HTC One V landing in UK on 23 April, costing £226
Mobile PhonesGood news if you've been waiting to get your hands on the HTC One V -- it'll be on sale in the UK a week from tomorrow, SlashGear reports.
And it'll be free on contract from Orange, O2, and Vodafone, with monthly bills starting at £20.50, over at Carphone Warehouse. (Or £13.50 if you're happy being tied in for two years.) If you want to jump in SIM-free, you're looking at paying £226.10 up front, according to Amazon. That's a smidgen cheaper than our previously reported £230. Continue reading...
Long-lost boy finds his mother thanks to Google Earth
SoftwareHere's a heartwarming story about how technology can bring people together. An Indian boy named Saroo became separated from his mother back in 1986, but was able to track her down using Google Earth, the BBC reports.
Saroo was only five years old when he was separated from his family in 1986. He fell asleep at a train station and when he woke, his brother, who he had been with, was nowhere to be seen. The exhausted Saroo boarded a train, believing his brother to be on board, and fell asleep again. When the five-year-old woke, 14 hours later, he was alone in Calcutta, India's third biggest city. Continue reading...
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Raspberry Pi served at last
DesktopsThe oven timer has clicked off, and the Raspberry Pi is ready. The budget PC, which has been beset with manufacturing delays, is now finally shipping.
A group of schoolchildren in Leeds are the first to tuck in, according to the Raspberry Pi website. Head there and you can see a picture of the devices being loaded into a car to be shipped. If you got your order in early, you should receive your Pi by 20 April, according to the company that makes the device. Continue reading...
HTC Golf revealed in first official pic
Mobile PhonesWith a name like HTC Golf we were expecting this phone to rock up with a caddy bag slung over its shoulder. Or perhaps some checked trousers. Well now the first official snap of the handset has leaked, and sadly it looks like our mock-up was slightly wide of the mark.
This first snap comes courtesy of Pocketnow, and shows the HTC Golf looking pretty much like every other HTC handset in existence. Which is a bit of a disappointment. What's the point of a name like Golf if you can't have a bit of fun with it? Continue reading...
Valve working on wearable computing, developer reveals
Games and GearThe good news? Valve is working on computer tech you can wear, according to one of its developers. The bad? It's more of an ongoing research project, so we won't see products launch any time soon. But still, the idea is enough to get us excited.
Valve's Michael Abrash laid it all out in a blog post, The Verge reports. He describes wearable computing as "Terminator vision", so it sounds quite a lot like Google's Project Glass that was touted last week. Though Abrash is keen to dispel rumours of Valve launching augmented reality spectacles. Continue reading...
Robert Doisneau's 100th birthday celebrated by Google doodle
SoftwareThe French photographer Robert Doisneau is the latest person to get their own Google doodle. The doodle shows a montage of some of his most famous photos.
Doisneau is best known for his photo "The Kiss by the Town Hall" in which an unsuspecting couple pucker up, oblivious to the hustle and bustle surrounding them. Today would've been Doisneau's 100th birthday. Continue reading...
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Sky Go is yet another Ice Cream Sandwich delay
Home CinemaAre you a Sky customer with an Android phone? Thinking of updating to Ice Cream Sandwich? Not so fast, my friend -- not if you want to keep watching Sky telly on your phone.
Avid CNET reader Ben Williams dropped us a line to tell us, "Last week I updated Android on my HTC Sensation to Ice Cream Sandwich, and have just discovered that Sky Go is not supported by it. Did you know about this? Has anyone else reported it? Is it because not many devices run with ICS and are Sky planning a fix?" Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy S3 leaked 'photo' is super suspicious
Mobile PhonesAnother supposed snap of the much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy S3 has surfaced online, and this one could be the least credible yet.
Materialising on Polish blog OPDA.pl and spotted by BGR, the picture shows a blocky Samsung smart phone that looks a bit like the Samsung Galaxy S, perhaps crossed with the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note. The snap reportedly comes via someone who's testing Samsung's latest mobile. Continue reading...
Apple TV vs Xbox 360 vs PS3 in Internet TV shootout
Home CinemaIf you're tired of having TV schedulers tell you what you should watch and when you should watch it, you've probably already moved away from broadcast TV and are enjoying an all-you-can-eat telly and movie buffet, served up by various Internet services.
Just what exactly is the best way to get these online offerings onto your big-screen TV? It really comes down to choosing between something like the Apple TV or a games console, such as the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. Continue reading...
Pebble E-Ink watch for iOS and Android drums up nearly $2m
GadgetsKickstarter, the website where ordinary folks can throw money at crazy inventions, has a new darling. Meet Pebble, an E-Ink wrist watch for iOS and Android that's already raised nearly $2m in funding.
