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Microsoft Project Pink Mobiles Made Official

by Jay Garrett on February 13, 2010

The MWC is a matter of hours away and most eyes will be on what Microsoft will be bring to parade on centre-stage.

Windows Phone 7 is almost a given but it seems that the Project Pink phone, Sharp’s ‘Turtle’, as been FCC’d (Federal Communications Commission).

The diagram on the right for model PB10ZU shows more than a passing resemblance to the Turtle pic I posted about in September.

According to the paperwork the PB10ZU will be loaded with dual-band CDMA, EVDO, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity.

Engadget spotted that the FCC filing’s details are being withheld until March 29. That’s just after the potential Zune Phone unveiling that is rumoured to take place at the CTIA conference in Vegas.

Expect more about lots of other new phones over the coming few days ;)

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Polaroid Instant Cameras Return With the PIC-1000

by Jay Garrett on January 10, 2010

Polaroid has confirmed its come-back with the promise of releasing a new Polaroid instant camera later this year.

There’s been a campaign and the Impossible Project rallied to keep the format alive by actually buying a Polaroid Film factory and promised us a new camera this year.

And here it is. The new camera will come in three colours – silver, black and faux wood and offer fans of the romanticised format to relive those glory days.

Other points are a tad sketchy but I’m guessing that these new cameras will follow the tried-and-tested designs of old.

Polaroid says that the new PIC-1000 will cost around £60.

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Microsoft Xbox 360 Natal Coming in 12 Months With Cheap Games

November 11, 2009 Click to read more →
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Don’t you just love leaked info?
Well, thanks to MCV the above news was gathered via a tricky tipster who said that the information was apparently the result of behind-closed-door meetings right here in the UK between Microsoft and third party developers.
Microsoft will be manufacturing 5 million Natals for a worldwide launch in November 2010 [...]

Polaroid Camera’s Back Next Year – Instant Happiness!

October 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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Awesome news abounds!
Polaroid has confirmed that it’s getting together with instant film fans, The Impossible Project, to resurrect the classic and well loved instant film cameras.
Yup -the format that was killed off last year is coming back people!
The Impossible Project has spent the past 12 months working on a new film for existing Polaroid cameras, [...]

Pure Pink Turtles – New Microsoft+Sharp Smartphones

September 21, 2009 Click to read more →
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It’s been a tad quiet out there in Microsoft Pink land seeing as the Zune has been capturing most of the headlines.
But – now 9to5Mac of all places claims to have advanced word of what Microsoft Pink actually is……
Apparently Redmond HQ will be busting out a pair of smartphones, with the help of subsidiary – [...]

CRISTAL – The largest Universal Remote Could Replace Your Coffee Table

August 16, 2009 Click to read more →
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Your Universal Remote may be useful but it’s not as big, funky or sociable as this: The CRISTAL
CRISTAL is a research project that moves the uni-mote to a Microsoft Surface-type table with incredibly intuitive gestures.
Feel like watching a film?  Just drag the DVD cover to your TV!  Simples!  :)
You could even track a path for [...]

Project Natal Coming to Your TV and PC Soon!

July 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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It sounds like Microsoft isn’t settling for just bringing its gesture recognition Natal stuff to the Xbox – the Big M has its beadey little eyes on Windows, according to a very good source: That source happens to be a certain Microsoft Chairman, Bill Gates.
Gates spoke to CNET News and talked about a world where [...]

Project Natal for Microsoft Xbox 360 Watches What You’re Doing

June 1, 2009 Click to read more →
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First things first – I looooove the idea of gesture controls for my media player!
Project Natal is a bar that sits above or below your TV, much like the Wii’s sensor bar.
But instead of sensing controllers, this thing has a camera, sensors and a microphone inside that lets it get an accurate sense of where [...]

Ancient Rome Reborn via Google Earth

November 12, 2008 Click to read more →

Ever wanted to wander around ancient Rome and have a good ol’ gawp at the Circus Maximus?
Well, Google has announced the launch of an ancient Rome 3D layer in Google Earth via their blog.
Working alongside the Rome Reborn Project they invite everyone in the world to travel through time and discover Ancient Rome as it [...]