Nexus S Getting Ice Cream Sandwich Update within Weeks

Good news for those who own a Nexus S smartphone. Google [GOOG] has announced that it will be pushing out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update to the device within the next few weeks.

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Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone Announced

Nokia has finally unveiled its first Windows Phone device. It is called the Nokia Lumia 800 and has been dubbed the “first real Windows Phone”.

The new smartphone is similar to the Nokia N9 in design. Inside, it has some decent specs which show a 1.4GHz CPU, 16GB of internal storage and a camera that has an f2.2 aperture that works well with low light.

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Nokia N8 Symbian Anna Update Arrives in the US

The Nokia N8 in the US is beginning to get an update which brings Symbian Anna to the smartphone. Symbian Anna was released a couple of months ago in other countries but now allows US users to also get the new version of the Symbian OS. As well as the Nokia N8 getting the update the C6-01 and the E7 are also getting the new software.

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The Gadget Show Battlefield 3 FPS Gaming Simulator Demonstration

Last night The Gadget Show in the UK revealed a unique simulator that allows users to be fully immersed in the first person shooter game Battlefield 3.

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TouchFire Screen top Keyboard for iPad

TouchFire is an iPad attachment that aims to make typing on your iPad feel like typing on a real keyboard. It attaches over the top of the landscape keyboard on either the original iPad or the iPad 2 and allows typists to feel where the keys are with the result of making it easier to type quickly.

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Five Generations of iPhone Cameras Compared

If you want to know how the camera in the iPhone has changed since launching in 2007, take a look at the comparison shots below. What we see here are five generations of iPhone cameras which start at the original iPhone and then on to the iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4 and finally the new 4S. It’s quite amazing to see how Apple has managed to improve the quality as much as it has in just a few years.

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Android 4.0 Has Game Controller Support

Now that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich SDK is available for download, various developers around the world have started to look more in depth at what can be found in the new operating system. Last week it was revealed that ICS has stylus support built in. This week we learn that ICS has Game Controller support as standard.

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BlackBerry PlayBook Running Android Apps Demonstrated

Last week RIM launched the developer beta of BBX OS 2.0. What this allows developers to do is run Android apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook. We’ve seen demonstrations of this before that have been created by RIM, but now we see a demonstration of some Android apps running by an external person to RIM.

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Netflix Streaming Coming to the UK and Ireland in 2012

Netflix is bringing streaming to the UK and Ireland. In an announcement made recently, the company has said that streaming of movies will be available early 2012 in the countries mentioned.

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Steve Jobs Biography Now Available

The biography of Steve Jobs is now available to download. It is available in the iBooks store as well as on the Kindle store over at Amazon.

Currently the book is showing in the number 1 spot in the charts on the iBooks store.

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Google Chromebooks Available to Enterprise and Education with Pay-Once Option

Buying a Google Chromebook for education or enterprise requires that you pay a monthly subscription fee for three years. This is now changing as Google [GOOG] has announced that the Chromebook will be available for a one off price of $449 or $519 for the WiFi only and 3G models respectively.

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Streaming Film Rentals Now Available in the UK Android Market

Users of Android in the UK have just been given the ability to stream movies in the UK from the Android Market. This feature has been available to the US for a while now. A work around was available in the form of a quick hack, but now that hack isn’t needed as Google [GOOG] made it official and switched on the service this morning.

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