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Pocket-lint: Scheduled maintenance
3 November 2009, 8am GMT 2 November 2009 15:06 GMT
Due to server maintenance Pocket-lint will be taken offline for a short period tomorrow, 3 November 2009, from approximately 8am GMT.

With the work due to take around 20 minutes, we should be back up and running in plenty of time for the site to be available...
Access Pocket-lint on your phone
Keep in touch with the latest news away from your computer 24 July 2009 20:25 GMT
We know you can't get enough of Pocket-lint, but that doesn't mean when you are away from your computer you have to go without the latest gadget and technology news.

The mobile version of Pocket-lint has been designed to be super mobile phone friendly, giving...
Pocket-lint London meet-up: Thanks for coming
Linters out in force 21 May 2009 11:10 GMT
Pocket-linters turned out in full force on Wednesday for the first London Pocket-lint meet-up to talk gadgets and tech with the Pocket-lint team.

A surprise cocktail deal at the bar managed to get the party going, with plenty of drink consumed by all [yes my...
Pocket-lint comments hit 10,000
It's good to talk and thank you for all your comments 20 May 2009 14:00 GMT
We've been so busy launching new features on the site that we didn't realise that earlier in the week we smashed through the 10,000 comment marker.

It's been almost a year to the day that we launched comments on Pocket-lint and judging by the numbers it's been...
Pocket-lint launches 4000 homepages
SITE NEWS: New features added to the site 12 May 2009 22:56 GMT
We admit it, we cover a lot at Pocket-lint, everything from cameras to phones, MP3 players to home cinema systems, so making sure you get the information that you are interested in, and none of the information that you are not, is important to us.

8 months...
Pocket-lint London meet up
Join us for a beer and all the gadget talk you can handle 11 May 2009 15:40 GMT
Pocket-lint is having a London get together giving you a chance to meet the Pocket-lint team in a bar in Soho.

Whether you're an avid fan of the site, in public relations, work for a technology-related company or are a journalist, now is your chance to join...
Popular reviews
SITE NEWS: New homepage module to try out 24 April 2009 0:56 GMT
Here at Pocket-lint we often get asked what's the hottest piece of kit we're playing with, well from today you can now see.

Following feedback from you, the reader, we have launched yet another new feature on Pocket-lint. This time it's a new module on our...
Pocket-lint "coming to America"
SITE NEWS: Setting up US office 23 April 2009 11:19 GMT
From June Pocket-lint will be reporting from New York, as well as London, bringing you news from America as it happens.

As the world becomes smaller, and our readership bigger, we acknowledge that getting you the biggest stories as they happen means we have...
Tools have moved
SITE NEWS: Seems we were being too subtle 20 April 2009 13:56 GMT
"You can print any article as a PDF?" Yep, that's right, you have been able to do so for quite some time for all our news and reviews on Pocket-lint, however, it seems that some readers have found our icons to tell you about how you can share a story a little to subtle....
Pocket-lint.co.uk to become Pocket-lint.com
SITE NEWS: We are going international 2 March 2009 8:26 GMT
6 years ago when I started the site we had a handful of visitors in our first couple of months. The Internet was young and so were we.

It was a time before cloud computing, before accessing the web on your phone, before technology and gadgets went mainstream....
Five ways to follow news and reviews on Pocket-lint
Get the information you want quickly 20 January 2009 17:28 GMT
There are plenty of ways to track Pocket-lint. You can do it online, on your mobile, via email, RSS readers, Twitter, it's almost endless. Here are the ways to stay in touch with the site:

Company or subject pages
You can track all news stories and reviews...
Pocket-lint to bring you news on tech deals
SITE NEWS: Money saving deals, offers and innovations 2 January 2009 14:11 GMT
Feeling the pinch of all this economic downturn and credit crunch? Well, fret not dear readers for Pocket-lint is here to offer you salvation.

Every weekday we will be offering you ways you can save money in 2009.

In a recent poll on the site,...
Poll: Do we use our phones to check news?
The results are in from the latest Pocket-lint reader survey 5 December 2008 15:10 GMT
Mobile phones are becoming increasingly web-enabled with more full-featured services than the older WAP style browsing would allow. Because of this, owners are consuming more content on the go.

