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  • Taptu Launches My Taptu – New Social News Aggregator

    Posted on November 9, 2010 | No Comments
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  • Australia to pay Telstra A$11 billion for entire copper network

    Australia to pay Telstra A$11 billion for entire copper network

    Posted on June 20, 2010 | No Comments
    The Australian government just found the infrastructure for its A$43 billion national broadband project and eliminated its largest competitor in one fell swoop -- pending shareholder and regulator approval, Telstra will receive A$11 billion of that money in exchange for its entire landline network. Telstra will decommission its monopoly of copper cables to make room for the government's fiber and migrate its customers to the resulting 100Mbps National Broadband Network (NBN) as those light-bearing threads roll out. While Telstra might become a smaller player in the internet and cable business without a land network of its own, it may get even larger in the wireless space -- the company says it's received "written confirmation from the Prime Minister" that it can bid on a chunk of precious LTE spectrum should the deal go through. Press release after the break.

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    Australia to pay Telstra A$11 billion for entire copper network originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sony releases a bunch of new 3D displays

    Sony releases a bunch of new 3D displays

    Posted on June 9, 2010 | No Comments
    The buzzword is 3D. Everywhere you look in the videophile forums, they’re talking about 3D. Its future is still a little hazy; glasses, no glasses, polarized, anaglyph.. no one really knows. Today, Sony has made its bets and showed a glimpse into that future by releasing its new lineup of 3D displays. Details and full press release inside. Clicky clicky!

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  • Is this the Apple Magic Trackpad? Is WWDC going to be a bust?

    Is this the Apple Magic Trackpad? Is WWDC going to be a bust?

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Steve just can't catch a break. It sure seems like the item above is the unannounced Apple Magic Trackpad, which just got an unofficial Internet debut just like the iPhone 4G/HD ahead of Jobs' WWDC keynote address later today. Apple might as well pack up their massive banners and simply issue press releases like every other CE company. At this rate, there isn't going to be anything left to announce in Steve Jobs' traditional "one more thing" fashion.

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  • Motorola Flipout preview

    Motorola Flipout preview

    Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
    We know you're excited -- the Nokia Twist finally has a legitimate competitor in the square-shaped pseudo-smartphone space! Motorola snuck up on us with its Flipout unveiling yesterday, so today we diligently trudged along to its local offices to get properly acquainted with this new Android handset. Running version 2.1 (Eclair) on a 600MHz processor might seem like a recipe for trouble, but it's the same TI OMAP 3410 as used in the Droid, and our time with the little quadrangle revealed it could handle itself with aplomb. The Flipout also boasts a freshened up Motoblur implementation and 512MB of both RAM and ROM, but only 150MB for user storage -- time to bring on Froyo, eh? With interchangeable back covers (two will come in the retail box) and that handbag-friendly form factor, the Flipout is unashamedly flirting with being a phone for style-conscious lady-geeks, but let's see if it doesn't appeal to gruff old types like us as well. Join us after the break for our full hands-on impressions.

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    Motorola Flipout preview originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • AT&T’s second Android Handset, HTC Aria, launching in June

    AT&T’s second Android Handset, HTC Aria, launching in June

    Posted on May 26, 2010 | No Comments
    While AT&T are still happy to be rolling in the money brought in from the iPhone exclusivity agreement, they aren't stupid enough to ignore the other mobile platform completely. AT&T have previously announced that there will be 5 Android handsets launching in 2010, and we now have word that the first of these 5 (the second in their history) will be the HTC Aria.

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  • Is StreamTV a black knight in the 3D TV market?

    Is StreamTV a black knight in the 3D TV market?

    Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments
    3D TVs are a hot topic these days, with Panasonic, Sony, and Samsung all fighting for a piece of the action. But the battle may have just gotten more interesting with the entrance of a new competitor: StreamTV. We were just informed that this company, which we have never heard of, currently has an Amazon listing for a 42-inch and a 37-inch 3D TV.

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  • All-electric Fiat 500EV to hit U.S. in 2012

    All-electric Fiat 500EV to hit U.S. in 2012

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Chrysler first showed this baby off at the Detroit Auto Show this year. Today, we received word that an all-electric version of the Fiat 500 platform should be available in only a couple years. How exciting! Technical specifications are slim at the moment, but rumor has the powerplant being a sum of a lithium-ion battery, an [...]

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  • Why buy an Acer LCD when you can get the same monitor under the Integral name?

    Why buy an Acer LCD when you can get the same monitor under the Integral name?

    Posted on January 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Well, well. Harman International's Lexicon brand isn't the only company in the business of scamming buyers by simply re-badging competitor's products. Integral, a Belarus brand for all we can figure out, apparently found it easier and cheaper to simply rebadge an Acer monitor and sell it under their name. After all, that practice isn't that uncommon as we just found out. But generally, the rebadging is a bit more complex and thorough than Integral's method. Check out what we mean below.

