Video: Vodafone 360 on the Samsung H1 29 October 2009 Vodafone's new social networking service integrates all into your phonebook We wrote about it yesterday . Today we bring you the hands-on video. Vodafone's social netowrking service, Vodafone 360, tell us what you think.
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A month and a half after dropping the 40GB Apple TV model and dropping the price on the remaining, 160GB, version to $229 , Apple has now dropped a new software version on Apple TV ( Macworld rated 4 out of 5 mice ) users. On Thursday, the company released Apple TV 3.0 software . The updated so...
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Google announces free Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 30 October 2009 Voice prompted, turn-by-turn navigation worries GPS companies Google has announced that the forthcoming Android 2.0 operating system will feature a free Maps Navigation utility featuring turn-by-turn navigation and a femal...
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Canon has posted a firmware update for its EOS 7D digital SLR. Version 1.0.9 improves AF accuracy during live view shooting. It also rectifies an occasional problem of abnormal color display in movie mode and freezing of the shutter release when using the built-in flash or an external speedlight.
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How many of your photographs are you not enjoying because they are lost in dust-covered shoe boxes under the bed? Trapped in those cardboard containers are snapshots from family reunions, birthday parties, weddings, vacations, and, sometimes most importantly, the simple moments in life. They might b...
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Among the bevy of interesting things about Verizon鈥檚 Droid smartphone is Android 2.0鈥檚 new version of Google Maps , which includes full-blown turn-by-turn GPS navigation with spoken instructions鈥揻or free. Judging from the couple of trips around San Francisco it鈥檚 guided me on so far, it would be ...
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Lensbaby has announced the addition of Fisheye and Soft Focus lenses to its Optic Swap system, offering focal lengths of 12mm and 50mm respectively. Both are compatible with Lensbaby's Composer and Muse body units; Soft Focus can also be used with the Control Freak . The lenses both use Lensba...
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Toshiba's Dynario fuel cell chargers went on sale in Japan via Toshiba's web site last week in a limited batch of 3,000. They can charge gadgets without the use of a wall socket.
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Congrats, Google: you've finally rolled out a mobile feature that's got me ooh-ing and ahh-ing. In advance of the Droid launch, Google has publicly dished on its new turn-by-direction service, Google Navigation, which will be available on Android 2.0 mobile devices. It's currently, of course, in...
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Cosina has announced the availability of its first Voigtländer branded lenses for Canon EF mount, in the shape of Color Skopar 20mm F3.5 SL II Aspherical ultra-wide angle lens and Ultron 40mm F2 SL II Aspherical pancake lens. Measuring just 24.5mm lengthwise, the Ultron lens is probably the...
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Motorola to launch over 20 new smartphones in 2010 30 October 2009 Will new releases be all Android-based? After recently announcing the release of its DEXT phone, Motorola has declared that it intends to release upwards of 20 new smartphones during 2010. In a recent sta...
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Verizon Wireless's Droid won't show up in stores until a week from Friday, but the company has shared loaner devices with technology journalists and bloggers, including me- PC World has a good roundup of the first reviews . After having spent a bit time with it, I'm not surprised that Verizon is try...
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Today's formal unveiling of the Motorola Droid smartphone on Verizon's network was an anticlimax, given most of the details had been leaked days earlier . Nevertheless, it's the boldest, most open iPhone challenge yet. Android 2.0: Your complete primer The announcement in New York revealed a...
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Canon has said it is investigating an issue with its recently released EOS 7D digital SLR. In a service notice it says there is an occasional issue where traces of a preceding frame may be visible in images captured in continuous shooting mode. The company says it will release a firmware update to...
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Just posted! Our lens review of the Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm F2.8 Macro ASPH Mega OIS (or, obviously, the H-ES045 for short). Rounding off our Micro Four Thirds mini-season, we take a look at this latest marvel of miniaturization, which shoehorns 1:1 macro focusing and optical image st...
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The release of the iTunes 9.0.2 update on Thursday yet again disables Palm's workaround to sync with Apple's popular jukebox software. Perhaps it's high time Palm moved on and created its own software. It must be frustrating for Palm Pre users to see that Apple has killed their access to the iTunes...
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Tamron has announced the availability of its 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II VC midrange zoom for Canon mount. This image stabilized version of the company's popular APS-C format fast standard zoom, announced in September, will ship from the end of this month. It is already available for Nikon with a built-in ...
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Google today introduced a beta of their navigation app for the Android 2.0 powered Motorola Droid . The application is an extension of its Maps.app for Android but it has a lot of the qualities of personal navigation software products from TomTom, Navigon and Garmin. Google's offering i...
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This week on the PC World Podcast, editors Robert Strohmeyer, Mark Sullivan, Ginny Mies, and Darren Gladstone celebrate our 50th episode with a feisty chat about the Windows 7 launch, Verizon Droid, the new dual-OS Acer netbook, and net neutrality. Download the podcast here . First up, Windows 7 ...
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Color management specialist Datacolor has released its Spyder3Print SR printer calibrator as a standalone product. The spectrocolorimeter-based calibrator, previously available as part of the company's Spyder3Studio SR monitor and print calibration system, is available for a suggested price of US $...
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