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  • APP OF THE DAY: Vevo review (Android)  . Apps, Android apps, App of the day, Vevo, music apps 0

    APP OF THE DAY: Vevo review (Android)

    Everyday I'm shuffling 27 April 2011 18:00 GMT

    Your phone is your entertainment portal, it’s a device that will let you stream your favourite content from your home server, access it on websites or through dedicated apps.

    In the absence of an MTV app, today we’re looking at...

  • Effects mode on Nikon D5100 explored  . Cameras, DSLR cameras, Nikon, Nikon D5100 0

    Effects mode on Nikon D5100 explored

    FEATURE More than just a gimmick? 19 April 2011 21:45 GMT

    One of the features swinging onto the brand spanking new Nikon D5100 is the Effects shooting mode. It has it’s own position on the dial and has been highlighted to us by Nikon on the couple of occasions that we’ve seen the new DSLR, which...

  • Flip Action Tripod hands-on  . Camcorders, Flip, Flip UltraHD, Flip Action Tripod, Cisco, Tripods, Sports Fitness, Cameras accessories, Cameras 0

    Flip Action Tripod hands-on

    HANDS-ON On yer bike Flip 19 April 2011 13:38 GMT

    Flip may be in its death throes after being axed by Cisco, but we managed to get our hands on their Action Tripod, something we’ve been wanting for a while. Flip have always pushed the action angle on their Flip camcorders and the Action Tripod...

  • APP OF THE DAY: Pulse (Android Honeycomb)

    APP OF THE DAY: Pulse review (Android Honeycomb)

    News, glorious news! 14 April 2011 18:00 GMT

    Some you might have an Android tablet in your hand, some of you might even have a Honeycomb tablet in your hands. We’re sure that by the end of the year many more of you will have a Honeycomb tablet.

    Of course you’ll be wanting...

  • HTC Sensation hands-on  . Phones, Mobile phones, HTC, HTC Sensation, Android, Android 2.3, Photos,  0

    HTC Sensation hands-on

    HANDS-ON Touchy-feely with the new Android superphone 12 April 2011 14:19 GMT

    The HTC Sensation is the latest Android superphone to land, and moments after launch of the device Pocket-lint was on hand to bring you some quick fire shots of the new superphone.

    It’s certainly a meaty beast on the spec sheet, but despite...

  • HTC Sensation: the Sense 3.0 superphone

    HTC Sensation: the Sense 3.0 superphone

    The new flagship Android handset 12 April 2011 13:59 GMT

    HTC has officially announced the HTC Sensation, their 2011 superphone at a press event in London on Tuesday, hours after the device was leaked by Qualcomm Germany and subsequently confirmed by Vodafone.

    Confirming the leaked rumours and specs...

  • Android boss confirms Honeycomb features on phones, slams dissenters. Google, Android, Honeycomb, Android 3.0,  0

    Android boss confirms Honeycomb features on phones, slams dissenters

    And open source code will be coming 7 April 2011 13:04 GMT

    Android's chief, Andy Rubin, has slammed reports on the internet about Google's "anti-fragmentation program" and defending the open source approach, whilst at the same time reiterating that Android Honeycomb features are coming to mobile phones.

    “Recently,...

  • Is this the new streaming Android Music player?  . Android, Google, Rumours, Android apps 0

    Is this the new streaming Android Music player?

    HANDS-ON Hands-on with the leaked Music v3 6 April 2011 10:48 GMT

    There are a number of Android pieces waiting to fall into place and this leaked, but working, Music app seems to fit perfectly into the middle of that puzzle. 

    The app has the look and feel of the Honeycomb music player, using the same icon...

  • Nikon D5100 rivals the Canon 600D, we go hands-on. Nikon, Cameras, DSLR cameras, Nikon D5100, 16 megapixels, Nikon ME-1 0

    Nikon D5100 rivals the Canon 600D, we go hands-on

    HANDS-ON Higher entry-level hobbyist DSLR 5 April 2011 5:00 GMT

    The Nikon D5100 is the replacement for the Nikon D5000 and Pocket-lint was on hand to spend some time with the new step-up entry-level camera that looks to take a bite out of the new Canon EOS 600D.

    The Nikon D5100 sits between the Nikon D3100...

  • Wrist wear your nano with the Griffin Courier Band. Griffin, Apple iPod nano, Griffin Courier Band, iPod accessories, Apple, Photos 0

    Wrist wear your nano with the Griffin Courier Band

    HANDS-ON We give it some wrist action 4 April 2011 20:44 GMT

    When Steve Jobs first suggested that you could wear the new iPod nano as a watch, we were belly laughing for a week. But when Griffin pressed one of their new Courier Bands into our cynical mitts, we thought we’d have to do the right thing and...

  • 6 hrs 26 mins and 43 secs with the Xperia Play  . Sony Ericsson, Phones, Mobile phones, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Android, Android 2.3, Gaming,  0

    6 hrs 26 mins and 43 secs with the Xperia Play

    FEATURE Gaming to death 1 April 2011 12:23 GMT

    The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is available from today in the UK (shipping problems aside). But what sort of gaming duration can you expect from it? Will this be a flash-in-the-pan 2 hours and you’re done? Or can you game your way through the...

  • Sony Ericsson Xperia Play: the games

    Sony Ericsson Xperia Play: the games

    FEATURE How they work and what they’re like 29 March 2011 15:31 GMT

    The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play will be hitting stores at the end of this week: 1 April 2011. Fortunately for you, we’ve got our hands on the only mobile phone on the market to carry PlayStation certification and thought we’d have a quick...

