Jay Garrett’s Gadget News

According to The Telegraph the HTC Dream Google Android handset will be arriving to this fair isle thanks to T-Mobile in November.
To my knowledge this is the first sign that we’ll be getting this much lauded handset in the UK.
The Telegraph has this to say:
 
Its arrival in Britain will mark the next phase of Google’s attempts to dominate new [...]

I’ve already mentioned that LG’s KC-910 is set for October and that it will be sporting the 8 meg snapper and 3″ touchy screen.
Here’s a smattering of other specs that this octomeg eye’d soon-to-be new flagship will be loaded with (even though it’s rear aint as pretty as it could’ve been in my opinion).
Quadband GSM [...]

Ars Technica has changed its mind after saying that iTunes 8 won’t be on stage at Apple’s Let’s Rock September 9 event.
So I’m taking it that iTunes 8 will be available then.
Not only that but they’re saying Apple will also release the iPhone 2.1 update that in theory will fix the apparently large password [...]

Sony Ericsson has a ‘mines better than yours’ concept to blow raspberries at the other camera phones.
It would become your mobile phone, still-camera, video recorder, PDA and music player.
This concept phone has a bit of a twist to it.  Literally!
To lock it or use it you have to twist the movable base.  As well as this novelty it packs a 5 [...]

So, you have a Wi-Fi enabled mobile and you’re wanting to check up on what goodies this site has to offer before you get on the train or plane.
You open up your browser and select the airport or stations Wi-Fi only to be sent to a ‘Pay To Browse Page’ - NOOOOOOOoooooooooooo………..
Here’s a neat trick [...]

Nokia has finally announced that their much anticipated flagship (since February!) N96 has now started shipping so it’s likely to appear a month earlier than the previously thought October date.
If you need reminding it boasts a TV tuner, 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, turn-by-turn voice navigation, 16GB of internal memory that can be increased [...]

The Electric Pig has had a chat with Spore and Sim City creator, Will Wright, who has just revealed that the iPhone version of Spore would go live on Apple’s app store this Friday!
FTW!!!!!!
Spore is the ambitious new life simulator from Wright & co that has been developed over the last 7 years.
I think it probably goes without saying [...]

Sony Ericsson are following the iPhone’s lead and have today published their Software Developer Kit (SDK) for the lovely Xperia X1.
The X1 can be personalised through its neat nine panel user interface.
Developers can use the Windows Mobile SDK, free of charge, to produce a wide variety of panels.
The Sony Ericsson SDK for Windows Mobile 6.1 [...]

Motorola is the kinda company that likes to try something a bit…….different.
They’re still being different with the  MOTOJEWEL.
Yup - another MOTO phone in capitals!
It’s a clamshell blower with an eye-catching angular shape (take that HTC Diamond!) and it has some decent stuff beneath that faceted exterior.
Available exclusively from The Carphone Warehouse and I’m betting pretty [...]

O2’s just revealed the results of its first NFC trial.
This is the jobby that allows you to pay for things using the wireless power of your mobile blower.
The next phase is to whack this tech into the SIM cards themselves so that more phones can be used as a mobile wallet.
Declaring the trial a [...]

At last!
The UK gets something first :p
Not that I’m bitter, but us folks here in Blighty get very little before anyone else and usually most tech actually reaches us a good 6 months down the line with the added bonus of a few extra quid slapped on the price just for the privilege!
Nokia are set [...]

For all those waiting for the details of the iPhone PAYG package - here it is; and it’s before Christmas too!!!
I feel that I have to warn you though - it aint cheap!
£349 for the 8GB version and £399 for the 16GB - GULP!
Your cash will get you unlimited browsing and WiFi for the first [...]

The word on the interblogweb street is that Apple’s iPhone 3G is getting yet another software update this month, speeding up its operating system and ironing out security and GPS bugs.
According to AppleInsider, the handset’s lagging contacts list (something I’ve noticed but just put down to the many contacts I have) will be fixed by [...]

If, like me, you still think that the iPhone is a work of art and that the standard Apple dock is a tad perfunctionary then have I got news for you.
ASD have a real neat looking docking station that makes the 3Gesus phone look more like an art piece on a display stand - Click [...]

Yup - me reviewing a book!
I was as amazed as the rest of you when Liz from publishers Dorling Kindersley sent me this particular tome to read and review for this site!
But once I got it in my hands all became clear.
Cool Stuff Exploded sounds a tad dangerous and pretty much bad news for the [...]

Those people over at Phone Report have listed all the specs of the upcoming HTC Dream and even popped their own comments afterwards.
They also seem to have got artist Neo Carlo Magno, from Neoworxspace to work on a ‘perhaps this is what it will look like’ rendering - looks kinda tasty if you ask me [...]

TheElectricPig have a very cool article and listed their favourite 5 iPhone applications for all you Londoners.
Some I’ve already mentioned before but there’s some other great gems.
They cover all from helping you select a restaurant, GPS tagging your ride so that you can find it again through to weather reports (how very British).
TubeStatus (£free)
Urban Spoon [...]

LG KC910 have now added an 8-meg camera phone to their stable.
The octo-meg camera is aided by a Xenon flash and your handiwork can be viewed upon its 3″ screen and the blower is a mere 14mm thick.
Memory is aided by a MicroSD slot that gobble up any size upto an 8 Gig card.
No pricing info [...]

Over at BoyGeniusReports they’ve managed to get hold of images and specs of Samsung’s upcoming A837 cellphone.
It’s a quad-band, HSDPA-enabled phone, with push-to-talk, aGPS, MP3 player, Bluetooth and a 1.3-megapixel cam.
That all sounds fairly run-of-the-mill so far yeah?
Well, I reckon the military-spec design and toughness will make it stand out from all of those similar phones - but [...]

Everyone of a certain age that marvelled at the 3D projected scene in the first screened Star Wars film have longed to see a mini Princess utter those immortal words, “Help me Obi-wan Knobe, You’re my only hope” in real life.
Well, if you have an iPhone it’s about to become a reality (well, kinda).
iHologram has been [...]