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3D shooting, 1080p video, powerful zooms and ruggedness, enter the new Panasonic compacts

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Panasonic announced four new cameras to join the eightsome from CES. This time, it’s all about HD video, 3D photos, zoom, touchscreens, geo-tagging and even some ruggedness.

Meet the four new models – the Panasonic TZ20 (ZS10 in the US), TZ18 (ZS8 in the US), FX77 (FX78 in the US) and the FT3 (TS3 in the US)… Read more »

Line Phone concept uses extra-clever gestures thanks to its touch-sensitive rim

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Judging by some of the newly announced phones, you might get the idea that we’re living in the future. But every once in a while, a concept of a phone comes along that makes it very clear that it’s not the future yet.

The Line Phone, which won the 2010 Furong Cup in ‘Digital Product and Service Design Competition’ in China, is one such concept… Read more »

Larry Page takes over as Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt will be Executive Chairman

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There’s change at the very top of Google – Eric Schmidt, who’s been Google’s CEO for the past 10 years, will be stepping down from that position moving to a position of an Executive Chairman. Larry Page will be replacing him starting 4 April – apparently all this is a planned effort to streamline decision making…

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Driving a BMW remotely with a Nokia C7 makes you a real-life James Bond

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I remember seeing James Bond remote-control a BMW with his phone in Tomorrow Never Dies. Pure fantasy, right? Except, two guys did pretty much the same using a Nokia C7

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Nokia N8 update brings subtitles to the video player, doesn’t fix all its problems

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The Nokia N8 has aspirations to be a portable video play for HD TVs with its 720p video output and true Dolby Digital sound over HDMI. But its video player lacked subtitle support, which limited its usability.

A new update is out and I took it for a quick spin… Read more »

Unboxing the Motorola MILESTONE 2, texting and SNS are in its blood

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Time for another unboxing – on today’s menu is the Motorola MILESTONE 2, or DROID 2 as it’s called States-side. The Motorola messenger kept a lot of the highlights of the original, while updating much of the features. Here’s what we found in the box…

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Push email may not be working properly on the Nokia N8, Nokia devs are still working on it

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Are you having problems with push email on the Nokia N8? Well, you’re not alone, that’s for sure. Lately we’ve been seeing a lot of activity about various aspects of the push email service offered by Nokia messaging on the Nokia N8.

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Steve Jobs to go on medical leave, Tim Cook takes over temporarily

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In tech circles, Steve Jobs is nothing less than a legend. He’s been having health problems in the recent years though and now, he will be taking his third medical leave since 2004. This news caused quite a stir, especially since Apple is due to announce its Q1 earnings today, but Apple seems to have everything under control…

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Disney Mobile Japan will be getting a cool Froyo droid with 3.8-inch 3D screen, 9.6MP camera

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Disney Mobile, which is enjoying a new lease of life in Japan after a short stint in the US, will be launching its first smartphone. You might be thinking of a Mickey Mouse shaped plastic gadget (I did at first) but it turns out it’s a very serious Android smartphone made by Sharp…

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INQ working on an Android based phone with Facebook integration, the INQ Cloud Touch

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It’s been over a year and a half since we heard that INQ was working on an Android phone, but now, finally, Bluetooth certifications for INQ Cloud Touch droid heavy with Facebook integration bring some validity to that age old rumor…

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Updated Google Goggles is faster, better at Sudoku than you

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Google Goggles is a great tool for on-the-spot product research – just scan the barcode and Google will find reviews, prices and even check in-store availability for you. A new version of the Goggles app improves performance and lets you use print ads for quick searches too.

Oh, and Goggles 1.3 for Android has one more tick up its sleeve, something you probably didn’t expect – Sudoku mastery… Read more »

MeeGo and Ubuntu ported to Nexus S, but they’re not ready yet

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The Google Nexus S was first rooted less than a month ago and there are already some pretty serious mods for it. One dev has managed to run both MeeGo and Ubuntu and while they run just barely, it’s still quite a feat…

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Fake Louis Vuitton belt phone has questionable pants-dropping design

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Cheap Chinese gadgets are notorious for their questionable quality, imitation of name brands and sometimes their bizarre design – but some, like this Louis Vuitton belt plus gold phone belt buckle are just too creative (or better make that “creative”) to miss…

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HTC ThunderBolt goes official, is an LTE-enabled version of the Desire HD

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The veil has officially lifted – the HTC ThunderBolt is out in the open and ready to impress with LTE connectivity and a 4.3” touch screen. The rumored UMTS connectivity didn’t pan out though, it’s just CDMA EvDO Rev. A and LTE…

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10.1-inch Samsung Sliding PC 7 Series can’t decide if it’s a tablet or a netbook

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Samsung unveiled the Sliding PC 7 Series – a 10.1” Windows 7 tablet/slider. It can be used comfortably as a tablet, but in fact the whole thing is one big slider. It’s an interesting take on the netbook form factor and it’s powered by Intel’s latest Atom platform (Oak Trail) aimed specifically at mobile computers and tablets.

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