ItalyGuides: Vatican Museum Tour Shows You Places You Might Not Otherwise See

If you’re planning to take a trip to Rome, Italy, the Vatican will undoubtedly be on your itinerary. When you go, take along ItalyGuides: Vatican Museum Tour , from ComPart Multimedia . It’s a pocket tour guide that will help you navigate through the Vatican’s many museums and treasures with the least amount of wear on your shoes and lower back.

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Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 Beta and Nokia Image Exchange updated

Two of Nokia’s beta products that are currently in the hands of the Nokia Beta Labs team have just been updated. First of all, we have the Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 Beta, which resolves many of the issues found in the previous version. For example, the updates version fixes: multiple crash errors, Thunderbird 3.0 support, sync reliability, video support, SIS application installation, and so on. The new and improved Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 Beta can be downloaded here

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Alcatel OT-I650: Simplicity and Functionality

If you’re in the market for a simple phone, then you must probably go for the Alcatel’s OT-I650 entry level handset.The OT-I650 sports a built-in accelerometer, which helps in effortlessly switch between applications by just shaking the phone, a music player, an FM radio, Bluetooth connectivity, a 1.3 megapixel camera, and an integrated flashlight at the top.

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T-Mobile myTouch2 / myTouch Slide (HTC Espresso) photos leaked

T-Mobile USA will soon have a new myTouch Android smartphone, namely the T-Mobile myTouch Slide (or myTouch2 – it’s not clear yet what the handset’s official name is). The folks over at Droid Developer have it that the myTouch2 / myTouch Slide is actually the HTC Espresso – one of the phones included in HTC’s 2010 line-up. The big difference between the myTouch2 / myTouch Slide and the original T-Mobile myTouch (aka HTC Magic) is that the former comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard. There’s also an optical trackpad instead of a trackball.

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Jet Through Sky and Blast Aliens in Defendroid

The iPhone’s accelerometer has made possible  many great aviation and racing games. It works again in Defendroid , a fun jet vs. aliens aerial combat game that has some fun, albeit simple, gameplay. The scenario is familiar: you take charge of a fighter jet that must blast aliens

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Conflicting Studies on Drivin’ ‘n Talkin’

Just admit it. You do it. Sometimes. No matter what state you live in, at least once in a while you pick up the phone while you’re driving or return that text right quick at the stoplight. Because the girl on the other end of the line is hot enough that the thought of car accidents is pushed back to a far dusty corner of your mind.

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Bad Company 2’s Open Beta impressions: Squad Respawns

It definitely isn’t a Modern Warfare 2 killer as I thought. As a fan of the Battlefield series from way back, Bad Company 2 brings back the same tactical excitement with the addition of vulgarity and adrenaline. So the short of it is if you’re wanting that fast, arcade action from shooters, Modern Warfare 2 is the Diablo II “quick in, quick out” of this genre. But if you’re looking for a deeper experience where “there is no I in team” and squad based tactics matter, Bad Company 2 should not be ignored

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BBGeekcast: January 29, 2010 – Episode 101

What do get when you cross stories about three unreleased BlackBerry models and news that a rival company wants to ban imports from RIM? An episode of the BBGeekcast, of course. I run down the issue with Motorola, plus the issues facing three unreleased BlackBerry models that made appearances this week. So click on over here to hear the BBGeekcast (8 min, 12 sec) And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss future episodes! You can also subscribe to the BBGeekcast in iTunes .

http://www.bbgeeks.com/podcast/BBGeekcast012910.mp3

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Nokia E72 – O2 Deals

The Nokia E72 has finally made onto the O2 network after being released back in November of last year, this ‘ultimate communication device’ from Nokia offers a front facing Qwerty keypad and fast connectivity making the E72 as real option as a business phone. Originally released on Vodafone deals, the Nokia E72 has gone on to

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Know Your Meme: Advice Dog

Rocketboom’s Internet Research Scientist, Jamie W., explains Advice Dog. For more info, including video and images, visit: rocketboom.com

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Mobiado 712ZAF phone debuts, Windows Mobile 7 coming soon, cell phone bans don’t work

Mobiado has unveiled a new mobile phone aimed at the rich that has a boxy and rather unattractive profile. The handset is called the 712ZAF and it comes in several colors at an undisclosed price

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Will the iPad soon have a different name?

