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PhonesOwle Bubo: The ultimate video cameraman case for the iPhone 4, we go hands-on
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Reviews & hands-on
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Audio
Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi media players - 3.6, 4.0 and 5.0
Samsung is big fan of more, and it seems that, now that the Koreans have found a product family that works, it intends to make it a dynasty the to put the Kennedys to shame. We knew about the Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 4.0 and 5.0 when we turned up at IFA...
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Cameras
Canon Ixus 1100 HS pictures and hands-on
The Canon Ixus 1100 HS is the latest evolution of Canon’s touchscreen compact camera. It comes along offering a 12-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor, their DIGIC 4 processor and 12x (28-336mm in 35mm terms) zoom lens. All this is packed into a body that...
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Cameras
Canon PowerShot SX150 IS pictures and hands-on
Canon’s PowerShot range offers up some surprising models, from the S95 and G12 at the top end, down to larger, more affordable models at the bottom. In the "travel zoom” section you’ll find the great SX220 HS and a cheaper alternative, the SX150...
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Online
TomTom GO Live 1535 satnav with apps pictures and hands-on
Everything's got an app in this day and age but, until TomTom walked into IFA 2011, the same couldn't be said for satnavs. Now, the arrival of the top of the line TomTom GO Live 1535 and its 5-inch touchscreen, will shortly be joined by Messrs Yelp, Expedia,...
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Tablets
Lenovo IdeaPad K1 pictures and hands-on
Lenovo surprised us with the IdeaPad U300s, its Ultrabook that guns firmly at consumers. But we were also pleasantly surprised by the IdeaPad K1, its take on the Honeycomb tablet. It's been doing the rounds for the last few months and we managed to catch...
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Televisions
Haier mind control TV won’t blow your mind
Haier used its stand at IFA to show off some future technologies. It demonstrated gesture control on one device, which looked like something of a pour cousin to Kinect or the original Sony PlayStation Eye Toy. Of more interest, perhaps, was their mind...
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Phones
Owle Bubo: The ultimate video cameraman case for the iPhone 4, we go hands-on
We've talked about the Owle Bubo before but, despite it sounding like a raptor infected with the plague, we were still thrilled to get our hands on this iPhone 4 videophile accessory when it flew our way at IFA 2011. Made of what feels like solid black...
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Phones
Samsung Galaxy M Pro pictures and hands-on
If you're searching for a phone that's high-performance at an economic price-point and happens to have a full QWERTY keyboard, then according to Samsung, this is the mobile for you. Meet the Samsung Galaxy M Pro; what the promise seems to translate to...
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Phones
Samsung Galaxy W pictures and hands-on
W stands for Wonder if you're talking the Samsung Galaxy talk, and the thing that Pocket-lint wondered, when we spent our hands-on time with it at IFA 2011, is whether people would buy it instead of the R or not at all. A first glance at the spec sheet,...
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Phones
Samsung Galaxy R pictures and hands-on
In Samsung's latest mobile phone nomenclature, R stands for Royal and is second only to the S or Super range. So, to take a closer look at the Samsung Galaxy R - the first R of its kind - when compared to the Samsung Galaxy S II, was a good insight into...
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Phones
Samsung Galaxy Xcover double-hard handset pictures and hands-on
Of the 8 billion Galaxy branded devices that Samsung brought forth into being for IFA 2011, it was refreshing to get our hands on the XCover because it actually looked and felt different to the rest. It's a tough phone, which is one of the things that...
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Phones
White Samsung Galaxy S II pictures and hands-on
"If a phone's worth doing properly, it's worth doing in white" is probably as valid a start to this hands-on article as "anything Apple can do Samsung can do too", but we'll leave the EU patent lawyers to work out that one. In case you've been living...
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Phones
Samsung Galaxy Y and Y Pro pictures and hands-on
Apple didn't bother getting Samsung to remove the Y and Y pro handsets from its IFA stand - it must not think they are as big a deal as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, which was pulled from IFA following a new injunction. And, if we're honest - they're not...
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Audio
Jarre AeroDream One hits iPod dock highs
If you were alive in the 80s, you almost certainly have a Jean Michel Jarre album lying around your house. Lately, Jean Michel Jarre has turned his musical hands to another domestic certainty: the iPod dock. Of course this being Jean Michel Jarre, things...
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Phones
Samsung Galaxy S II LTE pictures and hands-on
So, it turns out that there was no misprint on the press release. Samsung Galaxy S II LTE is, in fact, both bigger and better than the plain old Samsung Galaxy S II. Placing our trusty, old, first flush SII next to the newcomer at IFA 2011, it all became...