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Daily news roundup: Xperia X10, Apple tablet, Nokia N900 and more

Want to know what's been hot in the world of technology and gadgets today? Of course you do. The news roundup always aims to bring you a nice mix of the stories from the last 24 hours and today is no exception as we have a myriad of news as well as a cheeky review creeping...

EU cars getting mandatory emergency system

From early in the next decade, it'll be mandatory for all cars in the EU to be fitted with a "black box" technology called eCall. This is an in-vehicle emergency call service which is used to contact the authorities in the case of an accident or other adverse situation.

The...

TomTom for iPhone updated

The TomTom for iPhone app has received an update on Wednesday bringing with it a number of promised features and a couple of new ones too.

New to the mix is compatibility for the original iPhone and iPod touch (all models), meaning that owners of the iPod touch,...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Awards 2009 public vote is now live

The Vodafone Pocket-lint Awards 2009 public vote is now live, letting you - our valued readers - have your say in which gadgets you think should be crowned top for 2009.

As you will see over on the voting page, each of the nine categories has five products that...

Google Earth hits version 2.0 for iPhone

Just over a year after the application's launch, Google has announced an update for Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod touch.

With the original at one point the second most-downloaded free application overall, it's an update that will likely be downloaded...

Magellan launches iPhone app and car kit

Magellan has joined the iPhone navigation party with the news it is to launch not just the RoadMate GPS application, but like TomTom and Navigon before it, a tailor-made car kit.

Magellan's offering is more of a rival to TomTom's system as it too claims to...

CES 2010: What new gadgets will be announced?

The countdown to CES 2010, the biggest electronics trade show on the planet, has begun, but what can we expect from the show, and what should we start to get excited about? Here are six areas that are going to dominate the news come January.

Don't forget, Pocket-lint...

VIDEO: Tech Week in View - Murdoch, violent games and the Twitter bubble bursting

The latest episode of Pocket-lint's Tech Week In View has hit the small screen as a moustachioed Stuart Miles brings his unique take on the big tech stories of the last week or so.

Miles considers Rupert Murdoch's threat to build a pay-wall for News Corp's online...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 Nominations in full

Here is the full list of nominations for The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009.

The following products were chosen because we feel they represent the best of the best in the category, and ones that given the money we would recommend you buy or at least try....

Product of the Year 2009 nominations

Here are the nominations for the Product of the Year in The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009.

The following products were chosen because we feel they represent the best of the best, and ones that given the money we would recommend you buy or at least try....

Best Car Gadgets 2009 nominations

Here are the nominations for Best Car Gadget in The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009.

The following products were chosen because we feel they represent the best car gadgets on sale in the last 12 months that are available in the UK.

The nominations...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards nominations to be revealed on Monday 16 November

Since we announced the Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards, nominations have been flying in to Pocket-lint headquarters at a rate of knots.

With a lot of lists, flow charts, pie graphs, copious amounts of coffee and a fair few, shall we say, heated discussions,...

GPS comes to iPod touch

Apple iPod touch users feeling left out because they can't get all those GPS applications are being thrown an alternative with the launch of a new GPS gadget in the US called the Dual XGPS300.

Although the iPod touch doesn't have a GPS receiver in it, that hasn't...

Viper Smart Start iPhone car remote coming to UK

A system that can be fitted to your car allowing you to unlock it and even start it from anywhere around the world is to be launched in the UK, Pocket-lint has learnt.

Viper Smart Start, already available in the US, can be retro-fitted to any car and allows you...

Navigon launches iPhone Car Mount

Navigon is going down the TomTom route by offering a hardware accessory to support its Navigon MobileNavigator iPhone application.

And support is the correct word, as the Navigon iPhone Car Mount, unlike the more expensive TomTom effort, is just a plastic cradle...

Google Latitude gets location history

Google has rolled out a couple of interesting updates to its Latitude location platform. The software, which runs on your mobile phone and tracks your location, as well as displaying the location of selected contacts, can now display your location history over time.

The...

Pocket-lint is hiring in US

Fancy being a part of one of the leading global gadget news and reviews sites in the world? Thought you did. Pocket-lint is looking to fill positions in New York and San Francisco, the roving reporters joining the team will replace Stuart, who is heading back to the UK. 

Ideally...

Waze launches across the world

Waze, the Israeli startup aiming to create a crowdsourced sat-nav solution, has launched globally. Previously its maps were only available in the USA and Israel, but a community of users have been building local maps elsewhere too.

There's now coverage in over...

EU proposes wireless "Road Trains"

An interesting EU-financed project is looking at the possibility of building "Road Trains" to carry cars in convoy over long journeys. Each road train would be comprised of up to eight vehicles (cars, buses, trucks, anything), all of which would follow a professional...

Win a TomTom XL Live IQ Routes Europe

First off congratulations to Paul Story who won last month's comments comp for his comment on the story "Amazon Kindle UK import orders begin". For those who didn't win, don't fret, because the kind folk at TomTom have sent a TomTom XL Live IQ Routes Europe unit for us...

CoPilot Live for iPhone gets third update in as many months

The CoPilot Live navigation application for the iPhone has received yet another update.

This third update, in as many months, claims to bring a number of improvements, including enhanced GPS performance. The update also allows for iPod controls within the CoPilot...

Navigon Truck Navigation software announced

Navigon has launched new navigation software designed specifically for drivers of lorries, motor homes and caravans to help them reach their destinations without getting stuck under a low bridge.

With personal profile building including info such as size, height...

"Connected Car" brings in-flight entertainment to your car

The humble car is about to be catapulted into the 21st century offering drivers and passengers a multimedia experience akin to enjoying an in-flight entertainment service sat on an aeroplane.

Although only at a "proof of concept" stage at the moment, Alcatel-Lucent...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - car gadgets

Naturally, the lion's share of the best car gadgets category for the Vodafone Pocket-lint Awards 2009 is concerned with satnavs or PNDs as the industry likes to call them. It's been a tense year for the device manufacturers. They've seen the rise of the smartphone on...

Gentlemen start your Mo

Movember is upon us once more and that means plenty of talk about moustaches, moustache gadgets and of course not forgetting the main reason for the facial hair growth - helping raise awareness for prostate Cancer.

Over the next 30 days the Pocket-lint team and...