drives, we have lost hundreds [...]Post from: Mighty Gadget - Gadget an […]
• Is this Apple’s plan for the textbook market? January 21, 2012
  Looking at Apple’s education announcement and the later statements by McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw that; 1.  school boards would have to pay the $14.99USD “pilot pricing” per year per student and. 2.a paper text book costs $75.00USD per book and is replaced once every five years or so, and that Mr. McGraw expected to make [...]Post from: Mighty Gadget - Gadg […]
• Apple announces iBook 2 for US schools. Will the UK follow? January 21, 2012
  Thursday, Apple announced the release of iBooks2  and iBooks Author; new and free textbook reading  and authoring tools.  Apple also revealed a partnership to create and sell low cost interactive textbooks with the big three textbook publishers that account for 90% of the sales of textbooks to the first 13 grades of American schools, known as K-12. [...]Post […]
• First Intel Medfield Smartphone revealed, the Lenovo K800 January 11, 2012
  What could possibly be one of the bigger announcements at CES this year Intel and Lenevo have announced the first Intel Medfield powered smartphone the Lenovo K800. While details of the specification are slim right now we know that the phone has a 4.5-inch 720p display and rear 8 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash. There [...]Post from: Mighty Gadget - Gad […]
• Roku Players set to land in United Kingdom and Ireland in late January January 11, 2012
  Wanting to hook up Netflix to the new flatscreen? Well the job just got easier with the announcement of the debut of the Roku box in the UK and Ireland today.  Currently available for preorder only through Amazon, the little box that has allowed so many in the US to cut  cable or satellite bills by streaming content over [...]Post from: Mighty Gadget - Gadge […]
• Kindle Fire about to light up in the UK? January 10, 2012
  Tech blog site Know Your Mobile recently reported that Amazon is getting ready to roll out the Kindle Flame in the UK according to the inevitable “source close to the launch”. The 7 inch tablet has been taking the US by storm, selling for about half the price of the Apple iPad. In fact, the [...]Post from: Mighty Gadget - Gadget and Technology BlogKindle Fir […]
• Large Screen OLED TVs finally on their way January 10, 2012
  2012 looks to be the year we finally start seeing some decent size OLED TVs, 3 years after the launch of the ridiculous Sony XEL-1 OLED TV which had a meagre 11” screen and a giant £3,489 price tag! At CES it looks like both Samsung and LG will be announcing a 55” OLED TV, [...]Post from: Mighty Gadget - Gadget and Technology BlogLarge Screen OLED TVs finall […]
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Review November 17, 2011
  Recently Three lent us a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play to review, which ironically isn’t even available on Three anymore, but anyway we decided to review it as the phone is excellently priced at around £150 – £200 sim free at the moment. When his was this was released Sony were asking for iPhone-esque prices so [...]Post from: Mighty Gadget - Gadget and Technolo […]
• The benefits of mobile conference calling November 3, 2011
  Conference calling is booming in the business world, such is its versatility and efficiency in keeping operations running smoothly. This is exactly why there are so many conference call providers out there putting everything into make everyday business that little bit easier. The efficient business function has now arrived in the world of mobile technology, […]
• Hard Drive Shortages Lead to Higher Prices-And SSDs in the Cloud? October 24, 2011
  The recent flooding reported in Thailand is definitely going to impact the computer hard drive supply for at least the next six months, with Western Digital reporting that as much as a fifty percent reduction in production.  Western Digital’s main facility is mostly under water, and precision tools and clean rooms do not respond well [...]Post from: Mighty G […]