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A new EVO-styled HTC leaks, 8 megapixel camera and kickstand await at the back

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This HTC fella is rumored the have everything that EVO 4G and Desire HD have, and even more. It wears the Nexus One clothes and comes with an awesome kickstand.


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Here’s what’s inside the latest Xbox 360 Slim gaming console

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Microsoft and IBM finally revealed how the new two-in-one Xbox 360 chip looks like. It’s built using a 45nm manufacturing process, has 372 million transistors and is smaller, cheaper and less power hungry.

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Vodafone HTC Desire to get the Froyo treatment tomorrow

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Good news for all HTC Desire owners in Vodafone. Tomorrow their devices will start getting Froyo updates over-the-air.

The Android 2.2 Froyo deployment will happen gradually over a period of two weeks. The update campaign starts tomorrow and will end on 5 September.
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PlayStation 3 finally jailbroken, 100 euro frees it from its shackles

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PlayStation 3 finally got hacked and playing games from ISO images is now possible. The tools are on a USB flash drive, which is currently selling for 100 euro. It’s expensive to be a pirate these days.


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4-inch Galaxy player spotted in the wild, is this copycat policy necessary?

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The latest Samsung Galaxy Player, going under the model YP-MB2, is the Android version of Apple’s iPod. It has all the juice of the excellent smartphone Galaxy S, just cut the phone part out.


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iPhone 4 now plays 1080p videos easily, does some XviD/DivX magic too

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I‘ve recently discovered some hidden iPhone 4 capabilities that simply beg for a blogpost. It’s about the iPhone4 media playback capabilities that are obviously quite limited by none other but the desktop iTunes application.

You probably already know about the app called Filer, we’ve covered it before. The new thing about it is that it just helped me break the iTunes video shackles. My iPhone4 will now play any mp4/mov video up to 1080p resolution – yep, that’s FullHD video, folks.
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webOS 1.4.5 gears Pixi for 3D gaming, squeezes extra battery life from Pre

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Palm’s latest webOS update is already rolling to Pre’s and Pixi’s out there fixing some bugs and bringing a few enhancements. It optimizes the Pre’s battery usage, while Pixi finally gets the long awaited OpenGL and SDL support.


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Samsung Wave gets lifetime Route 66 navigation, starts from 30 euro

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Samsung’s quest on popularizing the Bada-powered Wave continues. All the Wave users are now able to get lifetime Route 66 voice-guided navigation for 30 euro. In addition they’ll get one-year free speed camera database updates.


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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty launches today, we have the honor of unboxing the Collector’s Edition

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I’m sure there is no serious gamer who doesn’t know what date is today. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is now available worldwide after 7 years of development and more than 12 years after the initial launch of the original StarCraft.

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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector’s Edition

As it’s one of my favorite games I pre-ordered the Collector’s Edition and it just arrived. This special edition turned out to be much better than I expected. In fact it’s awesome!
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iPhone’s jailbreaking and unlocking is declared legal in the USA

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Apple lost the battle about its iPhone DRM. Starting today iPhone’s jailbreak and unlock are now part of the DMCA and are considered “fair use” of the device.

If you are an iPhone/iPod Touch user, you should hold your excitement just yet.
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The second iPhone 4 wave hits this Friday, 17 more countries to join up

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Apple launches iPhone 4 in 17 more countries this Friday. iPhone 4 is currently available in USA, UK, France, Germany and Japan.

Apple will launch the iPhone 4 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland this Friday, 30 July. For now the countries will be getting only the black version. The white one remains with a “when it’s done” status.
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Orange launches Tactile Internet – an Android smartphone on the cheap

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After we met the Three Mobile UK exclusive ZTE Racer, here comes another cheap Android, Orange Tactile Internet. The unassumingly called smartphone can be yours on a contract for only 1 euro, but don’t get excited just yet.

To get the Tactile Internet for 1 euro you’d have to sign a 2-year contract with a minimum of 51-euro monthly tariff.
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Samsung UK gives free Galaxy S to reception-plagued iPhone 4 users, I could use one too

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There is no doubt Samsung Galaxy S is one of the most threatening competitors against the iPhone 4. It seems Samsung won’t stop with the nagging ads, but will step even further – give away a free Galaxy S to unsatisfied iPhone 4 users. Beat that, Apple!


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Acer Stream drops by, we shoot it on video

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Our next guest is the newest member of the high-end Android lineup. Acer Stream managed to surprise us with top notch specs and really cool Acer Touch 3D user interface.

We’ve been eagerly waiting for some movement on the high-end Android market that’s so far been ruled by HTC and Samsung. Acer Stream enters the fray of battle just in time and rest assured, there will be blood.
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Skype is now iOS4 friendly, offers true multi-tasking and free Skype-to-Skype calls

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Skype is now updated for iOS4 and supports multi-tasking. If this is not enough for you, then you should know Skype has no intention to charge you for 3G calls.


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