Universal has unveiled the first Blu-ray/DVD ‘flipper discs’, packing both Blu-ray and DVD versions of a film on the same platter. A flipper disc is a single, dual-sided disc that has Blu-ray on one side and DVD on the other, so you can watch a movie on your fancy Blu-ray player, and then go for …
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Pinch, punch, first of the month. December is here, so it’s time to open those Advent calendars, if you haven’t cracked under the pressure and scoffed all the chocs already. Let’s see what’s under door number one. Why, it’s the Samsung S5560 and B3410 (pictured) mobile phones, available exclusively from Carphone Warehouse! That’s a shame — we wanted chocolate. They’re …
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A new iPlayer app for the iPhone has been ruled out by the BBC, after images leaked showing what seemed to be a new interface and new features. The interface shows tabs for live streaming and downloading BBC shows on your iPhone, as well as an option to contact the show you’re watching or listening to. The BBC has denied …
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Today started like any other day at CNET Towers: hellish commute, quick pop at Microsoft, fire up Twitter and get to work reporting on the latest technology news. Then we got a load of giffgaff. giffgaff is O2’s crazy crowdsourced pay as you go mobile phone network, which replaces customer support with user forums and advertising with user-generated content. giffgaff …
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Three quarters of mobile Web browsing in the UK is performed on an Apple device, according to new figures. Mobile Web-advertising agency AdMob reckons that the iPhone and iPod touch do 74 per cent of the mobile browsing in the UK, and 60 per cent across the world. What is AdMob? AdMob, recently bought by Google, serves graphical banner and …
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This Friday, Vodafone customers will be able to send international texts for free all day. Friday 20 November is World Hello Day — don’t laugh, it’s a real thing! To celebrate, you’ll be able to text people almost anywhere in the world from your pay as you go or contract phone, for free. The texts won’t count against your contracted …
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“You’re nobody till somebody loves you,” sang Dean Martin. But in the world of phones and handheld devices, you’re nobody till you’ve got an app store. The latest device to get app-happy is the O2 Joggler, which also gets Internet radio in a partnership with digital radio specialists Pure. The Joggler is a touchscreen calendar/photo frame mashup aimed at the …
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It’s 2009 and every other shop on the high street is a mobile phone shop. PhoneShop is a new sitcom set in one such emporium. Crave put down our iPhone long enough to review the pilot — was it Puns4U or CrapPhone Warehouse? PhoneShop‘s humour is more shop than phone, with the comedy coming from the small pleasures that get …
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More exciting TV news from JVC! The LT-42WX70 forms the centrepiece of a modular home entertainment system with one eye on the photographer, designed to give you the freedom to move all the kit around as you want it. JVC calls it ‘layout free’, which doesn’t quite make sense, but we’ll let that go. JVC reckon the WX70 will be …
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Orange sold 30,000 iPhones on its first day selling the Apple phone. The figure was claimed as a record in a tweet by Conor Maples, a member of the Orange marketing team. He also trumpeted the success of the Orange Wednesdays iPhone app. We contacted O2, but it refused to reveal sales figures in case share prices are affected. An …
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