  • Creative ZiiO 7 Android 2.2 update arrives on schedule

    Creative ZiiO 7 Android 2.2 update arrives on schedule

    Brings Adobe Flash support 25 March 2011 15:17 GMT

    If you’re struggling to see through the iPad 2 haze, fear not: there is action on the Android front too. Action in the loosest sense of the word, however, as today is the day that the Creative ZiiO 7 gets its step up to Android 2.2.

    If...

  • Acer favours the Iconia Tab W500, we go hands-on

    Acer favours the Iconia Tab W500, we go hands-on

    HANDS-ON And details of Android tablets 25 March 2011 10:05 GMT

    Acer confirmed the details for its Iconia tablet range coming to the UK at a London press event on Thursday.

    Three devices will be coming to the UK: the Iconia Tab W500, the Iconia A500 and the Iconia A100. If you haven’t already guessed,...

  • Long night ahead in the iPad 2 queue

    Long night ahead in the iPad 2 queue

    Familiar faces queuing already 24 March 2011 14:11 GMT

    With the Apple iPad 2 launch in the UK only a day away, the queue has already started at the Californian company’s flagship store on Regent Street.

    When Pocket-lint dropped by to scope out the iQueue at the Apple Store, three people were...

  • Xobni for Android and iPhone puts you in touch. Apps, Xobni, Xobni for Gmail, Xobni for BlackBerry, Xobni for iPhone, Xobni for Android, Mobile phone apps 0

    Xobni for Android and iPhone puts you in touch

    Your inbox will never be the same again 19 March 2011 22:16 GMT

    Xobni. For those who know about it, it is one of the most highly prized assets in your app box. The intelligent contacts mining service has been available for Outlook since 2008, came to BlackBerry in 2010, and is now expanding to Gmail, Android and...

  • ZTE Skate hitting UK in summer 2011  . Phones, Mobile phones, ZTE, ZTE Skate, ZTE Blade, ZTE Liquid, Android, Android 2.3, 0

    ZTE Skate hitting UK in summer 2011

    HANDS-ON Affordable Android Gingerbread 18 March 2011 11:37 GMT

    ZTE have updated us on their plans to launch their new Android smartphone - the 4.3-inch ZTE Skate - at a briefing session with Pocket-lint in London. 

    Wu Sa, Director of mobile device operations for ZTE (UK), confirmed that the ZTE Skate will...

  • Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta hands-on

    Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta hands-on

    HANDS-ON We play the exclusive beta 16 March 2011 9:00 GMT

    Gears of War 3 is the last chapter of the Xbox exclusive Gears of War franchise. It follows 18 months after Gears of War 2 and sees the return of Delta Squad, with you taking the controls of Marcus Fenix. The complete game is due to land on 20 September...

  • Jawbone Era hands-on

    Jawbone Era hands-on

    HANDS-ON Or should that be ears on? 11 March 2011 13:58 GMT

    The Jawbone line from Aliph have always been known for being compact, stylish and equipped with hardcore noise cancellation in the form of NoiseAssassin. The latest headset, the Jawbone Era, features NoiseAssassin 3.0, claiming eliminate more noise...

  • Canon PowerShot SX220 HS hands-on

    Canon PowerShot SX220 HS hands-on

    HANDS-ON Travel zoom in the flesh 10 March 2011 14:53 GMT

    The Canon PowerShot SX220 HS was announced back at the beginning of February and we’ve just got our hands on Canon’s new 14x travel zoom camera for review.

    As we get stuck into the heavy details of assessing the quality and the...

  • Red Faction: Armageddon - quick play preview

    Red Faction: Armageddon - quick play preview

    HANDS-ON Hands-on destruction 8 March 2011 12:15 GMT

    Red Faction fans are wringing their hands. What are Volition doing to the Red Faction franchise? Guerrilla became a third-person open world sandbox game and the next instalment, Armageddon is a more typical linear over-the-shoulder approach. We had...

  • David Haye motion captured for Fight Night Champion

    VIDEO: David Haye motion captured for Fight Night Champion

    The Hayemaker does his thing 4 March 2011 13:13 GMT

    If you’ve ever wondered what happens behind the scenes in making one of EA’s Fight Night games, then wonder no more. 

    Here we have a quick video of some of the motion capture that goes into building the models to ensure that the...

  • Why Google axed Facebook contact syncing in Android 2.3.3

    Why Google axed Facebook contact syncing in Android 2.3.3

    For the Google Nexus S 3 March 2011 13:20 GMT

    Android 2.3.3 has recently landed on the Nexus S, but brings with it an interesting development: on the Nexus S it ends contact syncing with the Facebook app.

    Some will see this spat between Google and Facebook as one that is all about data....

  • 7 days living with... the Olympus XZ-1  . Cameras, Compact cameras, Olympus, Olympus XZ-1, 7 days 0

    7 days living with... the Olympus XZ-1

    FEATURE Taking the technology on our travels 27 February 2011 20:07 GMT

    Olympus has flexed a little high-end muscle and given us the XZ-1, a camera looking to stir things up at the top of the compact pile. It’s an increasingly congested place with some substantial offerings from the likes of Canon, Panasonic and...

  • Samsung at MWC: All the phones, all our thoughts . Phones, MWC2011, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Gio, Samsung Galaxy Fit, Samsung Galaxy Ace, Samsung Galaxy Mini, Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Wave 578, Mobile phones, 0

    Samsung at MWC: All the phones, all our thoughts

    FEATURE MWC 2011: Can Samsung capitalise on a strong 2010? 21 February 2011 16:59 GMT

    The dust has settled over Barcelona as Mobile World Congress draws towards a close for another year. The big manufacturers have displayed their devices, hoping to capture customer enthusiasm and be the next big handset. We’re looking at each...

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