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Netbook Privacy Screen Protector

As a regular train commuter my NC10 comes in very handy on a day to day basis. I can use that hour each day far more productively than ever before. And thanks to a mobile broadband connection I can even stay online too!However, although many commuters seem happy to read and edit private documents in full view of the rest of the train (and I've seen a few things that should definitely have stayed private!), I have always felt very self conscious. Whether tapping my password into gmail so that ...

Navigon GPS for Android and WM, Dell smartphone plans for UK, LG Lotus Elite and Rumor Touch

Navigon has had an onboard GPS navigation app for the iPhone for a long time now. The Company announced at CES this week that it has apps for the Android platform and Windows Mobile coming soon. They share very similar features and the WM app will sell for under $90 sometime in the next week. Dell has unveiled the UK launch plans for its Mini 3 handset and the Google Nexus One plans for the UK have been offered up too. The Nexus One will hit Vodafone first and where the Mini 3 will land is unk...

Nokia E75 gets a next gen update to v201.12.01

"It has been a long time coming, but the Nokia E75 has now had its first major firmware update, to v201.12.01 (from v110.x). There are new features and a mountain of bug fixes and optimisations - it's an impressive update and I've included a summarised changelog below. It's a 153MB update via NSU and isn't available yet 'over the air' in the UK, possibly because it involves so many changes. Comments welcome on availability in your country.Changes for Nokia E75 v201.12 firmware: Ovi Contacts no...

Samsung Omnia II on Verizon, Virgin Mobile Canada gets iPhone, Motorola Motus spied blurry style

If you have been lusting after the slick Samsung Omnia II since it turned up for a very over priced preorder on Amazon back in September Verizon will have the handset soon. The best news is the device will cost $199 after mail-in rebates. Virgin Mobile Canada has announced that it will be selling the iPhone 3G and 3GS on its network. The announcement had no details to speak of and may well be one of the shortest PRs ever at only 198 characters. Maybe it was going to be a Tweet and they just co...

DataViz Documents To Go 2.0 for Android Review

"I am a long time user of the Palm OS version of DataViz's Documents to Go, and was happy to hear that DataViz makes an Android version I can use on my T-Mobile G1. This lets me work with Microsoft Office documents, including ones that come in as e-mail attachments.There is a free version available in the on-device Android Market that allows you to view Microsoft Word and Excel documents. For creating or editing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, or viewing PDF files, you need the full version...