September, 2011

4oD Catch Up finally lands on iPhone

September 2, 2011 1:32 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: 4oD, channel 4, IOS, iPhone

About time. While BBC iPlayer has been available on the iPhone since forever, terrestrial rival Channel 4 has been taking its sweet time about things. A 4oD Catch Up app arrived for the iPad in May, and now at long last, a version has hit the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch (iOS 4 and up). It’s free, and does exactly what it says on the tin, with a search function and smooth video playback, though it’s Wi-Fi only.

4oD does not yet offer an Android app, but the desktop service runs on Google phones with Adobe Flash 10.3 support. Let us know how you get on in the comments – are all your favourite shows there?

Out Now | £free | 4oD (Available on the iTunes App Store)

The LG Scanner Mouse is the real magic mouse

September 2, 2011 1:19 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: Computers & Accessories, Computers & Accessories Tags: hands on, IFA 2011, LG, lms 100, scanner mouse

Our favourite device of the show is unquestionably the beautiful Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7. But our second? It’s not a phone, it’s not a tablet or a laptop, just a mere peripheral: the LG LSM-100 Scanner Mouse.

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Battle of the Ultrabooks: The MacBook Air rivals of IFA

September 2, 2011 12:52 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: Guides Tags: Acer, feature, IFA 2011, intel, Laptop, Lenovo, Toshiba, Ultrabook

Ultrabooks, a new category of super thin, but not underpowered laptops that’s being pushed through by Intel, have been all the rage this week at IFA 2011. Laptop manufacturers are falling over themselves to show off stupidly skinny rivals to the quite frankly peerless third-gen MacBook Air, and we’ve got them all right here for you in our guide.

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Samsung Galaxy Note hands on photos!

September 2, 2011 11:30 am by Ben Sillis

Categories: Mobile Phones, Mobile Phones Tags: Android, galaxy note, hands on, IFA 2011, Samsung, tablet

The Samsung Galaxy Note is certainly the oddest gadget we’ve seen so far at IFA 2011 in Berlin, an enormous 5.3-inch phone that comes with its own stylus, old school style. We grabbed it for a quick scribble: click to see the photos.

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Google Boss Schmidt praises Apple, teases new Android devices

September 2, 2011 10:47 am by James Holland

Categories: Computers & Accessories, Mobile Phones Tags: Apple, Eric Schmidt, Google, Motorola, Steve Jobs

Eric Schmidt is in a good mood. The Google chairman has been heaping praise upon outgoing Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and lauding the recently-aquired Motorola Mobility, teasing us with hints of new products right around the corner.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 preview: This is the iPad killer you were looking for

September 2, 2011 10:30 am by Ben Sillis

Categories: Computers & Accessories, Computers & Accessories Tags: Android, Galaxy Tab 7.7, hands on, IFA 2011, Samsung, tablet

Android tablets are nice and all, and often quite a lot cheaper than the iPad. But they’ve never possessed the same lust-worthy aura, build quality and overall sexiness. Until now: the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 has it in spades.

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Samsung Wave 3 hands on preview

September 2, 2011 9:16 am by Ben Sillis

Categories: Mobile Phones, Mobile Phones Tags: bada, hands on, IFA 2011, Samsung, wave 3

Samsung lumbers on with bada, its own supposedly smartphone operating system, against all the odds, and what we’ve got here on show at IFA this week is the platform’s new flagship: the Samsung Wave 3. See if it’s as swell as it looks here in our hands on gallery.

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HTC Radar: Meet the Desire S running Mango

September 1, 2011 7:30 pm by Ben Sillis

Categories: Mobile Phones, Mobile Phones Tags: HTC, IFA 2011, Microsoft, official pics, radar, windows phone

Here it is, the HTC Radar: the company’s second generation Windows Phone 7 handset, running the new Mango software update. Specs and pictures, this way please.

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September, 2011

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