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Slacker for Windows Phone 7 now available

Slacker Slacker Radio, the intuitive online music player that lets you stream a variety of preprogrammed and custom-made radio stations, has been churning out apps for mobile devices for a while now, with the first one coming to Blackberry devices in early 2009. Of course, in the quickly evolving cell phone space, staying relevant means making sure you’ve got new …

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We like our budget phones. We recognise that all many people need is a device that can text and make calls, perhaps wrapped up in a good-looking package. This is exactly what you get with the T-Mobile Vibe. For just £40 on T-Mobile pay as you go, the Vibe is a ZTE-made handset that features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 2-megapixel camera …

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Finally, broadband satellite with real speed

Satellite broadband service has long been the choice of last resort for many consumers. It’s slow, expensive, and capacity is limited. But in the first half of 2012, that could change. Hughes Network Systems, one of the largest satellite broadband service providers in the world, will launch the Jupiter satellite, which will offer more than 100 gigabits per second of …

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Nokia sets Symbian updates for early 2011

The first updates to current Symbian phones will appear in the first half of next year, Nokia said today. At the Symbian Exchange and Exposition in Amsterdam, the handset manufacturer–which said yesterday that it was bringing development of Symbian back in-house–said the first updates would include the addition of split-screen text entry, a Qwerty keyboard that works when the phone …

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Samsung Zeal brings e

The Samsung Zeal uses e-ink to change the characters on the keyboard buttons. Samsung We see plenty of phones with unique designs, but this week Samsung is bringing Verizon customers a shape we haven’t seen in awhile. The Samsung Zeal is a dual-hinge messaging phone. Flip it in portrait mode like you would a clamshell phone to see a numeric …

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Apple to streamline your screen in future iOS, Mac OS X versions

AppleInsider A patent application recently filed by Apple reveals that the computer maker is looking to reduce the amount of junk on your desktop by consolidating menu items and making them scrollable when touched, AppleInsider reports. AppleInsider By touching an area of the screen, menus and commands would be activated (such as the pictured Shut Down menu). Keeping these types …

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