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  • Panasonic ready to pump $1.1 billion into solar energy business

    Panasonic ready to pump $1.1 billion into solar energy business

    Posted on January 13, 2010 | No Comments
    There's a reason why Panasonic paid $4.4 billion in this economic downturn to acquire former rival Sanyo, and the reason is that Panasonic wants to go as "green" as possible in the future. Sanyo isn't only the world's leading maker of lithium ion batteries, but also the (now former) company behind the eneloop brand, which consists of a range of eco-friendly solar products. But buying Sanyo wasn't enough for Panasonic's solar ambitions, as the company says it's now ready to invest another $1.1 billion by fiscal 2015 in its solar business segment. By that time, Panasonic aims at being among the world's top three solar cell makers. The company wants to reach the top spot among Japanese makers as early as 2012.

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  • Mophie iPhone credit card reader coming to a CES near you

    Mophie iPhone credit card reader coming to a CES near you

    Posted on December 31, 2009 | No Comments
    iPhone accessory maker and recession antidote regular Mophie is about to make the most buzzworthy move of its short history by offering a credit card reader and accompanying transaction app for the Apple handset. Positioned as a direct competitor to Jack Dorsey's Square iPhone Payment System, Mophie's solution looks to be integrated into an iPhone case -- making it possible to keep the reader on permanently, albeit at a slight cost to your device's aesthetics. The decidedly cube-shaped Square system has a less ergonomic design, but we suspect that the winner (if either of these two succeeds) will be primarily determined by the usability of the app and affordability of the service. Look out for more info to emerge at some point during the maelstrom that will be CES 2010.

    Mophie iPhone credit card reader coming to a CES near you originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • China Telecom follows China Mobile’s lead, hooks up with RIM to offer BlackBerry

    China Telecom follows China Mobile’s lead, hooks up with RIM to offer BlackBerry

    Posted on December 22, 2009 | No Comments
    China Mobile's recent announcement that it'd be getting really tight with RIM -- finally -- to offer a more official, customized BlackBerry experience to the locals than it had before must have sent off a wave of jealousy among carriers, because competitor China Telecom has wasted no time in following on with an announcement of its own. No roadmap has been set for when we might see devices in the marketplace -- the company says that it's still ironing out specifics with RIM -- but we figure this should be an easier rollout than China Mobile, since Telecom uses a hybrid (but well-understood) GSM / EV-DO infrastructure as opposed to Mobile's essentially one-off TD-SCDMA network. At a glance, it seems like devices like the the Storm and Tour are basically ready to rock here, but there's no question RIM will need to work both with the carrier (to tailor the BlackBerry experience to the needs of a Chinese audience) and with the government, which probably doesn't love RIM's infrastructure any more than India does.

    China Telecom follows China Mobile's lead, hooks up with RIM to offer BlackBerry originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • WIND Mobile launches in Canada, T-Mobile gets a spectrum buddy

    WIND Mobile launches in Canada, T-Mobile gets a spectrum buddy

    Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Despite some last-minute drama with the government, Canada's WIND Mobile has launched today, bringing to the table an interesting new low-cost competitor to the nation's giant incumbents, Rogers, Bell, and Telus. Though its network -- based on last year's AWS auction -- lacks the footprint of the bigger guys, the pricing is pretty compelling: its $15 voice plan offers twice the minutes of low-cost competitors Koodo and Fido (which are really just fronts for Telus and Rogers, anyway) and CAD $35 (about $33) wins you unlimited data on your BlackBerry. Speaking of BlackBerrys, WIND is rolling out the Bold 9700 as one of its launch devices alongside the HTC Maple (known as the Dash 3G in the States), the Samsung Gravity, the Huawei U519, and the E181 USB modem. Service is only live in Toronto and Calgary at the moment, but the limited distribution doesn't seem to be holding people back -- WIND's site has been up and down all morning.

    [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

    WIND Mobile launches in Canada, T-Mobile gets a spectrum buddy originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Onkyo’s 7-inch tablet PC with integrated GPS module

    Onkyo’s 7-inch tablet PC with integrated GPS module

    Posted on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Onkyo Japan has announced a few notebooks today, all of which are in fact re-branded (but beefed up) models competitor Kohjinsha released earlier on the Japanese market. Perhaps the most interesting new model is the NX707A4 [JP], a 7-inch tablet netbook with an built-in GPS module. The tablet is powered by Atom Z520 processor (1.33 GHz) and has an 80GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Intel US15W chipset, two USB ports, an ExpressCard/34 slot, SD/SDHC/MMC/Memory Stick Pro slots, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 802.11n Wi-Fi and two web cams (3MP and 0.3MP) on board. The display is a touch screen with 1,024x600 resolution.

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  • How do you like that, DVRs didn’t kill the television business after all

    How do you like that, DVRs didn’t kill the television business after all

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Here's a story I first heard on Figure 4 Daily last night while farming for mageweave (no, I'm not lying): not only have DVRs not ruined the TV businesses, as we had been led to believe for so many years, but it turns out that the delayed viewings, and more accurate ratings, have given the networks exactly what they've always wanted. That, of course, is the opportunity to squeeze more money out of their advertisers.

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