4G Launches in the UK (finally)

Everything Everywhere (EE), the company that owns Orange and T-Mobile have today launched the UK's first 4G mobile service.

A selection of 11 cities: Cardiff, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Sheffield, Glasgow and Southampton with more cities coming online before Christmas.

The company's mobile tariffs start at £36/month on a 24 month contract, for this you get 500MB of data (which isn't much). For data hungry users there's a 8GB tariff which will set you back £56/month. All of their plans come with unlimited texts and calls which is pretty much standard across all networks now.

Unfortunately the UK's going to have to wait until probably mid-2013 before any other networks launch 4G. Lets hope 5G comes a bit sooner.

Do you have a new 4G contract with EE? What are you view? Comment below.

Facebook Announces Q3 Results

Facebook have just announced their financial results for Q3 of this year. They beat expectations with revenues of $1.26 Billion.

Apple set to announce iPad Mini

Apple are rumoured to be announcing the iPad Mini at an event today. There are rumours circulating that a 13" Macbook Pro with Retina Display will be announced along with updates to iBooks. The event will take place at 5pm (GMT). Apple are live streaming the event on their website.

GoPro Release The HERO3

30% smaller, 25% lighter and 2x more powerful - the main features of the new HERO3 camera by GoPro. The company have today released three versions of the amazingly popular wearable and mountable camera. Priced at £179.99 the basic 'White Edition' boasts the new smaller, lighter and more powerful features along with the 1080p quality of the original HD HERO camera.

Next up is the 'Silver Edition' which has a few more features brought over from the HERO2. With 11MP still photos and a brilliant automatic photo capture feature. Priced at £279.99 it's not too bad.

The cream of the crop though and the edition everybody should buy is the 'Black Edition'. With ultra high definition 4K at 15fps this edition offers amazing quality in such a small package. It's also capable of ultra-wide 1440p at 48fps. With 12MP stills this edition offers everything you'll ever need in a camera of this type. Included in the Black Edition is the brilliant Wi-Fi remote, normally an £80 extra. With a price of £359.99 you certainly get great value for money.

The development that makes the HERO3 stand out from the previous versions and the competition is the fact that ALL of the versions now come with built in Wi-Fi which makes them all fully compatible with the great GoPro App.

All in all then the HERO3 is a fantastic camera but you really need to get the Black Edition to get your monies worth. I certainly can't wait to see some shots in 4K Ultra HD.

In the UK the White and Silver editions are available to buy now but the Black Edition's not available until the end of November.

Do you have a HERO3? What do you think of it?

Samsung Launch the S3 Mini

Samsung have announced the much rumoured Galaxy S3 Mini. With a smaller 4 inch screen and smaller dual core processor it is expected the device will appeal to the less tech savvy and those who hate the massive screen on the regular S3.