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RSS gadget in newsSat-navs driving motorists to distraction
News The gadget has also caused motorists to infringe the Highway Code, get lost and be late for appointments, according to a survey of more than 2,000 motorists for insurance company Direct Line. A substantial chunk of survey respondents also found sat... [22 Jul 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News Mobile social networking is also popular with many gadget-owning Brits, the survey conducted by ICM Research and the London School of Economics (LSE) for mobile operator Vodafone has found. Britain is fast becoming a nation peopled by hunchbacked... [17 Jul 2008]
BA launches iPhone app for frequent flyers
News The app enables customers to view the BA timetable, get real-time travel arrival and departure info and book flights - all on their Apple gadget. British Airways has launched an app for the 3G iPhone aimed at frequent flyers. [11 Jul 2008]
And the designer of the next great gadget is? - You
News Apple's style gurus should watch their backs because the killer-gadgets of the future will be devised by none other than Joe Public say analysts. Within five years its the customers that could be whipping up the latest gadgets from their living... [11 Jul 2008]
iPhone out of stock after £100 price cut
News A £100 cut in the price of the entry-level iPhone has seen the touchscreen gadget flying off shelves in the UK. An 8GB iPhone now costs £169, while the 16GB version costs £329 - but many O2 and Carphone Warehouse outlets have now sold out of both. [02 May 2008]
iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...
News By contrast, Apple iPhone users' lust for their gadget is more wide-ranging - with the largest proportion enthusing about its ability to combine several different functions. This was cited by more than half (56 per cent) of owners surveyed - and... [30 Apr 2008]
Apple profits up thanks to Mac, iPhone and iPod
News Apple is expected to launch a faster iPhone model in a few months, to address a major complaint about the gadget, especially in Europe. Apple yesterday posted a 36 per cent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Mac computers, iPod... [24 Apr 2008]
Facebook for BlackBerry racks up a million hits
News BlackBerry users have racked up more than one million downloads of a Facebook app in the five months since it launched. Facebook for BlackBerry - which is free to download and launched on 24 October last year - allows users to perform a variety of... [02 Apr 2008]
Workaholic Brits can't find the off switch
News Meanwhile, BlackBerry addicts may be a little less in thrall of their devices than the average gadget-wielding UK worker. Is the mobile love affair over? The majority of Brits believe portable technology has had a negative effect on work/life... [19 Mar 2008]
silicon.com Classics: The iPod and BlackBerry lost property mountain
News Click here for the full photo tour of the gadget lost property mountain. The latest in our weekly look back through the classic stories of the last decade in the silicon.com archive is a peek inside the lost property depot of Transport for London... [05 Mar 2008]
Poll: MP3 player king of commuter gadgets
News The MP3 player has been named the most popular gadget for passing the time on the daily commute by silicon.com readers. Perhaps surprisingly, the next most popular answer (30 per cent) was from people saying they don't use any gadget when they... [08 Feb 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News The annual CES consumer gadget extravaganza in Las Vegas was by all accounts something of a damp squib this year, despite it being the swansong for Microsoft's Bill Gates. Inevitably the post-Christmas January blues prompts many people into looking... [30 Jan 2008]
Bill Gates sings at CES for one last time
News This year, Gates' most notable gadget is a "mobile navigator" that can be used to point at a person or place and get more information. In his annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) address, the Microsoft chairman demonstrated a slew of fashionable... [07 Jan 2008]
Stories of the month - November 2007
News But the iPhone UK launch was met with a warmer reception among consumers (especially among a few die-hard fans who braved the cold to queue outside the Apple store overnight) - read all the silicon.com coverage of the gadget everyone is talking... [29 Nov 2007]
Poll: The most expensive gadgets lost are...
News Asked which is the priciest gadget they've lost, mobile phones came top with almost two-fifths (37 per cent) of respondents admitting they're the most expensive devices they've misplaced. Mobile phones are the most expensive gadgets which get lost... [27 Nov 2007]
