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Author: Pete Railton

mobiles / Palm

Palm Pre webOS 1.3.1 update arrives in Europe – full feature listing

Monday, Nov 23, 2009Monday, Nov 23, 2009 - by Pete Railton

UK Palm Pre users are now able to update their phones to the latest version of the webOS operating system, and bring themselves in line with US users. The webOS …

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computing / Google

Google Chrome netbook OS unveiled: videos explain WTF

Friday, Nov 20, 2009Friday, Nov 20, 2009 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

Google has unveiled more details of its Linux-based, open-source operating system, Chrome OS, a super fast, browser-based operating system for netbooks. Promising near-instant boot times of around 7 seconds, all …

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photography

Leica M7 Edition “Hermes” camera induces drool, envy, resentment etc

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 - by Pete Railton

We hate the illogical feelings that Leica cameras stir in us. We could never, ever justify their enormous expense and common sense tell us that we’d be able to get …

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Blackberry / mobiles

Blackberry Bold 9700 gets reviewed: generally all good

Friday, Nov 13, 2009Friday, Nov 13, 2009 - by Pete Railton

Last year’s Blackberry Bold proved a big hit for RIM, helping the company shake off their swivel-action, corporate-only associations and open up the platform to regular consumers looking for a …

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mobiles / Windows Mobile

HTC Touch HD2 available on UK Vodafone – starts from free

Thursday, Nov 12, 2009Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 - by Pete Railton

There’s certainly be no shortage of interest in HTC’s big hitting HD2 handset, and Vodafone have just announced that they will be carrying the iPhone rival. The Windows Mobile smartphone …

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gadgets / photography

JOBO ScanViewer combines digital frame and photo scanner

Monday, Nov 9, 2009Monday, Nov 9, 2009 - by Pete Railton

We can’t say it’s something we’ve thought of before, but we can see a certain logic to JOBO AG’s new ScanViewer which combines a digital picture frame with a photo …

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photography

Sony updates firmware for A230, A330, A380 dSLRs.

Friday, Nov 6, 2009Friday, Nov 6, 2009 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

If you’re the proud owner of a Sony A230, A330, A380 dSLR, then we suggest you hotfoot it over to Sony’s website sand gorge yourself on a lovely free firmware …

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mobiles / Palm

AdMob: Palm web use up 20% in US

Monday, Nov 2, 2009Monday, Nov 2, 2009 - by Pete Railton

Palm seems to be making some progress on its long road to recovery, with web use from Palm owners in the US up by 22% from August to September 2009. …

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Blackberry / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / Palm

BBC World Service now on Stitcher mobile app

Thursday, Oct 29, 2009Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 - by Pete Railton

The BBC has announced that it’s slapped backs and high five’d the folks at Stitcher.com to cut a deal to make the content of its World Service available to users …

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Google / stuff / web

Mystery Google serves up mystery searches

Thursday, Oct 29, 2009Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 - by Pete Railton

We like this. Rather a lot in fact, although we’re not quite sure why. Go to ‘Mystery Google’, type in any search terms you fancy and whatever you write will …

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Android / Google / mobiles

Google Android 2.0 official video released

Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009 - by Pete Railton

Google has released a video showing off Android 2.0’s new features, and we’re more than a little impressed. The video shows a vastly improved contacts setup with a cool Quick …

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gadgets / photography / portable

PhotoTrackr Mini GPS for photographers

Monday, Oct 26, 2009Monday, Oct 26, 2009 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

Perambulating photographers looking to score a bit of geotagging action as they amble about may be interested in taking a look at the GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr Mini GPS tracking device. Unlike …

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business / gaming / iPhone / mobile apps

Analysts state the obvious: ‘iPhone to drive mobile gaming’

Sunday, Oct 25, 2009Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 - by Pete Railton

File under: “Gordon Bennett, who’s woulda thought it!” Analysts DFC Intelligence have declared that the iPhone and iPod touch will prove to be key players in the mobile gaming market. …

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Blackberry / mobiles

BlackBerry Bold 9700 breaks cover

Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

Things continue to heat up on the smartphone front with RIM debagging its new BlackBerry Bold 9700 handset. Running the BlackBerry OS 5.0 operating system, this sleek, black and dark …

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Microsoft / software / Windows

Windows 7 Home Premium gets comprehensively reviewed

Thursday, Oct 15, 2009Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 - by Pete Railton - 2 Comments.

Techradar has posted a comprehensive review on Microsoft’s new operating system, and like many others, they’re finding it a vast improvement on the dreaded Vista. Their reviewer was suitably impressed …

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