Lunchtime LowdownSomething for the weekend? No, not that: how about all the tech news that’s happening right now instead? We’ve got all the breaking headlines straight out of gadget Fleet Street, all rounded up right here in the lunchtime lowdown. Read on, squire!

Big news broke in mobile this morning: the Spotify iPhone app for mobile music streaming has just been approved by Apple, so a launch is just around the corner. Rumours broke out meanwhile about the Palm Pre’s UK release date, so get your calendar out for that one.

In photography, we got hands-on with Sony’s latest touchscreen compact camera, the Cyber-shot TX1, while in gaming, Microsoft squashed rumours of an Xbox 360 Slim.

Finally, we took a long look at what to expect in the next generation of Android phones in our feature.

Tide yourself over for 48 hours with all the news you could over on the homepage!

1. Video: Samsung N310 – in the wild!
2. Elonex eBook hands-on video!
3. BlackBerry Curve 8520 hands-on video!

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How to: Partition your Samsung N310 hard drive
Video: Samsung N310 – software for all
How to Get more from Bluetooth on the Samsung N310

Electricpig explains LG S-Class
Become a world-class photo blogger with the LG Viewty Smart

How to download podcasts on the LG Arena
Ten photographic super-powers of the Viewty Smart

Electricpig guide to 3 mobile broadband (and beyond!)
10 life-changing effects of mobile broadband
3Sim Zero: how to get free calls for life
How to make your new phone pay for itself
Turning your phone into a social media machine

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