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iPhone dominates Japanese smartphone market |
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07/03/2009 |
The iPhone is currently the best-selling smartphone in Japan, at least at retail, according to a recent survey. Gathered by research firm BCN, data from 2,300 stores shows the 8GB iPhone 3G as the most popular smartphone, followed by its 16GB siblin...
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CrunchPad Inc. forms, to reveal tablet in July |
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07/03/2009 |
Michael Arrington, the founder of tech blog TechCrunch, made good on his promise to create his own hardware company, with the launch of CrunchPad Inc. Based in Singapore, the firm will employ a total of 14 employees and its first and only product, th...
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Nokia releases Ovi Maps 3.0 for GPS smartphones |
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07/03/2009 |
Nokia has recently announced the release of its latest version of its Ovi Maps software used in more than 40 of its GPS-enabled handsets. Now available for download, Ovi Maps 3.0 has a number of enhancements, including high resolution satellite and t...
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Dutch carrier Hi showing Pre ahead of Euro launch |
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07/03/2009 |
Ahead of a scheduled UK launch event next week, Dutch wireless provider Hi has posted a product page on its website advertising the Palm Pre smartphone. Hi is a sub-brand of KPN, which has ties to Telefonica. As Telefonica runs UK carrier O2, which w...
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EMTEC intros tiny Ion-powered G-Box nettop |
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07/03/2009 |
EMTEC has recently showed off an upcoming nettop PC flying under the G-Box codename. The small form factor PC will be powered by the NVIDIA Ion platform that mates an Intel Atom CPU with the HD-capable graphics and system combo chipset. Despite this ...
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imeem opening own music store |
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07/03/2009 |
imeem is gradually building its own music store that may afford it independence from Apple's iTunes or Amazon MP3, an investigation has found. Normally, those buying permanent copies of music from the site must go through an Amazon or iTunes link an...
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T-Mobile UK may "swap" with other carrier |
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07/03/2009 |
Rather than allow a buyout of its assets, T-Mobile UK is hoping to strike a deal that would let it "swap" its British business for one in another country, sources have said on Friday. Company insiders have tipped off FT that T-Mobile may sell off it...
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Samsung Link coming to Bell mid-July? |
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07/03/2009 |
A leaked image and some scarce information indicates Canadian wireless provider Bell will soon get a new handset from Samsung, so for only known by its Link nickname. A low-quality cropped photo of the handset found in a Thursday MobileSyrup report ...
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Windows 7 to finalize on July 13th |
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07/03/2009 |
Multiple leaks today indicate that Microsoft is set to declare Windows 7 complete in just 10 days. The software developer is now expected to produce a Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build of the operating system on July 13th and is likely timing the...
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NVIDIA denies split with Apple? |
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07/03/2009 |
NVIDIA on Friday has purportedly denied recent claims of a conflict with Apple. Insiders believed close to NVIDIA claim that the two are still "just fine" and that the graphics company's chief Jen-Hsun Huang is personally happy with the current situ...
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Samsung Glyde 2 spotted for Verizon |
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07/03/2009 |
A sequel to the year-old Samsung Glyde has been found in a leak posted by a HowardForums user. Known also as the U960, the new phone is considerably sleeker than the outgoing model but adds a significantly expanded screen and a fourth row to the key...
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Notebook hard drive shortage to last through summer? |
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07/03/2009 |
Demand for notebook hard drives should lead to a shortage of disks throughout much of the summer, integrated circuit producers GMI Technology and Weikeng Industrial warned on Friday. As sales agents for hard drives from Hitachi, Toshiba and Western ...
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Hasselblad intros 39MP film-to-digital back |
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07/03/2009 |
Hasselblad took steps to drive more of its medium-format camera users to digital today by adding the CFV-39. The digital back adds a 39-megapixel sensor to any of the company's V System film cameras and brings them up to similar features found in th...
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Apple, Linux exempt from Chinese filter |
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07/03/2009 |
Only Windows PCs may be required to carry China's controversial Green Dam Youth Escort content filtering app, computer makers said on Friday. Although the government officially requires every computer sold in the country to have the software include...
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Jammie Thomas plans to appeal $2m RIAA ruling |
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07/02/2009 |
Jammie Thomas-Rasset plans to appeal the recent court decision ordering her to pay $1.92 million in a case involving the RIAA. The legal battle has followed several twists, with the initial filing only leading to damages totaling $222,000 before the ...
