April, 2011

Categories: Mobile Phones    Tags: , ,
inq-cloud-touch-review

The INQ Cloud Touch is the British phone maker’s first, long awaited foray into Android. All this time, it’s been working hand in hand with Facebook to craft a software skin that puts your social networking buddies at the fore – and by and large, it’s pulled it off.

The INQ Cloud Touch is an ace Facebook phone (if not the definitive article), and one filled with clever touches that make it all the more human. Should you settle for the screen though? Is it worth holding out for the HTC ChaCha instead? Let’s take a look.

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Wii-2

The official announcement isn’t until June 7th, but we’ve tapped up industry insiders to get the scoop on what the Wii 2 will be packing. Read on for all the details on its amazing new controls, how powerful it is, and what kind of games we can expect.

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Categories: Gadgets   

This may be a shorter working week than usual, but you know tech: it never stops. It’s been another morning stuffed full of gadget news and views, so read on and see what you missed in our quick roundup.

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The royal wedding on Friday may be set to be drizzly with a chance of yet more rain, but that’s not stopping people from all over the country prepping to make their way to Westminster to see Kate Middleton become Princess Kate. mxData, whose well rated London Tube Map app is available on iPhone, Android, Nokia and BlackBerry phones, is reporting both a fifteen percent surge in downloads ahead of Friday, as well as an increase in downloads outside of the capital – suggesting more tourists than usual are planning their movements in advance.

The upshot? Central London is going to be rather crowded on Friday morning. Might be best to bring one of those old fashioned paper maps just in case signal crumples because of it.

Out Now | £free | mxData

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Sony made some non-news today. Non-news is quite special stuff. We have to report it but it doesn’t actually offer the full-fat facts you’d expect from proper news. Sony’s non-news was that there are two Sony Android Honeycomb tablets, the Sony S1 and the Sony S2, in the works. Did we get specs and a predicted release date for these scintillating slates though? Nope!

Sony’s press release could basically be reduced down to one long scream for attention: “Hey! Hey guy! Guys! We’ve got tablets too. Ignore the iPad 2 or the Blackberry PlayBook or the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Sony’s tablets are coming…um…soon.” Sorry Sony but it really doesn’t matter until you ship something…

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Categories: Cameras & Camcorders    Tags: , , , ,
Leica-i9-iPhone

If you love Leica and your iPhone 4, this is a dream concept. Black Design Associates created the Leica i9 design which would allow you to slot your iPhone 4 into a fixed-lens rangefinder. Docking the phone would activate the compact optical zoom, dedicated aperture and shutter dials, flash and light meter. The iPhone 4 would act as the screen to view your images with the camera back acting as a case for the phone.

It’s a beautiful idea but we’re not going to get ahead of ourselves. Leica is not likely to be making this any time soon sadly.

Out NA | £NA | Black Design Associates/Leica

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The PlayStation Network is still down in the wake of an attack than Sony says may have compromised user information. The firm has been unable to tell customers when the service will come back online. On the official PlayStation blog, spokesman Patrick Seybold, says: “This is a time intensive process and we’re working to get it back online quickly.”

If you’re a PlayStation Network user, are you frustrated by Sony’s lack of clear communication and the service downtime? Click the headline and hit the comments to share your thoughts and frustrations.

Out now | £NA | Sony

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The next MacBook Pro will arrive with an entirely new design, according to the latest product of the Apple rumourmill. Apple tends to revitalise the case design of its laptops once every three years so the change would be right on schedule.

Given that Apple has been touting the MacBook Air as “the next generation of MacBooks” which suggest there’s a good chance that the next generation MacBook Pro will arrive without an optical drive and a significantly slimmed down profile. Hit the headline and let us know what you want Apple to do with the next MacBook Pro.

Out TBC | £TBC | Apple (via MacRumors)

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