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Google Nexus One – Kinda Like a Motorola Droid

by Jay Garrett on January 4, 2010

Google Nexus One - Engadget.com

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 liken it to a slightly faster Motorola Droid (Milestone over here) albeit nicer to hold. They also say that the HTC design is handsome but wont really blow you away with its good looks.

I’m guessing not the kind of thing that Google want to hear before the Californian press conference.

By all accounts the Nexus One is running Android 2.1 and sports a 3.7 inch touchscreen and a 5MP camera – This is the phone that Google is proudly holding aloft as their first foray into producing and selling a smartphone instead of just the Android OS.

Whether there’ll be different versions or this is it I wont know ’til tomorrow.

Thing is; would you fork out $500 (£308) for an unlocked, prettier Motorola Droid even if it had Spotify on it for free?

It’s going to be an interesting day in Google-land tomorrow methinks.

Nip over and read Engadget’s full hands-on review and watch the vid :)

Tell me if you think that it is an Android-based iPhone killer in the comments below.

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Tesco Goes into Virtual DVD Sales

by Jay Garrett on December 7, 2009

tesco_softwareTesco – handy for your value baked beans and its competitive MP3 marketplace but it sounds like the supermarket is ready to go into digital video.

We may soon be seeing Tesco Virtual DVD.

The plan is it utilise Microsoft’s Silverlight, the big M’s Flash taunter, and offer the typical features and content that can be found on DVD discs but designed to be viewed on a PC or Mac.

Tesco has partnered with big hitters Warner Bros for the new launch and will offer those who buy the DVDs of either Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The Hangover an accompanying Virtual DVD copy.

Tesco’s category director for entertainment, Rob Salter, announced that “Tesco is excited to be the first retailer to launch this next-generation movie experience,” and “By partnering with Warner Bros, we tap into its experience as an innovator in the migration of physical formats to digital experiences, and offer our customers a new way of watching two of the biggest movies of 2009.”

Will be a bit different to seeing the chart DVD’s next to the compilation CD’s and snacks.

Are you tempted?

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Apple iTablet Gets More Details, a Launch Date and Perhaps a Realease Date

September 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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The interwebs remain ablaze with iProd/iTablet rumours and it doesn’t look like they’re gonna calm down anytime soon.
iLounge is fanning the flames using the same source that gave it an early heads-up on the new iPod Nano 5G.
It’s already fairly common knowledge that Apple has rehired the former architect of the hand-writing recognising Apple Newton [...]

Microsoft Stopping Zune HD Coming to the UK, Europe, Anywhere Outside the States

September 11, 2009 Click to read more →
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There had word on the street that Microsoft had no plans bring the Zune HD to France.
That has escalated to the point that the Zune wont even break the US borders!
Ars Technica went direct to Redmond to find out if it’s true:
“For the time being the Zune HD device will remain US only,” a [...]

Windows Marketplace for Mobile Open For Business For All 6.0 and 6.1 Users

July 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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At this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft announced that Windows Marketplace for Mobile will support Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 by the end of 2009 (Windows Mobile 6.5 support will be immediately available).
This is noteworthy as it will allow developers to push applications to existing Windows Mobile customers, of which Microsoft estimates there are [...]

HTC Hero Official London Launch

June 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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The HTC Hero is HTC’s third Android handset and has just been made official at its first public engadgement here in London.
The Hero seems much slimmer than HTC’s previous Android blowers and sports a 3.2 inch TFT-LCD with 320×480 pixel resolution that packs multi-touch and has an anti-fingerprint coating. It also throws in a five-megapixel [...]

Google Launching Flipper – Tossing the Dolphin?

June 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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Google is set to release Flipper into the wild!
I’m trying to avoid all these puns on porpoise but I can’t help it.
Flipper is actually a new feature in Google’s “Labs” section.
If reports are correct, it’s a way of viewing news content in a more magaziney format, helpful for browsing on mobile devices.
Flipper should allow [...]

Nokia N86 8 Megapixel Packing Camera Phone Ready for UK Preorder

June 11, 2009 Click to read more →
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Nokia has stuck up their new Nokia N86 8MP on the Nokia Store for pre-order.
It’s due to launch at the same time (June 19th) as something called the iPhone 3GS and, unlike the iPhone, will be packing Nokia’s first 8 megapixel camera.
Through Nokia, the new Nseries handset will be priced at £399, sold [...]

Palm Pre News and Reviews Round Up

June 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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T3 have kindly rounded up most of the Palm Pre buzz found on the interweblogosphere to save folk like me time trwaling through the interwebs.
So is the Palm Pre all that?
Is this the handest to save Palm?
Is it good enough to knock the iPhone of its throne?
Or is it just gonna crash and burn?
Here is [...]

New iPhone Spec List and Launch Date Outed

May 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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Wired has some interesting news on the iPhone rumour front.
Apparently Cupertino’s next handset will indeed be announced at WWDC.
As well as that it will be sporting an OLED display and a glowing Apple logo – and launch on July 17!
There’s plenty more juicy stuff on Wired’s site but the most tantalising must be the posted [...]

GadgetyNews Going .Com!

March 23, 2009 Click to read more →

Hello fellow lovers of all that is gadgety!
As this little corner of the interweb is going from strength to strength I thought it only righteous for it to have its own name in its own glorious URL.
So, to that end – over the next few days everything will be moved over to GadgetyNews.com [...]

British Search Engine Takes on Google – Wolfram Alpha

March 9, 2009 Click to read more →

Mention searching the interweb and chances are that Google will come up in the conversation.
Well, Wolfram Alpha may have a few choice words of its own on that score.
When you ‘Google’, those search terms that you’ve typed in are checked against all the documents stored on the Google servers.
These are then ranked – the best [...]

Acer Set To Release New Smartphone

January 28, 2009 Click to read more →

“Are you ready to join Acer’s launch into the world of mobile communications?”
That’s the question being asked by Acer via invites to their invites to the Mobile World Congress over in Barcelona.
This pretty much confirms rumours that the company are to launch a smartphone.
This new foray into the Smartphone world is due to be unveiled on [...]

Firework Launcher – Remember Remember, Don’t Blow Yourself Up

October 21, 2008 Click to read more →

It’s coming up to the Emergency Services’ busy period once more.
It’s also 2008 so when instructed to light your fireworks at arms length with a special taper we should laugh heartedly.
Not because we’re a little simple but because there is now the Firework Launcher.
This gadget keeps you well away from those annual explosives.
The aptly named Firework [...]

Sony Pips The Kindle in UK With PRS-505 Reader

July 23, 2008 Click to read more →

Pipping the Kindle v2 to launch here is Sony’s reader!
The second-gen book replacer from Sony, the PRS-505 Reader is smaller than a hardback, has memory to store up to 160 e-books, which is expandable via an optional Memory Stick or SD Memory card, and it can also be used as a mass storage device for file transfers.
Weighing [...]

Longer Wait for UK 3G iPhone?

June 4, 2008 Click to read more →

Now I’m a confused little gadget lover.
I was all excited when I was informed that O2 was told to “be prepared for an announcement” next week which I obviously thought – iPhone v.2.0 launch!
Now Apple has said that there are no plans for a pressday in the UK next week.  What?
The usual thing is to have [...]

Samsung F400 Launch in UK

May 16, 2008 Click to read more →

I have just learned that The Samsung F400 will be launched in the UK and will be available through O2, Orange, Virgin, The Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U.
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