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According to Physorg.com Samsung have released details of their first mobile phone to feature their own touchscreen operating system called Bada.

Thie operating system is designed to compete with Apple’s iPhone and the Blackberry and uses OLEDs for the screen.

The phone is due to be released in April but Samsung has not said in which countries.

A Bada Touchwiz App Store will also come online allowing people to choose apps for the new operating system.

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Sky Supertelly

The main change to the latest Sky offer is that they are now supplying a SKY+ HD box even if you only sign up for the non-HD service. If you sign up for the HD service then the box and setup are FREE otherwise there is a £30 standard setup fee for new customers.

You also get £25 worth of M&S vouchers and the option to sign up for their broadband & calls packages and get FREE Broadband and FREE Calls for a short time.

FREE SKY+ HD Box – even if you only want standard SKY you now get a SKY HD box as standard. You will need an HD Ready TV and an HD subscription to watch HD channels but the SKY+ HD box will also allow you to watch standard definition channels.

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LG have joined the 3D TV race with their LD920, a 47″ 3D LCD TV available in April.

This was the model that Sky used to show the Arsenal vs Manchester United game on in a few pubs on the 31st January.

The LG uses polarizing glasses which is the format Sky has adopted and which means you can use a standard SKY+ HD box to receive the 3D pictures.
As we announced previously the Samsung 7000, 8000 & 9000 3D TVs also use polarizing glasses and will therefore work with SKY 3D.

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See Also

Sony Bravia LX903, NX803 & HX903 3D TVs
Samsung 7000, 8000 & 9000 3D TVs

The new Fujifilm Finepix Z70 is designed to look fashionable and offer the easy-to-use features that will make your Facebook & Youtube social networking a lot more fun!

Point, Shoot, upload

Quite clearly designed for those of us that use social networking sites the Z70 allows you to tag a photo for uploading to Facebook or a video for uploading to Youtube and then, when connected to your PC, it will automatically transfer the photos and videos for you.

Portrait, Landscape, Night, Macro…. Forget About It

This camera really is designed to take the confusion away from talking photos and videos.
It will automatically use face recognition and other technical wizzardry to determine what type of shot you are about to take and select the correct mode for you.

The Technical Bit

The whole point of the Z70 is that it is supposed to make life easier but behind the scenes it has some impressive specs:

12.2 megapixels
1/2.3-inch CCD sensor
Internal memory (Approx. 13MB)
SDHC memory card
Fujinon 5x optical zoom lens, F4.0 (Wide) – F4.8 (Telephoto)
TTL 256-zones metering
Programmed AE
Shooting modes: Natural Light, Natural Light & with Flash, Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night, Beach, Snow, Sunset, Party, Museum, Flower, Text, Digital Image Stabilization, Auction, Successive Movie, SR AUTO (Scene Recognition Auto), Auto, Program, Night (Tripod), Portrait enhancer
Digital Image Stabilization
1/4sec. to 1/2000sec., (with mechanical shutter) Shutter speed
Auto focus, TTL contrast AF, Tracking AF
White balance: Auto, Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light
Self-timer
Flash modes: Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro, Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro.
2.7-inch LCD screen
SR AUTO (Scene Recognition Auto), Face Detection (with Auto Red-eye reduction, on, off), Framing guide, Frame No. memory, Silent mode, FinePix color
Playback functions: Face Detection, EDIT FOR BLOG, Image Search, Crop, Image rotate, Slideshow, Multi-frame playback (2/5/9/100 frames), Sorting by date, Voice Memo, Movie Edit, Mark Upload
Video output: NTSC / PAL selectable
USB 2.0 High-speed
NP-45A Li-ion battery (included)
Dimensions: 91.0 (W) x 57.1 (H) x 20.1 (D) mm / 3.6 (W) x 2.2 (H) x 0.8 (D) in. (excluding accessories and attachments)
Weight: Approx. 124.5g / 4.4oz. (excluding accessories, battery and memory card)

First came the netbook, aimed at those who didn’t want to carry around a laptop (why not?), then the Apple iPad for those that don’t want to carry around a keyboard and now we have the Fujifilm FinePix HS10 which is supposed to “bridge” the gap between a compact camera and an SLR.

BUT it looks to be much more than that as it offers the world’s first 30x optical zoom on a digital camera, full HD movie capture, plenty of manual override options and all for a price much lower than that of an SLR digital camera.

So this seems to be perfect for the weekend photographer who wants the features of an SLR digital camera but without the expense.

Beam Me Up Scottie!

Now pay attention Bond….
This is the feature I love about this camera – it can make people disappear! No honestly it can!
“Don’t talk such poppycock” I hear you say. Read on and it will all become clear.

The HS10 has a mode called the “Motion Remover” (“ahhhh” you are saying, “I think I know what that does”). This is one of those “why didn’t they do that before?” features. By taking multiple frames of the same view the camera can detect anything that has changed position between the shots and remove it. “Voila” – all the annoying people that keep walking in front of your camera while you are trying to take that perfect shot of Trafalgar Square have been beamed up Star Trek stylie!

So whilst on the face of it this camera just looks like another gadget that you don’t need but must have it actually looks like a really good option for someone who wants to progress beyond the “say cheese” shots of a compact digital camera.

HS10 Specifications

High Resolution super wide Fujinon 30x optical zoom (24-720mm) with manual (mechanical) zoom
True wide-angle and extreme telephoto capture in a single compact unit
Triple image stabilisation (sensor shift IS, high ISO IS, Digital IS)
10 MP BSI CMOS sensor with advanced shooting modes and high image quality
3.0″ High Resolution tilting LCD
Electronic Viewfinder with eye-sensor for automatic switching
High speed 10 fps continuous shooting at full resolution and new motion-tracking auto focus
Full HD (1080p) movie capture with stereo sound
Super High Speed movie capture at 1000 fps
Motion Panorama mode for ‘one shot’ sweeping panoramas
Advanced capture modes including unique Motion Remover mode that removes tourists and other moving objects from your photographs
Direct Shooting Command buttons and Command dial put advanced photographic features at your fingertips
RAW and JPEG capture modes

The growth of online vouchers has been what can only be described as impressive. Just a few short years ago, it was all the rage in the USA but online retailers over here seemed almost intransigent on taking them up – there seemed to be a lack of trust in how they would work or even if the would work. The strange thing is that UK offline retailers have been using vouchers and coupons for over a generation. We have long held a tradition of providing some form of redeemable coupon which is usually given free with other purchases.

At last it seems, now the UK retail market has finally caught the wind on their sales and retailers are getting savvy with vouchers like never before. Vouchers (online) have also changed consumers behaviour, it is the fact now that many people will research what they want to buy, then research if a voucher exists. Vouchers have pretty much replaced the over-hyped cashback market. As vouchers get smarter (and their use of) then cash back will probably wither and become a small sector of internet usage.

So where will vouchers take us longer term? I think it is fair to say that they will become used as the currency to measure marketing campaigns, at the moment most retailers use them as a “sale” sales promotional tool however it is not hard to see a time when they become the de-facto standard and shoppers will be presented with a range of vouchers to encourage combination purchases. This will take vouchers from being just there for the regular purchase into being something that incentivises additional purchases and really start to segment the retailers advertising to truly establish what “offline” marketing as well as online marketing is really working.