What do you get if you cross a crazy Japanese inventor, the iPod nano 6G and a lot of spare time? That’s easy: the super-cute dancing iPod nano robot. We didn’t think the nano could get any funkier after seeing iPod nano watches. But an enterprising young man who goes by the name PachiMon thought …
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Those of you on Android without Swype support or simply looking for a decent alternative to the OS’ occasionally ropey predictive text should praise the Friday gods, as the full version of SwiftKey is now available. SwiftKey is a keyboard app that uses artificial intelligence to learn your touchscreen typing style, completing words and sentences. It’s already been quite a …
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Ever fancied sticking a physical keyboard on your iPhone so you can start typing BlackBerry style? With the TK-421 iPhone case, you can — even better, as an added bonus, it checks that you’re at your post. Engadget spotted the case on US website ThinkGeek. It gives the iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 a tactile keyboard which flips out when …
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Those of you who own an Xperia X10 phone will be bashing your heads against a wall in frustration — we recommend tying a pillow to your forehead — as Sony Ericsson has announced it’s delaying the Android 2.1 Eclair update yet again. It’ll arrive in late October at the very earliest. In a blog post, Sony Ericsson told furious …
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It’s a genuinely dangerous problem — cyclists being unaware of pedestrians, and pedestrians walking in front of cars, all because they’re in a zombie iPod trance from the music in their headphones. Now an iPhone and iPod touch app can help, by increasing your awareness of the sounds going on around you without ruining your enjoyment of the music. Available …
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The Samsung Galaxy S will get some Android 2.2 Froyo love by the end of this month, but only if you’re on T-Mobile. On its customer support forum, T-Mobile announced the software update will come to the Galaxy S by the end of September. This will be available through its drag and drop Samsung Kies PC software. T-Mobile didn’t answer …
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Gmail is particularly well integrated on Android phones, but a new app should make it even better, updating your mail with new features without having to wait for full Android system updates. Previously you’d have to wait for an OS upgrade to get any Gmail improvements, but the standalone app means it now becomes independent from Android’s core functions. There’s …
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A tablet from BlackBerry makers Research in Motion could be revealed as soon as next week, running on a completely new operating system. The bizarrely named ‘BlackPad’, as some RIM insiders have been calling it, will be out later in the year, the Wall Street Journal reports. The new tablet will run not on the new revamped BlackBerry 6 OS, …
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You may be forgiven for thinking HTC only has eyes for Android — judging by the amount of buzz for the new Desires — but a new video shows us it hasn’t forgotten about poor lonely Windows Phone 7. A sneaky tipster gave WMPoweruser specifications and video (below) of a new model with the name HTC Mozart. Its specs sound …
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Online retailers have started to publish 18- and 24-month contract deals for the HTC Desire HD and Desire Z smart phones, with SIMs from O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone and Orange all available. For the Desire HD they’re all much of a muchness: you get the phone free if you pay from £35 or £40 per month on 18- or 24-month contracts. …
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