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The Babelfish May Become a Reality

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The Babelfish May Become a RealityI was listening to the radio the other morning when they mentioned a new mobile phone application developed by the U.S. Department of Defense for use by soldiers in Afghanistan and it instantly made me think of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

This application is called, Translation System for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC). It provides sentence and phrase translation to and…

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Orange San Fran Updated to r3

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Once again, I followed the blindingly simple instructions to install the ClockworkMod recovery image and updated to r3 of the MoDaCo img. And no loss of data and all my custom apps and settings survived too. Loooovely.

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Orange San Francisco Android Phone

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Orange San Francisco Android PhoneNews came out last week that Orange was releasing a super cheap Android based pay-as-you-go phone for £99: the San Francisco. Whilst the Nokia N70 I have at the moment is quite good and does a splendid job of doing what I use it for: making calls and sending text messages, it's not quite on par with the likes of …

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I Don't Want a Google Nexus One Phone

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I Don't Want a Google Nexus One PhoneI don't want a Google Nexus One Phone. Look how big it is. That'll never fit in my pocket ;-) ...

Jokes aside, from the rest of the pictures and the product description, it looks like any other HPC phone that provides way more functionality than I need or want in a phone.

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Text Messages are a Rip Off

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Do you quite happily fire off text messages to your mates because they're quick, easy and more importantly cheap? Well maybe it's time to think again about the cheap part.

There was a program on TV a couple of weeks ago about the costs of sending text messages (SMS) and the scientist on the program calculated that the cost of sending…

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Finally, Just a Phone

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Finally, Just a PhoneMobile/cellular phones are getting more and more advanced... well, actually not more advance, just more functionality is being added to them. You can now organise your life, surf the net, take photos, record videos, play music, listen to the radio, watch TV, and... oh yes, make calls.

This is all well and good for the techno-junkies and kids who just want…

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