I4U News

Microsoft Gives Xbox Live Gold Free for a Week

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:58:51 GMT

Microsoft is getting into the holiday spirit already and has announced that they will give Xbox Live silver members a little taste of the Gold life. For a week, Silver members will be able to play using the gold service. The free week starts on November...

Ofcom to Look at TV White Spaces

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:58:36 GMT

Ofcom has pledged that it will investigate potential customer uses for unoccupied radio waves between TV stations known as white spaces. The spaces are typically used by TV stations and can travel long distances and pass through walls. The white spaces ...

Orange and Twitter Team Up for MMS Tweets

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:54:57 GMT

Orange has announced that it has teamed up with Twitter to allow users to post Tweets using MMS for the first time ever. Orange subscribers will be able to update Twitter via MMS and receive Tweets via text messages as well. Both Vodafone and 02 offer T...

Modern Warfare 2 Takes Top Spot on Game Charts

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:45:24 GMT

The latest game charts are out for the UK and as expected Modern Warfare 2 has taken the top spot as the best selling game of the week. The game sold 1.78 million units in the UK in the first five days it was available. It generated £67.4 million in s...

PS3 Update Adds Facebook Integration

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:39:53 GMT

The PS3 has been getting some new features recently that add lots of value to the console. The biggest is the new Netflix service for on-demand movies. It looks like Facebook integration is also coming to the console with some new pictures that have hit th...

Patch for Modern Warfare 2 on PS3 Incoming

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:07:50 GMT

The latest installment in the Call of Duty Franchise called Modern Warfare 2 launched this week. The game is widely expected to have one of the biggest game launches of all time and to rack up impressive sales numbers this holiday season. Infinity Ward,...

Sky Sports Available For O2 Apple iPhone Customers

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:48:54 GMT

O2 announced today that the new Sky Mobile TV app, available to all Apple iPhone customers through the App Store, will be available on Wi-Fi free for the first three months for the first 150,000 iPhone customers on O2. The app allows customers to watch a...

Phones 4U Gets Exclusive White Nokia N97 Mini

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:46:45 GMT

Phones 4U has landed an exclusive color for the Nokia N97 Mini handset in pure white. The device can be had for free for European customers at GBP35 monthly on the orange network. The device packs all the features expected in the N97 Mini. The handset h...

O2 Offers Total Connectivity For iPhone Customers

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:28:55 GMT

O2 announced the iPhone Total Connectivity Bolt On today, which allows new and existing iPhone customers to purchase the iPhone Internet Tethering bolt-on and receive the standard O2 Home Broadband package completely free. Pay Monthly iPhone customers...

Nokia Recalls 14 Million Phone Chargers

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:46:05 GMT

Nokia has issued a recall on 14 million mobile phone chargers that were manufactured by a third party. According to Nokia, the chargers could malfunction and cause an electric shock to the user. Nokia reports that the replacement of the chargers is a pr...