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If you like the idea of flashing an Apple iPad around Blighty before the rest of the fanboys and girls but would rather not have to fly stateside to make it so then here’s the answer my gadgety faithful.

Slip in your order to www.bundlebox.com from right now because pre-ordering is now on over the pond. No need to wait for that pesky UK release date!

BundleBox, if you’re not familiar with the name, was set up by former Google exec Andre Schmidt last year and lets UK consumers buy from any US website. It’s basically an online transatlantic shopping service that lets us in the UK register for a free USA postal address meaning that we can sign on to the pre-order service despite the current US residency restriction.

Just simply sign up to Bundlebox, select its ‘Buy for Me’ service and order and pay for your iPad.

Because the iPad counts as an “automatic data processing machine” under customs rules, it’s import duty free – which all adds up to the 16GB WiFi version costing £465.20, including all shipping costs and VAT.

Tempted? Or are you thinking about buying a different tablet?

Let me know :)

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Next Gen iPhone 4G will Look Different

by Jay Garrett on February 22, 2010

This is what I’ve been expecting/hoping but now ‘industry experts’ are saying that the Apple iPhone 4G will look quite different from the iPhone 3GS.

Alriiiiiiiiiiiiiight!

Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes reckons that Apple “will try to change the game on everybody – it bothers them that everyone stole their form factor.”

I can totally see where he’s coming from and the fact that Apple has made a name for itself as being a ‘game changer’ the Appley one might be looking to make a leap rather than another minor tweak.

Let’s face it – Since its release in 2007 the iPhone’s exterior design hasn’t changed but still has become an icon.

In comparison, the iPod did change quite a lot in its first three years.

Would you prefer the iPhone to stay the shape that we’ve all come to know or love or, like me, hope for a change – kinda like the move from the original iMac to the lovely angular modern art pieces that the Apple desktops have become? Perhaps mirroring the MacBook in construction and feel?

C’mon Apple! The HTC Legend has actually beaten you to the aluminium unibody look!

Let me know below :)

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Google Buzz Rattles Microsoft and Yahoo!

February 10, 2010 Click to read more →
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Google looks like it’s fancying some of the social network pie with Buzz.
Google Buzz is based around Gmail and, like other places, lets you share information, photos videos and status updates. It also connects with Flickr and Twitter so you can spread your endless, pointless news with everyone you know and others that you’ve managed [...]

Cute Google Android Robot Collectables Refuse to Crash

February 3, 2010 Click to read more →
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Remember Twitterific’s Ollie has been brought to ‘life’?
Well, now you will soon be able to hug your own Google Android figure!
Andrew Bell has teamed up with Google so that you don’t have to resort to just stroking your Nexus.
Mr Bell has worked on a series of authorised Android robot figurines, starting with an initial run [...]

Google Tablet Video and Chrome OS Pics

February 2, 2010 Click to read more →
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My Geekahol partner and brother, Chris, and me had a bit of a tablet-based debate this morning via email and this fella cropped up into the conversation.
First spotted was pics showing the Chrome OS that have been posted on the official Chromium site (Chromium is the open source project behind Chrome and ChromeOS).
I think [...]

Nexus Two on its Way – Hello Moto!

January 30, 2010 Click to read more →
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There’s been rumours of a Nexus Two almost as soon as the Nexus One hit the blogosphere and it seems that Moto may be its maker.
The next Nexus could be a business model Google phone and Motorola’s CEO has confirmed that they would be delivering a phone to sell through the new Google Store.
Sanjay Jha [...]

iPhone 4G – OLED Screen, Dual-Core Processor, Video Chat and Other Rumours

January 13, 2010 Click to read more →
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This going to be a regular feature on the run-up to the 27th and, hopefully, some big Appley announcements.
Latest from the rumour-mill is that the next gen iPhone will be sporting an OLED screen and a have removable battery just like the new gPhone, Nexus One.
There’s rumblings that iPhone 4G could have a front-facing camera [...]

Apple iPhone 3GS, Google Nexus One, Moto Droid and Palm Pre Compared

January 7, 2010 Click to read more →
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If your head is spinning with details and specs of the four phones above then thank Billshrink for the complete comparison break-down.
Billshrink has compared the main specifications and the cost of ownership of the Google, Apple, Palm and Motorola blowers. The cost of ownership may be more important and even a deciding factor in [...]

