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Apple / business / Google / web

Google One Pass trumps Apple with a far more flexible subscription model

Thursday, Feb 17, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Slammed down on the table just 24 hours after Apple launched its controversial App Store subscription service, Google has announcing a similar service for its Android platform.

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Android / portable

Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 Android Honeycomb tablet – details, video, specs

Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

We were pretty impressed with Samsung’s first Android tablet, and now they’re backd with a beefed-up, Honeycomb-infused follow up, the Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1

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Android / mobiles

HTC get social with two Facebook phones, ChaCha and Salsa

Tuesday, Feb 15, 2011Tuesday, Feb 15, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Aimed at social networking fiends, HTC’s new ChaCha and Salsa phones sport dedicated Facebook buttons for super-quick access to those vital status updates and posts from friends.

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Android / mobiles

HTC Desire S smartphone spreads more Android goodness

Tuesday, Feb 15, 2011Tuesday, Feb 15, 2011 - by Pete Railton

HTC’s Desire proved to be a huge hit last year – even out-gunning the iPhone 4 in some tests – and the company have just announced the follow up to …

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Android / mobiles

Motorola Pro Android business phone headed for the UK

Monday, Feb 14, 2011Monday, Feb 14, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Known as the Droid Pro in foreign climes, Motorola has announced that it’s bringing its business focused Motorola PRO to Europe and description it as “A Work Phone Worth Taking …

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Android / mobiles

Samsung Galaxy S II packs awesome power and iPhone crushing features

Monday, Feb 14, 2011Monday, Feb 14, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

Samsung has officially announced the Samsung Galaxy S II –  the hotly anticipated follow up to the hugely successful Galaxy S Android handset – and it’s packing a feature set so formidable …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

National Trust launches free Android app but it’s a reet bloater

Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

We’re big big fans of the National Trust, and felt considerable love for their iPhone app which was launched all the way back back in March 2010.

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mobiles / Palm

HP Palm Pre 3 webOS smartphone announced [hands-on video]

Wednesday, Feb 9, 2011Wednesday, Feb 9, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

HP – now the proud owners of Palm – have unveiled details of the third iteration of the bijou webOS powered handset, the Pre 3.

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photography

Nikon Coolpix P300 goes for the Canon S95 enthusiast market

Wednesday, Feb 9, 2011Wednesday, Feb 9, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

While everyone’s been getting all excited by the likes of the Panasonic Lumix LX5, Canon PowerShot S95 and the Olympus XZ-1, Nikon have been busily trying to conjure up their …

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computing / stuff

Robotic dismembered baby head likely to spark fear stampede

Tuesday, Feb 8, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Rarely do things look as wrong as this, but researchers at Osaka University’s AFFETTO were apparently tasked with creating a robot modelled after a young child with a face so …

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Android / gaming / mobiles

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (aka Playstation Phone) confirmed in creepy video

Monday, Feb 7, 2011Monday, Feb 7, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

Backed by one of the weirdest adverts we’ve seen in quite some time, Sony Ericsson has finally officially confirmed the upcoming launch of the Xperia Play, also known as the …

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Google / web

Chrome browser hits version 9, complete with Chrome Web Store

Friday, Feb 4, 2011Friday, Feb 4, 2011 - by Pete Railton

It became our de facto browser after Firefox crashed one time too often, and now Google’s Chrome browser has hit the giddy heights of version 9.

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Android / Google / mobile apps / mobiles / web

Android Market website lets you install apps from your browser

Wednesday, Feb 2, 2011Wednesday, Feb 2, 2011 - by Pete Railton

With the Android Market now stuffed with over 100,000 apps, games and widgets, Google has made it easier to browse and search the collection – and install new apps – …

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Apple / iPhone / mobiles

Sony hits the roof as Apple ban Sony Reader iOS app

Tuesday, Feb 1, 2011Tuesday, Feb 1, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Once again, Apple’s arbitrary app banhammer has been wielded with maximum random force, this time ejecting Sony’s Reader app on the grounds that the company won’t accept applications that permit …

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computing / portable

Asus Eee Note EA800 digital note-taker hits Europe in February

Monday, Jan 31, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

Asus has announced that their new Eee Note EA800 will be available in Europe next month, with pricing set at 259 Euros (around £220).

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