Friday, 10 February 2012

Roku brings their players into the UK to make sure you never need to record a show again!

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On-Demand content is the thing these days with BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD, Channel 5 on Demand, Netflix, LOVEFiLM and so on meaning Roku aren’t missing out!

Apple iPad 3 is predicted to be unveiled next month in San Francisco

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We all love the iPad and the next edition is certainly on its way soon being expected to arrive in Apple style at an event in San Francisco next month. Obviously, the release date to shops is being kept under wraps however if you remember the iPad 2 did pop up in to retailers just one week after it was unveiled so maybe we can expect the same thing to happen again for the iPad 3. Who knows?

Kodak to stop making digital cameras and camcorders

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Sad times for fans of Kodak camera fans. The famous camera company has announced that it will soon stop making compact cameras or camcorders. The news comes after Kodak filed for bankruptcy last month. Kodak will instead focus on “more profitable growth opportunities.”

Thursday, 9 February 2012

PS Vita 3G deal throws in free WipEout 2048!

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PS Vita owners in-waiting! Ahead of the February 22nd UK launch, Vodafone has finally revealed its 3G price plan. And as if to tempt gaming fans further, Vodafone is throwing in a free copy of WipEout 2048 into the bargain.

A mid-range Android smartphone from Motorola out soon

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Mobile World Congress is coming up soon and Motorola thought that they better get in there fast with a brand new smartphone, Motoluxe acting as a mid-range Android smartphone packing an 8Mp camera and a VGA front-facing camera for video calls.

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Olympus OM-D-E-M5 DLSR: When retro and modern collide

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The Olympus OM-D-E-M5 is Olympus’ latest micro four thirds camera, primed to hit the shops in April. Inspired by classic camera design, the Olympus OM-D-E-M5 has a retro feel to it and some brilliant specs for serious photography fans.

LG Fantasy is back with a new name and a handful of rumoured specs

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An  mid-entry level Windows smartphone is on its way, this was first leaked last December with the name ‘Fantasy’ however we now expect it to be called the LG Miracle featuring a 1GHz snapdragon processor plus a 4-inch NOVA display says Pocketnow.

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Nokia Lumia 800 goes white this March

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We saw the Nokia Lumia 800 be announced in an array of colours last year apart from white so now Nokia have confirmed that one is on its way. Plus, it will be hitting shops this March with contracts starting up at £20.50 per month.

Monday, 6 February 2012

Vimeo Windows Phone app hits Windows Marketplace

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Window Phone users, great news! Vimeo has finally released an app just for you, available for free on the Windows Marketplace. It’s no stripped down version, either – letting you do all the HD video uploading, browsing and sharing that you would on the desktop site. Read on to learn more about what the YouTube alternative can do on Windows Phone…

Sony’s PSN is getting a name change in the next update

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Sony have just announced that all PlayStation Network accounts will no longer be called the above and instead named Sony Entertainment accounts. The company have explained that the reason for this change is to simply put gaming with other entertainment and media services offered by the Japanese company.

Friday, 3 February 2012

Windows Phone 8’s exciting future has LEAKED onto the web

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A promotional video featuring Windows Phone product manager, Joe Belifore has made its way onto the Internet. The new OS certainly plans to take on competitors such as Apple and Android through many new features include multi-core processors and larger sized resolutions. 

Thursday, 2 February 2012

Samsung NX200 i-Function camera goes old school

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While some camera-makers are keen to show off the latest in modern-styled tech, Samsung is handing over the reigns of modern design to add a retro twist to some of its own shooter range.

Metal Compass Xappr is gunning for your iPhone and Android phone

 

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Shooting games on mobile phones never really quite manage to replicate that console feeling. Aiming down the crosshairs on a mobile phone just feels unnatural. Maybe if your iPhone or Android device looked like a gun, that would solve it, right?

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Sky launches new internet TV service for non-subscribers!

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Sky TV has revealed plans to launch a new internet TV service letting even those who do not subscribe to any of Sky’s many packages watch shows at any time. Users will be able to watch the shows from any device from the computer to the smartphone.

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Panasonic Lumix ZS20 the world’s thinnest 20x zoom camera

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Panasonic has entered the realm of gadget record-breakers with the Panasonic Lumix ZS20 digital compact camera. Panasonic claims it is the world’s thinnest 20x zoom camera.

Samsung Galaxy S Advance comes promising high-end specs

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Samsung are just one of the big manufacturers with new smartphones on the way for the upcoming Mobile Congress 2012 and included is the Samsung Galaxy S Advance offering to deliver high-end specs at an average price.

