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Martin Carstens: Staff reporter

Martin is obsessed with technology and the future. His work life includes positions at UK based Hotcourses.com, Discovery Invest and currently, Gearburn.

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• New press shots of Samsung Galaxy S III accessories revealed

  Courtesy of the folks over at Mobile Fun, we are able to give you a closer look at some of the accessories for the recently announced Samsung Galaxy S III. First up is the Samsung Galaxy S3 Flip Cover, pictured here in Chrome Blue. The cover doesn't add considerable bulk to the S III's slim profile, as the back part of the cover actually replaces the S III's detachable back panel. The C-Pen is a capacitive stylus. We wonder how it will ...
  
  

• Mother’s Day: 5 cool gadgets for Mom

  Today being Mother’s Day, we decided to bring you five gadgets that your mom would probably love. The gadgets we selected have crossover appeal, so your mom doesn’t have to be a bona fide geek to appreciate these. Take some notes, our selection would make great birthday or Christmas gifts too. BookBook by Twelve South BookBook cases are truly special. Made from leather and styled to resemble vintage books, they are the perfect protection for your mom’s iPad, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air ...
  
  

• SloPro: Capture beautiful slow motion video at 60 FPS on your iPhone 4S

  Slowing down video recorded on your iPhone at 30 frames per second (FPS) makes the playback appear jittery. With an iPhone 4S running SloPro, the frame rate is doubled. Your video is recorded at 60fps, so when you slow the video down, it looks as smooth as a video running at normal speed. The result is stunning and it really works as advertised -- there are no software tricks, so no rendering delay -- although the resolution of your videos ...
  
  

• Extreme tech: Magnets implanted into wrist to hold iPod nano

  How much do you love your iPod nano? Do you want to carry your beloved music player on your wrist, but you feel like watch bands are tacky? If your name is Dave Hurban, then the answer to those questions are "a damn lot" and "hell yes". Hurban drilled holes into his wrist and plugged them with magnets to hold his iPod nano. He calls his invention the iDermal. It's fantastic and it blurs the line between art and utility. ...
  
  

• Reason #57 to divorce your iPhone: Get Flipboard for Android now

  Some time ago, iPhone users walked around haughtily brandishing their Instagrams and Flipboards, but no more. Instagram launched officially on Android recently and now Flipboard has leaked out too. Flipboard was set to launch exclusively for the new, hyped-to-the-extreme (and then some), Samsung Galaxy S III, but it would be only a matter of days before the enterprising Android community skimmed the APK and released it into the wild. Over at the XDA Developers forum, you can now download the APK to ...
  
  

• Alcatel One Touch 990: Budget, but good [Review]

  I can’t recall that I’ve ever heard Alcatel smartphones being mentioned along mobile manufacturer heavyweights such as Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Sony, Apple or even Huawei. I can vividly recall however, my first encounter with an Alcatel phone. I remember the frustration and subsequent catharsis I felt as I repeatedly bashed it against my car’s steering wheel shortly before throwing it out the window. That happened a few years ago. Since then, I’ve matured -- I’d like to think ...
  
  

• PlayThru game-based authentication: I hate captchas. I love captchas.

  Captchas are one of those necessary evils of online life. They serve a useful purpose and yet we loathe them. Most of the time they insult our intelligence and waste time as we refresh, refresh, refresh to find something vaguely intelligible. Yes I am human, no I'm not a spambot. Thankfully, a company called Are You a Human want's to re-invent captchas by making them fun. A traditional captcha is essentially a game in which you are tasked with deciphering a ...
  
  

• The Samsung Galaxy S III: The new benchmark?

  Today’s launch event in London saw the end of months of fevered speculation on what Samsung’s next flagship device would bring. As the hype crescendo fades, we take a moment to reflect on what many consider to be the new benchmark for Android phones and possibly, the biggest threat to Apple’s best. Here are the details. The Samsung Galaxy S III has a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display with a 720p (1280 x 720) resolution. Compared to the S II, the display is ...
  
  

• BlackBerry 10 is the OS we’ve been waiting for

  If this sneak preview video of BlackBerry 10's features and UI doesn't warm your heart, may we suggest checking your pulse. RIM's CEO, Thorsten Heins, also revealed some other features at the BlackBerry Jam developer conference yesterday and it's clear that RIM has been innovating. True BlackBerry loyalists will bemoan RIM's decision to pursue touchscreen keyboards, but the keyboard previewed on a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device, looks promising. It uses modeling algorithms to learn where you press on the ...
  
  

• SnapNPlay for Android reads sheet music and plays it back to you

  One of my earliest memories is sitting in front of a piano. Although I had a wonderfully patient teacher I just never made a deep connection with the piano. I love music though and have collected various instruments over the years including an electronic keyboard. Every now and again I’ve attempted to brush up on my sheet music, but like a language not spoken often, my grasp of musical notation waxes and wanes. With SnapNPlay for Android, you to take a ...
  
  

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