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11th April 2007 Archive

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  • UK PS3 price begins to drop

    It was really only a matter of time

    Retailers WH Smith and Play.com have both knocked £25 off the price of the PS3, offering the console for just under £400. But while the WH Smith offer was an Easter weekend-only deal that ended today, the Play.com offer will run for "the foreseeable future", a representative told Register Hardware and includes a free HDMI …

    Consoles 11 Apr 2007, 07:02

  • Palm developing own OS - again

    Full circle turned

    Palm is to build its own handheld operating system, combining a Linux foundation with the regular Palm OS look and feel. Work is clearly progressing: devices equipped with the new OS are due later this year, the company's CEO, Ed Colligan, said this week. If all this sounds familiar, it's because it's the approach PalmSource …

    Phones 11 Apr 2007, 09:22

  • Orange talks up Vox

    HTC smart phone to ship as SPV E650

    Orange has begun punting its first Windows Mobile 6 device to its business buyers. Apparently based on HTC's 'Vox' smart phone: it is a candybar handset that incorporates a slide-out, mini QWERTY keyboard.   The Orange version is dubbed the SPV E650, and is being offering from today at a range of prices up to £165 exc. VAT …

    Phones 11 Apr 2007, 09:51

  • Samsung spins SpinPoint 2.5in drives

    Storage for laptops, DVRs

    Hot on the heels of Samsung's 3.5in SpinPoint hard disk drive launch last week comes a pair of new 2.5in models, one pitched at servers, the other at notebooks and consumer electronics kit like DVRs. The 5,400rpm SpinPoint M5 line will come in 60-160GB versions, with models that extend that maximum capacity to 250GB coming …

    Bits 'n' Chips 11 Apr 2007, 11:53

  • LG takes Shine to 3G

    LG has polished up its Shine handset portfolio with a new 3G model. The manufacturer didn't say much about its new baby, but it implied the UMTS version follows the same shiny slider format as the standard tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE model. The 2.5G model contains a two megapixel camera; 240 x 320, 262,144-colour display; …

    Phones 11 Apr 2007, 12:09

  • Watchdog downsamples Creative Xmod 'better than CD' claim

    Prove it

    Music player maker Creative has been told not to claim its Xmod sound-enhancement system can take an MP3 track and make it sound better than a CD - at least until it can prove that's the case. The wrist-slapping came from the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after an audio engineer objected to Creative's claim, made …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 11 Apr 2007, 12:27

  • Evesham motors in with car-friendly second-set LCD TV

    A widescreen LCD TV for a mere £120? Yes, there's a catch: Evesham's TV-930 is has a screen size of just 9.2in - handy, the company claims, as a bedroom telly and - thanks to a 12v power adaptor - in-car usage too. The TV-930 offers a 16:9 aspect ratio on a 640 x 480 panel capable of displaying 16m colours. Telly stats fans …

    HD 11 Apr 2007, 13:06

  • Readers win with Reg Hardware

    Register Hardware recently offered its readers the chance to win a Sony PlayStation 3 games console. Well, we've collated the entries, erased the incorrect answer, and we now have a very lucky winner to announce... So our congratulations go out to Paul Leader, whose name was plucked by the Reg Hardware Randomizer out of the …

    Consoles 11 Apr 2007, 15:06