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  • APP OF THE DAY: Eufloria HD review (iPad / iPad 2)

    APP OF THE DAY: Eufloria HD review (iPad / iPad 2)

    RTS, but not as you know it 14 February 2012 22:07 GMT

    Having spent a while with the PlayStation Vita and a stack of fully-fleshed top gaming titles, such as WipEout 2048 and Uncharted: Golden Abyss, we thought it'd be hard to come back to something sweet, simple in concept, and didn't involve shooting...

  • iPad 3 announcement touted for 7 March, but 4G LTE? Naaah!

    iPad 3 announcement touted for 7 March, but 4G LTE? Naaah!

    Seems unlikely 14 February 2012 10:19 GMT

    There's a lot of buzz about the iPad 3 flying around at the moment, not least thanks to a few purported case parts being leaked. But the internet has been sent a-spinning over the past few hours over the prospect of the device's launch being as early...

  • iCade 8-Bitty for cheap remote iPad and iPhone retro gaming thrills

    iCade 8-Bitty coming for cheap remote iPad and iPhone retro gaming thrills

    Like the NES controller 13 February 2012 16:21 GMT

    US gadget retailer ThinkGeek is to sell the iCade 8-Bitty, a Bluetooth game controller that's modelled on classic joypads of old and works with iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

    Launched at the 2012 New York Toy Fair, the iCade 8-bitty works in...

  • More leaked iPad 3 parts help form bigger picture - including Sharp Retina display

    More leaked iPad 3 parts help form bigger picture - including Sharp Retina display

    iPad 3, in kit form 13 February 2012 15:59 GMT

    More leaked spy shots and purported iPad 3 parts have emerged of late that hint at several different features, both technical and aesthetic, that will accompany Apple's next tablet device.

    And now, Japanese parts reseller iLab Factory claims...

  • Onkyo unveils 2012 entry level AV receiver line-up, including 7.2 TX-NR616

    Onkyo unveils 2012 entry level AV receiver line-up, including 7.2 TX-NR616

    Starting at £299.99 13 February 2012 15:10 GMT

    Onkyo has announced the first models in its 2012 range of AV receivers and they are all at the "entry level" end of the market. There are four in total, with three of them featuring network streaming abilities, including Spotify support.

    At...

  • Sony reveals prices for PS Vita download-only launch titles - Motorstorm RC

    Sony reveals prices for PS Vita download-only launch titles

    From £4.79 13 February 2012 14:10 GMT

    One of the arguments used by those who decry the PlayStation Vita is that it and its games titles are too expensive, pointing to the price of applications on Apple's App Store as evidence. However, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has now revealed...

  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) to hit UK first and be Ice Cream Sandwich-flavoured

    Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) to hit UK first and be Ice Cream Sandwich-flavoured

    First Sammy tablet to get Android 4.0 13 February 2012 13:44 GMT

    Samsung pulled off a bit of a shock during the press conference at its European Forum in Prague. Generally, these events are used to bring a European perspective to products formerly unveiled at CES or Mobile World Congress, but the company used this...

  • Bowers & Wilkins MT-60D Mini Theatre system pictures and hands-on

    Bowers & Wilkins MT-60D Mini Theatre system pictures and hands-on

    HANDS-ON With new PV1D subwoofer 13 February 2012 12:01 GMT

    Bowers and Wilkins has refreshed its Mini Theatre speaker systems with two updated 5.1 packages and Pocket-lint was on hand to try out the higher specified set-up at the company's headquarters in Worthing. The MT-60D differs from the MT-50 by swapping...

  • Bowers & Wilkins refreshes Mini Theatre systems with MT-50 and MT-60D

    Bowers & Wilkins refreshes Mini Theatre systems with MT-50 and MT-60D

    The same, but different 13 February 2012 10:49 GMT

    Bowers & Wilkins has scrapped its hugely successful, award-winning Mini Theatre 5.1 speaker systems, the MT-25 and MT-30, and replaced them with new all-in-one packages that have mostly been redesigned from the ground up. The MT-50 features the brand...

  • iPad passes 1 million sales in Samsung's back yard

    iPad passes 1 million sales in Samsung's back yard

    Dominates South Korean market 13 February 2012 10:11 GMT

    Apple has sold more than one million iPad and iPad 2 devices in South Korea, dominating the tablet market in Samsung's home country. Around 700,000 units were sold last year alone, with no sign of demand letting up.

    Although Samsung's exact...

  • Google TV gets swanky YouTube app update

    Google TV gets swanky YouTube app update

    "Big improvements" 13 February 2012 9:27 GMT

    Google has announced several major improvements to its YouTube application for Google TV. Released "in the next few days", the updated app will offer faster navigation and access to YouTube channel pages.

    The company says the application will...

  • ALL NEW: Pocket-lint Podcast #70 - Todd McFarlane interview

    ALL NEW: Pocket-lint Podcast #70 - Todd McFarlane, Super Bowl ads and Nikon D800

    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning discussed 10 February 2012 8:30 GMT

    In this week's edition of the 30-minute spectacular that is the Pocket-lint Podcast, the team looks at the camera launches by Olympus, Nikon and Canon, and chat to comic book legend  Todd McFarlane, executive art director of the superb new role-playing...

