Freed from the shackles of being lumped in with its ever- expanding, cheapo Eee range, Asus has whipped out a sleek, slim netbook for those folks that like a dash of style when they’re tapping away on a wee lappie.
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Mobile News: Firefox Mobile Hits Alpha, Blackberry App Centre
An alpha version of the long awaited Mobile Firefox browser is expected to be released soon.
According to Mozilla Foundation had honcho John Lilly, the alpha version (currently code-named Fennec) will be let out of its cage in next few weeks with brave, nay, reckless, foolhardy and heedless users invited to install the no doubt bug-laden alpha creation on their handhelds.
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MySpace And Facebook Dominate Mobile Social Networks
Industry giants Facebook and MySpace are the most popular social networking websites for mobile phone users, according to figures released by ABI Research.
Their survey found that nearly half (46 per cent) of people signed up to social networks have also whipped out their mobile phones to access the sites.
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Vodafone Launches Books on Mobile Service
Mobile operator titans Vodafone are letting rip with a literary blast blasting the book world with their new service bringing books to mobile handsets.
The service will offer books to perambulating punters at a cost of a fiver to a hefty fifteen quid (what?!), with the cost of purchases lobbed on to the user’s monthly Vodafone bill. Thanks to nippy 3G/HSDPA technology a three-hour audio book can be downloaded in three minutes, and with shiny new smartphones like the iPhone and Android serving up bigger screens, reading a book on a phone becomes less of a chore.
MySpace Music: 1 Billion Songs Streamed “In A Few Days”
MySpace is claiming that its MySpace Music service has already streamed well over a billion songs since launching on September 25.
The company are being a little vague with the details but it seems that the billion song total was reached only a ‘few days’ after launch.
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Sony PRS-700 E-Reader Announced, Kindle 2 Leaked
Sony has announced their second generation e-reader, the PRS-700, which looks to grab a piece of the action stirred up by Amazon’s innovative Kindle e-reader, which is also rumoured to be updated shortly.
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Looking For The Ultimate Netbook (8.9″ Screen Edition)
After weeks of deliberation, we worked out that netbooks with 10″+ screens were just too big for our needs, so our attention drifted to smaller screened models.
The first gen Asus Eee’s with their paltry 7″ screen were immediately discounted as we didn’t fancy indulging in a scrolling frenzy every time we looked at a website, which left the 8.9″ models for consideration.
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Desperately Seeking The Perfect Netbook – The 10″ Choices
We’ve been pondering, prevaricating and putting off buying a netbook for ages, endlessly checking the spec sheets of competing models, waiting on new model updates and then holding off buying because another ruddy even better one had just been announced.
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Samsung Announce M8800 Pixon: “Slimmest 8MP cameraphone” LG disagree
With a spec sheet to rival budget cameras, Samsung’s ultra thin M8800 should really be thought of as a camera with a phone attached rather than just an ‘umble cameraphone.
The handset comes with a 8 megapixel sensor with autofocus, backed by Dual Power LED flash, ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction) and WDR (Wide Dynamic Range). Keeping up the camera-heavy features, there’s an Auto Panorama Shot feature, geotagging support (via the integrated GPS) and a photo browser (Accelerometer Sensor, Tilt and flip with sorting by Face/Time/Colour/Folder).
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Mobile Adult Video Chat Services Soaring
Worldwide revenues from mobile adult video chat services are set to hit a pocket bulging $1.5bn within the next five years according to a new report from Juniper Research.
Their research reveals that the average monthly spend for this specialist market has throbbed up to 20 times higher than for other types of adult services, with profits set to keep on thrusting upwards.