Mike Slocombe

  • Nokia 5320 And 5220 Handsets Released

    Nokia 5320 And 5220 Handsets ReleasedNokia knock out two new phones. We try to get excited.

    Nokia 5320
    The Nokia 5320 comes in a classic candy-bar form factor and serves up the rather gimmicky Say and Play feature. This lets punters bellow a song or name of an artist into their phone, and the software will dutifully serve it up.

    There’s certainly no shortage of more useful features on board though, with the 3G phone offering a ‘full Internet browser for Web 2.0 access,’ dedicated XpressMusic keys, an audio chip for advanced sound quality, a handy 3.5mm audio jack, a 2.0 Megapixel camera with flash, HS-USB and microSD card support for up to 8GB.

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  • Google Is The World’s Number One Brand

    Google Is The World's Number One BrandSearch engine monsters Google have emerged at the very top of a list of the world’s most powerful brands, with research estimating the company’s value at a whopping $86bn (£43bn).

    Research by analysts Millward Brown put Google at the pinnacle of their annual top 100 global brand power list for the second year running, notching up a 30% year-on-year increase in its value.

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  • US Game Sales Soar

    US Game Sales SoarThe news may be telling us that millions of cash strapped Americans are putting their houses up for sale and living in their cars, but business is positively booming when it comes to game sales.
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  • BeatEd Mobile Drum Machine For S60 Smartphones: For Free!

    BeatEd Mobile Freeware Drum Machine For S60 SmartphonesBus journeys could be set to get even more annoying with the launch of the BeatEd, a simple drum sequencer/ machine for Symbian S60 smartphones.

    The application offers an easy to use beat editor and the ability to change tempo and volume while playing, so you could really wind up granny on the Number 43 bus.

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  • Asus Eee 900 Low Cost Sub-Notebook Due In May

    Asus Eee 900 Low Cost Sub-Notebook Due In MayCurrently sending ripples of excitement around the office is news of the impending UK release of the Asus Eee PC 900 ultraportable laptop.

    Priced at a comparatively expensive £329, the most noticeable difference is the increased screen size – up from 7 inches to 8.9 inches, with a widescreen 1,024×600 pixels resolution. With so many websites being authored for 1024 pixel-wide screens, this will bring welcome relief to Eee users fed up with scrolling from left to right (See our review of the original Asus Eee).

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  • Photographers Rights In The UK: A Guide (Part 2)

    Yesterday we kicked off our guide by starting to underline your rights as a photographer. Today we continue to look at where you can or can’t take pics.

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  • Photographers Rights In The UK: A Guide (Part 1)

    Photographers Rights In The UK: A GuideDespite the law being clear on a citizen’s rights to freely take pictures in public places (with a few restrictions) there is growing evidence of the police, police community support officers (PCSOs), security guards and general jobsworths failing to respect the rights of photographers going about their lawful business.
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  • Photographers Protest Over Police Harassment

    Photographers Protest Over Police HarassmentProfessional photographers, street shooters, keen amateur photographers and even mobile phone snappers seem to be suffering increasing hassle from The Man when it comes to exercising their right to take photos in public places.
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  • Hop-On Launch £10 Disposable Phone And Kids Tracker Handset

    Hop-On Launch £10 Disposable Phone And Kids Tracker HandsetWhen it comes to a slimmed down feature set, you won’t get much more Spartan than the Eur13 disposable cell-phone, a $20 (£10) GSM phone which, as its name suggests, is designed as a throwaway handset.
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  • E-TEN M750 And M810 Smartphones Announced

    E-TEN M750 And M810 Smartphones AnnouncedTaiwanese technology types E-TEN have whipped away the white sheet covering their new Windows Mobile powered Glofiish M750 and M810 smartphones and are waiting for the gasps of “must have” admiration from the market.

    The two phones are near-identical, although the Glofiish M750 smartphone loses the 3G UMTS/HSDPA support of its bigger bro,’ offering GPRS/EDGE data connectivity instead.

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