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MCS Music sues Microsoft, Yahoo, Real Networks |
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07/02/2009 |
MCS Music America has filed a lawsuit against Real Networks, Yahoo and Microsoft over alleged music copyright infringements earlier this week. The copyright administration company claims the defendants breached copyright on several pieces of music an...
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Digital Vision intros GiGo Freeview TV recorder |
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07/02/2009 |
Digital Vision on Thursday announced the upcoming launch of its GiGo Digital TV Recorder, which allows users to record Freeview digital transmissions straight onto a USB thumb drive in MPEG2 format. There is no built-in hard drive, as with other DVR ...
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Nokia 6790 Surge due at AT&T in mid July |
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07/02/2009 |
First spotted just over a month ago, the Nokia 6790 Surge got a one-month delay in its launch date at wireless provider AT&T. While an exact date is not announced, sources believe the phone, which used to go by the codename Mako, will appear sometime...
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Packard Bell updates imedia desktop PCs |
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07/02/2009 |
Packard Bell has recently updated its imedia series of desktops with a 60 percent smaller footprint and a matte chassis and soft curves along with a glowing blue power button. Buyers can pick from a range of processors, including Intel Core 2 Quad or...
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Toshiba TG01 coming to Orange UK |
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07/02/2009 |
While it was reported just yesterday that Toshiba's first full touchscreen smartphone, the TG01, will be officially unveiled at a launch event in London on July 9th, it is now known the handset will make its debut in the UK at provider Orange on the ...
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China's Inkia outs two Atom-powered MIDs |
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07/02/2009 |
Chinese electronics maker Inkia has recently launched a pair of nameless Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) powered by 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPUs, with both 7-inch and 5-inch versions. Each is equipped with an 800x480 resolution touchscreen, 1GB of RAM and s...
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Sony: disc-free PSP planned from the start |
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07/02/2009 |
Sony's PlayStation product planning head Naoya Matsui today told Japanese publication GameBusiness that the company had always planned a version of the PSP without the UMD drive. He claims that the company had wanted downloadable games from the hand...
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Sprint plans 3G femtocell before AT&T |
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07/02/2009 |
Sprint this week staked its ground and claimed it would be the first US carrier to have a 3G femtocell. The company was already the first American firm to have any kind of femtocell in the Samsung Airave but now says to Unstrung that it should beat ...
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Microsoft to sell Windows 7 family packs |
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07/02/2009 |
An investigation of Microsoft's licensing for Windows 7 has revealed today that the company plans to introduce a Family Pack bundle for the new OS when it ships in October. Kristan Kenney has found installation rights for "qualified" Family Pack own...
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Public irate at lack of Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade |
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07/02/2009 |
A number of prospective buyers are upset at the absence of a cheaper upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate, accounts suggest. While those moving to Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional may be eligible for Microsoft's discount program, a copy of Ultimate i...
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Bridgestone shows fast e-paper display |
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07/02/2009 |
With the introduction of its latest A4-sized electronic paper display, Bridgestone recently announced it will begin supplying e-book makers with the product. At the same time, Bridgestone will offer a development kit to help developers create prototy...
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T-Mobile's Touch Pro2 delayed to August 12th? |
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07/02/2009 |
T-Mobile's version of the HTC Touch Pro2 may ship later than originally expected if sources are truthful. Initially assumed to ship on the 22nd, the phone may now not show until August 12th based on TmoNews' information. Why the delay exists isn't ...
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EU scraps plan to tax phones with GPS, TV |
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07/02/2009 |
In some good news for local cell phone manufacturers, the European Union's plan to introduce new taxes for handsets sold throughout Europe has been scrapped, says a Wednesday report. The new taxes would have raised prices customers pay for new phones...
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HTC Hero shows at FCC with AT&T-ready 3G |
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07/02/2009 |
HTC's Hero is likely bound for AT&T if an FCC filing is indicative of plans. The test entries show the phone using both the 850MHz and 1,900MHz bands that would be necessary for HSPA-based 3G on AT&T's network and which aren't present in the current...
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Palm Pre demand has 'settled' |
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07/02/2009 |
Sales of the Palm Pre have cooled off to where supply is keeping up with demand, JPMorgan analyst Paul Coster said in an investment note today. He believes that about 270,000 Pres will have shipped in the first month of sales but that waiting lists ...
