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Datawind Ubislate 7: £22 7-inch Android tablet hands on pics
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
At today’s UKTI pre-Mobile World Congress media event in London we got chatting to Datawind and got to have a look at its Ubislate Android tablet. The particular Wi-Fi-only model we spent some time playing with is a super-affordable Android 2.2 Froyo slate. Made to order for educational markets in India (where it’s known as the Aakash) the Ubisoft tablet costs just $35 (£22). This particular model is running on some pretty lowly specs; the 7-inch 800 x 480 WVGA screen is...
Pere Ubi
London Eye capsules to get Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Visitors to the EDF Energy London Eye will soon be able to enhance their experience using the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. In what is billed as the first new technical addition to its capsules in 11 years. Each capsule will be equipped with an installation constructed from Galaxy Tab 10.1's, displaying bespoke content including interactive guides of the surrounding area created by LMC design and Henry Stuart Photography. A customer simply touches any of the 44 landmarks to find extra...
Eye of the tablet
Nokia Lumia 710 unboxing video and first impressions
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Since we heard talk of burning platforms from Nokia's CEO, Stephen Elop last year, the Finnish mobile giant has thrown down the gauntlet, coming on strong with an aggressive marketing push for their Lumia 800 and the grand unveiling of their Lumia 900 on an unsuspecting US audience at CES 2012. In turn, we've got a pretty good idea of how their upper-eshelon devices stack up, but since Nokia world, we haven't heard much about the more affordable Nokia Lumia 710 - until now. With a...
Lumianother unboxing video
White Nokia Lumia 800 incoming?
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Could Nokia be readying a white version of the Nokia Lumia 800? Information online reveals a white edition is heading to Portugal and Switzerland. XDA Developers has discovered firmware information detailing a White version of the phone for Switzerland and Portugal. In addition VoodooKing has a screenshot of DataPackageManager (see below), used for searching for Nokia ROM’s. This refers to the Nokia 800 RM-801 in white for Vodafone Portugal and Switzerland. White phones are incredibly...
Nokia's all white
OnLive Desktop iPad app: free access to Windows apps from the cloud
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
OnLive is introducing a new app for iPad. The OnLive Destktop app provides access to a full suite of Windows 7 applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, which are hosted in the cloud, totally free. OnLive Desktop uses the same powerful network used the company's cloud-based gaming service, which launched in the UK last year. This means the OnLive Destktop app is also powerful enough to support features on the iPad that you typically needed a PC to use, including: HD video...
Word on the go
Windows Phone Tango: Shifting minimum requirements down to 256MB?
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
There’s been much noise about the Windows Phone ecosystem expanding. As well as gunning for the high end with the HTC Titan, Nokia Lumia 900 et al, Windows Phone Tango, as we’ve heard, will be focusing on bringing Windows Phone to the masses. This is looking to be achieved by lowering the stringent minimum specifications for devices to run the OS. Currently, phones that want to run Windows Phone need to pack a 1GHz processor, screens with a resolution of 800 x 480/WGVA (no lower, no...
It takes 256 to Tango
The future of Apple iBooks?
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
It's generally agreed upon that eBook reading on a digital reader isn't quite up to scratch when compared to the real thing. Yes you can annotate, highlight and search for words with ease, but there's no tactile thumbing, leafing or folding of pages that makes paper so delectable to read on. Pioneers in the field such as the KAIST Institute of Information Technology Convergence are however endeavouring to improve the experience, basing gesture control multi-touch input on common...
Tomorrow's iBook, today?
RIM co-CEO's step down: all change for BlackBerry maker
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
RIM is having a shake up at the top as chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down. Jim Balsillie have will continue to be on the board as a director and Mike Lazaridis will become vice chairman, Thorston Heins, previously chief operating officer, will now become President and CEO. Mike Lazaridis said, “There comes a time in the growth of every successful company when the founders recognize the need to pass the baton to new leadership. Jim and I went to the Board...
Room at the top?
Sony Xperia U aka Kumquat ST25i picture leaks: The next Xperia phone?
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Over the weekend a picture of what looks like the next Sony/Sony Ericsson phone surfaced. Xperia Blog (a great place for your Sony rumours and early eyes-on, if you’ve not already bookmarked it) brought us the goods, a shot of a new Sony phone that at a glance doesn’t look much different from the Sony Xperia S. Upon closer inspection, it looks like the resolution of the Sony Xperia U (aka ‘Kumquat’, aka ST25i’) won’t reach the dizzy heights of the Xperia...
What say U?
Apple rumoured to be opening a new store in Harrods
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
The Apple stores have become as iconic as the products that they display. The stark clean white tailoring of the layout, strong wooden table plans, the staircase that appears to float in mid-air and of course the passionate staff that man its gates. Past store openings have been with great fanfare and excitement, and it is in these shops that the mobs of Apple faithful drone as a new product is released. Thus far, stores have been stand alone shops, with flagship stores such as London's...
Harrods-R-US
Microsoft's Windows Phone predicted to overtake iOS by 2015
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
New figures released by research and analysis firm IHS, have predicted that Windows Phone will account for 16.7 per cent of smartphones shipped globally by 2015 by market share. This ranks the operating system above Apple's iOS, at 16.8 per cent by a slight margin, but a margin none the less, and Android in the runaway lead at 58.1 per cent. In the second quarter of 2011 Nokia fell into the third place in the market, behind Samsung and Apple. With the boost from its match with Microsoft...
WP7 + Nokia = win
Cufflinks that double up as a WiFi hotspot from Brookstone
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Making an impression in the boardroom and pushing your geeky friends to squeal has never been easier. Brookstone's new WiFi cufflinks are sure to impress with their smooth polished silver design and covert connectivity. It true 007-style, these cufflinks create their own WiFi hotspot when paired with a hard-wired PC. After downloading the accompanying software, you plug the USB hotspot to your PC or laptop and hey-presto. So you can sit back and relax as you shirt becomes an extension of...
Secret service cuffs
Developer takes a stand against Android Market, builds own store for banned apps
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Koushik Dutta, or “Koush”, is well known in Android circles for his involvement in both the development side and as a hacker. He is a member of the CyanogenMod team, offering a customised version of Android OS with over 1 million active users, and the creator of ClockworkMod, a recovery console for Android Devices. After floating the idea of creating a store for banned apps, Koushik was overwhelmed with positive response and so set his sights on building it. Koushik posted a...
bAndroid!
Super slim and impressive quad-core LG X3 photos leaked
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Everyone knows that the best things come in fours right? Well LG certainly seem to with its latest device set to tank a quad-core Tegra 3 processor. Pocket Now has got it's hands on this very slender looking LG X3 photo and it has got us thirsty to hear more. LG has pulled out all the stops with this device on spec and it is reported that the X3 will come packed with a high resolution 1280 x 720 4.7-inch screen. It looks like it'll run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and include...
Super-size me!
Nike unveils the next generation of accelerometer with Nike+ Fuelband
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Things have moved a long way since collecting tokens from cereal packets in the world of “step-counters”. This cannot be more true when looking at the new Fuelband smart wristband just released by Nike. The device uses a built in accelerometer to track the bearers every move, delivering the match report at days end. It measures the number of steps taken, calories burned, time spent and converts it into “Nike Fuel”, which awards a score based on activity made that day....
Step Up!
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