The device itself reminds me a little of the chic, glossy styling found on Nokia's Lumia 800, and the idea behind it is to fill your wristwatch with apps and nifty phone features. Continue reading...
Mass Effect 3: Stop trying to kick me out of the story
Games and GearI've been having a jolly old time playing Mass Effect 3, but the game's pressure to abandon the main story in favour of multiplayer and mobile extras left a bad taste in my mouth.
I'll keep this as spoiler-free as I can, but if you're committed to ploughing through Mass Effect 3 with no prior expectations, avert your eyes now. But y'know, don't leave the site. We have other articles. Continue reading...
CNET UK Podcast 283: Why is everything broken? 
CNET UK PodcastIt's Friday the 13th, and it seems that everything's going wrong. The HTC One X and One S are having problems, and they're not alone -- Nokia, Spotify, TomTom and Apple are all dealing with tech calamities. But where did it all go wrong?
Join the CNET UK team and hop aboard the plumeting elevator that is our weekly podcast, taking the world of technology to task in no uncertain terms.
Rich, Andy and Jason lament the price of the first Windows 8 tablet, the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga, fret about Apple malware, and weep and wail at the delay to Vodafone's Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy S2. Continue reading...
Quad-core phones just waste your battery says Nokia
Mobile PhonesNokia has blasted dual-core and quad-core phones like the Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC One X, branding them a waste of battery.
Nokia top chap Stephen Elop says, "so-called dual-core, quad-core mobile phones can only waste batteries, but not be useful for consumers all the time". Continue reading...
Best gamer chairs of the Gadget Show Live in video 
CNET UK's own Andrew Hoyle has been bringing you all the news from the Gadget Show Live in Birmingham this week, but all that racing around the NEC in search of the best techy toys and narrowly avoiding death by car-crash gets tiring after a while.
Fortunately, there was a chance for respite when the time came to test out the best gaming perches. Park yourself somewhere comfy and take a look at all the chairs in (in)action in the video above. Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy Ace now just £135 at Asda
LaptopsAce news! The Samsung Galaxy Ace is now just £135 at Asda, a very tasty price indeed for the popular Android smart phone.
The Ace boasts a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera, and 6.5 hours of talk time. We awarded it a very decent four stars a year ago for its stylish looks and tasty price, which just became even more mouthwatering. Continue reading...
HTC One X does have sensitive sides, say CNET readers
The HTC One X, a quad-core behemoth with a 4.7-inch display, can suffer from weak screen sides, according to CNET readers who have bought the device. Continue reading...
Titanic 3D is a surprisingly decent 2D to 3D conversion
Home CinemaLast night I saw Titanic 3D at the IMAX and -- surprisingly -- the 3D is actually pretty good.
Why is that surprising? Because Titanic wasn't filmed using 3D cameras. Back in 1997 we were perfectly content to watch Leo and Kate legging it around the sinking ship in the usual two dimensions. Continue reading...
How the new iPad is made in behind-the-scenes video
LaptopsIt's the question every parent dreads. One day, their child looks up at them with inquisitive eyes, and perhaps spurred by burgeoning feelings they don't fully understand, ask, "Mummy, where do iPads come from?" A new video reveals the answer.
American reporter Rob Schmitz has been on a tour of the Foxconn factory where the new iPad is made. We've seen the new iPad pulled apart -- now press play on the video for a glimpse at the new iPad being assembled in the first place. Continue reading...
Samsung Galaxy S3 rumours and HTC One S in Phone News video
George Alagiyah stormed off again because we didn't provide him with the right coloured M&Ms, but thankfully CNET UK's Richard Trenholm has stepped into the breach to present this week's Phone News -- the show that's almost literally all about phones. Because there's a bit about tablets. But we're not about to rename it.
First up is the latest instalment in the Samsung Galaxy S3 saga. The hot news is that the follow-up to the massively popular S2 will feature a home button. Oi, take that underwhelmed look off your face because it's actually a crucial design decision, and something you'll use every time you pick it up. As we know from reviewing hundreds of phones, it's the smallest details that can make or break it. Continue reading...
VW Up Emergency Braking System test-driven in video
Speed demon Andrew Hoyle visited The Gadget Show Live in Birmingham this week, where he went hands-on with the VW Up Emergency Braking System. Take a look at the video above to be taught a lesson in how to aufhalten, Volkswagen-style.
The system works by projecting invisible 10m laser beams out of the front of the car. If the laser beams bump into or encounter any objects in their way, the car will automatically be brought to a full stop. Continue reading...
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