Capitalization Archive

  • The Microsoft Arc keyboard is now available in a pleasant white/lime theme

    The Microsoft Arc keyboard is now available in a pleasant white/lime theme

    Posted on April 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Fun fact: I'm typing this post on the black Microsoft Arc keyboard! I just bought the black version from Best Buy and like it good enough. But maybe black isn't your thing. Or you gave up shopping at Best Buy which was previously the Arc keyboard's exclusive retailer. Well then, I have good news, friends. Amazon will soon offer the Arc keyboard in a white and lime.

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  • New Japanese cell phone maker NEC-Casio to go America in 2010

    New Japanese cell phone maker NEC-Casio to go America in 2010

    Posted on December 21, 2009 | No Comments
    As MobileCrunch reported back in August, three of Japan's eight top cell phone makers, namely NEC, Casio and Hitachi are going to merge their cell phone businesses next year. Under the agreement, NEC plans to integrate its handset division into a tie-up that already existed between Hitachi and Casio starting April 2010 (the begin of the new fiscal year under the Japanese business calendar). In the meantime, the companies involved decided on a name for the new venture: NEC Casio Mobile. The company's capitalization stands at a relatively modest $55 million, with NEC holding a 71% stake, Casio 20% and Hitachi 9%. And as I speculated in my previous article, that new company plans to enter the global market in a (relatively) aggressive way.

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  • New cell phone maker NEC-Casio goes America, targets 200% international sales boost

    New cell phone maker NEC-Casio goes America, targets 200% international sales boost

    Posted on December 21, 2009 | No Comments
    As MobileCrunch reported back in August, three of Japan's eight top cell phone makers, namely NEC, Casio and Hitachi are going to merge their cell phone businesses next year. Under the agreement, NEC plans to integrate its handset division into a tie-up that already existed between Hitachi and Casio starting April 2010 (the begin of the new fiscal year under the Japanese business calendar). In the meantime, the companies involved decided on a name for the new venture: NEC Casio Mobile. The company's capitalization stands at a relatively modest $55 million, with NEC holding a 71% stake, Casio 20% and Hitachi 9%. And as I speculated in my previous article, that new company plans to enter the global market in a (relatively) aggressive way.

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  • Casio plans to enter the OLED game

    Casio plans to enter the OLED game

    Posted on November 9, 2009 | No Comments
    OLED can still pretty much be considered a thing of the future, but we're getting closer to use the technology in our homes every month. Today, Casio Computer announced [JP] it has teamed up with Tokyo-based technology company Toppan Printing to develop and produce OLED panels. The new joint venture will start operations from April 2010, with both companies involved saying they'll focus on manufacturing OLED panels sized ten inches and smaller first (like the one you see in the picture).

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  • Google breaks from tradition, posts DROID ad on home page

    Google breaks from tradition, posts DROID ad on home page

    Posted on November 6, 2009 | No Comments

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    Google's home page: a benchmark for simplicity in web design. Like clockwork, you can expect a text box, a pair of buttons, a logo (usually stylized these days), and not much else -- and if there's one thing you definitely won't see, it's an ad. So wait, what's this? Google is breaking from its time-honored tradition in a very big way today to pimp the launch of Motorola's DROID with an ad right below the search box, just like it did for the G1 last year. Not surprisingly, we've checked with our non-US editors and it seems that only Yanks are seeing this. We're conflicted about the whole thing -- we can understand that Google's stoked about Android 2.0 and the best Android-powered device to date, but this isn't really isn't as big of a deal as the first Android launch, so isn't it just a bit blasphemous? And even if it isn't, shouldn't everyone at least get on the same page about the capitalization of "DROID?"

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  • Brushed aluminum ultraportables coming from ASUS

    Brushed aluminum ultraportables coming from ASUS

    Posted on September 8, 2009 | No Comments
    ASUSASUS has officially announced its upcoming UL series of brushed-aluminum ultraportable notebooks based on Intel's new dual-core SU7300 ultra-low voltage CPUs. The UL stands for UnLimited -- and please notice ASUS' trendy use of capitalization there. The notebooks will come in a variety of sizes and weights and some models will feature switchable graphics systems allowing you to use an NVIDIA GeForce G 210M chipset for power-hungry stuff, while falling back on the Intel GS45 chipset for maximum battery life.

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  • Monster ‘BFC’ officially takes energy drinks too far

    Monster ‘BFC’ officially takes energy drinks too far

    Posted on July 16, 2009 | No Comments
    In the early days of energy drinks, the tiny 8-ounce Red Bull can was the only game in town. Then somewhere along the line, someone decided to double the can size to 16 ounces. Great — twice the punch for the same price. Then came the 24-ounce energy drink can. A little excessive, sure, but [...]

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  • Trick for enabling MMS on the iPhone – UPDATE

    Trick for enabling MMS on the iPhone – UPDATE

    Posted on June 18, 2009 | No Comments
    A reader, one Mr. Dude dropped this into comments last night and we're about to try it. Presumably you have to enable tethering and MMS before you begin. UPDATE - Just go here with your iPhone browser. This enables tethering but we're still trying to figure out MMS.

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