Samsung recently announced their first Android powered camera, the Samsung Galaxy Camera, which comes with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and now the device is available to pre-order in the UK.

UK retailer Clove has just put the Samsung Galaxy Camera up for pre-order, and the device will retail for £399 including taxes, although an exact launch date has not been given.

The Samsung Galaxy Camera is powered a a quad core 1.4GHZ processor and comes with a 16 megapixel sensor and a 4.8 inch touchscreen display, plus a pop up Xenon Flash and 21x optical zoom.

Other specifications on the Samsung Galaxy Camera include 8GB of built in storage, a microSD card slot and 50GB of Dropbox storage for two years, it also comes with a WiFi and 3G data connection, plus a HDMI port and a microUSB port.

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MSI has added another new Windows 8 all in one PC to their range with the launch of the Wind To AE2712, which features a full HD 27 inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080.

The 27 inch display features 10 finger touch, and it comes with a choice of Intel Core i3 and Intel Core i5 processors as well as option NVIDIA GeForce GT630M graphics.

Other specifications include up to 8GB of RAM, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, an optional DVD and Blu-ray combination drive, two USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 ports and a 3 in 1 card reader.

The MSI Wind Top AE2712 will go on sale on November the 9th for £830 for the entry level model, you can find out more details over at MSI.

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Boxee has launched their new Boxee TV, a cloud based DVR and streaming set top box, the device will be available exclusively through Wallmart as well as Boxee’s own website.

The Boxee TV retails for $99 and it comes with a HD antenna that will let you access terrestrial TV broadcasts and cable TV, it will also offer access to streaming services like Netflix and Vudu.

$14.99 per month will get you a no limit DVR service on the Boxee TV that will allow you to record unlimited TV shows and them store them in the cloud, you will then be able to access these TV shows from multiple devices like tablets and smartphones.

Boxee are offering the unlimited DVR service free for three months, and then $9.99 per month after that for people who sign up to the service at launch.

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Kim Dotcom has been talking about his replacement for Megaupload for a while now, and he has now unveiled that the new service will be called Me.ga, the news was posted to Twitter by Dotcom.

The Me.ga website is re-directing to Kim Doctom’s own website at the moment, and he has said that the new Me.ga service will launch in January of 2013, on the anniversary of when he was raided by the FBI and the New Zealand police.

Megaupload which was shutdown in January of this year had more than 50 million visitors per day, and Dotcom’s house was raided in what looked like something out of a Hollywood movie.

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Sony announced last month that it was halting sales of its Xperia S Tablet due to a manufacturing defect, and now it would appear that the problem may be fixed as Sony has announced that sales of the tablet will resume this month.

The Sony Xpera S Tablet will go back on sale around the middle of November, no specific date has been given, and Sony is also offering to inspect any existing devices to see if there is an issue, and rectify the problem.

Sony’s Xperia S Tablet is supposed to be splash proof, and the problem arose when a small gap between the casing and display was discovered, this issue has now apparently been fixed in the manufacturing process.

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Archos has added another new Android tablet to its range with the launch of the Archos 80 Cobalt tablet, and the device comes with a 8 inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels and a 4.3 aspect ratio.

The Archos 80 Cobalt is powered by a dual core 1.6Ghz processor and it also features 1GB of RAM, plus it comes with 8GB of built in storage and an SD card slot for adding in more storage.

Other specifications include Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, plus dual cameras, up front we have a 0.3 megapixel camera for video chat and on the back we have a 2 megapixel camera for photos and video.

You can find out more information about the Archos 80 Cobalt over at Archos, there are no details on pricing as yet.

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Nokia’s new Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 920 has launched on Canada’s Rogers, and the handset is available for $100 when you sign up to a new three year contract with Rogers.

The Nokia Lumia 920 comes with Windows Phone 8 and features a 4.5 inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels, processing is provided by a dual core Snapdragon S4 processor.

Other specifications on the Nokia Lumia 920 include an 8.7 megapixel rear facing camera with a Carl Zeiss Lens and there is also a front facing 1.2 megapixel camera for video chat.

You can find out more details about the new Nokia Lumia 920 on Rogers over at their website.

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HTC and Microsoft have announced that HTC’s new Windows Phone 8 smartphones will be available in the UK from this Friday the 2nd of November, and the devices include the new HTC Windows Phone 8X and the HTC Windows Phone 8S.

"It’s fantastic to see the excitement surrounding our Windows Phone 8 devices,” says Phil Roberson, UK & Ireland Executive Director of HTC. "This is the first time HTC Windows Phone device have had full UK distribution. The level of interest is a testament to our deliberate Windows Phone design strategy and the inclusion of HTC’s iconic feature set.”

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