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Daily news roundup: HTC Incredible photos, Nexus One and more

Want to know what's been hot in the world of technology and gadgets today?

We have plenty of technology and gadget ingredients to make our Pocket-lint roundup stew as tasty as ever.

First up and we have news of some leaked photos of what could be the HTC...

VIDEO: Megawhat Tech Week in View - ebook prices, IE6, Flash and 3D football

This week's instalment of Pocket-lint and Megawhat's Tech Week in View show is fresh off the video editing suite and ready to go now for your viewing pleasure. As is customary each week, Stuart Miles takes the hot tech topics of the moment, chews 'em up, spits 'em out...

Google Earth gets WWII imagery

Google has announced that it's now offering historical imagery of European cities taken during World War II onto Google Earth, and that users can compare the pictures directly to images of those cities today.

A number of towns are covered, including Stuttgart,...

Opera partners with Ford for in-vehicle browsing

Opera is looking at getting its browser onto in-vehicle computer systems with a partnership with Ford to bring in-dash web browsing to Ford trucks and vans to cater to a "growing need for remote access to the office while on-the-road".

Ford's solution is the...

New Ovi Maps hits 1.4 million downloads

Following the release of a new version of its Ovi Maps, making the mapping and navigation software and service free on certain phones, Nokia has announced it has hit a milestone.

Nokia says over 1.4 million have downloaded the application across the world...

Daily news roundup: New Sega console, low-light photography tips and more

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Top stories in today's roundup include a new Sega console hitting the shelves - hopefully in the summer and a video that shows you how to get your iPhone to look and feel like the Apple...

VIDEO: Continental reveals Android-based AutoLinQ connected head unit

Continental is to soon offer a system that will see Android-powered head units getting you connected in your car.

The Android-powered AutoLinQ system (one small element of which is rendered in the video above) is a new "connected services platform" that car...

Microsoft offers AutoRoute 2010 for £45

As if there weren't tons of online options offering pretty much the same thing for free, including its own Bing maps product that offers route planning, smartphones that offer free navigation and a plethora of in-car options, Microsoft has launched the new 2010 edition...

PHOTOS: Tron Legacy bike snapped

Hot on the heels of the trailer, which debuted last month, Pocket-lint managed to snap a gallery of shots of a life-size version of one of the bikes to be featured in the movie Tron Legacy. 

Toymaker Spin Master, who've signed the licensing rights to the new Tron Legacy...

New Pioneer car stereo swaps CDs for SDs

Pioneer pins the development of its new in-car digital media receivers, the MVH-8200 and MVH-8200BT, on consumers' demand for "digital connectivity, integrated communication and an improved in-car listening experience".

The new car stereos dump the CD format...

Panasonic launches GPS-enabled Lumix DMC-ZS7

As well as a new rugged option, Panasonic has introduced the Lumix DMC-ZS7, the Lumix DMC-ZS5 and the Lumix DMC-ZR3 digital compact cameras.

The new ZS7 gets a 25mm ultra-wide-angle Leica lens, 12x optical zoom, 12.1 megapixels and a new built-in GPS feature...

Daily news roundup: Apple iTablet, MusicDNA and more

Want to know what's been hot in the world of technology and gadgets today?

If you just can't get enough of the news surrounding Apple's soon-to-be-announced iSomething device you've come to the right place as our two top stories will be sure to help sate your...

VIDEO: Megawhat Tech Week in View - Nokia Maps, Kindle KDK, HTML5...

This week's Tech Week in View for Megawhat sees Pocket-lint's Stuart Miles perusing the main tech topics from the last week.

First up Miles considers Nokia's move into free navigation with the Ovi Maps announcement seeing the phone co's mapping and turn-by-turn...

VIDEO: Nokia explains new Ovi Maps

Nokia has stuck a promo video online for its new Ovi Maps service that will now offer turn-by-turn voice guidance and other navigational features for its GPS-enabled smartphones.

You can hit play on the video above to have two fresh-faced Nokia staffers explain...

"Hunk" painting car pink with nail varnish live on Web

You might well ask why, as indeed I am, but a Welshman is attempting to paint a Fiat 500 pink, live online, using tiny pots of nail varnish to try and get a Guinness World Record, as well, of course, as gaining some publicity for Fiat's new, limited edition, rose-tinted...

Five free navigation apps for any mobile phone

Nokia may have made a splash with free navigation application for a small handful of Symbian phones but this stuff's been around for ages. If you don't happen to own an N97 Mini, then here are five other free navigation apps for your mobile phone, at least one of which...

Nokia makes Ovi Maps turn-by-turn navigation free

Nokia is upping the ante in the mobile phone navigation market with the news it is to make walking and driving navigation free as part of a new version of Ovi Maps, as it looks to find ways of enticing smartphone customers to buy Nokia phones.

The new version...

RAC builds traffic app for Android & iPhone

The RAC has released a mobile application that allows downloaders to avoid traffic jams. The app, which is available in the iPhone App Store and on the Android App Market, overlays traffic data onto a Google Map and displays it with the latest warning information.

The...

Pioneer teases new product image

Pioneer, the sly dog, is teasing some sort of new audio product on its Twitter and Facebook pages. That's it above. The company says: "Here's an exclusive preview of our newest upcoming product, can you guess what it is?"

It's evidently some sort of music device....

VIDEO: Tech Week in View - Top five tech topics from CES

Just back from CES, Stuart Miles takes us through his top five tech topics from the Las Vegas event.

If you weren't already aware something called 3D is apparently going to be big in 2010, with plenty of companies lauding their expertise in the area.

Stuart...

VIDEO: Nissan invents smiling car

"Sounding a horn has negative connotations. If cars could smile, a new method of driving could evolve", claims Nissan in the video above. The car company has teamed up with the Hara Design Institute Nippon Design Center to build a car that can grin.

Using animatronics...

Vodafone iPhone launches with two new apps

As the iPhone becomes officially available on the Vodafone network in the UK, the operator has announced the launch of two new apps for the device.
 
The first is the free "Vodafone 360 People Sync App" said to be developed to help customers easily move mobile...

Audi turns to Nvidia Tegra to power dashboard

Audi has turned to graphics processor maker Nvidia to power its car's dashboards in the future, the car company announced at CES in Las Vegas.

The news means that from 2010, all Audi models will be "equipped with the third-generation multimedia interface system...

Tailgate TV sees your tow bar turned into entertainment hub

There's taking your Television with you when you go on a drive and there's taking your TV with you.

We spotted this at this year's CES showing you the extent some will go to get TV on the go.

The massive flat screen television has been attached to a custom...

CoPilot Live v8 available for Nexus One

The CoPilot Live v8 GPS navigation app is now available for, and compatible with, the new Google Nexus One as it's been announced the app has been downloaded by over 200,000 customers globally in its first 6 months since launch.

CoPilot Live brings full, turn-by-turn...