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  • Quelle horreur! The 16GB iPad will cost 499 Euro in France?

    Quelle horreur! The 16GB iPad will cost 499 Euro in France?

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Some weird leaks over in Franceland point to the 16GB iPad costing 499 Euro (approximately $655, depending on how low the Euro can dip). These listings appeared on Fnac's RSS feed which means they may have been entered inadvertently and/or incorrectly. No word on official availability or pricing but, as we recall, Apple postponed the international launch until the end of May

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  • Palm Pixi Plus and Pre Plus to go BOGO – sort of.

    Palm Pixi Plus and Pre Plus to go BOGO – sort of.

    Posted on January 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Like this – except, you know, with cell phones. If you were planning on buying two Verizon Palm Pixi Pluses (or, if you’re feelin’ nutty, one Palm Pre Plus and one Palm Pixi Plus), get excited. It looks like you’ll be walkin’ out of the Verizon store with a bit more cash than you expected. Yesterday afternoon, [...]

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  • Lenovo releases ultra official, ultra gorgeous pictures of Lephone

    Lenovo releases ultra official, ultra gorgeous pictures of Lephone

    Posted on January 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Drooling over the Android-powered Lenovo Lephone? Bask in it while it lasts, friends – as far as we know, these brand new press shots (and our fantastic hands-on with the device) are about as close as any of us outside of China are going to get with it any time soon. If you’re not drooling yet, [...]

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  • Video: Apple’s “12 Apps Of Christmas” iPhone commercial

    Video: Apple’s “12 Apps Of Christmas” iPhone commercial

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple just pushed out a new, Holiday-themed commercial. Playing on the classic “12 Days of Christmas” song, they rattle off a different type of application for each of 12 days. They make no mention of baby shaking applications, which isn’t too surprising – “baby shaking” has way too many syllables to fit the tune. Crunch Network: [...]

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  • Real world shots of the xpPhone trickle out, video coming “soon”

    Real world shots of the xpPhone trickle out, video coming “soon”

    Posted on December 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Outside of hardware renders and a few prototype appearances at trade shows, there aren't a whole lot of photos of the nearly mythical xpPhone -- the phone that runs Windows XP or, according to the manufacturer, Windows 7 -- floating around. In fact, after hearing next to nothing beyond talks of pre-orders in almost six months, I'd begun to wonder if this thing actually existed. Today, the manufacturer ITG released real world shots of their latest product sample, color-customized in white/green. They also add that "More videos of real sample will come out soon", which might just mean this thing is gettin' close to production. One more shot after the jump.

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  • Tons of new Android handset codenames unveiled in HTC’s Android 2.1 ROM

    Tons of new Android handset codenames unveiled in HTC’s Android 2.1 ROM

    Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Remember that leaked Android 2.1 ROM for the GSM HTC Hero from a few days ago? Looks like there was more to it than meets the eye. Tucked deep inside the ROM was a list of around 20 Android-based handset codenames, nearly all of which have never been seen. The goods, as uncovered by maxisma over [...]

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  • iPhone to be the best phone in all of China

    iPhone to be the best phone in all of China

    Posted on November 17, 2009 | No Comments
    China Unicom’s chairman believes that the iPhone will be the most popular iPhone in China, beating out Nokia and RIM for the crown of Bounteous Emperor of the Eastern Phone World. Interestingly, the iPhone will cost over $1,000 in China and there expectations that gray market sales won’t effect Unicom’s bottom line. There are currently 1 [...]

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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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  • Here are the HTC commercials 95% of YOU will see in the next 6 months anyway

    Here are the HTC commercials 95% of YOU will see in the next 6 months anyway

    Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments
    mocoNews ran an interesting article this morning about the massive marketing campaign HTC is plotting. Apparently, the Taiwanese mobile handset maker is about to launch a multi-million dollar advertising campaign over the next 6 months with the aim of becoming a household name in the United States. The company's Executive Director of Marketing, Steven Seto, formerly head of Starbucks’ global brand strategy, tells mocoNews that the campaign is designed to put the HTC brand will be in front of 95 percent of adult cellphone owners in the U.S.

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  • Yikes: Hulu flirts with, yes, having you pay to watch it.

    Yikes: Hulu flirts with, yes, having you pay to watch it.

    Posted on October 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Hey, remember Hulu.com? It was a Web site that sort of came out of nowhere, and offered streaming TV shows from NBC and other networks. It was ad-supported, and free. People liked it. And then, one day, in October, 2009, a completely bonkers TV executive all but killed it with one sentence: “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online.”

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  • Nationwide Insurance: 80 percent of Americans want legislation ‘to restrict’ driving while using mobile phone

    Nationwide Insurance: 80 percent of Americans want legislation ‘to restrict’ driving while using mobile phone

    Posted on September 2, 2009 | No Comments
    We've already noted the dangers of driving while texting, but today there's evidence that suggests many other people recognize the problem. A recent survey conducted by Nationwide Insurance says that some 80 percent of Americans support some sort of legislation “to restrict cell phone use while driving.” How you define “cell phone use” then becomes an issue.

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  • Yeah, this Vertu concept looks better than most of the ‘real’ phones out there

    Yeah, this Vertu concept looks better than most of the ‘real’ phones out there

    Posted on August 7, 2009 | No Comments
    Apparently this phone is getting ready for a big Muay Thai match. It's a Vertu—“vertu” is “virture” in French!—designed by one Norihiko Inoue. No, you cannot buy it, I just thought it looked neat.

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  • Blizzard’s World of Warcraft Armory App for iPhone looks darn good

    Blizzard’s World of Warcraft Armory App for iPhone looks darn good

    Posted on July 16, 2009 | No Comments
    This is the only World of Warcraft iPhone App you'll ever need. Blizzard has just released World of Warcraft Mobile Armory, which gives players of the game full access to the Armory. (The Armory tracks player and item stats and the like. It's essential for “real” players of the game.) So add this App with a few trips to WoW Wiki and Thottbot, and you're a mobile WoW warrior (but not necessarily Warrior).

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  • Video of the HTC Hero sliding and slipping

    Video of the HTC Hero sliding and slipping

    Posted on June 24, 2009 | No Comments
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