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March, 2011
Alcatel’s been involved in some rather crude celebrity tie ins of late (The Professor Green phone, anyone?) but this new “celebratory” edition Alcatel One Touch commemorating the royal wedding next is bit too far, one thinks.
It’s been another busy Monday morning in gadgetry, so if you’re struggling to keep up, catch a quick breather of a roundup right here in the lunchtime lowdown.What are you waiting for? Read on!
We’ve seen plenty of battles between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in the past but these days with Bill more focused on philanthopy, they’re just not as common.
Luckily, the animators at Albinal have whipped up the animation after the break to remind us of their titanic struggle: the Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates rap battle with the iPad and Zune cropping up in their slams. Check it out now and tell us your favourite Steve Jobs and Bill Gates clips in the comments…
Apple approved an iPhone app from a Christian group called Exodus International in February but the app has started to hit headlines after a campaign highlighting that it’s aim is to tell gay people they can be “free from homosexuality”. Apple has yet to comment on the approval but a concerted campaign to negatively review the app is in progress…
Sony is reportedly hard at work on some intriguing prototypes: a Sony Vaio Chrome OS model and a Vaio Hybrid packing an SSD and Thunderbolt.
The Sony Vaio Chrome OS device is apparently based on the Google CR-48 with similar dimensions and a similarly sized keyboard but a slimmed down 11.6in screen and a Tegra 2 chip inside along with 1GB RAM and 16GB of flash storage. Sony Insider also claims the Chrome OS laptop will have 8 hours of battery life…
Here’s a Kinect hack that may not be so welcomed by Microsoft or Sony for that matter: Shantanu Goel hooked Kinect up to his PS3. The setup is a little bit complex and janky with the Kinect hooked up to his laptop which is running the PrimeSense Kinect drivers. No PlayStation Move involved!
Another Samsung Galaxy family member has been outed in the same leaked 3 presentation that brought us the HTC Flyer and Blackberry PlayBook release dates: the Samsung Galaxy S2 Mini…