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How does the iPhone 4 pixel density stand in comparison?

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Apple was very keen to brag about the iPhone 4 high-res screen and for a very good reason. From having one of the lowest pixel densities on the market in the previous generations, the iPhone is now in the lead. The question remains how much of a lead does it have over its rivals and I decided to do a brief comparison to give you an idea about that.

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iPhone 4 new features explained on video – Apple fans drool

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The iPhone 4 entered the mobile world with a bang and is here to stay as the company’s flagman for at least a year. In an attempt to let us get to know it better before it hits the shelves Apple released a promo video of their new device.

Featuring each of the new features that Steve Jobs mentioned in his keynote speech tonight, the video is pretty entertaining and well worth watching. Read more »

8GB iPhone 3GS announced, destined to play second violin from its birth

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With all the fuss surrounding iPhone 4 announcement you may have missed another announcement made by Apple at the WWDC event. Steve Jobs mentioned it when talking about the pricing of the iPhone 4, so understandably the attention was focused elsewhere.

So yeah, the rumored 8GB version of the iPhone 3GS is finally seeing daylight. Read more »

PlayStation Move controller official site launches, shows off sports games package

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While we’re still waiting for Project Natal for the Xbox, the PlayStation Move controller website went live. Just in time to generate some buzz before the E3 convention that starts next week.

There are some promo videos on the site, which would have us believe that the Move controller is actually a lightsaber golf club…

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Rafael Nadal’s latest lightweight watch costs 525 000 US dollars, will probably improve your forehand

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Yesterday Rafael Nadal won the Roland Garos final in a comfortable fashion, beating Soderling in straight sets. But if you were able to deviate your attention from the magnificent tennis skills the Spaniard demonstrated you might have noticed the 525 thousand US dollar worth of a wrist watch on his wrist.

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HTC EVO 4G starts breaking sales records from launch day

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Last Friday was a busy day for the employees at Sprint stores – it was the day when the mighty HTC EVO 4G hit their shelves. The Android-powered flagship has single-handedly improved the carrier’s 1 day sales record – and quite comfortably at that.

Sprint’s previous launch day bestsellers were Palm Pre and Samsung Instinct, but the EVO 4G (previously codenamed as HTC Supersonic) managed to sell 3 times as many units and even caused temporary shortages of the device at some of the 22 000 sales locations. Read more »

Acer teases with the BlackBerry-styled beTouch 130 running on Android

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Have you ever wanted a BlackBerry or Nokia E72 running on Android fuel? Well, dream no more – the QWERTY bar Acer beTouch E130 is exactly that kind of device and will be released later this year.

The Acer beTouch 130 packs all the basic features – 2.6-inch QVGA touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel snapper, 416 MHz Ericsson processor (now that’s a first), 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM, 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, microSD card slot and the nice front-facing full QWERTY keypad.
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7-inch Android 2.1-powered Huawei S7 has 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU under the hood, poses for a video

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Unless this is your first visit to a tech-dedicated website for the past year or so, you know that tablets are all the rage now. And while Huawei is hardly a big name outside the telecom solutions business, their offering in the tablet realm certainly looks interesting.

Dubbed Huawei S7, this Android 2.1-running tablet packs a 7” touchscreen and relies on a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU to do the math. Read more »

Nikon camera lens thermos is pure awesome

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Canon started this at the Olympics and had the first round but now Nikon are ready to retaliate. The thermos shaped like a 24-70mm f/2.8 Nikkor AF-S camera lens is already up for pre-order on eBay so you might start saving.


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Samsung Galaxy Tab is an Android tablet that’s going after the iPad, big time

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There were some rumors about Samsung preparing a tablet, but nothing certain until this moment. South African Samsung Blog however just posted a picture on Twitter showing Galaxy S next to that elusive tablet, which is obviously called Galaxy Tab.

The confirmed specs are the 7-inch 16:9 capacitive display, microSD card slot, front-facing video-call camera, 3G with HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a 3.5mm audio jack. And it’s obviously capable of GSM telephony. Read more »

HP didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business? Updated

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HP CEO Mark Hurd shared in a recent interview that HP didn’t buy Palm because of their smartphone business, but for the webOS. Does that mean it’s the end of Palm cellphones as we know them?


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Coke and Mentos-powered car goes from 0 to ultra-cool in 3.5, video inside

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What do you get when you mix 108 two-liter bottles of Coke Zero with 648 Mentos candies. A rocket bike, for one thing. Plus a serious mess to clean off the floor, for another.

I bet you’ll enjoy watching this one on video. I know I did. Read more »

64-bit Firefox beta available for download now, let the debugging start

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A 64-bit Firefox browser to go with your 64-bit OS is what you always secretly wanted, right? Well if you aren’t afraid of a few minor bugs and glitches you can now download the pre-release version.

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Mobile Google Search now returns results from Apple App Store and Android Market too

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Google often introduces small but helpful updates to Search, Maps and their other services. And you can add this new bit into the ‘Why didn’t they think of this sooner?’ column. Google Mobile Search on Android phones and iPhones now lists results from the respective app stores along with the usual results…

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We won’t see a Moorestown tablet like this one at least another six months

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Tablets are a hot commodity these days and it seems almost every company has a prototype on display at this year’s Computex. Unfortunately, there are only few tablets available on the market despite the huge demand. It’s like all hardware companies either totally missed this wave of touchscreen tablet love or manufacturers simply lack the optimized OS needed for creating a compelling tablet computer.

Whatever may be the case, the Intel’s Moorestown platform currently seems as one of the most promising upcoming tablet solutions. The Quanta Redvale tablet shown off by Intel at Computex is a living proof.
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