Microsoft says its Windows Phone 7 operating system has now passed the 'release to manufacturing' (RTM) milestone. This means that Microsoft has effectively stopped working on the new mobile OS prior to its pre-Christmas launch.
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It seems we've not escaped the 'silly season' for news yet. A survey of 3,000 people by UK gadget insurer Protectyourbubble.com has named electric candles as the most useless gadget of all time. Electric nail files took second place, followed by laser-guided scissors, bread makers and egg slicers.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Santa’s bringing tablets this Christmas – and I’m not talking about the plink-plink-fizz of Alka Seltzer. These are tablet computers… and they’re going to be everywhere.
It all started with the Apple iPad; a device so widely anticipated, the TV advertisements didn’t even need to say what it did.
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Vodafone Mobile Clicks, an international contest to find the best mobile internet start-up, has just selected its finalists for the second round of the competition.
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Samsung has announced the Samsung GALAXY Tab GT-P1000 at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. The device, which featured in an online 'teaser' video last week, is an Android-powered tablet with a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixel) screen. As well as including 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0, the Galaxy Tab also offers quad-band GPRS and tri-band 3G HSUPA/HSDPA connectivity.
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