Viewsonic’s dual booting ViewPad 100 confounds with Windows 7 and Android 1.6

September 3rd, 2010 12:37pm Lee J. No comments

Viewsonic's dual booting ViewPad 100 confounds with Windows 7 and Android 1.6

The tsunami of tablets continues, as another Android-powered challenger looks to take on Apple’s iPad, this time a shiny 10″ number from Viewsonic, christened the ViewPad 100.

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Philips Streamium MCi298 wireless micro hi-fi system cuts a dash

September 3rd, 2010 11:07am mike s No comments

Philips Streamium wireless micro Hifi system cuts a dash

Looking rather dandy with its shiny black control panel and matt black speaker gauze is Philips’ new Streamium wireless micro hi-fi system.

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Google’s SketchUp free 3D modelling software hits version 8

September 2nd, 2010 5:03pm Pete Railton No comments

Google's SketchUp free 3D modelling software hits version 8

First released no less than ten years ago, Google’s SketchUp has proved to be a popular and powerful 3D modelling app, with the company claiming that a million people a week are all busy knocking out 3D wotsits with the free software.

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Toshiba’s Folio 100 10-incher joins the Android tablet party

September 2nd, 2010 4:19pm Lee J. No comments

Toshiba Toshiba's Folio 100 10-incher joins the Android tablet party

Coming hot on the heels of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab announcement is Toshiba, who have just shuffled their Android-powered tablet, the Toshiba’s Folio 100, to the front of their PR pile.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab – 7″ Android-powered iPad rival gets official

September 2nd, 2010 11:46am Pete Railton No comments

Samsung Galaxy Tab - 7 inch Android-powered iPad rival gets official

Everyone knows it’s been coming, but Samsung has now officially ripped away the velvet curtain surrounding its iPad rival,  the 7-inch Android based Samsung Galaxy Tab.

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Handbags as Apple call out Google’s Android figures

September 2nd, 2010 9:15am mike s 1 comment

Handbags as Apple call out Google's Android figures

During Apple’s press launch event yesterday, Steve Jobs was doing his usual ‘big-up’ routine and bragging about the zillions of iOS devices being activated every day, adding what appeared to be a dig at their main smartphone rival, Google’s Android OS.

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Apple iPod nano: smaller, lighter and now with touchscreen

September 1st, 2010 7:06pm Pete Railton No comments

Apple iPod nano: smaller, lighter, now with touchscreen

Looking so cute you almost want to pat it on its head is the new iPod nano, which has just been announced this evening.

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Apple reveals new iPod Touch with FaceTime, HD video and Retina Display

September 1st, 2010 6:53pm mike s No comments

Apple reveals new iPod Touch with FaceTime, HD video and Retina Display

As expected, Apple’s iPod touch has received a sprinkling of fairy dust, with Steve Jobs announcing a shiner, all-new, revamped version today.

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Motorola Android Milestone 2 handset ready to blast out of Basingstoke

September 1st, 2010 5:13pm mike s No comments

Motorola Android Milestone 2 handset ready to blast out of Basingstoke

Hot out of buzzin’ Basingstoke, England UK is the news that Motorola’s new MILESTONE 2 Android handset is set to be unleashed on the rolling hills and beer-can cluttered urban landscapes of Blighty.

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Swype heads to Symbian S60 5th edition devices – get in quick for the beta!

September 1st, 2010 4:49pm Lee J. 1 comment

Swype heads to Symbian S60 5th edition devices - get in quick for the beta!

We’ve been absolutely loving the Swype keyboard on our HTC Desire, and Symbian S60 users are set to join in the finger smudgin’ fun with today’s announcement from Nokia that it will be coming to Symbian S60 5th edition devices.

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Sony slaps its pink PRS-350 eBook reader in the face of Kindle

September 1st, 2010 4:17pm mike s No comments

Sony slaps its PRS-350 eBook reader in the face of Kindle

With its last two eBook readers failing to capture the enthusiastic wolf whistles that greeted the Kindle’s strut down Consumer Avenue, Sony are hoping that its new PRS-350 eBook reader while gets eyelashes a-fluttering.

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Commodore Amiga returns from the ashes as brand relaunches in US

September 1st, 2010 10:40am mike s No comments

Commodore Amiga returns from the ashes as brand relaunches in US

Commodore Amiga fans prepare for some incoming good news – the Amiga is back!
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Palm webOS 2.0 offers even better multi-tasking and search

September 1st, 2010 9:15am mike s 1 comment

Palm webOS 2.0 offers even better multi-tasking and search

We’re huge fans of the Palm webOS interface – we still think it’s the best mobile operating system out there, bar none, even if the platform is woefully short of apps – so we’re  very interested to hear details of the next generation OS coming up, webOS 2.0.

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Viewsonic Android ViewPad 7 tablet heading to the UK for £350

August 31st, 2010 12:32pm Lee J. 1 comment

Viewsonic Android ViewPad 7 tablet heading to the UK for £350

Viewsonic has grabbed a megaphone, jumped up on its soapbox made from old monitors and barked out the news to the denizens of Blighty, “Hear Ye! The ViewPad 7 is coming your way!”

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Gmail Priority inbox promises to automatically prioritise your email

August 31st, 2010 10:26am mike s 1 comment

Gmail Priority inbox promises to automatically prioritise your email

If, like us, your inbox is a hideous, sprawling, disorganised mess stuffed full of assorted emails of wildly varying importance, then hope may be at hand courtesy of  Google’s new Priority inbox system.

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