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  • Rumoured Samsung i550 Smartphone Packs GPS

    By the looks of a product leak slipping around the web, Samsung look set to make a big break with their traditional mobile phone designs with the release the all-metal i550.

    Running on Symbian OS S60 UI, the phone bears some design similarities with Sony-Ericsson’s W880, and is rumoured to be Samsung’s first Samsung GPS-enabled smartphone – and the company’s first bar shaped phone.

    The 3G and HSDPA (3.6 Mbps) phone also sports a generous 2.6″ display and wedges in a 3.2 megapixel camera (plus a low red front mounted camera for video calls), dedicated keys for GPS, music player and Internet browser.

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  • Samsung Announce NV8, NV15 and NV20 Cameras

    Samsung have let rip with three new models to their NV series of point’n’shooters – the eight mega pixel NV8, 10 mega pixel NV15 and 12 mega pixel NV20.

    All three new cameras feature the unique Smart Touch interface which lets users navigate through the menus by sliding a finger across the control buttons running outside the cameras’ 2.5″ LCD screen.
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  • Eurcom D900C Quad Core Phantom-X Laptop Goes On Sale

    Eurcom Quad Core D900C Phantom-X Laptop Goes On SaleBilled as the “ultimate Mobile Workstation” for graphics pros, gamers, CAD/3D wizards and video content creators, Eurocom’s quad-core D900C Phantom-X looks something of a fearsome beast.

    The shiny quad-core monster comes with an upgradeable processor, with the top of the range Intel Core 2 Quad option (Q6700, 2.66Ghz, FSB1066) packing 8MBof L2 cache and adding a whopping $755 (£370, €550) to the already wallet-frightening base configuration of $2,999 (£1,500, €2,200).
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  • Cheap SD memory – Don’t Do It!

    Cheap memory - Don't Do It!We’ve recently had an horrific experience. Having recorded a few great interviews using the excellent Zoom H4 digital audio recorder, gone to download them to the Mac for processing, only to find that some of them were zero length – apparently completely inaccessible.

    The sinking of the heart that occurs and the sheer blind panic shouldn’t be experienced by anyone, so we’re going to pass on our experience to you in the hope that you don’t ever have to live through the same.

    The Zoom H4 has always performed well for us. it produces excellent quality stereo recordings with no hint of data lost.
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  • Panasonic DMC-FZ18 Superzoom Camera Announced

    Panasonic DMC-FZ18 Superzoom Camera AnnouncedPanasonic has taken the wraps off the the latest model in their FZ superzoom series, the FZ18 which packs an astonishing eighteen times optical zoom.

    Sporting a relatively modest 8 megapixel sensor, the SLR-style camera offers an ‘Intelligent Auto Mode’, Face detection, automatic LCD backlight control and high ISO performance.
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  • Sony Network Walkman NWD-B100 MP3 Player Series Announced

    Sony Network Walkman NWD-B100 MP3 Player Series AnnouncedSony has announced a rather snazzy looking range of stick MP3 players that do away with the need to transfer tunes with their much-maligned SonicStage desktop software.

    With the new ATRAC-free NWD-B100 Series players, users can simply drag and drop music straight from their desktop PCs to the pencil thin, 30-gram player.
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  • Logitech VX Nano Mouse Announced

    For business travellers fed up with tricky trackpads and piddly pointing sticks, Logitech has launched a new cordless portable mouse called the VX Nano.

    Boasting a streamlined design that looks like it was tested in a wind tunnel, the cordless laser mouse comes with a tiny little USB dongle (“the world’s smallest USB receiver for mice”) that slots into your laptop.
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  • Microsoft Zune 2.0 Set For Christmas

    The first version of their Zune media player didn’t exactly set the world on fire or give Steve Jobs much to worry about, but Microsoft has confirmed that its second- generation Zune players will be hitting the shelves in time for the Christmas sales season in the US.
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  • Samsung G600: First Look

    We went to the Global launch of the Samsung G600 in London last night – the first time Samsung has carried out such a launch in the UK.

    The phone is quite a looker and the first for Samsung with a 5 Mpx camera built in. To match this, is a great display capable of displaying 16M colours, which should flatter the films you can play on it at 30fps, in MPEG4, WMV and H.264 formats.

    The black two-tone sliding handset feels great in the hand, with the sort of heft that conveys quality.
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  • Fridge Freezer Woes And Saving Cash Online (part 2)

    Fridge Freezer Woes And Saving Cash Online (part 2)In Part One, we covered the problems of our fridge freezer going on the blink and how we failed to find a way to fix ourselves.

    Time for a new fridge!
    Reluctantly admitting defeat on the DIY repair front, we headed off to the web to find a replacement, spurred on by a growing need for cold beers.

    Being gadget freaks (albeit ones with a limited budget) we set about investigating the spec sheets of various keenly priced contenders, and took a trip up to Curry’s for a physical investigation of what was on offer.
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