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EMC - a phone for simpler times

May 16, 2008, 12:04 pm by Will Head Leave your comment

Filed under Mobile phones, News Tags: EMC, Matthias Pinkert, Mobiles, News, phones

The onwards march of technology is great, but sometimes you’ve got to think of the people that get left behind. German designer Matthias Pinkert is doing his bit to help the aged with the EMC (Easy Mobile Calling) - a phone so simple that even Peter Andre shouldn’t have trouble using it unsupervised.

First BD-Live disc a sleeping Blu-ty

May 16, 2008, 11:20 am by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Home Entertainment Tags: BD-Live, Blu-ray, Disney, News, Sony

BD-Live is the super-clever tech behind online interactivity on Blu-Ray, and now we know some of the new tricks it’ll bring to films. Even if the first disc to use the brand new features is Disney’s Sleeping Beauty…

Google prepping slew of new iPhone apps

May 16, 2008, 10:50 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Apple Tags: app, Apple, Google, iPhone, News

When Apple flicks the switch on its iPhone App Store some of the first apps available will be from Google, the search giant says. It’s been working on them for months, and reckons it’ll be ready with a load of new toys “at day one”.

Orange gets a slice of the iPhone action

May 16, 2008, 10:12 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Apple Tags: Apple, iPhone, News, orange

Orange just announced it’ll start selling the iPhone in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Africa, but there’s more to this announcement than meets the eye.

Video: Microsoft shows off multi-touch wall

May 16, 2008, 9:28 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Prototypes, Videos Tags: Microsoft, multitouch, News, touchwall

Take a peek at the wall of the future, Microsoft style. It’s essentially a vertical version of their multi-touch Surface computer, perfect for flicking through photos, sharing documents or just firing up movies.

Dubbed the TouchWall, it’s undoubtedly cool, even if the Big M’s rep in this video spoils the fun with words like “content,” “infinite canvas paradigm” and “organic.”

Video: Wandering WALL-E

May 16, 2008, 9:11 am by Pete Jenkinson Leave your comment

Filed under Robots, Videos Tags: film, la, News, Robot, video, wall-e, walle

Disney and Pixar have created a mobile animatronic version of their forthcoming box office breaking robot Wall-E to wander the streets begging for bums on seats, sorry promoting the film.

Samsung’s OLED laptop takes our breath away

May 16, 2008, 8:45 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Laptops Tags: concept, Laptop, News, OLED, Samsung

Sony’s OLED tellies are one thing, but this concept laptop from Samsung is quite another. Crafted with the same wafer-thin display technology, it’s thinner than even the MacBook Air, and probably twice as expensive.

IKEA invades The Sims

May 15, 2008, 4:20 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: furniture, ikea, News, stuff, the sims

Got your twee little Sims house set up? Now you can fill it with IKEA furniture, and make your modern townhouse even more like everyone else’s!

Yep, IKEA has licensed its ludicrously-named furniture designs to EA, letting you pack your virtual dolls house with all manner of Swedish furnishings.