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The phone measures 4.2-inches with a touch screen boasting over 16 million colors; that equates to around 854×480 pixels. The exterior includes a microSD slot for multimedia, three physical buttons (controlling back, home and menu), a 2.5mm headset jack, allowing Sony to push this device as “the world’s thinnest smartphone.”
The phone sports Sony’s Exmor R for mobile, allowing for “best-in-class low-light video and photo capture.” Stereo bluetooth is made available among other multimedia features including a digital media player, HD video recording as well as a 8.1MP camera for the …
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This year’s Best in Show award at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Nevada is none other than the brand new Motorola Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet, the one called XOOM! It was almost an upset as many believed that the operating system Android 3.0 Honeycomb would snatch the award, no problem. Instead, it was found pertinent by the voters to instead vote on the vessel. Of all of the tablets (and there were a lot of them) to pop out with Honeycomb at this event, the XOOM is the …
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Apple announced today that unit sales of its tiny set-top box are expected to reach 1 million by the end of this week.
The Apple TV, which launched in September, is one-quarter the size of its predecessor, and allows users to rent and stream television shows and movies from iTunes on their televisions. The set-top box also features access to Netflix, podcasts, and Flickr. Users can stream music content from their computers, and use AirPlay to send multimedia content from their iOS-based devices to the Apple TV. It retails for $99.
But …
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Unveiled earlier this year at the D8 Conference in California, the Tegra toting tablet is designed to replace traditional teaching aids such as textbooks and notepads with one tool: the Kno. It will be complimented by the ‘Kno Bookstore’ – an online shop accessible from the Kno where students can purchase textbooks at a substantially lower price than that of physical RRP’s.
The Kno will is available in two versions: A dual screen ‘book’ version that boasts two huge 14.1″ screens, each just shy of A4 size, and a single-screened traditional style tablet – again with a 14.1″ screen. These …
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With only weeks to go before its expected unveiling the iPad 2 release date, specs and price are still closely guarded secrets, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some juicy rumours, inspired guesses and possibly even Apple leaks to consider.
Reports suggest Apple is also expecting massive demand for the new device and has ordered six million units per month.
Here’s our pick of the latest iPad 2G rumours.
iPad 2 specs: cameras and a gyroscope
Gizmodo reckons that FaceTime support’s a given, and that means a front-facing camera like the iPhone 4. BuzzBizzNews echoes the camera …
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Android 2.3 has been announced by Google, and now owners of smartphones such as the Nexus One and the HTC Desire are eagerly awaiting the update.
There’s very little news on when Android 2.3 will roll out at this early stage, although we do know that the first phone to go on sale with Android 2.3 is the successor to the Nexus One, the Google Nexus S.
Google Nexus One Android 2.3 update
The Nexus One has already been confirmed as getting the Android 2.3 update in early Q1 2011.
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Carphone Warehouse is knocking back the release of the Samsung-Google Nexus S a couple of days.
You’ll pay £430, if you buy it sans Sim when it arrives on Wednesday, 22 December.
If you can get your mitts on it at all. Both CW and Best Buy, which is also selling the Nexus S in the UK, said onmly “key” stores will have stock. Other shops will happily take your order and tell you in due course when it’s available for collection.
You’ll be able to order it online too.
The reason for the “limited” …
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The PSP Phone – aka the Sony Ericsson Z1 – will be available in shops in April after a launch at February’s Mobile World Congress.
Pocket-Lint reportsthat they have spoken to ‘sources close to the matter’ who have confirmed the arrival of the gaming handset.
A MWC release always looked the most likely, despite suggestions that CES 2011 in January would see a launch event.
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Android 2.2 is barely out of the door, but one mobile fanatic has already got the skinny of what we can expect from the next Google OS update, due in October. Dubbed Gingerbread, or Android 3.0, it comes with stacks of awesome features, but also promises big changes from the Google.
Eldar Murtazin of Mobile Review has previous in getting the biggest mobile scoops and this is right up there. Android 3.0 is set to land on 15 or 16 October, with Google demanding that phones using the new OS come …
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Google Nexus One users are already getting their hands on the update, and it’s likely to cross the pond imminently. HTC also promised that it’s HTC Desire and Legend phones would be sporting the update very soon.
So what actually is FroYo, and what can we expect from the new Android OS?
Speed increase
Initial excitement over FroYo focussed on the huge improvement in processing speed, which was claimed to be up to six times faster, depending on the benchmarking system used. This has been achieved by using a technology trick known as just-in-time …
