The iPhone is going 3D with a nifty little device called the i3DG Palm Top Theater, putting tiny little three-dimensional videos in your hot, sweaty hands. The device clips on to your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. It contains three transparent mirrors, each reflecting a section of the video to create a 3D effect. Videos have …
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Virgin Media is planning its own Wi-Fi network. The supplier of the UK’s fastest cable broadband network is exploring the possibility of installing wireless access points across the country. The Telegraph reports the Virgin Media Wi-Fi network would consist of routers wired into green kerbside cabinets, offering 5Mbps speed. The idea is to plug gaps in 3G coverage with Wi-Fi …
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Today is World Toilet Day. No we’re not taking the, er, mick. The World Toilet Organisation is today highlighting some humbling facts about world health and sanitation, via a website that keeps track of your movements. So to speak. We’ve kept the seat warm for you, so sit down and let us tell you more. The WTO has teamed up …
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Panasonic is roaring back into the mobile phone game with a new line of Android smart phones. Caught napping by the explosion of smart phones, Panny is adopting Google’s open-source operating system to hit the ground running. Panasonic hasn’t made a phone outside Japan since 2006. It’s currently working on a phone bearing the Lumix camera brand, a 13.2-megapixel monster …
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The new Gorillaz album was made on an Apple iPad. Damon Albarn, erstwhile Blur frontman and driving force behind the animated band, told the NME, “I fell in love with my iPad as soon as I got it, so I’ve made a completely different kind of record.” The follow-up to this year’s Plastic Beach was devised while touring with Gorillaz …
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Is the tablet honeymoon over? It seems not everyone is in love with tablets since the Apple iPad just went ahead and turned the whole world upside down with nary a by-your-leave. Dixons has yanked the Toshiba Folio 100 from its shelves — but not before comically tripling the price to discourage anybody from buying it. We expected the Folio …
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The Motorola Motopad could be the first taste of Android Honeycomb. The 7-inch Motopad slate is reported to be sweet enough to run Android version 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb, which is the first verison of Android designed specifically for tablet computers. Russian phone site Mobile-Review.com revealed the news in a tweet, naming the Motopad as the first tablet to see Android …
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Samsung has offered a strong hint there’s a 10-inch version of the Android-powered Galaxy Tab in the pipeline. The 7-inch Tab has attracted loads of attention with its AMOLED touchscreen, built-in high definition camera and ability to make phone calls. When discussing the availability of the Tab in Ireland, Samsung’s local grand poobah Gary Twohig appeared to confirm that there …
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The latest Android tablet is the, ‘ow you say, Lenovo LePad. It’s an Android tablet set to take on the Apple iPad as one half of an innovative double act with the Lenovo IdeaPad U1. The LePad is a 10.1-inch slate that will run Android and be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The gallic-sounding slate is the screen component …
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The handy-dandy chaps with an appetite for destruction at gadget DIY website iFixit have gutted the Samsung Galaxy Tab like a fish. Setting about the Android tablet, which went on sale this week, reveals a processor that gives the market-leading Apple iPad a run for its money. The Tab is at the leading edge of a wave of Android tablets …
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