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Word Lens app for on the go translation

Word Lens is much more than your run-of-the-mill translation app and if you have watched the above video, you will know why already.  Developed by QuestVisual’s Otavia Good and John DeWeese over two and a half years, the app works by using OCR and instantly translating any text that the […]

LG Optimus Chic E720 now available in Europe

European users who can’t wait for the LG Star, but willing to settle for an Android phone with less processing power, can take a gander at the newest member of the Optimus line from the Korean company, the Chic E720.  The Optimus Chic E720 is out now for the European

Acer beTouch E140 Android phone announced for the UK

With a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen and a 600MHz processor, the Acer beTouch E140 may not be the most coveted tool on the shelf, but if it’s a startup Droid you are looking for, this is it.  There’s also a 3.2mpx lens, WiFi, HSDPA network support, Bluetooth, FM radio and GPS

Dell Streak now priced at $100 on Best Buy

With Christmas round the corner, all the stores including your corner shop is showering discounts and if you ever waited to take the Android plunge at a budget, this is the time to do it.  Fresh on the discount market is the AT&T Dell Streak from Best Buy, which should

Google Nexus S now available on preorder in the UK

UK’s Carphone Warehouse has announced that the next iteration of the Nexus One is now available for preorder on its website.  The smartphone is about 10 days shy of release, but that shouldn’t stop a proper Englishman from preordering it and be among the first few to get the device

Samsung Galaxy S will get Android 2.3 Gingerbread

Of course, if the Nexus S is getting it, why can’t an identically specced device get it too, right?  Samsung cleverly hid behind words when queried recently on the subject but its Indian execs, not quite so.  The news was revealed via Samsung’s Indian Twitter page in reply to a

Notion Ink’s Adam tablet now available on preorder

Touted to be the iPad killer, the Adam has been in the making for a long time now.  And now that it’s out, looking at its specs, we have to say it does have a fair chance at doing exactly that.  Coming from Notion Ink, the Adam is jammed to

Foxconn shipping Apple iPad 2 in February with an April 2011 launch

With the current version having already sold a whopping 6.1 million devices and still selling hot, Apple is already is prepping the next iteration of the popular device and will be ready to ship out from Foxconn, the designated manufacturing company for the iPad 2, in February 2011.  An estimated

Shazam now has over 100 million users

Available across a whole host of mobile platforms, the popular music ID app, Shazam, has now crossed the 100 million mark in usage.  The news gains that much more significance if you consider the fact that almost 25 million users have joined the service in the past six months, which

Intel Atom-based MeeGo tablet and phone espied in Moscow

Both a tablet and a phone sporting Linux-based MeeGo operating system have been spotted at an Intel press event in Moscow and mail.ru‘s Anton Spiridonov has a few pictures to prove it.  The phone, christened the Hi/Lo Vibrant, will be powered by Intel’s Atom processor running at an unspecificed clockspeed

Apple iPad available on T-Mobile, Orange and 3 in the UK

The Galaxy Tab might be on the forefront leading the Android tablet revolution, but the coveted iPad still sits snugly on top as the world’s favorite.  After selling more than 3 million units in the first 80 days of availability, the iPad is now available in the UK, with T-Mobile,

Samsung Galaxy Tab sales touch 1 million, next stop 1.5 million

It happened with the Galaxy S (5 million!), and as we thought it would, the Galaxy Tab has reached its big milestone, the first million.  The Android tablet sold a huge 600,000 units within 30 days of its release.  And now barely two months after it made its appearance, Samsung

Video: Is this the Sony Ericsson Z1 Playstation Phone?

There’s is already an unveiling date of December 9th being passed around, but a little sneak peak never hurt nobody right? When we last reported on the PSP Phone, it didn’t have a name, had a speculative list of features and a picture that Engadget insists is for real.  Now,

Amazon selling Windows Phone 7 devices for a penny

This might be the much-needed push for Microsoft to get more WP7 phones on the street but that aside, it is still a great deal to snag a phone with decent specs.  Stepping it down from the $49.99 price that it was offering for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Amazon