If you are an Xbox Live and Meteor Mobile customer and need a new phone you need to check this offer out right away.
You can get a reduced plan – 20% off the Smart Classic 4G plan..Check if 4G is in your area first if you wish to avail of the deal.
A free Nokia Lumia 930,wireless speaker and charging plate.
This is a sweet deal head over to the Meteor Website and check the deal out there.this is pretty sweet i have to say and you should look into it..
Thanks to Ross for the tip..
Recently the super budget phone the Nokia130 has been announced and caused a bit of a stir to say the least considered the recent talks about X series and Asha platforms been shelved further down the road so we can almost expect that the Nokia 130 will be the last phone we will see running the Series 30 UI .
Nokia Ireland stated they will not be ranging the 130 here which was a rather disappointing announcement and also rather quickly too,which means they must have a pretty good idea of the roadmap going forward..From a personal standpoint i don’t see why this handset should not be ranged on the networks here,its a perfect phone to bring on travels and holidays and will be popular,it would fit under the category as a throwaway handset.Its cheap,cheerful does plenty and yet you would not miss it if lost,well that may depend on the individual and if they had their SD card installed…
We decided to look further afield on this and made some general enquiries and we have one good news result to report today and hopefully more soon regarding as to the availability of the €19 euro handset which is to be launched soon.It will yet remain to be seen if the handset will retain this price on launch due to various things.
Argos have told us the following,plus we had a brief phone call with them..
As seen in the mail it will be stocked and more info provided as they get it,Subsequently they will also inform us of the info..
Nokia have been the leader of the pack for decades when it comes to devices and hardware,now things are focusing outside the box rather than inside,also today we read that there is tests on how sweat can charge your phone too,recently too we seen that we can power phones with vegetables,so we are slowly moving away from conventional charging its seems,also lets not forget the latest way to charge your device wirelessly.
Researchers at Nokia and Queen Mary University in London believe they have a novel solution to smartphone battery limitations: Instead of trying to improve the battery itself, they’ve figured out how to keep it charged through sound waves.
The key, according to Gizmag, is the use of zinc oxide, whose piezoelectric properties can generate an electrical current from mechanical stress. The researchers started by spraying zinc oxide onto a plastic sheet and heating it in a chemical mixture, creating an array of zinc oxide “nanorods.”
The nanorod sheet bends in response to sound waves, creating enough mechanical stress to generate electricity. Researchers then sandwiched the sheet between layers of aluminum foil to harvest the voltage.
On a prototype device roughly the size of Nokia’s Lumia 925, the researchers were able to generate up to five volts from background noise such as traffic, music and voices. They claim that’s enough help charge a phone, though it’s not clear to what extent.
It’s easy to get excited about these kinds of developments, but keep mind that success in a university lab is a poor indicator of future products. For years, we’ve been hearing about amazing battery research, from the ability to charge electronics with a heartbeat to instant charging technology to entirely new battery chemistry, but none of these advancements have appeared in actual phones that you can buy today. Many of them must address significant hurdles around design, cost, manufacturing and safety before they become practical for the market.
In other words, you’ll have many more realistic reasons to scream at your phone for the foreseeable future.
This may suit many people who shout and scream,been honest i will be looking forward to this method with wireless charging becoming ever so popular this shows some insight as to what lies ahead in the world of mobile phones..
Just for all those who like some extras Freesat have now an app for android devices.
With the Freesat App you can • See 7 days of TV LISTINGS for over 200 free TV and radio channels • Find great shows to watch On TV and On Demand with SHOWCASE RECOMMENDATIONS • SEARCH by programme to easily find the show you want to watch And when you link it to a Freetime box you can also: • RECORD ON THE GO so you never miss a show • TURN YOUR PHONE OR TABLET INTO A REMOTE CONTROL so you can pause, play, fast forward, rewind and change channel • LAUNCH ON DEMAND PROGRAMMING STRAIGHT TO YOUR TV
You can get the app here from the playstore . There has been reports of the app not working on some devices in the republic of Ireland but here this APK will.. Enjoy..
