Luke Westaway

Duke Nukem 3D out now on Android

Oh, Duke Nukem. We had to wait so many years for you to return, and now we can’t get rid of you. The videogame world’s favourite musclebound misogynist is making his way to your Android mobile, courtesy of a port of his classic 1996 adventure Duke Nukem 3D. It’s available to download now from the Android …

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GarageBand now on iPhone and iPod touch

GarageBand, the brilliant music app that would make a tone-deaf macaque feel talented and enabled us to craft the melodic masterpiece embedded below, is now available on the iPhone and iPod touch. Previously the exclusive preserve of iPad owners, the new scaled-down version doesn’t appear to have lost much in translation. You get the same selection of touch-controlled instruments, as …

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Android outselling iPhone by two to one in the UK

Android is outselling Apple’s iOS platform two to one in the UK, also trouncing BlackBerry when it comes to smart phone sales, according to a new survey. The study, conducted by the oddly named Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, reveals that nearly half (49.9 per cent) of smart phones sold in Britain are Android devices. The iPhone, by comparison, has a much …

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HTC Sensation XL on sale in the UK

The HTC Sensation XL has gone on sale in the UK, filling the pockets of eager Brits with its massive screen, Beats audio and Android jollies. Carphone Warehouse is flogging the 4.7-inch phone on O2, Three and Orange, but we’ve also seen it available on T-Mobile and Vodafone via Phones4u. If you want to get the Sensation XL for free up …

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Samsung beats Apple in smart phone sales

Samsung flogged more phones than Apple between July and September, overtaking the Cupertino squad with 27.8 million smart phone shipments, according to stats from research firm Strategy Analytics. Apple meanwhile sold 17.1 million brainy blowers in the three-month period, followed by Nokia which shipped 16.8 million, the BBC reports. Those figures give Samsung a 23.8 per cent market share. Impressive …

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Nokia Kinetic is a bendy concept phone

Many a time we’ve found ourselves gazing sullenly at our smart phones, wishing they were just a little more bendy. But while every attempt we make at bending the Samsung Galaxy S2 ends in tears and a face full of Super AMOLED Plus shards, the Nokia Kinetic concept phone is actually designed to be twisted, bent and elsewise manipulated. Showcased …

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Orange selling Lumia 800, get a free Xbox when you upgrade

Orange is going to be flogging the fresh-out-the-oven Nokia Lumia 800, and as a sweetener for existing customers it’s offering a 4GB Xbox 360 if you upgrade to the Lumia 800 on an 18 or 24 month contract. You can pre-order the Lumia 800 now on Orange’s website, which is probably a good idea if you want to secure that …

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Man has phone dock built into prosthetic arm

An enterprising chap has had his prosthetic arm turned into a dock for his Nokia C7, the Telegraph reports. 50-year-old catering manager Trevor Prideaux was born without his left arm, and was used to having to balance his mobile on a surface or on his prosthetic limb to use it. But now using the touchscreen blower is much easier, thanks …

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iTunes mastermind ‘working on Apple television’

Apple is working on a TV set, and has called in Jeff Robbin, the man who helped develop the iPod and iTunes, to help build it, according to Bloomberg, which cites “three people with knowledge of the project.” The Apple telly rumour mill is spinning at full tilt, grinding gossip grain into delicious speculation dough, ready for baking. While the …

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Android ousts Apple as app download leader

App downloads on Google’s Android operating system have overtaken those on Apple’s iOS devices, owing to an increase in the amount of Android phones people are actually buying, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. ABI Research reckons that 44 per cent of all app downloads in the second quarter of this year (that’s April, May and June for anyone not fond of divvying …

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