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LG prepping Black Label iPhone challenger, more |
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07/02/2009 |
LG is developing a new designer phone that would specifically target the iPhone, the company's wireless chief Ahn Seung-kwon told Korea's Yonhap today. Only providing a teaser, he says the future device would ship in the fall and come within Black L...
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Archos brings Win 7 tablet to US, dates Android |
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07/02/2009 |
Archos on Thursday confirmed that it would port its Archos 9 PCtablet to the US. The ultra-mobile PC is due to arrive Stateside in the fall and is one of the first systems known to ship with Windows 7. Adding the OS both gives it reasonable perform...
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AMD Radeon HD 4200 to fight NVIDIA's 9400? |
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07/02/2009 |
AMD is developing an integrated graphics chipset for budget PCs that could take the performance crown in the category, a leaked roadmap shows. Codenamed RS880 but likely to be badged Radeon HD 4200 when it ships, the design will have a new graphics c...
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Samsung intros first phone with night vision camera |
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07/02/2009 |
Samsung on Thursday announced the release of the SCH-W760, the first handset in the industry equipped with an infrared camera that allows users to hold video conference calls in low-light environments. The slider also has a traditional, rear-facing 3...
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Current CULV notebooks too cheaply built |
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07/02/2009 |
Many of the Windows PC makers building ultraportable notebooks based on Intel's low-cost CULV platform are learning first-hand that their cheaper case designs aren't enough to sustain the systems, a research note from AmTech analyst Doug Freedman say...
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MSI details colorful, CULV-based X400 ultraportable |
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07/02/2009 |
MSI today rounded out the hardware specs for the last of the current wave of X-Slim ultraportables. The 14-inch X400 will be the more colorful model of the group with "personalized" color bezels around the lip of the frame and its trackpad. It's al...
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Sonos readying touchscreen controller |
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07/02/2009 |
Sonos is poised to update its veteran home audio controller with its first touchscreen model as a leak has shown this morning. Where the existing controller depends on button controls and a small screen to steer the wireless audio system, the CR200 ...
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iPhone 3GS narrowly leads Consumer Reports ratings |
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07/01/2009 |
The iPhone once again leads Consumer Reports' smartphone ratings, beating competing products such as the Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm. The organization considered Apple's new 3GS handset to lead in categories such as battery life, multimedia, naviga...
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iBuypower launches Paladin XLC liquid-cooled desktops |
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07/01/2009 |
iBuypower has launched its latest line of gaming computers, the Paladin XLC series. The systems are each built with Asetek's 240mm radiator liquid-cooling components. The basic configurations are powered by Intel's Core i7 CPUs, with at least 6GB of ...
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Hammacher Schlemmer intros The Only 3D Webcam |
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07/01/2009 |
Hammacher Schlemmer has introduced The Only 3D Web Camera, a new webcam that records three-dimensional videos. The device integrates two cameras which record slightly different images that are combined to create a stereoscopic image. Video is capture...
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Apple already dropping NVIDIA chips? |
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07/01/2009 |
Apple and NVIDIA may be engaged in a fierce dispute that could exclude NVIDIA graphics chips from future Macs, according to sources reportedly aware of the talks. They claim to SemiAccurate that Apple views NVIDIA's proposals for renewed deals as "a...
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Philips prices 56-inch Cinema 21:9 HDTV |
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07/01/2009 |
Philips has priced its 56-inch, 21:9 aspect ratio Cinema 21:9 HDTV it first introduced just after CES in January. While release dates are still unknown, the TV will cost the equivalent of about $7,400 in Europe. The unique aspect ratio results in a c...
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Cable operators won't meet Tru2Way deadline |
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07/01/2009 |
While today, July 1st, was the agreed-upon deadline between cable operators and consumer electronics companies to support the new Tru2Way interactive digital cable standard, it's now learned today that none of the cable operators will meet or come cl...
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Elonex launches 6-inch e-book reader |
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07/01/2009 |
UK-based Elonex International has partnered with the UK division of Borders to release its first 6-inch eBook Reader. Users can download ebooks via Borders' eBook Download Store. The reader is just over a third of an inch thick and weighs 6.5oz, with...
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AT&T to offer BlueAnt Q1 Bluetooth headset |
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07/01/2009 |
AT&T on Wednesday announced it will soon begin offering the BlueAnt Q1 voice controlled Bluetooth headset at its retail locations and online store. The headset, first released at the start of April, has noise-cancelling functionality and allows users...
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