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 …
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Dell is now rolling out version 2.2 of Google’s Android operating system to its Streak enormophones in an over the air update, and we’ve had a go with a Streak running the upgrade. The most important benefit Streak owners will enjoy as a result of the upgrade is support for Flash Player 10, which will let Streakers cruise all manner …
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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 other day I had to drag my kids along for some furniture shopping. Rather than endure whining and interruptions for half an hour, I handed over my iPhone–with the condition that the only apps they could use were e-books. We didn’t hear a peep from them the whole time. As I said in Five amazing e-books for kids and …
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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 to be specially divided into …
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The Federal Communications Commission wants to bring the 911 emergency service into the 21st century with new technologies such as text messaging and automatic alerts. In a speech Tuesday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said it “is time to bring 911 into the Digital Age.” He said this was important, as more and more people in the United States use cell …
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Nokia may be having a few problems with its phones, but as far as headline-grabbing stunts are concerned, it still has it. Those kerr-azy Finns have only taken a huge block of ice, and fashioned a working touchscreen out of it. Whatever next? Finland is a tad chilly this time of year, so the raw material wasn’t hard to find. …
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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 Black Friday deals are coming in fast and furious, and now, T-Mobile has throw its hat into the ring with a new buy one, get one promotion for the annual post-Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza. Starting November 26, new and existing T-Mobile customers who purchase a featured smartphone and sign up for a two-year family plan will be able to get …
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