Google Nexus One is Here and so is the Google Store to Sell it!

January 5, 2010 Click to read more →
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When Google decided to sell their own Android blower, the Nexus One, almost as many column inches were given to how they’d do this as were given to the actual handset.
Well, they’ve opened a new store, from which they plan to sell Android phones from a variety of carriers and manufacturers.
This will be a one-stop-shop [...]

Google Nexus One – Kinda Like a Motorola Droid

January 4, 2010 Click to read more →
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Uh-oh!
Could this be moistening the touchpaper ahead of Google’s big Nexus One reveal tomorrow?
According to the Gadgety crew of Engadget the gPhone aint all that! Hang on – Isn’t it supposed to be the latest iPhone killer?
Engadget have got their mits on the new Google Phone and seem to find it hard not to [...]

Apple Tablet iSlate Confirmed – 10.1 Inch Screened iPhone

January 2, 2010 Click to read more →
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Ok – so none of the following iSlate news is particularly new but the fact that it comes from a very reliable and connected source makes this type-worthy.
Kai-fu Lee, ex-president of Google China, is well hooked up with Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn.
He couldn’t hide his excitement and has spilled some details on his blog.
Here’s the [...]

YouTube to Add Gaming Portal

December 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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YouTube could be increasing its web monopoly by also becoming an interactive gaming portal as well as somewhere to play 80’s music videos and clips of kittens.
The recent Google  patent application for a “Web-based System for Generation of Interactive Games Based on Digital Videos,” was filed earlier this year but has only been published this [...]

Google Nexus One and Chrome Netbook to be Officially Unveiled on January 5th

December 29, 2009 Click to read more →
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Google has just announced that they’re having a press event on January 5th in Mountain View.

The big G’s invite says:
With the launch of the first Android-powered device just over a year ago, we’ve seen how a powerful, open platform can spur mobile product innovation. And this is just the beginning of what’s possible.
Please join us [...]

Google Branded Netbook Packing Chrome OS Coming Soon – Google Hardware

December 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Hot on the heels of the Google branded Nexus One smartphone comes the news that they’re going to be dishing out their own 3G enabled netbook!
Apparently “multiple sources” are saying that Google has been talking to at least one hardware manufacturer about building a netbook that Google itself could sell directly.
These ’sources’ claim that the [...]

More Googlephone News Comes To Light – Nexus One Confirmed

December 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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After this picture appeared on Twitter following the breaking news on the same microblogging site that some Googlers were handed the new Google blower more information has trickled out.
Not only has Google confirmed that its employees have been given a new mobile device to test but it seems that the new smartphone is to be [...]

Google Phone Here Next Month

December 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ah, The Google Phone.
That mythical, legendary and oft rumoured handset that has taunted the iPhone from the safe confines of non-Apple-lovin imaginations for the last couple of years.
That is all set to change next month as the G-branded blower is (allegedly) ready to drop in a few weeks.
Twitter reports from a CNet staffer and some [...]

Acer Liquid A1 Now Available in UK – First Snapdragon Android Smartphone

December 9, 2009 Click to read more →
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Cast your gadgety minds back to October and Acer’s announcement of their Liquid A1 Android powered smartphone.
Now, The Acer Liquid A1 is for sale and stands as being the first handset from anyone to run Google’s mobile Andoid OS on Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon hardware – albeit underclocked to 768MHz. Don’t ask me why – [...]

HTC Releasing Another 20 Google Phones – Leak

December 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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It seems that HTC are refusing to rest on their laurels even though the HTC HD2 (pictured) seems to be pretty impressive.
Word has slipped out that the Taiwanese mobile manufacturer could be planning to launch 20 more Android-powered handsets.
The names of the new devices appear to have been written inside a thread from the recently [...]

iTunes Moving to The Cloud – Freeing up Your Hard-Drive

December 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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Apple is looking to acquire audio streaming company Lala – if they get the deal then this could free up all of that prime real-estate on your various hard-drives if, like me, you have 50 days or more’s worth of constant music sat in digital audio form.
The move could also improve your music’s [...]

Mewbox – On the Go Music Downloads on Android

December 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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Mewbox – not a new dry cat food or a mash-up of Robbie Williams’ failed 2006 album and a Danish alternative rock band.
Mewbox is actually a new music download service that originally launched with the Archos 5 Android slate but has now gone live for all Android phones.
This means that whether you’re going to [...]