March, 2011

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In the past Three has been late to the game getting its hands on Apple devices to stock, but this time around has come good and will be stocking the iPad 2.

Three has kept its data plans for the iPad 2 under wraps for the time being, but says they will will be announced “in the coming weeks”. Three has been unlocking its data caps in the last few months, but whether unlimited data plans will make it into any iPad 2 contracts is unknown.

Would you head to Three is data was unlimited? Click through to shout out in the comments!

Amazon has pulled off quite a coup for the launch of its alternative to the Android Market. A tweet earlier today has confirmed that Angry Birds Rio for Android will be an Amazon App Store Exclusive, at least initially.

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The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy will now be stocking the Kindle. It’s not just available to buy though, it’s also being offered free when you sign up to a mobile phone contract with either Best Buy or Carphone Warehouse. Would you choose a phone based on whether it had a Kindle bundled in? Read on for more info.

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Gears of War is to make the move from gung-ho cover based shooter to, er, gung ho cover based boardgame. It says here. Is a Gears of War boardgame on the way? Really?

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The Samsung Galaxy S will be getting the Android Gingerbread 2.3 update at the end of March, according to Samsung’s Romanian Facebook page. The Samsung Galaxy S Froyo upgrade will stop being available on the 20 March, and after that the Android Gingerbread upgrade will be available. That means that if you’ve got an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S you can expect to see the upgrade available some time after 20 March, although we don’t know exactly when.

Sadly many of you with a Samsung Galaxy S locked to a mobile network will have to wait, as those networks will be running their rigourous stress tests to make sure nothing is going to upset the network.

[via Recombu, source MyDailyGadget]

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A fortnight ago Samsung had a wobble over its Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 after it saw the iPad 2. Executive VP of Samsung, Lee Don-Ju, said that parts of the device were “inadequate” and needed “improving”. Now a video of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has surfaced, showing off the Android Honeycomb smarts. Click through for the full video.

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This Kinect hack is London geekery at its best. At the UK Maker Faire, Tom Wyatt and the London Hackspace contingent put together something they dubbed The Evil Genius Simulator – two Tesla coils pumping out electricity at the command of a Kinect sensor set up tracking hand movement. It is pretty darn awesome and you can the electric Kinect fun in action after the break…

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As spring starts to break cover across the UK, we’re combing tech news from around the globe. If you’re stuck behind a desk, sit back and bed in for the pick of the morning’s tech news. Read on!

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