Earlier this week Apple unveiled its long awaited tablet, now known as the Apple iPad. While much of the conversation has been around justifying the purchase, others have been more concerned with the name. First, there was a sketch on MADtv a few years back about an iPad feminine product, and now it’s coming to

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Words from Nokia’s CEO

Nokia announced that its net sales of EUR $12 billion (U.S. $16.79 billion) for the 4th quarter were down by 5.3 percent year-over-year. Nokia’s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, said “We grew our market share in smartphones in the fourth quarter, driven by the successful launch of new touch and QWERTY models

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Google unveils new features

Google announced a feature that allows users to call any number that’s inside a Google Adwords advertisement. It enables advertisers to gauge how many people are calling directly from their mobile advertisements, and makes it easier for customers to get in touch with goods and services they find attractive. The company also announced that popular

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Google launches Popular Images for Android and iPhone

Only few hours after announcing that it has integrated click to call phone numbers into mobile ads , Google has also launched Popular Images – a new feature for Android and iPhone . Accessible via Google’s homepage (from Google Image Search), Popular Images gives Android and iPhone users quick access to popular and interesting images on the Web. There are several categories of popular images, including Music, Movies, Sports, Cars & Bikes, and Cartoons.

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Sony W995 Pink on Vodafone, Sony Ericsson W995 Pink Deals

The newest colour addition to the W995 Sony Ericsson Walkman range has now found a new network partner, the Sony W995 Pink was initially launched on O2 deals just a couple of days ago followed quickly by a release on Orange, this latest news of this top-end Walkman phone on Vodafone means there are now

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Samsung SyncMaster LD220 review

The 21.5-inch, 1080p SyncMaster LD220 can be used either in conjunction with a laptop or as a stand-alone monitor. It doesn’t offer many configuration options and it’s not a great choice if you’re a gamer, but its sleek design and USB connectivity make it a decent option for more general use

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Assholeology: The Science of Getting Your Way – And Getting Away With It

Enlightenment, self-advancement, being the best darn man that you can be – these are the aspirations of Gear Patrol editors and readers alike. Part of advancing oneself is, of course, knowing where… Read the full post at Gear Patrol.

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Samsung sold 227 million phones in 2009

Just like Nokia , Samsung had a pretty good Q4 in 2009. The South Korean company sold 69 million phones in the quarter, 9 million more than in Q3 2009 and 16% more than in Q4 2008. This allowed Samsung to exceed its target for 2009 and sell more than 200 million handsets – 227 million, to be exact (as we previously reported, about 40 million of those are touchscreen phones ). Samsung’s Mobile Unit reported revenue of 11.57 trillion won ($9.9 billion) and an operating profit of 0.99 trillion won ($852 million). The company (currently the world’s second largest phone maker) estimates that its global market share exceeded 20% in 2009, helped by a steady growth in North America, Europe and emerging markets.

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T-Mobile replacing BlackBerry Pearl trackballs

Have you experienced problems with your BlackBerry’s trackball? I wouldn’t be surprised if you did. The trackball mechanism is composed of a number of small parts, and that leaves plenty of room for things to go wrong. In the past we’ve gone over how to clean your trackball and, if it comes down to it, how to replace your trackball .

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SoundGraph Turns USB Touchscreen Monitor into Optimus keyboard

Korean manufacturer SoundGraph has expanded the idea of the USB monitor and made it more of a touchscreen dashboard as the FingerVU 706 & 436. You can set shortcut controls for applications without moving the mouse over to the touchscreen USB sub-monitor. All of the unique functions of the two FingerVU models can be isolated from your other monitors. More of a collection of widgets with touch and media capabilities the FingerUI makes the tiny monitors much more useful despite their size

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