T-Mobile G2 Android Powered Handset Photos Break Free

T-Mobile G2 Android Powered Handset Photos Break FreePhotos claiming to show the new T-Mobile G2 have appeared on the web, with a release date set for the first half of the year.

Although the T-Mobile G1 impressed us immensely, there were a few issues with the phone, least of all its rather chunky appearance. Compared to the sleek likes of Apple’s ubiquitous iPhone, we have to say found the Android powered contender looked rather lardy.

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Review: Eton FR140 Microlink Wind-Up/Solar Powered Radio With Torch And Charger (86%)

Eton FR140 Microlink Wind-Up/Solar Powered Radio With Torch And Charger (86%)Looking rather natty in an all black, rubberised case, the Eton FR140 radio aims to be the perfect companion for deep forays into the countryside or as a handy take-everywhere travel gadget for the self sufficient.

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Metcheck Goes Bonkers And Predicts Total Disaster For London

Metcheck Goes Bonkers - Predicts Super-Hurricanes In LondonWe don’t mean to alarm you here, but according to leading weather forecasting site Metcheck, there’s some rather extreme weather ahead for UK citizens.

Visiting their site and typing in ‘London’ and then clicking on the weather for Friday brings up a weather forecast so fearsome, nay Biblical, that we expect to see wild panic in the streets swiftly followed by a screaming stampede out of the metropolis.

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Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Smartphone: Details Leaked

Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Smartphone: Details LeakedCurrently slipping under doorways and out through cracks in the wall are shots of the new Nokia 5730 XpressMusic handset.

According to a comprehensive pre-release preview on the Mobile Review website, the mid-market Nokia 5730 will pack a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a two inch QVGA screen (240×320 pixels, 31×42 mm), 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, EDGE data and Bluetooth v2.0 with support for EDR running on Symbian S60.

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Nokia N97 Touchscreen Smartphone Set For March Release?

Nokia N97 Touchscreen Smartphone Set For March Release?Nokia’s keenly awaited N97 touchscreen handset looks to have its UK launch date confirmed, with the e-retailer Play.com posting up a pre-order page on their site.

The site lists a release date of March 31st, 2009 for the Nokia N97 with a decidedly upmarket unlocked.sin free price of GBP 479.99 (US$707), with free shipping.

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Sony Vaio P Review: Hands On With The Netbook/Lifestyle PC (Part 2/2)

Part one of our Sony Vaio P Review was wowed at shiny colours; initial impressions on opening it and amazing screen resolution. Here’s the concluding section.

Sony Vaio P Review: Hands On With The Netbook/Lifestyle PCsKeyboard impresses
If the display didn’t exactly knock us out, the keyboard was an unexpected treat. Although it’s clearly substantially smaller than a full laptop keyboard (Sony say that it’s 88 percent the size of their Sony Vaio TT keyboard, which is already smaller than a regular keyboard), it’s extremely well designed. We managed to get up a fair rate of knots on the thing with few errors and would feel comfortable typing out quite a few emails on it.

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Sony Vaio P Review: Hands On With The Netbook/Lifestyle PC

We think this is the first serious review of the Sony Vaio P, it’s not a just a couple of quick paragraphs, but a more in depth examination for what it’s like to use. We hope you enjoy it.

Sony Vaio P Review: Hands On With The Netbook/Lifestyle PCsWe’d already dribbled and drooled all over the first press photos of Sony’s gorgeous new Vaio P Series netbook, so couldn’t miss the opportunity to check it out at the UK launch event at the famous champagne bar at St Pancras station.

Our first impressions – once we got over the disappointment of the promised free champagne being replaced by a warm cup of coffee (! :) ) – was overwhelmingly positive.

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BBC To Launch Visual Radio Player

BBC To Launch Visual Radio PlayerThe BBC is set to revolutionise radio listening with the introduction of a new “visual radio player” this month.

The technology is set to be trialed for a week on Radio 1’s Chris Moyles weekday mornings show (6.30am to 10am) and on the Annie and Nick show on Sunday evenings (7pm to 10pm), and will let users listeners head off to the DJs website and get a load of “complementary visuals.”

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