Fujifilm X100T Camera Review

What is the Fujifilm X100T?The Fujifilm X100T is part of a series that's captured the imagination of enthusiast photographers like no other. These are fixed-lens cameras with APS-C sensors and a decidedly old-school approach to design and handling, but housing some truly modern tech.The original Fujifilm X100 was a camera people loved in spite of its faults, but with the Fujiifilm X100T most of the...
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Android 5.0 spotted running on the Galaxy Note 3

Android Lollipop has started popping up all over the place, and now the latest Google OS has been spotted running on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Announced alongside the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 back in September, Android 5.0 has started its slow handset rollout in recent weeks.With the Lollipop update currently restricted exclusively to the Nexus 5, the folks over at SamMobile have given us an early look...
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Best Cheap Mobile Phones 2014: Top budget smartphones

Looking for the best cheap phone to buy this Christmas? Whether it's a budget Android smartphone or an iPhone 6-looking handset you are after, we've picked the best phones under £200. So your wallet can’t stretch to one of the best smartphones like the iPhone 6 or an Android smartphone great like the HTC One M8 or the Samsung Galaxy S5. All is not lost. You can still get a decent smartphone experience...
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Facebook Groups app launched

Facebook has launched a dedicated Facebook Groups app, making private group posts that bit easier to manage. Of course, Facebook has had a Groups function in its main app for some time. It allows you to form select groups for specific posts, rather than just splurging your thoughts to your hundreds of barely affiliated friends.But it's always been a little awkward to access, buried within the already...
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Samsung UE40H5500 TV Review

What is the Samsung UE40H5500?This is a 40-inch Samsung LCD TV that manages to deliver the brand’s latest Smart TV services despite costing less than £350 from some online shops. Surely it's too good to be true, right?Samsung UE40H5500 – Design and FeaturesWe quite like the look of the UE40H5500. The main TV bezel is fairly samey, perhaps, with its super-slim glossy black bezel. But the way the Samsung...
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Nokia Z Launcher for Android hits Google Play Store

Nokia has released its recently announced Android launcher app, Nokia Z Launcher, onto the Google Play Store. The app is now available for free as a beta version on Google's mobile app store.Z launcher dramatically changes the homescreen navigation experience on whatever Android phone you own. It's extremely lightweight and simple, stripping everything back to a single static screen.Initially presented...
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Apple Watch resolution revealed with WatchKit launch

Apple has just released the WatchKit tool that allows developers to start making apps for the Apple Watch, and it comes with some tantalising bits of information on the forthcoming smartwatch itself. One of the bits of information revealed in Apple's new developer tool, which is available from today for iOS Developer Program members, concerns the screen resolution of the Apple Watch. Or rather, the...
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 Camera Review

What is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5?The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 is a second go at a formula established last year with the DMC-GM1: an absolutely tiny camera body that offers a fairly large Micro Four Thirds sensor and interchangeable lenses. Starting at £699 with a kit lens, Panasonic hasn’t dumbed down the features to meet a lower price in this second attempt.Instead, the Lumix GM5 adds an EVF and...
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Nokia N1 vs Nexus 9: How do the Android tablets compare?

Nokia takes on Google’s flagship tabletNokia - that’s Nokia Nokia, not Microsoft Nokia - has just surprised everyone by announcing an Android tablet, the Nokia N1.With high-end components, a premium design, and stock Android 5.0 Lollipop, it’s clearly looking to take on Google’s own Nexus 9 as the most desirable Android tablet out there.So how do these two tablets compare? Here's the tale of the tape.Nokia...
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Samsung to launch a third fewer phones in 2015

Samsung is to become a little more selective over the devices it brings to market as the company faces up to its recent drop in profits. After years of spamming the smartphone space with all manner of hard to differentiate devices, the company has confirmed it will reduce its handset output by almost a third during the coming 12 months.Speaking at a presentation in New York yesterday, Robert Yi, Samsung’s...
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Nexus 6 UK release date confirmed for December 1

The Nexus 6 UK release date is finally official, and you won’t have to wait too much longer to get your hands on the 6-inch Android 5.0 device. Having been formally unveiled last month, the Nexus 6 has now been confirmed to be heading to British retailers from December 1.Despite leaving less than two weeks until the handset will hit store shelves, high street seller Carphone Warehouse has already...
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iPhone 7 reportedly heading for substantial camera improvement

That’s right, the iPhone 7 rumour mill has already started to churn, with latest reports claiming the handset will feature a sizeable camera improvement. While the iPhone 6 features an impressive 8-megapixel iSight snapper, the handset’s imaging abilities were little improved when compared with those of last year’s iPhone 5S.Not wanting to fall behind the impressive cameras bestowed on the likes of...
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Huawei Ascend P8 leaks with new porcelain design

Huawei has risen to prominence in the smartphone space in recent years, and now latest reports have suggested 2015 could see the Chinese manufacturer introduce something special. Although best known for pumping out affordable plastic handsets, early reports have suggested the Huawei Ascend P8 – the as yet unconfirmed follow-on to the flagship Huawei Ascend P7 – will launch next year with a new porcelain...
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Blossom is a smart sprinkler controller that promises to save water

Shares its name with the 90s sitcomWith this winter set to be the wettest for 30 years, you might not be thinking about a sprinkler just yet. But come summer, this smart controller could save you a bundle on water bills. It uses weather forecasts to adjust how much water it sprays onto your lawn. If it's rained – or is going to rain – it'll use less water, which will save you money, and preserve the...
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Just Cause 3 multiplayer won't be available at launch

Just Cause 3 multiplayer will not be available at launch, but an online component may come at a later date. According to senior developers at Avalanche Studios, Just Cause 3 will be a single-player only title at launch, with no multiplayer options whatsoever.That's straight from the mouths of Game Director Roland Lesterlin and Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg too."Maybe sometime down...
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Net Neutrality Explained: What is it and how will it affect you?

The tech topic that's so hot even the President of the United States is talking about it... Net neutrality is one of those curious buzz-phrases that’s simultaneously ubiquitous and barely understood.It’s in the news a lot at the moment because a number of powerful figures and institutions, including (but not limited to) Google, Netflix, Verizon, Comcast, and the President of the USA himself have voiced...
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