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Samsung Omnia W smartphone review
Windows Phone is now firmly established as a smartphone operating system, while being well into its first major update. Hardware partners are bringing out more handsets, and Nokia has even said it will concentrate on the OS going forward. Samsung’s second Windows Phone, the Omnia W is small and attractively priced. But does it offer…
OneForAll SmartControl Motion
For many, all-in-one remote controls are an essential addition to a modern home cinema setup, effectively replacing what can soon become a veritable mess of magic sticks. OneForAll has been one of the most active contributors to this market and the Smart Control Motion represents the latest update to its range, building on an already…
Nokia 710 – initial impressions
The Nokia Lumia 710 is basically an entry level version of the Finnish Windows Phone 7 launching pad device – the Lumia 800, which incorporated the radical new user interface from Microsoft. This UI was designed to make Windows Phone 7 accessible to the masses, where the 710 is intent on providing users with a…
Iron Brigade
You might have heard of Trenched – although you won’t hear of it any more. Trenched was released over in the US in the summer, and was supposed to follow swiftly in Europe. However, due to an EU copyright problem with the name – it clashed with a Portuguese board game, of all things –…
Microsoft: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Nostalgia appears to be in the air at the moment, what with SEGA bringing out a new game to celebrate twenty years of Sonic and now Microsoft going all misty eyed over their legendary Xbox-launching FPS with a revamped Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, to mark ten years of Master Chief in action. 343 Industries has…
Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone 7.5 smartphone
Smartphone watchers can’t fail to have noticed the announcement Nokia made in February that it was going to start offering Windows Phone 7 based smartphones. Well, the first model has arrived, hoping to tip Apple’s new iPhone 4S off its perch. So what has Nokia made of Microsoft’s Smartphone OS? Pulling all the stops outThe…
Nokia Lumia 800 unboxing video
Fancy a closer look at the Nokia Lumia 800? Our friends over at OneMobileRing.com have just taken delivery Nokia’s Microsoft Windows Phone 7 handset – over two weeks before the smartphone officially goes on sale in the UK. You can see the full unboxing video of the Nokia 800 below, which notes all of the retail…
Microsoft Touch Mouse
Microsoft’s new wireless Touch Mouse is a strangely shaped rodent. It looks absolutely stunning with a sleek black arc of a body that is peppered with tiny brown crosses and dots. It has some clever, if idiosyncratic features which, as its name suggests, are all about finger touch. A mouse you can sweepJust over half…