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  • 05 September 2011

  • Feature: The five best free Android apps for digital photos

    More and more smartphone owners are making use of the camera on their handset, and those with devices running Google Android are no exception

  • News: Motorola Xoom slashed to £329

    Dixons has slashed the price of the Motorola Xoom tablet PC to £329.

  • News: Lenovo: Samsung has only sold 20,000 Galaxy Tabs

    Samsung sold just 200,000 of its original tablet PC, the Galaxy Tab, says Lenovo.

  • News: Plantronics M1100 Bluetooth headset gets vocal

    Bluetooth headset company Plantronics has launched a headset that allows users to dictate messages, check Facebook and Twitter updates and have emails read out to you. The Plantronics M1100 Bluetooth headset comes with a Vocalyst app that offers text-to-speech functionality and the ability to store and messages in the cloud

  • 04 September 2011

  • News: AKG shows off world's smallest in-ear speaker

    AKG has unveiled a pair of £1000 earphones, the AKG K3003s, with the smallest of speakers and drivers inside. The company says they are the world's smallest triple-driver earphones. The aluminium earphones are handmade and hand-tuned and weigh just 12g.

  • News: Tablet War Is Heating Up...for Second Place

    New tablets are being unveiled and launched at a dizzying pace. If the rate of new tablets being introduced was an effective measure of the tablet market, everyone would have two of the devices already and be shopping for a third. The feverish pace of tablets isn't an indication of the tablet market as a whole, though--just a sign that the race for second place is in high gear.

  • News: Amazon's 7-Inch Tablet Reportedly Priced at $250

    It sports a color touch screen, looks much like a BlackBerry PlayBook and has no physical buttons on the surface of the device. And it comes at a bargain price.

  • 03 September 2011

  • News: Medion Android tablet for UK by Christmas

    Medion is to launch its first Android smartphone and Android tablets in the UK. The tablet, the 10.1in screen Medion Life Tab will hit UK stores by mid-December. A 16GB and a 32GB Wi-Fi-only model will be offered, with a 3G-enabled version due out in early 2012

  • News: Apple: We invented Android!

    In another massive twist in the mobile patent wars Apple is now claiming that it invented Android, Google’s popular mobile OS for smartphones and tablets.

  • 02 September 2011

  • News: Judge in Oracle, Google case may order mediation

    As the trial date nears in Oracle's dispute with Google over Android, the judge overseeing the case is proposing a last-ditch mediation in front of a magistrate judge.

  • Video: Video: Samsung and Toshiba launch tablets at IFA - the week in tech

    Coming up on World Tech Update this week, we’re at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin where tablets are all the rage. Sony debuts two new Android tablets while taking a jab at Apple, Samsung intros the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and also announces the Galaxy Note smartphone-tablet hybrid, Toshiba focuses on thin and light with a new ultrabook and tablet and Ford Motor Company joins consumer electronics vendors and presents its vision of the future.

  • 01 September 2011

  • News: Microsoft Accused of Collecting Windows Phone Location Data

    A Windows Phone 7 user has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming that the software maker collects data from mobile phone users without their knowledge.

  • News: Samsung Unveils 5.3-Inch Phone, Tablet Crossover

    Samsung did not get the memo when Dell axed its 5-inch phone, because it has introduced its own 5.3-inch smartphone-tablet crossover called the Galaxy Note. The slender Android 2.3 device blurs the line between phones and tablets and comes with a bundled stylus for those who don’t want to use their fingers.

  • News: Smartphone Wars Hinge on Undecided Buyers

    The smartphone wars are heating up as 40 percent of mobile device users in the United States now own iPhones, Android devices and BlackBerrys instead of feature phones. Handsets powered by Google's Android OS are still tops among American smartphone owners, taking up 40 percent of the market. The iPhone is a distant second at 28 percent, while BlackBerry has dropped down to 19 percent of the smartphone market in the U.S., according to the latest survey from the Nielsen company.

  • News: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 launched

    Samsung has unveiled a smaller 7.7in version of its tablet PC, the Galaxy Tab, at the IFA technology show, taking place in Berlin this week.

  • Video: Video: Sony launches Android tablets - Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P

    Watch the press conference at which Sony finally announced its arrival in the tablet game. The Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P Android tablets will integrate with other Sony products - so for example consumers can use them as a remote control for their TV. They've also been described as 'the dream tablet for gamers'. Sony may be late to the game, but its used that time to come up with an innovative and interesting design that may yet win a following.

  • Feature: PC Advisor's top five tweets of the week – 1st September 2011

    From Apple branding Samsung 'illegal, abusive and anticopmpetitive' to Google announcing plans to launch its internet TV service in the UK, there's been plenty of tech stories to keep Twitter users busy over the past seven days. Here's our top tweets of the week.

  • 31 August 2011

  • Opinion: Why I Get Apps From Amazon, Not Google

    Apple makes a lot of noise about the size of its iOS app store, and there's something to be said for selection, sure. But in my view, having the most apps isn't the same as having the best apps, and I generally like what I get with Android more. Of course, that's not an objective statement about the merits of the two platforms; it's a subjective, personal preference. But one thing I don't like about Android's App Market is its slightly-too-open open-door policy on app submissions. That's why I download my apps from Amazon these days.

  • News: Sony's Android tablets to hit UK in mid-September

    Sony's first Android tablets will hit the UK shelves in September.

  • News: Samsung Epic 4G Touch for Sprint: First Look

    The Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch for Sprint is an absurdly thin and lightweight Android phone with a gigantic 4.52-inch display. It’s gorgeous, yet compared to the AT&T Galaxy S II version, feels a bit less refined.

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