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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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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 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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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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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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Samsung shifts one million Galaxy S Android smartphones in the US

August 30th, 2010 10:30am mike s No comments

Samsung shifts one million Galaxy S Android smartphones in the US

Samsung has announced that consumers are feeling the love for their Android Galaxy S smartphones in a big way, with the company shifting no less than one million of ‘em since July 15th.
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Amazon Kindle arrives in UK – first impressions, hands on report

August 28th, 2010 1:09pm mike s No comments

Kindle UK arrives - first impressions, hands on reportOne of our readers managed to collect his Amazon Kindle 3G today, and has kindly forwarded his first impressions of the innovative eBook reader.

We’re hoping to get our hands on the device later and post up some photos and our own impressions, but here’s ‘Memespring’s’ hands on report:

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Panasonic Lumix LX5 vs Canon Powershot S95 – low light, size comparisons and other questions

August 28th, 2010 10:30am mike s 11 comments

Panasonic Lumix LX5 vs Canon Powershot S95 - your questions answered

Our recent article comparing the new Panasonic Lumix LX5 and Canon Powershot S95 high end cameras has resulted in us getting a fair bit of email, so we thought we’d post a follow up article answering some of the points raised.

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Orange HTC Desire – Froyo delayed until mid-Sept, less junk included

August 27th, 2010 6:09pm mike s No comments

Orange HTC Desire - Froyo update delayed until mid-September

HTC Desire owners on the UK Orange network are likely to be disappointed at the news that they’re not going to get the eagerly anticipated Android OS update until the middle of September.

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Garmin touchscreen Edge 800 GPS for cyclists “rocks”

August 27th, 2010 11:31am mike s No comments

Garmin touchscreen Edge 800 GPS for cyclists looks a winner

Back in the day, cyclists keen to keep a record of their travels had to employ a map for directions and listen to the relentless click of a metal wheel clip nudging against a mechanical device for recording the miles travelled, but Garmin’s touchscreen Edge 800 cycling GPS unit cuts a far more modern dash.

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Google GMail users make one million calls in 24 hours

August 27th, 2010 9:15am mike s 1 comment

Google GMail call feature: one million calls in 24 hours

We’re still cruelly starved of this feature over here in Blighty, but Google is reporting that their new integrated Gmail calling feature has proved an almighty hit in the US.

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Canon EOS 60D dSLR offers fold out screen and HD video

August 26th, 2010 12:19pm mike s No comments

Canon EOS 60D dSLR offers fold out screen and HD video

Canon has announced their  new Canon EOS 60D dSLR, a mid-priced camera offering an 18megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and articulated LCD display.

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