Pentax has been taking risks with its designs lately, giving us the charmingly retro H90, E90 and I-10. In comparison, the Pentax Optio M90, announced today, is a straight-up compact camera, but with some decent specs and a very tidy price tag. It’s a 12.1-megapixel point and shoot, packing a 5x optical zoom. The focal [...]
Archive for April 30th, 2010
30 Apr
LG Optimus G540 set for launch
LG is about to launch a new smartphone in the UK, the Android powered Optimus G540. The handset has a 3 inch touchscreen, a 3 megapixel camera, an FM radio, wi-fi and GPS. Your jaw is unlikely to drop reading that spec, and indeed the phone is only set to run Android 1.6 rather than [...]
30 Apr
LG Cookie Fresh GS290 ready for UK
LG’s Cookie Fresh GS290 mobile phone is set to launch in the UK. It’s much like the original Cookie, but with some upgraded features, plus a sleeker design and some trendy bright colour schemes. And maybe a few extra chocolate chips.
30 Apr
Apple v. Adobe: Something Just Doesn’t Add Up
The battle between Apple and Adobe over Flash rages on–stirred up by a 1700-word open letter from Steve Jobs explaining in detail why Apple is not willing to embrace the virtually ubiquitous platform on its iPhone or iPad devices. Jobs cites six primary reasons for rejecting Flash, but somehow it just doesn’t add up still. [...]
30 Apr
Questor share-tips: BG is a buy
This contributed to a fall in pre-tax profits of 3pc to $1.73bn (£1.13bn) – but this result was better than the City had expected. There has been some solid progress in its liquefied natural gas (LNG) business over the quarter. The group has signed a contract with the China’s CNOOC for the supply of 3.6m [...]
30 Apr
Heathrow owner BAA puts volcanic ash bill at £28m
The London airports were closed from April 15 to April 20 because of the travel crisis and Colin Matthews, chief executive of BAA, said the company was considering its options over the loss. “It is too early to talk about precisely what we’ll do and how successful we can be,” he added.
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