  • White Samsung Galaxy Note pictures and hands-on

    White Samsung Galaxy Note pictures and hands-on

    HANDS-ON Follower of fashion 8 February 2012 21:32 GMT

    There have always been white smartphones, but it really feels as if every manufacturer is jumping on a bandwagon at present. Not least Samsung, which has recently announced that a white Galaxy Nexus is on the way (13 February) on the back of the release...

  • Hottest PlayStation Vita games for launch and beyond

    Hottest PlayStation Vita games for launch and beyond

    FEATURE Hands-on with the forthcoming titles 8 February 2012 9:49 GMT

    Sony's latest entry into the handheld console market, the PlayStation Vita, arrives in the UK and the US on 22 February. And Sony has brought to the table a console capable of making some pretty big waves (check out our full review here).

    It...

  • APP OF THE DAY: Sport Relief in your Pocket review (iPhone / Android)

    APP OF THE DAY: Sport Relief in your Pocket review (iPhone / Android)

    For charideee 7 February 2012 19:54 GMT

    Kind of a Comic Relief for those with an urge to get off their feet and run, jump or throw something, Sport Relief is another arm of the charity that aims to raise gazillions of pounds for incredibly worthwhile charities in Africa and the UK by getting...

  • Canon PowerShot SX260 HS

    Canon PowerShot SX260 HS and SX240 HS compacts are for the roaming snapper

    Slimmest 20x optical zoom cameras yet 7 February 2012 9:05 GMT

    Canon has updated its zoom lens-touting travel compacts, introducing the PowerShot SX260 HS and PowerShot SX240 to the range and increasing their optical range considerably. Both feature new 20x zoom capabilities and lay claim to being the slimmest...

  • iAppCade iPhone arcade cabinet works without Bluetooth (pictures)

    iAppCade iPhone arcade cabinet works without Bluetooth (pictures)

    Compatible with iMAME4all 6 February 2012 16:57 GMT

    Zeon Tech, the company behind the forthcoming iPhone-activated Tardis and R2-D2 Smartsafes, is to release a rival to the iCade Jnr, an arcade cabinet for the iPhone and iPod touch. Called the iAppCade, the new device differs in several key areas, the...

  • Qooq, the French cooking tablet, coming to UK in second half of year

    Qooq, the French cooking tablet, is coming to UK later this year

    Conçu pour la cuisine 6 February 2012 15:22 GMT

    Qooq, the tablet device designed exclusively for the kitchen, is coming to the UK in the second half of the year. It has already been making waves in France for a while, but will be available outside its home country after a full English version of...

  • More Olympus OM-D pictures leaked... by Amazon

    More Olympus OM-D pictures leaked... by Amazon

    Launch on 8 February 6 February 2012 11:53 GMT

    New confirmed specifications and pictures of Olympus' much-rumoured OM-D micro four-thirds camera have been leaked ahead of its (now) expected launch on 8 February, by none other than Amazon.

    The Japanese arm of the online retailer posted pictures...

  • Virgin Media 100Mb broadband now available to 10 million homes

    Virgin Media 100Mb broadband now available to 10 million homes

    Super fast, super saturated 6 February 2012 10:23 GMT

    Virgin Media has announced that its super-fast 100Mb broadband service is now available to 10 million homes in the UK, and that it will meet its roll out target ahead of schedule. The provider originally planned to be able to offer the speedy internet...

  • US Samsung Galaxy Note ad uses The Darkness to mock Apple (video)

    US Samsung Galaxy Note ad uses The Darkness to mock Apple (video)

    Its got a thing called love 6 February 2012 8:59 GMT

    Justin Hawkins from UK rock outfit The Darkness appears in Samsung USA's new advert for the Galaxy Note, which was debuted during Super Bowl XLVI last night (5 February). And it cheekily slams Apple while using the band's biggest hit, "I Believe in...

  • Internet corner, Taoyuan airport, Taiwan (cc) shinyai

    Gamer dies at PC in Taiwanese Internet cafe and nobody notices

    ...for nine hours! 3 February 2012 15:31 GMT

    A man died at his work station in an internet cafe in Taipei, Taiwan, this week, but nobody noticed for up to nine hours. Twenty-three-year-old Chen Rong-yu checked in to play the multiplayer online game League of Legends on Tuesday night, but was...

  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning confirmed to be prequel to MMO

    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning confirmed to be prequel to MMO

    EXCLUSIVE: Says Todd McFarlane 3 February 2012 14:29 GMT

    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the single-player role-playing game due for release by Electronic Arts on 10 February, is the forerunner to a MMO that has been in development since 2006. There had been confusion over whether developer 38 Games would...

  • Agence 360 to start production on Overade foldable bike helmet

    Agence 360 to start production on Overade foldable bike helmet

    To go with your foldable bike 3 February 2012 10:02 GMT

    French design studio Agence 360 is about to put its foldable urban bike helmet, Overade, into commercial production this year. A prototype was first made in 2010, by designer Patrick Jouffret in collaboration with engineer Philippe Arrouart, and the...

  • ALL NEW: Pocket-lint Podcast #70

    ALL NEW: Pocket-lint Podcast #70

    Extra PS Vita details, MWC, Samsung Galaxy S III and more... 3 February 2012 8:30 GMT

    The second all new and refreshed Pocket-lint Podcast is now available, and is once again 30 minutes of the hottest gadget gossip on the market.

    Brand new industry interviews and top stories will follow in the coming weeks, including an exclusive...

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