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  • iPod Touch 4G Comes to Life

    Posted on September 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Following the iPhone 4, the 4th generation iPod was also announced. Excitement is in the air as Apple finally unveiled its newest iPod, the iPod Touch 4the Generation. The model was a much anticipated one, thanks to the hype building up prior to the press...

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  • TOPIO Dio: Meet Vietnam’s first service robot

    TOPIO Dio: Meet Vietnam’s first service robot

    Posted on June 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Tosy (warning: the site takes a long time to load), Vietnam's first - and only - robot venture, has been flying under the radar since the debut of TOPIO, their table tennis-playing humanoid, in 2007. The company was established as early as 2002 and has been mainly manufacturing toy robots since. But it seems as if their first "life-sized" service robot, dubbed TOPIO Dio, is a pretty cool humanoid.

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  • New Xbox 360 coming soon, Natal to be renamed Kinect

    New Xbox 360 coming soon, Natal to be renamed Kinect

    Posted on June 13, 2010 | No Comments
    E3 is kicking off tonight and our boys are getting into town as we speak. However, Kotaku grabbed some interesting news tonight including a redesigned XBox as well as the move by Microsoft to rename Project Natal to “Kinect.” Get it? Kin-ect? Like the Kin? Get it? The new 360 will have Wi-Fi built-in, “Kinect” support, [...]

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  • Innoversal Lattice Tablet gets its Pixel Qi touched

    Innoversal Lattice Tablet gets its Pixel Qi touched

    Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Pixel Qi. If you haven’t heard of them, you will. Everyone will want one of their screens. They offer both a full color LCD screen and an E-Ink screen in one. From what I have seen so far, the technology appears to be very promising. Other companies seem to think so as well, and are lining up to use Pixel Qi screens in their devices

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  • Samsung i5801 makes a cameo, script reads ‘entry-level Android 2.1 device’

    Samsung i5801 makes a cameo, script reads ‘entry-level Android 2.1 device’

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    INT. APARTMENT - DAYTIME

    An unseemly Samsung touchscreen device opens the scene, being held by one HOWARD CHUI. Its size is comparable to the Galaxy Spica but something doesn't feel as momentous here. Background is calm, likely the top of a table. He improvises from the script.

    HOWARD (improvising)
    What we're looking at is the Samsung i5801, an entry-level Android 2.1 phone sporting a slightly customized UI. The device sports a 240 x 400 (possibly 240 x 480) screen and a 3 megapixel camera. Storage is around 300MB built-in but supports MicroSDHC. Connectivity-wise, there's Wi-Fi, GPS, and possibly Bluetooth 3.0. Pretty run of the mill, no word on price or release, but it's almost certain to target a much more cash-conscious section of the market.
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  • People like mobile ads, says JiWire

    People like mobile ads, says JiWire

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    JiWire has been watching mobile and in-app advertising, and says that "Advertisements in mobile applications are especially effective." Their new report, released today, "examines device use, consumer adoption of Wi-Fi and consumer preferences for mobile content and advertising delivery." Interesting take-aways from the report include the fact that iPhone has surpassed iPod Touch in number of ads delivered, and that the iPad has had a non-trivial effect on WiFi usage, indicating that people really do want to access content on-the-go but might not want to do so with a phone or a laptop.

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  • eBay Sells 5,000-plus iPads, UAE Buyers Pay Highest Prices

    eBay Sells 5,000-plus iPads, UAE Buyers Pay Highest Prices

    Posted on May 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Since iPad's launch, eBay has sold more than 5,300 units across the world, 65% abroad and 35% at home, according to data from eBay that spans from mid-March to mid-April. The UK dominated international sales, with 550 units sold, or roughly 15% of foreign sales. But buyers from the United Arab Emirates were willing to shell out the most cash, with the average buyer paying a hefty premium of $537 (!) for the 64GB version (more than enough to buy a bare bones 16GB Wi-Fi model). Cool infographic from eBay ahead.

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  • Archos 7 Home Tablet: June, $199

    Archos 7 Home Tablet: June, $199

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    We now have a release date and price for the Archos 7 Home Tablet, a device that Matt has been talking about pretty much nonstop for a while now. Does June for $199 sound good to you? Hope so, because that's what we're looking at.

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  • US Cellular Tease HTC Desire Details And Release Window

    US Cellular Tease HTC Desire Details And Release Window

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    On their Facebook page today, US Cellular today teased an "around July" release for the HTC Desire (previously known as the Bravo). The device, in case you didn't know, is basically a Nexus One in Sheep's (or HTC's) Clothing (which includes Sense UI), but with a few differences.

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  • Orange Amplifiers announces computer / guitar amp combo

    Orange Amplifiers announces computer / guitar amp combo

    Posted on April 21, 2010 | No Comments
    I can understand how you might be playing your guitar one day, then coming to the realization, “Hey! This thing just puts out electrical signal. I should be able to plug it right into my computer!’ Now your dreams can be a reality with Orange Amplifiers’ new OPC small form-factor desktop. I’m not so sure mounting [...]

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  • Amazon’s Audible.com releases BlackBerry app on App World

    Amazon’s Audible.com releases BlackBerry app on App World

    Posted on April 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Amazon.com company Audible this morning announced that its BlackBerry app is now available on BlackBerry App World (apart from only on its own website). If that's not enough to make you rush over there, the company is also including, for a limited time, a free download of David Baldacci’s bestselling thriller Divine Justice. With the Audible app, BlackBerry users in the U.S. and Canada can shop, download and listen to audio content from Audible.com, which boasts over 75,000 titles in its catalog.

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  • NetWalker PC-T1: Sharp announces mini tablet for Japan for next month

    NetWalker PC-T1: Sharp announces mini tablet for Japan for next month

    Posted on April 19, 2010 | No Comments
    The iPad hasn't landed in Japan yet, giving domestic competitors some room for their own announcements for tablet PCs. Sharp, for example, today unveiled [JP] the NetWalker PC-T1, which looks like a tablet variant of the PC-Z1 the company introduced last year. Both models look pretty similar, it's just that the older device lost the keyboard to become the T1.

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  • Apple to Europe: Zut alors! iPad isn’t arriving until May

    Apple to Europe: Zut alors! iPad isn’t arriving until May

    Posted on April 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Because of the rapacious greed of Americans, those in the Euro-zone will not have their iPads until May, at least according to a short release by Apple. Blaming the popularity of the iPad in the US (and potentially some issues with Wi-Fi) , European pre-orders will not arrive in your charming town or hameau until May 10. This goes for the iPad 3G version as well. Apple, always one to toot their own trompette, hoped that Europe is happy to know that the iPad is a "runaway success." Cold comfort, I say.

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