If you’ve heard of a little something called the iPad, then you’ll probably know it’s not available in the UK yet. But if you’re into the whole browsing the internet on a touchscreen computer idea – you may be…
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iPad rival – the JooJoo Internet Tablet – now on sale in UK
Introduction Competition in the mobile industry is fierce, and there are a number of manufacturers who are chasing hard the number one position that has been held for so long by Nokia. Not one to rest on their laurels, Nokia are slowly re-aligning their handset line up, including a new naming culture for their devices which should make it easier for consumers to know more about the phone before they purchase. Handsets will be designated by a single letter which will indicate the market focus of the device, whilst the number of the phone will show the level of technical specification. The existing N Series and E Series device names will be retained, and these will be joined by C Series and X Series. Two handsets have been released by Nokia in the X Series range so far, the X6 and X3 and we’ve had an X3 in the office over the last couple of weeks to review.
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7 Days with the Nokia X3
As more and more people start accessing the Web from their phones, it’s getting ever more important for publishers to optimize our sites for mobile experience. One way to do that – is to create a version of the site, optimized for mobile browsers. But now the other trend is emerging – stand alone apps for a site or blog, to run on Android, iPhone or Symbian OS. The problem with the stand alone apps is, that you have to know how to make them. Or hire some who does
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Nokia OVI App Wizard: How I created Unwired View App for OVI Store in 15 minutes
Already available in Europe, the Samsung B7330 Omnia Pro will be launched in Canada, too, under a different name: Samsung Messenger. The Messenger B7330 should be available via all three major Canadian carriers: Bell (apparently starting today, April 28), Rogers (May 4) and Telus (sometime later this year). Running Windows Mobile 6.5, the Samsung Messenger B7330 features a full QWERTY keypad , 2.6 inch display with 320 x 320 pixels, HSDPA, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, stereo FM radio, 3.2MP autofocus camera, and MicroSD card support (up to 32GB). The price of Samsung Messenger B7330 is not known, but Canada’s carriers will probably offer it together with various plans and agreements
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Samsung Messenger B7330 with WM 6.5 coming to Canada via Rogers, Bell and Telus
Microsoft Office 2010 has reached the RTM (release to manufacturing) milestone, which means that it is now code complete and ready for release to the market. This latest version of Office will become generally available next month. Office 2010 includes Microsoft Outlook 2010, which sports a refreshed user interface and a range of new features to improve usability and productivity for email users, particularly in business environments
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5 Killer New Features of Outlook 2010
If you have been waiting for that Puma phone to land here in the states, your wait will is getting shorter. The Sagem Puma phone has finally cleared the FCC, the downside is the device isn’t expected until next year.
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Puma phone clears FCC, Sprint loses big for quarter, Kin ROM hints at carriers
Just spotted a interesting change on Facebook which suggests FB is moving towards making everything into pages.. and making private profile information into publically visible fan pages. On the ShinyShiny profile, a dialogue box popped up prompting me to..
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Facebook starts making interests into automatic Pages: making more private info public
Today Creative announced the ZiiSoundTM D5 speaker system – It is a one-piece wireless speaker system that incorporates apt-X audio codec for “outstanding” stereo Bluetooth audio. The ZiiSound D5 speaker system will work with any compatible stereo Bluetooth device – from mobile phones, portable media players to the iPhone, the iPod, the iPad, netbooks, notebooks, and just about every Bluetooth A2DP enabled device.
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Creative announces the ZiiSoundTM D5 Bluetooth Speaker System
This latest designer laptop case oddly resembles me on a bad day back in the 90’s. Created by Marc Jacobs, the Sketchy Miss Marc Laptop Case fits a 17″ laptop (which is great since there aren’t enough cases for those sized laptops) and is made of a denim material, gold hardware, and a Miss Marc print canvas design. Sketchy Miss Marc Laptop Case comes in two designs – one featuring a brunette and another a blond and each retails for $78.
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Marc Jacobs Sketchy Miss Marc Laptop Case
The Nokia E72 White Edition (first seen last week) is now available according to Nokia . The Finnish company doesn’t say where exactly the smartphone can be bought, but we know that it should be out at least it Malaysia, Tahiland, Vietnam and Singapore
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Nokia E72 now available in white, firmware update also launched
When we released our top BlackBerry apps list a few weeks ago, we named a number of applications that we haven’t gotten to featuring on the site. That’s going to happen with a list that prolific. One of those applications, Poynt, just got an upgrade, so it seems like as good a time as any to feature it. Poynt is an excellent tool for any BlackBerry user.
