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Kindle Touch available for pre-order in UK

The Kindle Touch has launched for pre-order in the UK, with the 3G version weighing in at a whopping £169. The Kindle Touch is the flagship e-ink device from the US company and will actually arrive for UK customers on April 27, with pre-orders opening from now. "The Kindle Touch with 3G hits a great spot for customers," a spokesperson for Amazon told TechRadar. "You can get a Wi-Fi... 

Tutorial: The beginner’s guide to Amazon Kindle

The beginner’s guide to Amazon Kindle The Amazon Kindle is by far the best e-reader on the market right now and, if you love reading, you want one. You might not realise it yet, but you do. In fact, we’ll go one step further. If you’ve avoided it until now out of a totally understandable desire to hang on to traditional ink-and-paper books, you’re actually the perfect candidate... 

Review Roundup: This week’s hottest reviews on TechRadar

This week’s hottest reviews on TechRadar The beginning of March traditionally marks the start of new products season in the world of tech. It’s the time when all the exciting kit that was announced at IFA at the end of last year and at CES in January starts making its way onto the shelves and into our testing labs. We probably won’t have to tell you that Apple’s new iPad is... 

Buying Guide: Best sat nav 2012: which one is right for you?

Best sat nav 2012: What sat nav should you buy? Our constantly updated list of the best sat navs in the UK. Could the car sat nav boast the shortest lifespan of any technology yet? Surely our GPS-supporting phones are more than capable of handling our daily car sat nav needs? Not so fast – there’s still plenty of life left in dedicated devices. Apart from offering the kind of focus that... 

Buying Guide: 10 best iPhone and iPad apps for keeping fit

10 best iPhone and iPad apps for keeping fit Staying in shape is hard work. Aching muscles, burning lungs and sore feet are just a few of the side effects your body will encounter along the way to improving your overall fitness level. Getting healthier isn’t much easier, either. What sort of food should you eat? Are those doughnuts really all that bad? And just how the hell do you keep track... 

Buying Guide: Best travel apps, games and podcasts for iPhone and iPad

Best apps for travellers There was, we’re told, a golden age of travelling. A time before jet airliners compressed the planet to the point that anywhere on the globe could be reached in a single day, and before the highways and byways of these islands were so clogged up that often driving a few hundred miles is more than a single day’s work. Travelling then was full of romance, adventure... 

Explained: Wi-Fi Direct: what it is and why you should care

Wi-Fi Direct: everything you need to know The world is falling out of love with cables, but the Wi-Fi we know and love isn’t always the best way to connect devices. Wouldn’t it be great if you could effortlessly connect Wi-Fi devices without messing around with access points and lengthy passphrases? That’s what Wi-Fi Direct promises. Wi-Fi Direct is a proper standard It comes via... 

Sony guns for Sonos with launch of new music streaming speakers

Our time with Sony in Tokyo is drawing to a close, but there was just enough time this morning for the Japanese company to show TechRadar a preview of its new wireless streaming speakers. The multi-room audio trend, kickstarted by Sonos five years ago, has been a growing area in consumer tech. But it’s taken until now for Sony to attempt to take a bite out of it. The new line-up of speakers... 
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