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iOS 5 may support panoramic photos

Code in Apple’s iOS 5 suggests the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad may soon be able to capture panoramic photographs. The code, uncovered by developers, includes the phrases ‘pano_option’, ‘saving_panorama” and ‘cancel_pano_button_title”, just beneath options for eradicating red eye. There’s speculation as to whether the software will allow two or more photos to be stitched together …

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Android Market adds device compatibility checks

Google has started to roll out device-compatibility checks in the Android Market app store. When you visit an app’s page in the Android Market, you’ll soon see a compatibility chart on the left-hand side. The chart tells you which Android devices registered to your Google account are compatible with the app.  Although the Android Market has always displayed compatibility information, it …

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Wimbledon in 3D to be free on the BBC

The BBC is to serve up its first 3D broadcast, live from Wimbledon. It’ll be ace. You’ll love it. Ace, d’y’geddit? Love, like in the tennis! Stick around, kid, there’s plenty more where that came from. Auntie Beeb will broadcast the men’s and women’s singles finals in 3D from Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club …

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Samsung Droid Charge to see maintenance update

The Droid Charge gets a small performance tweak in the EE4 update. Verizon The Samsung Droid Charge is set to pick up a minor software update in the near future that will be full of minor tweaks and bug fixes. At just under 10MB in size, the EE4 update centers on calling, e-mails, and messaging. For example, one adjustment makes …

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Get an Apple iPad Dock for $9.97

An iPad stand is one thing. An iPad dock gives you a place to both sync and charge your tablet while keeping it upright–great if you like to use it as, say, a photo frame. I’ve always thought the Apple-branded iPad Dock was a bit of a rip-off at $29. (Actually, a lot of Apple-branded accessories are overpriced, but that’s …

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Android Atlas Weekly 52: How Android can mend (and rend) relationships (Podcast)

Samsung attempts to improve its relationship with the hacking community by giving free phones to the Cyanogen team and we dig into the dark corners of one user’s romantic relationship with our tech advice. Later we debate the merits of the Android Market’s app return policy versus T-Mobile’s app rental scheme, Antuan and Justin continue to butt heads over the …

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