More proof the Japanese are taking Android to their gadget-loving hearts: a theme bar all about Google’s little green robot has opened in the land of the rising sun. Bar Android is frequented by a growing developer community In Shibuya, Tokyo, and opens on Monday evenings. According to our sister site CNET Asia, you can …
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The famous light cycles from the movie Tron are back in the sequel, Tron Legacy, for which there’s already plenty of buzz. In an act of canny marketing, Coca-Cola has developed a game that lets you play light cycles in the real world using a smart phone. Available as a free download for the iPhone and coming soon for Android, Coke’s LiveCycle …
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Infinity Blade, an upcoming iOS game with incredible graphics, has created a lot of buzz lately with its Unreal Engine. Now it looks like the first Android game built on the same engine will be out before Christmas. Dungeon Defenders: First Wave is a graphically advanced RPG/tower-defence game running on the Unreal Engine 3. An iOS version is definitely in …
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An Android update on the Google Nexus One caused a frenzy of excitement on Twitter, with people believing the first batch of Gingerbread had been baked. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity, with the update that people thought to be Android 2.3 turning out to be Android 2.2.1 — a simple Froyo bug fix available …
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The C3-01 Touch and Type first showed its face at Nokia World a few months ago, and is now officially for sale on the Nokia Online Shop, SIM-free for £159. It’s a cute little stainless steel device that offers a numeric keyboard and basic touchscreen functionality. It runs on Symbian Series 40, so it’s likely to be very basic, but …
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Angry Birds developer Rovio has clearly hinted at a Christmas edition of the game, which could be heading to the iPhone and possibly Android handsets soon. On Rovio’s Facebook and Twitter pages, the developer has replaced the usual Angry Birds image with a picture of the annoyed red bird above, complete with a Santa hat. The Finns also tweeted on …
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We haven’t even reached the end of 2010, but speculation, rumour, prediction and future-scrying is already ramping up on what’s to come with the second-generation iPad — and when. Wall Street analyst Brian Marshall, of Gleacher & Co, reckons April 2011 will be the date of the second coming, Computerworld reports. Marshall has consulted his astrological charts and reveals it …
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Sony Ericsson has given the strongest hint yet that it’s working on a PlayStation phone, and that we could see an announcement as soon as Feburary, during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Sony Ericsson chief exec Bert Nordberg said he was aware of the speculation, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company hasn’t yet explicitly confirmed or denied the existence …
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The first time we saw the Dell Inspiron Duo, we were blown away by the way it used a cool hinge to convert itself from a shiny tablet to a slimline netbook. In a new video preview of the device, Dell has announced that the Duo is on its way. The clip demonstrates the Duo firstly as a tablet, sitting …
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We know the Dell Inspiron Duo, a hybrid device that can switch from tablet to netbook in a unique way, has a number of you rather excited. Well, it doesn’t look like you have much longer to wait before the dual device hits online stores. Dell is expected to officially release the 10-inch Inspiron Duo next week, possibly on 23 …
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