Monday, 30 January 2012

Sony outs stylish Cyber-shot trio: DSC-WX50, WX70, TX200V

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Not letting the advancement of super-snapping camera-phones lessen its enthusiasm, Sony has outed a trio of stylish compact cameras with the sort of features still to make it to the mobile phone.

Nokia Lumia 910 is LEAKED with a 4.3-inch screen and a 12Mp snapper

We’re back!

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Are you looking to upgrade your smartphone? This one might just be the one for you, its called the Lumia 910 and has been leaked on a Dutch retailers website called Typhone revealing a full spec of the upcoming smartphone from Nokia.

Friday, 20 January 2012

Samsung Star 3 and Star 3 DUOS for twice the dual-SIM fun

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One of the things about going on holiday abroad is wondering whether to take a spare holiday phone, or arrange for temporary changes to your services.

LG Prada Phone 3.0 to turn heads in February

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The LG Prada Phone 3.0 may have been initially announced back in December and tipped for a January 2012 UK release date. But, where is it? It’s coming, but not till next month. T-Mobile has confirmed that it will be arriving in the UK over the curse of the next couple of weeks.

Nike + FuelBand encourages slouches to get fit

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The Nike+ FuelBand is the sports company’s latest dabble in the world of fitness tech. It’s a wristband that tracks wearers daily activity, recording vital stats such as time spent on-the-move, calories, steps treaded and what Nike is calling NikeFuel.

Thursday, 19 January 2012

LOVEFiLM comes to LG Smart TVs

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In the continuing battle between LOVEFiLM and Netflix, LOVEFiLM, has announced that its film and TV subscription streaming is coming to LG Smart TVs.

New Asus Transformer Prime TF700 laptop out this summer

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The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet that thinks it’s a laptop may have only recently gone on sale, yet already a successor has been announced. That said, we will have to wait until the summer before we can get our hands on it.

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

SpareOne mobile phone runs on an AA battery

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The SpareOne looks like a toy but is in fact a clever mobile phone designed to work on just a single AA battery, should your regular mobile phone run out of power, or become misplaced.

Check out the world’s first self-healing iPhone case!

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Anyone who has ever dropped their Apple iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S will already know just how badly its glass exterior can cope with a nasty fall. With this in mind we draw attention to Nissan. The car company has developed the Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case.

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Samsung SUR40 Microsoft Surface table is now heading to homes

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CES 2012 was a place to see both the gadgets we’ll soon be owning, and those gadgets that we wish we could. Among the tech on our optimistic wish-list is the Samsung SUR40 – a 40-inch multi-touch tabletop.

Now watch your favourite ABC TV shows back in the UK

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We recently saw Netflix launch in the UK offering firm competition so company, LOVEFiLM have taken it upon themselves to introduce American TV series to the online TV and Film platform for customers living in the UK.

Monday, 16 January 2012

Extend PlayStation Vita battery life by up to three times

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Next month sees the release of the Sony PS Vita. Ahead of its February 22nd store date, video game accessory maker Nyko has been revealing its latest goodies for the new portable console.

Lightest smartphone from Motorola on its way, called the XT615

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Smartphones are progressing  by the day and everyone seems to want one so Motorola have decided to not miss out and bring out a new range of light smartphones such as the one above, the Motorola XT615.

Friday, 30 December 2011

Facebook Messenger on Windows desktop

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Do you like chatting to your friends on Facebook? Do you like keeping up-to-date with your friends activities 24/7? Well, if that’s your sort of thing you can now continue doing it but on your desktop with the spanking new Facebook Messenger desktop app.

Thursday, 29 December 2011

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

2.7 million emails leaked onto the Web by Anonymous Company

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A hacker group going by the name of Anonymous has stolen 2.7 million emails from the US Security Firm, Stratfor and have threatened to publish them all onto the Internet.

Friday, 23 December 2011

Brand new Facebook ‘suggested events’ available now

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Are you not sure what to do today? If that’s the case don’t worry because Facebook can now ‘suggest’ to you what to spend your day doing whether its popping to the cinema or shooting off to a party in the evening. This is updating the current Facebook events tab which currently only informs you of events coming up.

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Sony Ericsson will show off the 13Mp smartphone, LT28at at CES 2012.

