Snapdragon breathes fire into Netbooks

Qualcomm, despite being a company you've probably never heard of, is all around you. Every phone that boasts 3G is most likely powered by a Qualcomm chipset and now it's moving into Netbooks with a chipset called Snapdragon.

If Snapdragon sounds familiar, it's because it's being used in the Toshiba TG01 smartphone and offers a very compact computing solution. It doesn't need fans to keep cool, so it's ideal for phones and, now, titchy computers.

Out at the Mobile World Congress, Qualcomm was kind enough to let us play around with the Snapdragon-based Netbook, which came with a wide screen and large keyboard. It's only a prototype, but it worked beautifully from what we could see.
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O2 Xda Zest: The Xda brand lives on

Before O2 got involved with the iPhone and its wondrous touchscreen, it used to shout about its Xda range of Windows Mobile handsets a lot more. But if you thought the Xda was dead, then think again, because O2 (branded as MWg in Asia) has been quietly releasing a whole bunch of new handsets, including the Xda Zest.

The Xda Zest is a small chubby Windows Mobile 6.1 handset that packs in a lot of modern features, but can't help looking like a blast from the past. You get HSDPA, GPS, Wi-Fi and a 3-megapixel camera--all lovely, but let down by an inexpensive plastic casing that picks up fingerprints very easily.
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Five of the best iPhone games

If you're lucky enough to own an iPhone or an iPod touch, you'll know there's loads of games available for them--but which ones are worth downloading? We've scoured Apple's app store and played many an awful game to bring you five of the best. Be warned: Some of these games are very addictive and you may find your battery life suffers as a side effect.
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Swann FlashlightDVR: If torches and camcorders mated

The idea of gadgets being able to literally mate with each other and produce converged offspring is one which terrifies us as much as it excites us. Man-induced gadget mating can yield interesting results, too. Take the Swann FlashlightDVR--it's a torch with a built-in camcorder that can take stills and video footage.

The FlashlightDVR can impressively shoot at night using infrared sensors and comes with 128MB of onboard memory, with the option to expand via a miniSD slot. Aimed at security guards, we think that it has plenty of consumer uses, too, such as being able to shoot your own low-fi Blair Witch-esque movie or just your camping holidays.
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Is the GrooveShield Form the best iPhone 3G case yet?

It's rare that we get a mobile phone case in that really excites us--as you can imagine--but we think we've found one. The Cygnett GrooveShield Form iPhone 3G case is as simple as it is beautiful--yes that's right, we just called a case beautiful.

The GrooveShield Form is very straightforward: It's shaped in such a way that it hugs your iPhone 3G perfectly and protects the back, corners and edges from scratches and general wear and tear.

Because of its thinness, the GrooveShield Form almost looks like it's part of the case and in fact many people who've seen ours thought we had some special-edition ninja iPhone--which is exactly what you want a case to look like.

Depending on your preference you can get the GrooveShield Form in black, pink, red and check. You'll be able to get your hands on a GrooveShield Form for around £13 (US$24), but a retailer has yet to be announced.

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