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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.

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Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 announced

The Samsung Galaxy i7500's little brother - which we knew was incoming - has finally been made official.

The new handset will launch as the Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 and offers DivX support, DNSe 2.0, a 3.5mm ear jack and measures in at 13.2mm thick.

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Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 now available

The second handset to offer the Vodafone 360 experience, and the H1's little brother the Samsung M1, is now available in the UK.

As many of you will know Vodafone 360 is a new set of internet services for the mobile and PC which gathers all contacts from your...

Samsung denies ditching Symbian

Further to reports suggesting it was about to, Samsung has announced it has no plans to ditch the Symbian operating system for its future smartphones.

While it had been reported that Samsung senior VP Don Joo Lee had said the company would be looking to Android,...

First Samsung bada phone revealed

An image of what's said to be the first device from Samsung to feature its newly-announced "bada" mobile phone platform has hit the Web.

Coming hours after the bada announcement, and with bada phones not due until the first half of 2010 (the SDK has not yet been...

Samsung to ditch Symbian

Samsung is set to ditch the Symbian OS bringing with it a major blow for the operating system.

According to reports online, Samsung's senior VP Don Joo Lee has confirmed that it will dismiss Symbian from its smartphones.

Phasing out the OS, the phone manufacturer...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - mobile phones

The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 Best Mobile Phone nominations are probably the ones we've all been waiting for. The smartphone industry is ablaze and every year we see more and more impressive handsets as the mobile becomes so much more than simply the telephone...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - home cinema device

There are few things over which geeks and gadget lovers unite, but one stonewall certainty is that we all love big TVs. Give us some content and an enormous panel to watch it on and you'll have us transfixed. In fact, there's probably a directly proportional relationship...

Samsung announces bada mobile platform

Samsung has announced the launch of its own open mobile platform, "Samsung bada" with an SDK due to be available in December.

Bada will mean developers can create applications for millions of new Samsung mobile phones.

The name bada means ocean...

Daily Tech Deal: Samsung ES19 digital camera from Currys

To get the tech deals up and running this week we have the Samsung ES19 digital camera from Currys, who has seen fit to price the product at £69.99.

For your 70 notes you get a pretty straightforward specifications list, but one that should be fine for no nonsense...

Samsung Mythic and Flight launch in the US

In the States two new Samsung mobile phones have been announced as due within days to AT&T customers.

The Mythic offers a 3.3-inch full touchscreen and features Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. Boasting one-touch access to the likes of AT&T Mobile TV and...

Vodafone 360 H1 to offer Pizza Hut app

Pizza Hut and Vodafone have announced they are to team up for a new app on the new Vodafone 360 H1 from Samsung.

The Pizza Hut delivery app is due to launch shortly and will see H1 owners able to order a pizza via their mobile - and charge it to their monthly,...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - laptops

With laptop innovation moving faster than just about any other area of consumer technology, it seems rather unfair to do a best laptop of the year category. Anything released back in January is comparatively obsolete next to anything from the last few months. The arrival...

Samsung LE22B470 DVD TV combo launches

Samsung has launched its first TV slash DVD combo offering in the UK. The LE22B470 LCD TV is angled as "the perfect solution for stressed parents struggling to decide between a TV and a DVD player for their kids this Christmas".

While there's many folk around...

Samsung and Handmark offer $250k for games for next-gen phones

Samsung and Handmark, a mobile apps and service company, have announced the launch of a new Global Venture Fund to invest in companies or individuals with "innovative, market-changing game ideas for next generation Samsung mobile phones".

Unlike rival manufacturer's...

Top 5 PAYG phones for under £50

We're not all made of money. Some of us might just be after a cheap phone that works - maybe a second handset or perhaps something to buy as a present. Whatever your need, if it's budget you're after then that's exactly what we're bringing you today from Pocket-lint with...

HTC working on Android 2.0 handsets

Early next year, Google is set to launch version 2.0 of its Android mobile operating system, codenamed "Eclair". The platform is confirmed to be appearing on the forthcoming Motorola Droid, but what about other manufacturers?

Samsung is staying tight-lipped about...

PHOTOS: Samsung X120 and X420 Laptops

At IFA this year, Samsung launched its X-series of laptops comprising the 11.6-inch X120, the 14-inch X420 and the 15.6-inch X520. We brought you the specs for all the machines, and grabbed some photos of the X520, but you hadn't seen the X120 and X420 until now.

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Samsung S2 Portable HDD gets "Angels & Demons" pre-loaded

Samsung has announced the launch of the Samsung S2 Portable external hard drive that hits shop shelves today.

In an attempt to make portable storage a little more exciting, Samsung is offering the S2 complete with a "worldwide box office hit".

A...

PHOTOS: Samsung SCH-B710 3D Mobile

Here's a few sneaky shots of the Samsung SCH-B710 which we managed to grab when DDD was showing off its Yabazam 3D content store. It may look like a regular handset and when the flip is closed, it is - but turn the screen sideways and it turns into a 3D display.

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Vodafone 360 Samsung H1 goes on pre-order

Vodafone has announced its first 360 handset, the Samsung H1, has gone on up on pre-order for delivery on 30 October.

Tailor-made for the operator, the H1 is the first handset which delivers the Vodafone 360 experience, described as "a new set of internet...

Blockbuster On Demand goes live on select Samsung devices

We knew this was coming, but Samsung and Blockbuster have now announced the immediate availability of Blockbuster's On Demand digital content for rent or purchase on select Samsung HDTVs and Blu-ray players in the States.

With the Blockbuster service, on demand...

Giorgio Armani-Samsung smartphone announced

Samsung and fashion house Armani have teamed up on a couple of handsets in the past, and are at it again with the launch of the new Giorgio Armani-Samsung smartphone, apparently "the most elegant and functional mobile on the market".

Offering Windows Mobile...

Sprint Samsung Moment savours Android OS

Sprint has launched yet another Android handset on its network in the US - this time the Samsung Moment.

The new Google OS powered handset will feature a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, come with the usual array of Google mobile services, including Google Search, Google...

Five mobile phone megapixel monsters

With news from Sony Ericsson officially announcing the retail availability of the company's high spec, mulitmedia mobile, autumn double whammy due soon; we thought we'd take a look at the more specialised end of the smartphone market.

While the Aino is all about...