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Poynt turns your BlackBerry into a social tool
Would-be pranksters: get out a pad and pen. You’re going to want to take notes. Rob Cockerham , prankster extraordinaire, recently noticed something that (surprisingly) no one else ever has: the price tags Costco uses on its shelves are just basic text in a common font, on plain white paper. Hence, they’d be remarkably easy for anyone to create
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The Costco Prank
In good news for music streaming sites (and their users) it seems that advertising can support letting users play free music. Music streaming service we7 is announcing that it has had its first month where all of its on-demand music…
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Poll: as ad-supported music streaming turns a profit, where do you get your music?
Google announced that it has acquired Israeli-based company Labpixies – which develops gadgets for iGoogle (the customizable startpage similar to My Yahoo!), as well as games and apps for Android , iPhone and social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, hi5, Orkut). Naturally, as part of Google, Labpixies will further develop content for iGoogle (mainly for Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
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Google buys Labpixies, launches new Place Pages for Android and iPhone
Spotify has temporarily stopped installations of their app as demand rocketed following the updates to the service announced yesterday. Everyone with a Spotify account will get the new version of Spotify rolled out to them, but might have to wait…
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Spotify shuts down new installations after massive demand
In 18th century France, you are a young, unknown architect looking for your big break and a chance to impress the Queen. In this building Simulation game, set in the romantic upper class world of French aristocracy, you will design and manage the construction of the most beautiful structures in the kingdom.
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The Palace Builder
Construct the city of your dreams in HappyVille: Quest for Utopia! Design and plan your town to keep your citizen’s content! Anticipate your people’s needs, design freely, and have the initiative to expand and grow your city. Inspire and create happiness as you adapt to new challenges and deal with drastic changes in this fun Simulation game. Unlock new buildings and create gorgeous neighborhoods in Happyville! * Gorgeous graphics * Friendly citizens * Create your own Utopia! HappyVille: Quest for Utopia | 64 Mb DOWNLOAD HERE
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HappyVille: Quest for Utopia
The Magellan 1700, hugescreen (7-inch) GPS is available at Costco for $179, after a $50 discount. The Magellan 1700 offers some pretty good features like one touch commands, giving you access to key functions in the swipe of a finger, lane assist, text to speech and maps of the US and Canada. The partnership between AAA and Magellan also brings a great set of POI information with ratings and reviews of certain locations around you when you are on the road. One feature I like is the highway exit POI lookup, giving you the ability to figure out what’s available at the next exit; good food or bad, gas station or not….
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Magellan 1700 – Hugescreen GPS – $179 at Costco
Eden Hunt, a world-famous archaeologist, has received a call from a mysterious man, inviting her on a fantastic treasure hunt! Find the ancient treasure of Akua to win a huge sum of money, and finance Eden’s future adventures. Take on the other competitors head-on as you track down the hidden treasure. Eden’s Quest – The Quest for Akua takes you around the world on an exciting Adventure! The 1st episode of a series of adventures A subtle blend of adventure and challenges, with a smattering of hidden objects 20 magical settings to be discovered with a lot of contextual interactions A whole host of appealing and intriguing characters More than 100 challenges to solve: puzzles, hidden objects, riddles,… Animated sets, interactions with a lot of characters! A treasure hunt full of twists and turns! Eden’s Quest: The Quest for Akua | 250 Mb DOWNLOAD HERE PART 1 DOWNLOAD HERE PART 2
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Eden’s Quest: The Quest for Akua
Breed beautiful and exotic fish in this unique aquarium-sim puzzler. These are your fish and like real fish, you need to care for them. You can feed them, cure them if they get sick and make lots of babies! The game runs in true real time: new surprises every time you check back into your game. Buy supplies, ornaments and special chemicals for your virtual tank
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Fish Tycoon
Travel to 19th century Europe in this unique and mysterious Hidden Object game! Important documents have been stolen from a ship, and it’s up to the well-known Detective Cunning to find them. Track down a shadowy figure and discover who is behind the mask to unravel the case! Find valuable items in gorgeous Hidden Object scenes, as you travel across Europe in It’s All About Masks! Mysterious atmosphere Tricky case to crack Find the documents! It’s All About Masks | 63 mb DOWNLOAD HERE
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It’s All About Masks