Porsche AG suing Crocs, Inc over Cayman Sandals
Porsche AG is no stranger when it comes to them fighting to safeguard its intellectual property, they would have had many cases where they would have had to protect its trademark in the time that they have been building vehicles. We recently learned that Porsche AG is suing Crocs, Inc for use of the name Cayman. Read more
GM and Opel Unit: Plans made by General Motors
November 4, 2009
Filed under Autos
General Motors have been making a number of plans over its Opel unit in recent months; the most recent was GM deciding to keep the European outfit and not sell it to Canada’s Magna, which is backed by a Russian group. This has come as a huge shock after months of negotiations. Read more
Motorola Droid Cell Phone and MILESTONE Differences
November 3, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
We already know that the Motorola Droid is the first Google Android cell phone to come on to the Verizon network, we also learned that the Droid will be released in Europe under a different, the MILESTONE. We know that there will be a few differences from the U.S. and European counterpart, but what are they. Read more
Droid cell phone becomes Motorola MILESTONE
November 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones, Handsets
The Motorola Droid is to be named the MILESTONE in Germany when it is released on the O2 network. According to BGR, Germany’s O2 website released some details on this new handset; the biggest detail is the €404.20 retail price of the MILESTONE for corporate customers. Read more
BlackBerry Storm 2 and Bold 9700: Australian Release
October 18, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
Whenever we discuss cell phone releases we normally cover the U.S., UK and Europe, but what about those in Australia. Well we can tell you that the two most talked about phones in recent weeks will be offered to Australian’s next month as well, we can only be talking about the BlackBerry Storm and Bold 9700 (Bold 2) from RIM. Read more
T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 2 (9700) Official: November Release
October 15, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
RIM and T-Mobile had hoped to keep the release of the BlackBerry 9700 a secret, but it seems that everyone and their dog knew about the upcoming release of the Bold 2. We now have conformation that the 9700 is due for release on T-Mobile Germany in November, as they now have the device up on their website. Read more
BlackBerry Storm 2: RIM end Vodafone Exclusivity
October 15, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
In 2008, Vodafone enjoyed the total exclusivity it had with the BlackBerry Storm, and they will once again enjoy that with the new BlackBerry Storm 2, but only for two weeks. There are reports that RIM has ended Vodafone’s exclusivity deal, as other UK networks will be able to offer their customers the second-generation Storm handset. Read more
GSM Palm Pre: Available in Germany for €481
October 13, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
The new GSM Palm Pre has been in the planning for some time now, but we can now reveal that the handset is ready for pre-order in Germany. We mentioned in a recent post that the GSM Palm Pre would be launched in the UK on October 16. Read more
New VW Beetle in 2012: Gets bigger back seats
October 13, 2009
Filed under Autos
Back in 1998 VW decided to bring back an icon, what we got was the “New Beetle”. This proved a very popular decision and sales figures went through the roof, but Volkswagen has seen those sales figures steadily drop to almost nothing. Read more
New BMW 0 Series: Between 1 Series and Mini
October 8, 2009
Filed under Autos
For years the BMW 3 Series was known as the smaller car from the German automaker, but that all changed with the 1 Series. Then there is the Mini, which BMW revived a few years back but never had the usual BMW Series statues. BMW aims to bring the gap between the BMW 1 Series and the Mini, and that is with the BMW 0 Series. Read more
Porsche Panamera Convertible: Releasing Soon
October 8, 2009
Filed under Autos
We have recently learned that Porsche are to launch the Panamera Convertible. Autoblog reports that it is not the four-door version, the German sports car maker are instead going with the two-door, four-seat convertible configuration instead. Read more
Modern Warfare 2: List of Single and Multiplayer map names
October 6, 2009
Filed under Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360
We have found some useful information for all of you who are planning to pick up a copy of Modern Warfare 2 on November 10th. A website has listed all of the single and multiplayer map names that will be featured in the game. Read more
GSM Palm Pre: Release date has been narrowed down
September 21, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
Details on the GSM Palm Pre release date have been quite scarce so far, however a German website has recently hinted at an Autumn release date, this backs up our original claims of an October release date. Read more
PES 2010 Demo for PS3: Coming Tomorrow
September 16, 2009
Filed under Gaming, Sony Playstation 3
We are hearing reports that Konami are preparing to unleash the demo for this year’s Pro Evolution Soccer offering, onto the Playstation Store tomorrow during the weekly update.
That is according to these details we have read over at Dutch site GameCloud. Apparently, Konami have issued a press release stating that the demo will be hitting the PS store tomorrow.
The demo will give you the chance to play a game with the likes of Barcalona and Liverpool. You’ll also be able to sample the German, Spanish, Italian and French national teams.
Match time will be restricted to 5 minutes we’ve heard. Bring on tomorrow then, lets hope Konami have learnt from their mistakes of last year, where Fifa was clearly the better game.
LE Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360: Is there a market?
Microsoft have lifted the lid on their latest limited edition Xbox 360 games console, the Xbox 360 Elite LE Modern Warfare comes bundled with the new game and two wireless controllers. The new Xbox will be available from November 10, 2009. Read more
Porsche at 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show
September 15, 2009
Filed under News
When you think of sports cars, Porsche are a brand that is right at the top of the list, but the German automaker mixed things up a few years back when they introduced their SUV. Late last year, Porsche announced their first four-door vehicle, the Panamera. While at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, Porsche has been giving us details about what other vehicles we can expect soon. Read more
Deutsche Telekom’s bid for Sprint Nextel
September 14, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
It has been revealed that Deutsche Telekom’s stock has fallen by 1.3 percent, over speculation that the Germany company is planning a bid to buyout rivals Sprint Nextel. Read more
GM, Opel and Magna breaking news
September 10, 2009
Filed under Autos
A recent article on Telegraph.co.uk has revealed that General Motors have now agreed to sell all of their European businesses including Vauxhall to Magna, for those of you who don’t know Magna are, they are Canada’s biggest autoparts maker. Read more
Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly m laptop
Recently at the IFA event in Germany a new Packard Bell laptop showed up, the laptop is the Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly m, this laptop is quite similar to the 13.4 inch Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly. Read more
IFA 2009: LG’s first Android handset
September 8, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
LG’s first Android handset has recently showed up at the IFA trade show in Germany, the handset is called the LG Etna. At the show the handset was being shown at the Vodafone booth which suggests that this is where we will first see the handset. Read more
