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Following the Federal Aviation Authority's relaxation of rules governing the use of on-board electronics last October. airlines are slowly waking...
Vodafone has reduced the charge for its Europe-wide Euro Traveller service by 33percent to only £2 a day. Using this option, UK Vodafone subscribers can use their full home allowance of calls, texts and data when visiting any other European country. Euro Traveller, even at the previous £3 daily charge, was always a good deal since competitors still restrict data, for instance, often to a paltry 25MB per day.
Vodafone's reduced price, which is valid until the end of August, is evidence of a race to the bottom in roaming. As from later next year the EU is banning roaming charges and the entire Union will become, in effect, a home zone. This will make it unnecesary for frequent travellers to keep a stock of pay-as-you-go SIM cards for various countries. Roaming charges outside Europe can still be excessive and we should all be wary. But there are bundles and packages you can buy from your service provider. Vodafone, for instance, charges a flat £6 per day (provided you are registered for the service) but with restricted usage, including only 25MB of data. Fortunately it is becoming increasingly easy to pick up local cards with cheaper data and calls in most countries, including the USA and China. Travellers to Europe should note that it is essential to register for the Euro Traveller package before setting off on a trip. Otherwise excessive roaming charges will apply. The good news is that you need do this only once and you are then covered for all future trips. Fourteen pounds...
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Why would I want yet another note-taking application? I have SimpleNote, Evernote, TextEdit, even OmniFocus, and just...
The Leica T, much to everyone's surprise, is a ground-breaking camera, not just for Leica but for...
One of my favourite Leica stores in Britain, Red Dot Cameras, suffered a break-in yesterday and lost some expensive lenses...
See also First Hands On, May 8 2014
Leica promised us a surprise. Instead the company gave us a...
Apple's 2014 Quarter 2 results were better than Wall Street expected: $45.6bn revenues, $10bn profit and iPhone sales leading with...
Leica will announce a range of new products this afternoon in Berlin. At 3 pm Central European Time we will...
Thunderbolt is on a roll. A few months ago we were moaning about a lack of peripherals. Suddenly there are...
If you are moving from a DSLR or up from a point-and-shoot camera, there are two compact system cameras that...