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With Sony Ericsson in risk this week of losing its ‘Ericsson’ part of its name comes a brand new ‘super phone’ expected to launch intact with a 13Mp camera, a 4.55-inch HD 720p Reality Display Screen plus a front facing snapper and LTE compatibility on board. On top of all of that it will be Bluetooth certified however not with the latest 3.0 but instead 2.1, a little disappointed compared to the rest of the hot specs. 

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Mozilla team up with Google once again

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Recently, there was some worry that Google wouldn’t sign on the dotted line now having their own very successful browser called Chrome.

As we all know Mozilla is an open source browser gaining no financial support and relying on Google for income. Furthermore, if they didn’t have Google on side Mozilla would struggle to keep Firefox on the market.

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Go and grab 50% off Xbox 360 games now

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Microsoft have contributed to your New Year warm-up by giving you 50% of particular Xbox 360 games until 2nd January 2012 only.

PlayStation Vita sells over 300k in two days, early problems now fixed

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The Sony PlayStation Vita finally went on sale in Japan, just two days ago. So, how’s it doing? The good news is that sales of the PlayStation Vita are doing well, with similar higher sales than the original PSP, but not quite as well as the Nintendo 3DS did in its first two days.

Monday, 19 December 2011

64GB Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime delayed!

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The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is likely to be one of the most exciting tablets of 2012, offering an even better experience than the excellent Eee Pad Transformer. Unfortunately, the launch date for the 64GB model has slipped back to 2012 – despite being announced for pre-order just last week. Read on to find out more.

Facebook Timeline has landed and launches on the iPhone with an iPad version to follow

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We’ve seen it been released on the Android platform and now its just launched on the Apple iPhone making it downloadable direct from the App Store. Plus, Apple can reveal that an iPad version will follow soon.

Friday, 9 December 2011

Toshiba Excite: “world’s thinnest” Android tablet good enough to beat iPad2?

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This impossibly slim Toshiba Android Honeycomb tablet has been waiting to be released for a while, yet only now it has a name – Toshiba Excite. Toshiba says it is the “world’s thinnest, lightest tablet.”

Thursday, 8 December 2011

OnLive rolls out to Apple and Android phones and tablets

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OnLive has announced some big news that could change mobile gaming forever. From today its cloud-based game service will be arriving on phones and tablets via iOS and Android apps letting gamers play console quality games on mobile devices.

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Microsoft Windows 8 public beta confirmed for February 2012

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Want to get your hands on Microsoft’s next operating system. You’ll be able to sooner than you think. Microsoft has conformed that a public beta release of Windows 8 will arrive in February 2012.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Is the LG X-Note Z330 the fastest Ultrabook yet?

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LG has launched the latest in its slim and shiny notebook line. The LG X Note Z330 is one little nipper. Along with being smaller than the average LBD this festive season, LG is claiming that it can cold boot up in under 10 seconds, making it a serious rival to the MacBook Air.

Buy the Ainol NOVO7 Android 4.0 tablet for under £100

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You don’t necessarily have to buy a high-end tablet to grab yourself all of the latest features because MIPS Technologies are giving it you all for just under £100, that certainly doesn’t sound bad to me! Lets find out a bit more about it.

Monday, 5 December 2011

Peli iKeyboard turns iPad into Eee Pad Transformer rival!

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The Peli iKeyboard lets you turn your Apple iPad into a proper Asus Eee Pad Transformer rival. Covering the bottom half of your iPad’s screen, it provides a tactile means of typing, without compromising on portability. Read on to find out more.

How do you fancy controlling your smartphone from your eyes?

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This brand new piece of software, Senseye currently in development and could soon be coming to Android smartphones as early as 2012. The role of it is to put you in direct control of your phone without touching anything at all.

Friday, 2 December 2011

Free FIFA 12 gaming for Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play hasn’t been the sales success many were predicting, but Christmas has come early for the Android gaming handset with news that FIFA 12 and a host of other top titles are being dished up to Xperia Play owners completely free for a limited time.

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Android-powered MotoACTV fitness accessory touches down

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Falling somewhere between a portable music player and a training device, Motorola’s Android-powered MotoACTV is now officially available in the UK.

Spotify goes live with its new app store

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Spotify yesterday announced the addition of their very own app store offering third party apps to its users through the desktop programme.

iPhone 5 and iPad 3 tipped to jump on board 4G LTE express

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For all its many strengths, one thing that is lacking on the Apple iPhone 4S is 4G networking speeds. But if the latest reports are to be believed, both the iPhone 5 and the next-generation iPad 3 will come with high-speed LTE networking smarts built in.