Gadgety News

T-Mobile has finally announced that the official U.K release date will be the 30th October.

Pre-orders for the Google G1 have already notched up 25,000 in the U.K already!

It seems a global buzz is defying the predictions of some analysts.

The HTC manufactured handset is expected to notch up 600,000 sales by the end of the year, which will give the iPhone some stiff competition for the expectant busy Christmas period.

In the words of Harry Hill……..

FIGHT!!!!!

You got £400 and would like a touch-screen desktop puter?

How about this little thing from ASUS.

Another machine from the ever increasing Eee range is finally showing signs realisation thanks to a pre-order page hosted up at Play.com.

The all white slab packs a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 15.6-inch LCD, Windows XP Home, a 1.3-megapixel camera, built-in stereo speakers, WiFi, a range of ports and an integrated graphics set.

The current release date is set for November 20th, though we all know how those go.

Slap down £399.99 ($685) and you should get one in just over a month.

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 to 24GB with an optional microSD card, “superior sound and music”, N-Gage gaming and a 2.8-inch display.

Nokia says that first shipments of the device have started and it will be available with an estimated retail price of 550 euros (about £450) before taxes, subsidies and those other niceties.

In the UK, operators and retailers are due to be 3, Carphone Warehouse, Orange, Phones4U, T-Mobile and Vodafone.

You can order your own direct from Nokia. The store still offers it as a pre-order at the moment, but that’s likely because they’re clearing the backlog of existing orders before listing it properly.

Rejoyce!

Step back into the light and away from The Dark Side.

Light your path with this pretty funky Star Wars Lightsaber LED Torch.

Switch on this full sized replica and not only will it throw purifying blue light forth from the ultra bright LED, but you also get the trademark power-up noise.

Features:

• Full size replica Lightsaber style LED Torch
• Ultra bright blue LED never needs replacing
• Authentic sound effects when turning on/off

Get one now at Gadgets.co.uk

You fancy an mini/slim pc but love the DIY aspect - you probably made your own desktop before already.

How about going and getting yourself a barebone MSI Wind system from Newegg for $140?

No, not the laptop!

It’s one of the first desktop systems to use Intel’s power-sipping Atom processor (1.6GHz).

You’ll need to add RAM (it uses laptop RAM) and a hard drive to this kit, and maybe even a little Wi-Fi card as it has a mini PCI slot if you’re feeling like going the whole hog.

The board itself has an internal Compact Flash slot that shares an IDE channel, so you could stick a big CF card in there instead of a hard drive.  Sweet!

Here’s the linkage: MSI Wind PC Intel 945GC 1 x 200Pin Intel GMA 950 Black Barebone

Oh Pants!

That was my exlaimation when the lovely and helpful lady from the Carphone Warehouse told me that I would not be able to upgrade to the 3G iPhone unless I paid the remainding 12 months of line rental (£420) with O2 through them to close the contract.

Or, I could lower my tarrif from £35, to £30 then to £25 over 3 months and then pay off the new amount of £255 for the remainder of my contract.

I’ve usually had great deals from CPW but they are not selling the iPhone as the deal is that the new 3G blower is only available direct from O2 even though there are details and links on the CPW site.

So, I can go for the 8GB (I wanted the 16GB) version and pay 2 lots of contracts for 3 months and fork out 250 notes in October or just wait a year; a year of yearning and green eyes as others flaunt their new Apple phones and taunt me with all the goodies that it presents.

So, as I said earlier.

Pants!

Any ideas?  Any insider knowledge or help that you can provide would be more than helpful!

Yours in perpetual jealousy.

Jay