We were interested to see whether Pocket-lint readers accessed...
Pocket-lint launches "compare prices" section
SITE NEWS: Let us help you find the best deals on the web 29 November 2008 11:11 GMT
We know how you like to get a bargain, so that's why here at Pocket-lint we've teamed up with Shopping.com to bring you a price comparison site so you can find the best deals on the web without having to dig for them.

When we launched the new designed Pocket-lint...
Pocket-lint to offer Credit Crunch Christmas gift guide
24 days of good value gadgetry in the run up to Christmas Eve 28 November 2008 18:00 GMT
Merry Christmas to you. This Yuletide, rather than the tired, "for your gran...", "for your parakeet...", style Christmas gift guides, Pocket-lint will bring you an Advent calendar of Christmas goodies that are particularly budget-friendly.

Every day between...
Pocket-lint goes mobile
SITE NEWS: Get all the latest gadget news and reviews on the go at m.pocket-lint.co.uk 10 October 2008 10:30 GMT
When we announced the new look Pocket-lint with all its module loveliness we said we had more things to tell you about in the future, and guess what, today is that day.

Not content with bringing you all the latest news and reviews on your desktop browser, we've...
VIDEO: Pocket-lint homepage tutorial
A guided tour of the new features on the site 1 October 2008 0:29 GMT
Unsure about how to get the most our new homepage? Check out the video above to see a live walkthrough.

Homepage modules
We write a lot of news and reviews on a daily basis here at Pocket-lint covering lots of subjects. In September alone we've written...
COMMENT: Is the Nintendo Wii winning the console war?
We ask Pocket-lint readers if the system is just a fad... 18 July 2008 14:15 GMT
With just-released data coming in suggesting that Nintendo's Wii is the top-selling video game console in the United States with 10.9 million units shifted, we thought we'd reveal whether the Pocket-lint readership thinks the system is here to stay.

In the...
Photo news and reviews channel changes to "Cameras"
Please update your feeds 15 July 2008 17:52 GMT
From today the "Photo" news and reviews section on Pocket-lint has been renamed "Cameras".

If you are following the Photo channel on one of our many RSS feeds, have alerts set up, or have personalised your homepage to show Photo news and reviews you will need...
63% of Pocket-lint readers not getting iPhone 3G today
And tales of woe from those who tried hard to do so... 11 July 2008 16:20 GMT
On what could be described as a frustrating day for early adopters in the UK, in our latest poll, we asked the Pocket-lint readership whether they were planning to pick up an iPhone 3G today.

It seems that 63% of Pocket-lint readers weren't planning to brave...
Microsoft to begin multi-million dollar Vista ad campaign
As two-thirds of Pocket-lint readers say just give up 9 July 2008 14:15 GMT
Microsoft is to begin a multi-million dollar advertising campaign to promote the Vista operating system, as an executive admits the current Apple "Get a Mac" adverts have "caused some impact".

However, the most recent Pocket-lint reader poll suggests this could...
Two-thirds of Pocket-lint readers holding back on Blu-ray
Price still the big issue for next-gen disc format 30 May 2008 16:44 GMT
Although the news hot out of Japan suggests that Toshiba may have one last shot to fire in the next-gen format war with some mysterious new DVD upscaling tech, right now to all intents and purposes the Blu-ray/HD DVD format war is over.

So have consumers rushed...
Are you using all the features on Pocket-lint?
Stacks more stuff on the site than just the latest news and reviews 23 May 2008 15:30 GMT
There are so many features now on Pocket-lint that we thought it might be a good time to remind you about all the benefits we can offer beyond our breaking news and reviews.

Listed below are some of the best:

Alerts
Did you know you can get...
Pocket-lint gets commenting
Have your say on our stories 15 May 2008 11:54 GMT
It's good to comment on things isn't it? What's the weather like? What rumours are around on the Internet? Or even what you think of a story we've written.

Well now you can on all news and reviews stories on Pocket-lint. That's right, we've added comments to...
VIDEO: Pocket-lint in brawl with Motorola
We give them the smack down 1 May 2008 10:20 GMT
Pocket-lint got in to a brawl with Motorola on Wednesday night at the launch of its new phone.

Annoyed by criticism over its new handset, the Moto Z10, a Motorola henchman attacked Stuart Miles, editor of the gadget site, when his back was turned only to get...