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  • Analysts believe iPhone will become non-AT&T exclusive in a year

    Analysts believe iPhone will become non-AT&T exclusive in a year

    Posted on August 31, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh, Gene Munster. You keep popping up like the loose Cheerios my nine-month-old daughter drops at breakfast. What are you up to this time, you little scamp? Munster of Piper Jaffray "predicts" that AT&T will lose its iPhone exclusivity by the end of 2010, thereby rendering the company impotent and insolvent. Some contenders for the iPhone throne include Verizon. This ignores the fact that AT&T is fighting like a champ to keep the iPhone until 2011 but it seems the popular perception of AT&T as a pile of fail may put a damper on Apple's wish to stay put.

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  • Rumor: Apple tablet to run full OS X 10.5? Three screen sizes, too?

    Rumor: Apple tablet to run full OS X 10.5? Three screen sizes, too?

    Posted on August 28, 2009 | No Comments
    tabletAnd here we have yet another Apple tablet rumor to be bandied about all the livelong day. According to Gizmodo, "a source that has always been 100% reliable" says that Apple may be working on 13- and 15-inch tablets (aside from just the rumored 10-inch one) and that one of those tablets was seen running a full-fledged version of OS X 10.5.

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  • World ranking: New Yorkers pay lowest cell phone charges

    World ranking: New Yorkers pay lowest cell phone charges

    Posted on August 12, 2009 | No Comments
    I'm aware studies comparing cell phone charges generally have to be taken with a grain of salt (especially cross-country studies like the following one), but this one coming from the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is pretty interesting. It's not really a "world" ranking, but the ministry compared [JP, PDF] cell phone charges in seven major cities in Europe, Asia and the US. The result in a nutshell: New Yorkers are pretty lucky, Parisians aren't.

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  • It’s official (kind of): People prefer the Kindle

    It’s official (kind of): People prefer the Kindle

    Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
    The Catalyst Group, who ran a fairly unscientific study of Google v. Bing preferences, have run another fairly unscientific study of Kindle v. Sony Reader user preferences. The results? The Kindle won on all fronts, beating Sony's aged ereader handily. The Group asked 12 interviewees, six men and six women, what they thought of both devices. They were asked about physical controls, the general "feel," UI, resolution, and shopping experience. Eight respondents preferred the Kindle overall, three preferred the Sony, and one apparently fell asleep and pretended to like both when he or she woke up because there was one tie.

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  • Rumor: Nokia places orders with Taiwan’s big netbook and smartbook manufacturers

    Rumor: Nokia places orders with Taiwan’s big netbook and smartbook manufacturers

    Posted on June 24, 2009 | No Comments
    compalEven though Nokia and Intel were both relatively tight-lipped yesterday about the actual hardware products that'll spring forth from their new joint-venture, rumors are already circulating that Nokia has placed orders with Quanta and Compal, Taiwan's number one and two netbook/smartbook manufacturers, respectively.

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  • Will we see Rock Band: Green Day later this year?

    Will we see Rock Band: Green Day later this year?

    Posted on June 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Green DayGreen Day is coming to Rock Band. Finally. I mean, it makes sense right? The band has a ton of fans and they fit under the umbrella of "rock" so it's a pretty natural move.

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