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Digital Life #69: Light my fire
Strike a match, the Kindle is coming to town. We've also got more information on that Sony X-series Vaio and the Windows Phone, as well as weigh in on the Nobel Prize for Physics (because, we're physicists and all).
Sony Ericsson Satio
There are a few trade-offs, but overall we're very impressed. The Satio sports a sharp, responsive touchscreen and is possibly the year's best camera phone.
Reviews
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Nokia N86 8MP
There's a lot to like about the N86 8MP, but it's hard to fall in love with it too. While it's well made with good features, it looks and feels like a phone from several years ago.
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Sony Ericsson C510
The C510 rises high above its low price tag and our prepaid prejudices. The camera is decent and it's assisted by excellent shooting modes and settings.
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Nokia 7310 Supernova
Nokia's 7310 Supernova is a pretty phone for pretty people, but this supernova is not a star (in the astronomical or important sense) nor has it exploded in greatness.
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Motorola EM330
It is yet another clamshell phone from yet another phone company. So what sets this mobile phone apart from the others? Not much.
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Porsche Design P'9521
Maybe it's because we've never actually sat in a Porsche, but we're struggling to find the similarities between the P'9521 and Porsches of the past; except perhaps the exorbitant price tag. With no 3G or Wi-Fi there's very little to justify the expense.
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Sony Ericsson K770i
The Sony Ericsson K770i combines good design, useful features and ease of use to produce a pleasing jack-of-all-trades phone at a reasonable price.
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Nokia E90 Communicator
Nokia's E90 smartphone is the latest in the Communicator series, featuring HSDPA support, inbuilt GPS and Wi-Fi.
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Samsung A711
If you liked the A701, chances are you'll like the A711; it's fundamentally the same phone, just faster.
Features
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Talk like a supermodel: Sexy fashion phones
Phones are more than just communication devices — they can echo your personal style.
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Top 5 PDA-phones
These hybrid devices combine the organisational features of a traditional PDA with the communication capabilities of a mobile phone. To make your life easier, here are our current top five picks.
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CNET Australia's Melbourne Cup Form Guide
The "Race That Stops a Nation" is all about throwing your money around and looking good while you're doing it. For those of you who can't be trackside at Flemington, here are some ways to watch the Melbourne Cup in style.
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Nokia N-series: Multimedia mobiles
Stylishly designed and brimming with features, Nokia's N-series handsets up the ante on multimedia mobiles.
News
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Archos teases Android phone tablet
Let's not beat around the proverbial bush: Archos is going to release an Android-based mobile phone, but the French company is teasing us with the merest hints of what its new device is capable of.
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Best of MWC: 5 hottest new phones for 2009
Mobile World Congress is over for another year. We look back over the announcements of last week and pick out our favourite five.
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Microsoft Tag for smartphones and iPhone
According to Microsoft, tags create unlimited possibilities for making interactive communications an instant, entertaining part of life.
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INQ claims to be the world's first real social mobile company
INQ Mobile, a company based in the UK, claims that it is the first to really bring social networks in the form of Facebook, MySpace, et al to those of us who prefer to have regular, affordable phones.
DIYs and How-to
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Top 10 reasons not to buy an iPhone
Since its release, the iPhone has had more than its share of press. Love it or hate it, everyone's been talking about it and looking at its sleek, colourful interface, it's hard not to fall in love with it. But like most decisions based on emotion, buying one may not be the smartest thing to do — at least, not yet.
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How do I combine my phone, PDA and iPod into one device?
How do I combine my phone, PDA and iPod into one device?
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How to make your smart phone smarter
You don't have to be a brain surgeon to boost your smart phone's IQ. Downloadable software offers maps and directions, an instant messenger, and the latest news to go.
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Tips and tricks for using your BlackBerry
The BlackBerry is an extremely powerful productivity tool, and while it's very much a "pick up and play" device, knowing the various operating system quirks and shortcuts can be very handy.
Downloads
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iPhone Mobile Ringtone Composer
Compose music and convert midi to ringtone formats (m4r, mmf, and mp3).
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Alarm Clock Pro
Plan your daily routine with desktop alarm clock.
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IPNetInfo
Detect IP information such as owner, country name, state, IP address range, and contact information.
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Theft Aware
Recover your lost or stolen mobile phone.
The Explain Series
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Get (laptop) smart before you buy
Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
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Microsoft Windows® 7. Your PC, simplified.
Windows® 7 has been designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.
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Whereis® maps
If you’d like to get to know more of Australia, and do it safely, then check out Whereis® maps.
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Commonwealth Bank Mobile Banking
Bank anywhere, anytime. Learn more.
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Nokia Navigation
The introduction of GPS adds a new dimension of 'social navigation'.
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| Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB | 35 plans |  1% |
| Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB | 35 plans |  3% |
| Nokia N97 | 42 plans | 3% |
| Sony Ericsson Satio | 6 plans | 1% |
| Nokia 5800 XpressMusic | 35 plans | 1% |
| Apple mobile phones | 4% |
| Nokia mobile phones | 6% |
| Sony Ericsson mobile phones | 1% |
| Samsung mobile phones | 1% |
| Blackberry mobile phones | 1% |
