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Samsung Galaxy Player – Pre Order

We mentioned last week that we had heard that Samsung were planning to unveil their Galaxy Player at CES. Well, now the player has appeared on Amazon.co.uk and is available to pre order.

There are two versions to choose from. The 8GB at £149.99 or the 16GB for only £179.99. Amazon are listing the Samsung Galaxy Player as being in stock from the 7th but we all know this quite often changes. Anyway, I have my pre order in so we will bring you some videos and a full review in the coming weeks, fingers crossed.

See the product info and specs (as listed on Amazon) after the break:

Panasonic DMC-GF2 pre-order deal

For those of you that love your photography and want DSLR quality in a compact form the new Panasonic DMC-GF2 might be worth a look. The GF2 was first revealed back in November and now Panasonic are accepting pre-orders and are offering early adopters a free photopack worth £150!

We hope to have one of these to review early in the new year too.

Full details in the press release from Panasonic below:

Video calls now on Skype for iPhone

A few days ago I mentioned that Skype were planning to make video calling available on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Today we’ve heard from Skype and they’ve told us that the the Skype update for iPhone is already available from the App Store. Indeed a visit to the store this morning reveals the update sitting there waiting for me.

I’ll be checking it out later today and will report back!

Check out Skype’s full press release below:

Motorola to unveil tablet at CES

We have know for a while that Motorola have been working on a Android tablet running Honeycomb, but what we didn’t know was when it would be officially presented to us. Motorola have released the below video which apart from being genius (so i think) confirms that they will be showing off the new device at CES in the USA early next month.

Rather than guessing at specs etc lets just be patient for a couple of weeks and get it from the horses mouth. Could this put a dampener on the Samsung Galaxy Tab?

Samsung Galaxy Player to be shown at CES

Samsung have made MP3 players for years but at long last it looks like they may well have an alternative to the Apple iPod Touch. The Galaxy Player is believed to be unveiled at CES in the States next week and looking at its specs it would appear to be a beast!

The 9.9mm thick Galaxy Player (YP-GB1) runs on Android 2.2 Froyo OS and features a 1GHz CPU, 4-inch Super Clear LCD screen supporting up to WVGA resolution (800×480), T-DMB, SoundAlive audio enhancing technology, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, 3.2MP rear camera with front facing camera for video calling, GPS, HD video playback, microSD card slot, Android Market and Samsung Apps access and a 1200mAh removable battery.

Sounds a bit of alright, but I wonder how much it will cost. I think I had better start saving.

Posted by: James

Skype to offer video calling on iPhone, iPod and iPad

News just in regarding the new version of Skype that is rumoured to be announced at CES on the 6th January. News via QuickPWN.

Unfortunately for Skype, someone ruined part of their announcements by finding a webpage on Skype which details some products that will get video calling. If you went to this link earlier (now down) you would of seen the following:

To make video calls with your contacts, you will need an iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, 3rd generation iPod touch, 4th generation iPod touch or an iPad. Your contacts will only be able to see you if your device has a camera. Make sure your device is running iOS 4.0 or above and that you are using Skype for iPhone 3.0 or above.

The contacts you are calling must be using one of the following Skype clients:

• Skype for Windows version 4.2 and above
• Skype for Mac OS X version 2.8 and above
• Skype for iPhone 3.0 and above

I’m looking forward to checking this out on the new year!

Posted by: Matt

Angry Birds for iOS gets an update – 15 new levels

Angry Birds for iOS has received an update in the last few days bringing not only 15 new levels but also a few new features. A new golden egg is now available but more interesting is the ‘Mighty Eagle’. If you cant complete the level you can summon the Mighty Eagle to help. The downside here is that it will cost you 59 pence. I wasn’t very impressed with that but if you are desperate to kill those pigs it may solve your dilemma.

Check your updates do download these new additions.

Posted by: James

LG Optimus 2X gets a January launch

LG’s beast of a phone, the Optimus 2X (also known as the LG Star) apparently will arrive in Europe in January 2011. For those unfamiliar with the phone, it will be the first Nvidia Tegra 2 equipped smartphone to go on sale here in the UK. That means of course that it will be the first dual-core smartphone. Another quirky detail are the Morricone composed ringtones preloaded onto the phone. Running an LG-overlayed Android 2.2, it is equipped with a 4 inch WVGA display, 8GB of storage, an 8MP camera with full 1080p video recording, and a 1.3MP front facing camera. LG have stated that 2.3 Gingerbread will come soon in an OTA update, but other important details like RAM have not been released though estimates of around 512MB will probably turn out true. This spec monster of a phone will be powered by a 1500mAh battery so it will be interesting to see how long it lasts with both Android and those top end specs.

See after the break for the PR mentioning it’s trip over to Europe.

White BlackBerry Bold 9780 from phonesdirect

Our friends phonesdirect.com now have the White BlackBerry Bold 9780 in stock. It is of course available sim free but in addition you can pick one up free for £25.00  a month with a Vodafone contact.

If you didn’t read our review of the BlackBerry 9780 you can do so here.

Head on over to phonesdirect.com to check out the deals.

Posted by: James

GoodReader Updates for iPhone and iPad

If you saw my iPad video  earlier this year where I showed how the iPad can be used as a sales tool you would have seen that I used Goodreader for viewing Word/Excel/PDF’s etc. Well now the iPhone version of GoodReader has just been updated to include the newest features added to the iPad version earlier this month. The newest version includes a new PDF displaying engine, offering a much smoother experience when zooming/panning a file, plus AirPrint support for wireless printing. GoodReader now also offers more features for annotating files, including:

· Adjustable line thickness and opacity for drawings

· Redo button in freehand drawing mode

· Freehand drawing tool now allows users to zoom and pan a page with two fingers, useful for long handwritten notes that do not fit on one screen

· Freehand drawing tool now works much faster on pages containing a large number of annotations

Head on over to the App Store from your iPhone and check it out.

Posted by: James