These guys launched 200 planes into space with the help of a helium-filled balloon. Each plane is carrying a Samsung SD Memory Card with a message that someone, somewhere in the world has uploaded. The planes were dropped from 36,500 metres over Berlin, Germany.

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Developers from around the world participated in Qualcomm’s 2010 Augmented Reality (AR) Developer Challenge and created rich AR experiences including interactive games, educational applications, and marketing concepts. These apps use Qualcomm’s AR platform, which includes the AR SDK for Android and the AR Extension for Unity. Stay tuned for the announcement of the winners February 15th!

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Here are tons of Nokia N8 promo / demo videos that just went online on YouTube. Check them out after the break!

Videos included in the post:

• Nokia N8 demo videos: Social Networks
• Nokia N8 demo videos: Background
• Nokia N8: Ovi Store
• Nokia N8: Ovi Maps
• Nokia N8: The latest software…
• Nokia N8: HD Video Capture and HDMI
• Nokia N8 demo videos: USB
• Nokia N8 demo videos: Photos
• Nokia N8 demo videos: Personalisation
• Nokia N8 demo videos: Music
• Nokia N8 demo videos: Games

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Here are a few live videos with the HP Pre 3. The HP Pre 3 is a much improved version of the previous Pre family handsets. Most notably, the handset now packs a larger 3.6″ screen, with WVGA resolution. Of course, it runs the webOS 2.2 platform, which allows for seamless multitasking capabilities. The Pre 3 will sport a very powerful Qualcomm processor, clocked at 1.4GHz.

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Live from the HP webOS event, a hands-on demo of some magazine apps with Time, Inc’s head of Digital. TouchPad ships this Summer. Video after the break!

Update: added another hands-on video

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The guys at Engadget takes a look at the new HP Pre 3 that just got announced a few min ago. Head over to this post to read all about the Pre 3.

We just had a chance to play around with the Pre 3 at some length… and we have to say it feels good. The body of the device is sleek and solid, and the weight feels good in your hand.

Have you ever been annoyed for not being able to borrow a friend’s or a colleague’s mobile phone charger because it wasn’t compatible with your phone? This era is coming to an end. A common charger compatible with mobile phones of all brands is the simple idea that the Commission has been pushing for many years. Thanks to the cooperation between fourteen companies and the European Commission the solution is there: onechargerforall.eu. New technical standards for data-enabled mobile phones were published on 29 December 2010. Today, Vice President Antonio Tajani receives a sample of a compatible common charger from Bridget Cosgrave, Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the largest Association of European digital technology industry.

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