CleverCards is a great new app which lets you send cards straight from your mobile phone or tablet,as the world has become more mobile eccentric its an ideal app to use to send cards even when on the move,you could be sitting on the bus or train going to work and send one of these to that someone special and its a nice gesture too and you can login with either Facebook or email and get to work and pick from a huge selection..
How does it work?
You simply download the app from the respective stores be it Android or iOS,and and work through its simple interface and create your own cards within the app.As you can see below it has an easy menu system to work from and i think users will have no issue with navigating the app itself.
From there then you simply select a friend from your contacts then you select one of the hundreds of premade personalized cards for your family or friends.
You can then also edit the card from both inside giving a more personal touch which is a great idea,you can be creative here or use the standard templates given within the app itself,this also is good as when making cards people sometimes may not know what to say,so this is here for you should you not know.
You can also deliver a real card printed on high-quality card stock to anywhere in the world or send a digital card for FREE via Facebook, email or SMS..
Premium Service.
The new service is now available on the CleverCards iPhone and iPad app. It’s all part of Cleverbug’s new premium service, which is available via an in app subscription purchase and offers unlimited usage of both video and audio for 89c per month or €8.99 per year. Also, more good news that you might be interested in – The premium features will be FREE for all until September 15th 2014.
Premium subscribers will be able to record personal video and audio greetings from within the CleverCards app as well as upload video content from their camera roll. They will also have access to thousands of exclusive e-card designs and be able to share digital greeting cards via Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.
CleverCards will continue to offer its free eCard service, complete with thousands of designs that can be personalised with users’ own photos and text.
Cleverbug helps customers remember and celebrate special occasions with uniquely personalized mobile apps. We have integrated mobile technology, social content and a worldwide printing network to create CleverCards, a best-in-class greeting card app that allows customers to send meaningful cards to anywhere in the world in a matter of minutes.The Cleverbug team is made up of a group of highly talented developers, designers, marketers, analysts and birthday enthusiasts.
We think this is a great idea and this will do well going forward check out the CleverCards website.
And thanks to Gillian Stedman who got in contact with us about the app.
You can download the apps below on Android and iOS
Ronan Coughlan owner of Technically Informed is a big Nokia fan like ourselves and currently is a writer on our sister blog jimbostechblog will also be posting some articles here too and he has a few lined up he has been working on while he was away,we look forward to these posts.
Ronan has been away the last few months undergoing major surgery and is back,not only is he back he is back with a bang sporting the Lumia 530 and the flip case that will go along with it.
Check out the unboxing Ronan done of the Lumia 530 HERE this was his very first you tube post.Now over 3,500 views already.
I ask all my followers to give Ronan a follow on Twitter
Here is the latest installment by Ronan showing us the 530 case his first video was a great success and he is only new to the blogging scene so its a hats off to him from us..
We have had some news on an sms scam thats now starting to go around involving a redirect to the Meteor Mobile account login,this will ask you to fill in your credentials on a false page trying to imitate the meteor login and then redirects you to interflora which is a real website..
We have spoke to interflora ourselves and they have confirmed this is an ongoing issue and they are looking into it immediately.They have initially thought it was a random sms sent that a current customer sent by mistake,this is not the case.We also informed Meteor.
You will get an sms stating you have been sent flowers and requested to follow a link to your meteor login page ,here is what the page looks like which is badly rendered.
Here is what the proper meteor webpage really looks like where you enter your login details
For security reasons we can’t publish the full contact number but it begins with 085 ,we also rang this number and they have told us they have had several calls about this,the number was probably just picked at random.
The link in the sms will look like this below http://met.2fh.co/meteor/met/
The real login link for meteor is – https://my.meteor.ie/meteor/transactional/login
This is somebody looking to get your login details on your meteor account.
IGNORE AT ALL COSTS FOLKS
Meteor have now verified this threat HERE
