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Taking advantage of my unlimited data plan
Last month I wanted to see how much data I could use on my phone and as you can see the number is pretty high, especially compared to having no data . I used nearly 30GB of data, granted that wasn’t an average month but a regularly month for me would exceed most people’s data caps that they have that usually range from 2-5GB.As you can see from the picture I managed to use 25GB mainly by streaming. I’d say at least three times a week I would stream live tv or a film through the Sky Go application on my Xbox 360. The rest of my data usage came from Google Music and just the normal use of apps such as Chrome and Twitter etc.
Sebastian Vettel’s pole laps compared
Yesterday Sebastian Vettel took pole position for today’s European Grand Prix. Although not one of his best laps it was still enough to put him in first place for the start of the race. Below you can check out a comparison of Vettel’s 2010 lap vs yesterdays lap which interestingly was half a second slower than two years ago.
Taking place in Valencia, this Grand Prix is usually un spectacular but we’ve had several different winners this year so we could see a more entertaining European Grand prix than in previous seasons.
On a non-related tech note: Will.i.am donates £500,000 to Charity
Singer, song writer, producer and Black Eyed Peas member has donated £500,000 to the Prince’s Trust Charity
Will.i.am was recently a judge on the TV series “The Voice”, a singing competition similar to “The X Factor”. The Voice was shown on the BBC and as a judge the BBC paid Will.i.am £500,000.
In a news conference the star said “I don’t need anymore luxury items”. This is probably true but a lot of celebrities still would of banked the cash.
The Prince’s Trust is a Charity setup by Charles, Prince of Wales to help young people in the UK.
Via Sky News
I dont want Siri on my iPad 2, but Apple should still give me it
By now we’ve all heard of Siri. Its your personal assistant. It launched with the iPhone 4S with mixed reviews, some say they use it daily and see it as a welcome addition and others say its a bit of a gimmick, they used it for the first couple of days and haven’t used it since.
And you thought the black iPhone 3D render looked good
Last week we saw pictures of what this years iPhone could look like based on leaked product parts. Those pictures depicted a black iPhone that looked super sexy and I’d buy in a heart beat.
Now a Gizmodo reader called Martin Hajek has rendered an even more beautiful white iPhone. If Apple were to put this on sale I can see a lot of people buying this phone just based on looks alone.
More pictures after break.
Pre-order US Cellular Galaxy S lll from June 12th
Existing and new US Cellular customers can order the Galaxy S lll online from June 12th. No release date has been set but the handset is due to go on sale online and in stores some time this month. US Cellular can’t offer up any pricing as of yet but that information will be ready when the pre-orders start on June 12th. Marble white, Pebble blue, 16GB and 32GB versions will be available to order on pre-order day.
AT&T’s HTC One X coming on May 6th
AT&T have announced that they will selling the HTC One X from May 6th, with pre-orders starting on April 22nd. The One X comes in at $199.99 with a 2 year agreement and for that you’ll get a phone with a 4.6-inch 720p HD display, 4G LTE, 8-megapixel rear camera, 1.3-megapixel front facing camera, 32GB of storage and 1GB of RAM. On top of all that you’ll be running Android 4.0 out of the box with Sense 4 running on top of that.
Press release after the break.
Galaxy Nexus for Sprint now official
Sprint have now officially outed the Galaxy Nexus through a landing page on their site. No release date or price was stated but the Sprint Galaxy Nexus will be the 16GB version and will include Google wallet.
Via: Technobuffalo, Android Central
Free Xbox Live weekend
Fresh off the heels of the Xbox dashboard update Microsoft are giving customers two days of gold Xbox live membership for free. The trial starts on Friday at 12:00 p.m GMT and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. During the weekend Zune Video will also be giving everyone free selected content and offering up movie deals with up to 40% off certain movies. That’s not all, Microsoft will be giving you the chance to win “The Xbox Christmas pacakge” which includes a Samsung tv, Xbox kinect bundle, 800 Microsoft points and much more.
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