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Tetris for Android: Androtris, Block Puzzle, Blocks and Tetris X

As Alexey Pajitnov’s most famous game, Tetris, celebrated its 25th birthday last week, EA announced that various incarnations of the classic puzzler had been downloaded…
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Poll: Are you going to buy an Apple iPad?

Last night Apple launched its tablet computer and while many of you seemed to like it quite a few of you weren’t impressed at all….
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Ovi Orion: The phone we wish Nokia would make

No one has made a great gaming phone. Sure, Apple sells lots of iPhone games but have you ever tried to play a first-person shooter…
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Cool iPad covers from Wrappers: Protect your tablet

If you’re going to buy an iPad then you’re going to need to protect it. Apple has designed its own iPad case but it’s not…
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Apple iPad: Web browser, e-reader, games console…

Tonight Apple unveiled the iPad, a device that looks like the MacBook Air’s screen and offers sofa-surfers the perfect browsing solution. A new interface has…
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Nexus One dock: Making good use of Bluetooth

The Google Nexus One hasn’t even launched properly in the UK yet, but we’re already looking forward to seeing this elusive dock accessory that has…
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Dancing robot PLEN: Trip the light fantastic, Android style

There’s nothing quite like a dancing robot to brighten up your day, and this little fellow has cuteness by the bucket-load. Controlling PLEN using…
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Free Twitter apps for Android: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

According to the recent ‘State of the Mobile Web’ report from Opera, Facebook is now the most used social network on the mobile Web, which…
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Nokia X6 16GB: A cheaper price tag won’t make us like it more

We’re not fans of the Nokia X6. Yes, we know it has a capacitive screen and a 3.5mm headphone jack but it’s not as slick…
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Five luxury phones we wouldn’t even buy if we were millionaires

We spend quite a lot of time here at Recombu HQ musing on how we’d spend our winnings should we ever get lucky with the…
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Super sized Guess Who played with Nokia Booklet 3Gs

If you’re really bored and you happen to have 40 Nokia Booklet 3Gs just lying about then why not play a super sized game…
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The Fingerist: Grab your iPhone and let’s get the band back together

Just because you’re old enough to know better, well-off enough to own an iPhone and possess little-to-no musical talent is no reason to give up…
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Flexible boosters: T-Mobile’s new pay monthly plans

Flext users will know that T-Mobile likes to experiment with new tariffs but its latest pay monthly system is its best deal to date. New…
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Visual Sound: Concept scroll phone for the deaf

We have enough trouble hearing what people say to us on the phone with poor reception, so we can’t imagine how frustrating it must be…
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Motorola Motosplit: Makes like a banana

Is it a NASA satellite? A new Nintendo DS? No, it’s what appears to be concept art for what people are calling the Motorola Motosplit,…
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Boy meets iPhone app, cuteness ensues

Talking Carl is a simple iPhone app that features a cute character which repeats everything it hears. On its own it’s pretty funny but…
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Couch computing: iPad makes sense shocker

It’s rumoured that Apple is introducing a tablet device next week, possibly called the ‘iPad’. The iPad will bridge the gap between the iPhone and…
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Google Nexus One GelaSkins make us feel warm inside

Here at Château Recombu we’ve been umming and ahhing over whether to get a Google Nexus One or an HTC Bravo. Their stats are virtually…