Author: Kat Hannaford

No longer will you be forced to pay out $100 for a quality universal remote. Reign control over your lounge room with your very own remote—without it costing an arm and a leg. More »

Jumping drastically from 16 stores to well over 1,000, Starbucks branches within Target stores are now accepting payment via the Starbucks Card Mobile iPhone app. More »

I was already pretty impressed by the eBay app for iPhones, but these two new apps for either sellers or those who want to buy/sell locally are worthy additions to your home screen. Particularly that Craigslist replacement-sounding Classifieds one. More »

You could say we’ve already reviewed the HTC Desire. After all, it’s essentially a jumped-up Nexus One with a few minor changes, right? Wrong. HTC Sense, Adobe Flash support and an optical trackpad make it a brand new experience. More »

Samsung has quietly slipped out the SMX-C20UN compact camcorder, which costs a shade under $200 and has a 25-degree angled lens for more comfortable shooting. More »

Wander over to Zune’s website and you’ll see three different capacities for the Zune HD are listed: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. There’s no further info on that roomy HD, but we’ll be here all day, Microsoft. [Zune Thanks, tipsters!] More »

After much to-ing and fro-ing, the definitive answer as to whether the HTC HD2 can run Windows Phone 7 or not is in—it can. HTCPedia forum-dweller Tom Codon has successfully installed the port on his HD2. More »

A Polish developer has successfully launched four different games on the App Store, each containing reclining nudes which would otherwise be banned by Apple. More »

Best Buy has announced its first UK stores will be located in Thurrock, Essex, Hedge End in Southampton, and Merry Hill in West Midlands, with the Thurrock branch opening first in May. Following the opening of the first three mega stores, Liverpool and Croydon will follow later in the year. [Mobile News] More »

The first fruits of the Impossible Project has gone on sale, and I’ve got to say I’m really tempted to splurge the $180/£135 they’re asking for the limited edition Polaroid 600 One. More »

We’re getting a huge influx of reader emails reporting Apple’s emailed that their pre-ordered iPads are being shipped. They won’t receive ’em until Saturday, but if anyone does get one early they know how to get in touch. More »

Like pop-up books from our childhood, South Korean scientists are working on 3D ebooks that animate the stories when tilted— though 3D glasses are a must, so far. It won’t be incorporated into the next Kindle though. More »

Amazon could be forging a new path for itself according to an analyst firm which has uncovered some job postings that suggest it’s hiring specialists in that field. More »

You’ve probably not heard of Spotify yet. That’s ok—it’s still relatively new over here in Europe, where I live. But I can say in the year I’ve used it, I’ve never touched iTunes or used BitTorrent once. More »

In countries where sleeping and eating is done on floor mats, this Land Peel concept would fly off the shelves. Folding from a single tile into a big mat, panels can be lifted for tables and seats. More »

Not every Android user will have a use for iConcertCal (those who insist on carrying an iPod around, for example), but if you store music on your phone the personalized concert recommendations would prove very handy. More »

Has Coby dared go down the same route as Apple, by releasing an MP3 player sans controls? It’s not clear how the Micro player works, but judging by the lack of buttons it’d appear the controls are in the headphones. More »

AndroidAndMe has rewatched the Samsung Galaxy S keynote from earlier in the week (barrel of laughs ’round their way!) and realized that the 1GHz chip they mentioned—which can “process a staggering 90 million triangles per second” actually works out to three times faster than the Snapdragon processor. More »

Compact cameras are as small now as last century’s camera batteries were big. Pictured is a Canon PowerShot 600 camera’s battery dating back to 1995, above 2010’s IXUS 130 camera. [@EosNetwork via @IAmTarek] More »

ASUS’ Eee PC T101MT has finally been given a release date—April for Europe and most probably the US as well. The convertible tablet netbook will be €499 (or $660) once on sale. [Liliputing] More »