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 [...]

Most leaks come from employees that are less than water-tight, clever marketing or just pure out-and-out rumours.
Microsoft has invented a new way of leaking insider knowledge.
Pocketpicks have spotted a Microsoft Job advertisement that manages to spill more product info than their average press release and waggle-tongued employees combined.
It reads:
“Do you dream about having a mobile phone based entertainment experience powered [...]

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 [...]

There’s so many ‘Hello Kitty’ products out there from car tyres to AK47’s, yup, really!
So I tend to let them all drift by and let other sites mention them.
This, however, is pretty noteworthy in a twisted, still a heap of junk, but fun kinda way.
It will cost you $25 and that buys you a Hello [...]

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 [...]

Digg founder Kevin Rose seems to have a finger/pulse interface with Apple.
After unveiling shots of the rumoured next generation iPod nano he’s following up with knowledge of new iTunes features too.
iTunes 8 is widely expected to launch at Apple’s event next week as well as the new iPods.
According to Rose a new source has come [...]

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 [...]

Looks like the new iPods will come on September 9 just as expected.
Apple have sent out invites (mine got lost in the post again it seems) for the event that is taking place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco at 10:00 a.m.
No prizes for guessing that this event is [...]

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 [...]

By the sounds of things Apple are refusing to rest on their laurals as “No. 1 digital Music Retailer”.
There are plans afoot for a more interactive element to the digital albums.
The first artist to take advantage of this is Snow Patrol who are set to release their latest studio offering next month.
According to a Polydor [...]

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 [...]

If you prefer your iPod dock to have more of a retro-anglepoise lamp vibe here’s just the thing!
The Hi-Fi Hi-Light has a built in 6 inch speaker and that all important dock for iPods and even a 3.5mm audio input for other MP3 players.
Its iron and plastic construction comes in a range of colours befitting your study or [...]

Ooooo………sparkly!
Harman-Kardon have released these very fetching cut glass speakers that will sit nicely with the whisky glass that generally sits atop my leather bound bureau. Yup, that’s where I am working right now; in the library in the east wing of my manor house……..
Nuff dreaming!
In reality they have the standard 3.5mm mini-jack connection to pump out the choonz from puter or player.
They produce 56 [...]

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 [...]

It’s finally been announced that Sony’s cute dancing MP3 player, aka Rolly, has been given the nod for its European launch!.
It’s said that it will go on sale in October but there’s no price info yet - In the States the gadget costs around the $400 mark so if all things were equal it should [...]

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 [...]

It’s time for your iPod/iPhone and Sony to take on Sonos!
Sony’s new S-AIRPLAY system will allow users to create a wireless multi-room solution without “complicated setup requirements.”
You’ll be able to whack in your your iPod or iPhone into the device and then can stream that music up to a distance of 50 meters around your [...]