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SlingPlayer app coming to Android

Sling Media is to release a version of its SlingPlayer app for Android mobile phones and tablets. SlingPlayer is a mobile TV app that works with Sling Media’s hardware gizmo – the SlingBox. This nifty bit of kit connects your telly or DVD player to the internet and lets you watch stuff remotely using a mobile [...] Related posts:SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry coming on 30th...

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BlackBerry dude: Where’s My Phone?

Losing your phone is one of the minor traumas of the 21st century. At least, you probably haven’t dropped it into the toilet. When it comes to your BlackBerry however there is an app to help to you find it. Called Where’s My Phone, it enables you to send an email to your phone, triggering the application [...] Related posts:SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry coming on 30th...

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Google Buzz widget launched on Android

Google has announced the launch of a Buzz widget for Android 1.6 and above, which allows users to send really interesting updates to all their followers with only a few taps. If merely text is not enough to convey your feelings, the widget allows the posting of photos, which are then uploaded in the background so [...] Related posts:Google Shopper launched on Android Market Nokia launches Jaiku...

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Review – Google Sky Map (Android)

The night sky is a truly beautiful sight to behold, with millions of twinkling lights pulsing to their own natural rhythm, undisturbed by centuries of human life. For many people though that’s pretty much the extent of their celestial knowledge, with most constellations so abstract and stars so hard to identify that you’d need some kind [...] No related posts.

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Samsung’s first 3D phone to be announced this month

Samsung’s first foray into the dark underbelly of 3D smartphones will be announced very soon, with reports placing the date as early as the 23rd of March (CTIA Wireless event). The SCH-W960’s features center around around the 3.3” (8.3cm) stereoscopic AMOLED display as it comes with dual TV tuners that are almost certainly designed for watching [...] Related posts:Samsung’s Armani...

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3 to bundle Spotify with Sony Ericsson Vivaz

Sony Ericsson’s new Symbian handset, the Vivaz, already looks like a nice bit of kit. Mobile network, 3 has just announced a bundle that will make it even more attractive – Spotify music streaming. Not free music streaming, mind you – although the phone will be available on a fairly competitive tariff that might make the [...] Related posts:Sony announce Vivaz Pro Spotify...

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Review: Sony Ericsson Aino

Rumours of a fully-fledged PlayStation phone refuse to die, but in the meantime hardcore Sony devotees are going to have to content themselves with the Aino, which represents the company’s most concerted attempt yet to fuse its mobile and video gaming brands into one unified whole. However, those expecting to be able to carry across interactive [...] Related posts:Aino is as close to a...

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Android market takes three months to double in size

While the average amount of revenue per Android user lags quite some way behind the App Store, Google released statistics this week that showed the overall number of apps available had increased significantly over the past three months. Back in December there were 16,000 apps available on the Android Market, a number that has risen to [...] Related posts:Android Market has a kill switch...

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Nokia Beta Labs offering 3rd Party betas

We are big fans of Nokia’s Beta Labs here at Pocketpicks. Some great ideas have started life in the labs – from Nokia Sports Tracker to the augmented reality of Nokia Point & Find. Now, for the first time, Nokia are allowing 3rd Party developers to distribute beta code through the site. This may seem like [...] Related posts:Beta labs releases beta of…itself Share Online...

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Myspace more popular than Facebook on Android

Remember MySpace? It was one of the first successful social networking sites that managed to combine personalisation with a whole host of other easy to use features, and took the world by storm a few years back. Then Facebook came along and killed it by allowing acquaintances to stalk friends of a friend and play [...] Related posts:Xumii mobile social network aims to take on MySpace and...

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