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Month: October 2010

audio / portable

Sony retires the cassette Walkman after 30 years

Monday, Oct 25, 2010Monday, Oct 25, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 3 Comments.

After booting the floppy disk into touch earlier this year, Sony has now decided to retire the long serving cassette Walkman, after the final batch shipped to Japanese retailers in …

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Android / portable

Tesco to sell the Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet

Friday, Oct 22, 2010Friday, Oct 22, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

Tesco has joined the growing list of retailers set to offer the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab 7″ tablet, with a pre-order page appearing on its site.

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gaming / hardware / Microsoft

Microsoft slams down a salvo of Kinect for XBox 360 video promos

Friday, Oct 22, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Keen to get Joe Public whipped up into a suitably crazed buying frenzy for their new Kinect for XBox 360 motion controllers, Microsoft has slammed down a slew of cheery …

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computing / portable

Kindle becomes Amazon UK’s biggest selling product

Friday, Oct 22, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

We can’t say this comes as much as a surprise to us because the buzz around the product has been incredible, but the Kindle is now officially the best selling …

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computing / Windows

HP Slate 500 Windows 7 tablet tempts business wallets at $799

Friday, Oct 22, 2010 - by mike s

The HP Slate 500 has put on its tie and jacket and is ready to strut out into the rough and tumble of the business world.

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Android / mobiles

Samsung Galaxy Android 2.2 update delayed until November

Thursday, Oct 21, 2010Thursday, Oct 21, 2010 - by mike s

Samsung Galaxy S owners who have been patiently drumming their fingers waiting for the long overdue Froyo 2.2 update can look forward to practising more paraddidles and flams as Samsung …

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Android / audio / mobile apps / mobiles

WinAmp hits Android, bills itself as the Ultimate Media Player

Thursday, Oct 21, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Old school music player Winamp – which modestly likes to describe itself as ‘the Ultimate Media Player’ – has been released on the Android platform and is ready to start …

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audio

Marshall ‘heavy’ headphones landing on November 15

Thursday, Oct 21, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

Marshall, the undisputed dons of the rock music amplification world have announced that they’ll be expanding their range into the headphones.

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Apple / computing

Apple unveils thinner, slimmer, sleeker MacBook Airs

Thursday, Oct 21, 2010Thursday, Oct 21, 2010 - by Pete Railton - 4 Comments.

Although we’ve always admired the lithe, stylish lines of Apple’s MacBook Air range, we’ve never felt inclined to buy one due to the sky high priceĀ premiumĀ and minimal bang-for-your-buck compared to …

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Microsoft / mobiles / Windows Mobile

Orange HTC 7 Mozart and Samsung Omnia 7 handsets go on sale

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010 - by Lee J.

Orange has announced that its first two Windows Phone 7 handsets, the HTC 7 Mozart and Samsung Omnia 7, will be ready for your purchasing pleasure tomorrow morning (Thurs, 21st …

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Android / Apple / Blackberry / iPhone / mobiles

Fight! Industry reacts angrily to Steve Jobs’ rant, RIM lets rip

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010 - by mike s

After Apple CEO Steve Jobs decided to put the boot into the likes of Google, app maker TweetDeck, HTC, Motorola, and Research In Motion at his company’s Q4 conference call, …

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mobiles / Palm

Palm Pre 2 and webOS 2.0: specs, review, video walkthroughs

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

We’ve still no idea when it’s heading to the UK yet, but PreCentral has posted up two video walkthoughs, showing the new Palm Pre 2 in action and its shiny …

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mobiles / Palm

Palm Pre 2 officially announced with October 22nd launch

Tuesday, Oct 19, 2010Tuesday, Oct 19, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

HP have officially announced the new Palm Pre 2 handset, running the webOS 2.0 operating system and set to launch on SFR in France as soon as Friday, October 22nd.

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photography

Fuji FinePix F300EXR monster zoom compact hits the UK

Tuesday, Oct 19, 2010Tuesday, Nov 2, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Currently demanding space on retailer’s shelves near you is Fuji’s latest FinePix compact camera, the FinePix F300EXR, a small camera with a mahoosive zoom range.

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mobiles / Windows Mobile

Samsung Omnia 7 WP7 handset up for pre-order on T-Mobile

Tuesday, Oct 19, 2010 - by Lee J.

A whole bag full of Windows Phone 7 handsets are expected to be hitting the streets soon, with the first to break cover being the Samsung Omnia 7, which is …

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