Stuart Miles News Archive

PHOTOS: Barnes and Noble Nook

Barnes and Noble today confirmed rumours of its ebook, and with it took the fledgling device market into overdrive, Pocket-lint was on hand to grab a play and some pictures.

Up until now ebooks have featured just the one screen, this Nook takes this to the next...

Barnes & Noble Nook released

Barnes and Noble has let slip details of its much rumoured ebook launch on its own website hours before an official announcement.

In what seems like a slip up, the book seller has detailed the features of the new product including images, and price ($259).

Called...

Apple's been showing you the finger longer than you think

Apple has placed the final piece of the "touch" puzzle today with the launch of a new mouse, called the Magic mouse, that has no buttons.

In a move that to many has gone unnoticed, Apple has over the last 6 years slowly been educating its faithful to embrace touch...

Apple Magic Mouse ditches buttons in favour of touch

Apple, as predicted, has announced a new mouse today that features the company's multi-touch technology rather than using a scroll wheel.

The new mouse, which for legal reasons has had to drop the "mighty" namesake will be called the Magic Mouse instead.

"Instead...

Limited Edition Black Nintendo Wii announced

First it was the Nintendo Wii Remote and Nunchuk going black, now Nintendo has confirmed the whole console will be getting a black lick of paint in time for Christmas in the UK.

The company has said that it will be launching a Black Wii bundle for Euorpe on Tuesday...

Barnes & Noble Nook leaked

Barnes & Noble is expected to launch a new ebook, called the Nook, today in New York according to sources who've seen a yet unannounced advert.

According to both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, the device will feature a colour touchscreen display...

Apple: Most profitable quarter ever

The world might be struggling following on from the fall out of the economic downturn that then became the worldwide recession, but that hasn't stopped Apple boasting its most "profitable quarter ever" suggesting they are charging customers too much for the latest must...

TV streaming has mobile operators running scared

The days of the mobile phone being just a device for making emergency calls are far behind us, but while most of us have handsets that can at least play music or download our email on the go, the biggest fear now facing mobile phone operators and carriers around the world...

250GB PS3 Slim heading to USA

Sony has confirmed that it will be bringing the 250GB PS3 slim, already confirmed and available in Europe, to the US in November.

"Today, we announced the availability of a new PS3 system with a 250GB hard drive hitting store shelves on November 3". Sony wrote...

Lists come to Twitter...

Twitter has started to roll out its Lists feature to some twitter users, allowing them to create lists of their favourite or most relevant twitter folk.

The new offering, which isn't available to everyone at the moment, gives the opportunity for those lucky enough...

Balloon boy: 6 year old trapped in helium balloon

A 6-year-old boy, Falcon Heene, was trapped in a helium balloon on Thursday in a 2-and-a-half-hour long unexpected flight. 

Rescue services in Colorado, near Fort Collins in the US, tracked the home-made UFO in an attempt to save a 6-year-old who was trapped inside. The...

Nokia Comes with Music struggling to gain users

If Nokia wasn't already reeling from a poor Q3 earnings report, then news leaked out to Music Ally probably won't help lift their mood either.

According to documents shown to the music industry website, Nokia has managed to sign up just 107,000 customers to its...

PHOTOS: Command and Conquer Red Alert for iPhone

Remember Command and Conquer Red Alert back from your gaming heydays of the mid 90s? Thought you did and that is clearly what  EA are hoping for, with the launch of an iPhone edition in the next couple of weeks.

Of course Pocket-lint was there to grab a quick...

EA iPhone 3GS optimised games inbound

EA has said that where relevant it will include graphical optimisation for the iPhone 3GS in its games for the phone platform.

The news comes as the company is gearing up to release a number of games in the next couple of weeks including NBA Live, which will have...

Palm Pre: 5 reason to want, 5 reasons to avoid

After what seems like an eternity of waiting the Palm Pre is finally here in the UK, but should you sign up for the new webOS-sporting smartphone available from Palm? Here are five reasons you should sign on the dotted line, and five reasons why you should steer clear.

Blackberry Storm 2 unofficially official

RIM will officially launch the BlackBerry Storm 2 in both America and the UK on Thursday.

The news, broken by Wall Street Journal tech reporter Walt Mossberg, ahead of an official announcement from RIM, means we get some of the details ahead of an expected official...

VIDEO: Nikon D3S in action

With an ISO settings of over 100,000 you would expect the new Nikon D3S to be able to capture shots in the dark, and that's what this video sets out to show. 

Shot by photographer Vincent Munier and titled Summer Variations, the footage was shot in Norway and...

Barnes & Noble ebook pictures supposedly appear

Gizmodo is claiming to have exclusive pictures of the Barnes and Noble ebook expected to be announced on 20 October in New York.

Although details are sketchy and the images themselves are artist renders probably more at home on Yanko design, nonetheless what ebook...

Nintendo Wii Remote goes black

Just in time for the holidays, US gamers will now be able to get their hands on a black Wii Remote and Nunchuk for the Nintendo Wii rather than just white.

Once the in colour, it seems black is the new cool with the new controllers hitting America on 16 November.

The...

Michael Dell: Netbook novelty wears off fast

Michael Dell has slammed the netbook saying that while it's on everyone's wish list the excitement soon fades once they get it home.

"If you take a user who's used to a 14- or 15-inch notebook and you say 'Here's a 10-inch netbook,' they're gonna say 'Hey, this...

What the Google Street View car could have looked like

Google might have its camera-van recording everything it sees as it drives around cities across the world, but it's got nothing on this van.

Covered in over 2700 cameras (yes you read that right), the van has been created to promote a new film called Automorphosis,...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 announced

The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards are back letting you know what the best products of 2009 really are.

Now in its 6th year, the Pocket-lint Awards, thought to be the longest running in the UK, pick the best gadgets and gizmos from the last year.

Pocket-lint's...

WikiReader gadget puts Wikipedia in your hand for $99

A new gadget that is hoping to let people access the 3 million odd articles on Wikipedia away from the computer has been launched in the US. 

If you find yourself always reading Wikipedia this might just be the gadget for you. Called the WikiReader the handheld...

Cyberbike brings exercise bike accessory to Nintendo Wii

The Nintendo Wii is about to get two new fitness accessories, Cyberbike and Wii dumbbells.

If Wii fit or EA Active wasn't enough to entice you into doing exercise with your games console, games developers, Bigben Interactive, are hoping its two very different...

Google Voice asks users to invite a friend

Want in on Google Voice? Better start being nice to a friend who is already using the service.

That's right, Google, who is still struggling to meet invite requests for its Google Wave beta, is now letting current users dish out invites to their mates to get them...