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Following on from our pretty extensive coverage of the new, much hyped HTC HD2 smartphone, those who are looking to avail themselves of this particularly desirable smartphone may be interested to know that a HTC HD2 specific in-car kit has already become available.

HTC HD2 CU S400 Car Upgrade Kit detail

If you’ve ever wanted to venture into space but have nerves of steel you may be interested in an ad that’s appeared on Craigslist seeking ‘someone unique’ who’s interested in taking a trip to Titan for a cool $25,000 – but there’s slight a catch (isn’t there always).

Titan One Way Space Mission Header Image

Road going cars that are capable of taking to the water, thus being amphibious, are nothing new, but what makes the WaterCar Python Amphibious Car particularly impressive (aside from how much it’ll set you back – more on that later) is that it just happens to be the world’s fastest …

WaterCar Python Amphibious Car

If you’re in the market for a new GPS navigation system and you’re looking for rather more functionality than is offered by the likes of the TomTom Start – though, admittedly, the price difference between the two make direct comparison wholly unjust – then you may be interested in the …

Garmin Nuvi 1690 GPS Navigation System

If you’re booked up on a Untied Airlines flight and your flight just happens to be between New York and California you’ll now be glad to know that you’ll be able to surf the net from both notebooks and mobile devices in-flight thanks to United Airlines now offering cabin based …

United Airlines logo with WiFi logo
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Now let me make things perfectly clear for you folks! I have not altered the image here in any way. The car in the picture is a Nissan Land Glider and it looks like it’s leaning towards its right hand side because it really does do that.

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Renderings of a new Audi electric concept have found their way online about two weeks ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany, and although the company failed at giving more details, the new e-Tron’s grand debut has managed (not that it would be hard) to cause some serious …

Audi e-tron 1

Today, Boeing have announced that their 747-8 Freighter program is suffering further delays as production costs have gone North due to design issues. Delaying the first flight and delivery on their commercial aircraft unit to 2010 instead of Q4 2009, means that the company will take a nearly $1 billion …

Boeing 747-8

TomTom’s latest budget Satnav in-car GPS system, known as the TomTom Start, has just hit the UK though, as yet, there’s actually been no official word from TomTom concerning the device (so the appearance and availability of the TomTom Start has come as somewhat of a surprise).

TomTom Start Satnav GPS Navigation System

Anne Forschner, a 24 year designer who has recently graduated from the Pforzheim University in Germany, is trying to prove her talent by taking the auto industry by a storm with a solar electric BMW concept. Dubbed BMW Lovos — which stands for Lifestyle of Voluntary Simplicity, although the vehicle …

Solar Electric BMW Lovos Concept 1

Just a few days ago we’ve seen a new Honda concept, the U3-X personal mobility device, which might just become a Segway serious competitor, and change forever the way we imagine personal mobility. And today we have the pleasure to see another impressive concept from Honda, the EV-N. It might …

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