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  • Mythical beast spotted: Samsung to launch 32GB microSD cards next month

    Mythical beast spotted: Samsung to launch 32GB microSD cards next month

    Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments
    So there you are, on your way home after purchasing the brand new smart phone you’ve been wanting for weeks. You’re reading the specs on the side; “Supports microSD cards up to 32 Gigabytes”, it boasts. “32 Gigabytes? That’s like a million!” you think to yourself as you pull up your handset’s browser. You hop [...]

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  • Behind The Scenes at Cirque du Soleil

    Behind The Scenes at Cirque du Soleil

    Posted on January 12, 2010 | No Comments
    I’ve always been a fan of Cirque du Soleil and I make sure to go to a show when they are in town either in San Francisco or in Las Vegas. I got a backstage tour of their latest extravaganza, OVO, in San Francisco when they were in town. I caught up with Gerard Edwards-Webb, [...]

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  • Netgear announces two 3G/4G/WiMax routers at CES

    Netgear announces two 3G/4G/WiMax routers at CES

    Posted on January 6, 2010 | No Comments
    With the nationwide roll-outs of 4G and WiMax finally on the horizon, it’s just about time to upgrade the ol’ gadget collection. Netgear just announced a couple of new toys that might pique the interests of the road warriors out there: wireless routers that play friendly with 4G/WiMax USB dongles. They’re offering up two models: the [...]

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  • Sprint Overdrive dual-mode WiMAX / EV-DO mobile hotspot leaks into the wild (update: $50 U301 on contract?)

    Sprint Overdrive dual-mode WiMAX / EV-DO mobile hotspot leaks into the wild (update: $50 U301 on contract?)

    Posted on December 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Move over, MiFi -- this Sprint Overdrive dual-mode WiMAX / EV-DO mobile hotspot that just hit our inbox has taken over as our new object of broadband desire. Our tipster says internal training on the Sierra-built device has already begun, and that the unit itself features a microSD slot, support for location services, and has a 100-foot Wi-Fi range -- but sadly we don't have pricing or availability deets to share yet. We're hoping we find out more at CES -- and we'd bet that new dual-mode U301 WiMAX modem that leaked a couple weeks ago makes an appearance as well. Fingers crossed.

    Update: The same tipster that sent us the information to start with is back with a few tidbits on the U301. According to the anonymous individual, that USB modem will be launching in February for $49.99 on contract. Also on the horizon? A WiMAX home desktop modem with a special price plan of its own.

    Sprint Overdrive dual-mode WiMAX / EV-DO mobile hotspot leaks into the wild (update: $50 U301 on contract?) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Palm Pixi definitely shipping with a new webOS version, but which?

    Palm Pixi definitely shipping with a new webOS version, but which?

    Posted on October 31, 2009 | No Comments

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    Whoa, is that webOS 2.0 we see on the horizon? No, sorry, it definitely isn't -- but we can say with relative confidence that the upcoming Pixi will be shipping with a newer, slightly more feature-rich version of webOS than its Pre brethren around the world; if nothing else, Synergy supports Yahoo on the new model, as PreCentral observes. What remains to be seen is the exact version number that'll be shipping out of the gate -- recent DSLReports user agent logs suggest that 1.2.9 might be the gold build (for the record, the Sprint Pre currently rocks 1.2.1), but apparently there's some chatter going on about a 1.3 as well. Doesn't seem like much of a difference, but a 0.1 increment usually means more features, fixes, and changes than a 0.01 increment does, so naturally, we're pulling for a bigger number. There isn't any intel on what this mythical 1.3 might contain just yet or whether it'd be heading to Bell, Sprint, and O2 Pres, but we'll keep an eye out.

    Palm Pixi definitely shipping with a new webOS version, but which? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Symbian Horizon app store launched, dev program detailed

    Symbian Horizon app store launched, dev program detailed

    Posted on October 28, 2009 | No Comments

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    Mobile World Congress came and went all those months ago without an app store for Symbian freaks, but you know what? That's OK -- Rome wasn't built in a day, y'know. Besides, all that is changing now that the Symbian Foundation has announced that Horizon, the publishing program / mobile marketplace, is up and running as we speak. Currently the home of fifty award winning downloads (including Bubblewrap!) users can look forward to "thousands of applications in 2010." What are you waiting for? Hit that read link to get started -- but not before you peep the PR to see how you too can begin developing for the platform. It's after the break.

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    Symbian Horizon app store launched, dev program detailed originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nokia’s 5230 inches closer to release, gets spied along the way

    Nokia’s 5230 inches closer to release, gets spied along the way

    Posted on October 17, 2009 | No Comments

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    Nokia's 5230 isn't apt to blow any minds with the likes of the HD2, Droid and XPERIA X3 on the horizon, but for those perfectly content with a touchscreen-based Symbian S60 5th Edition handset, this one sure looks purty. After dipping its toes in the FCC's expansive database just last month, a crop of new in the wild shots have surfaced to show off its 3.2-inch display (640 x 360), 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR module and variety of colorful backs. Hit the read link for more pixels if you're so inclined, and feel free to take the "January 2010" release date in with a dose of NaCl.

    [Thanks, Daniel]

    Nokia's 5230 inches closer to release, gets spied along the way originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • The official Kindle 2 case is cracking the Kindle 2, $5 million lawsuit filed

    The official Kindle 2 case is cracking the Kindle 2, $5 million lawsuit filed

    Posted on July 15, 2009 | No Comments
    It seems that the Kindle 2 has an issue when used with the official protective case: it cracks. Obviously everyone that spent $30 on the case that’s suppose to protect the Kindle from such damage isn’t too happy right now. Amazon previously stated that owners were kind of out of luck and had to spend [...]

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  • Netbook owners may be able to buy Windows 7 on a thumb drive

    Netbook owners may be able to buy Windows 7 on a thumb drive

    Posted on June 26, 2009 | No Comments
    thumb driveMicrosoft has an interesting problem on the horizon in trying to persuade netbook owners to upgrade to Windows 7 when said netbook owners' netbooks don't have optical drives. What's a giant software company to do?

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  • Nvidia Denies Plans to Sell its own Tegra Netbooks

    Nvidia Denies Plans to Sell its own Tegra Netbooks

    Posted on June 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Sorry Nvidia fans, there’s no Nvidia Tegra netbook on the horizon. Contrary to reports that Nvidia is planning to release a netbook made  by Taiwanese manufacturer Mobinnova under its brand, the company says it has no plans to do so. “It’s not true,” Derek Perez, director of public relations for Nvidia told Wired.com Nvidia will focus on getting [...]

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  • So what do you think of your new iPhone 3G S?

    So what do you think of your new iPhone 3G S?

    Posted on June 19, 2009 | No Comments
    The sun cracked over the horizon, and off we went. Like any good Apple fan boys bloggers, we camped out (in multiple places around the country, even) to pick up our iPhone 3G S. We'll have our final, non-rushed review up sometime in the next few days - in the mean while, it's time for you to voice up. We've got our opinions, forged from the steels of writing about and playing with too many cell phones cell phones. We want to hear what you think, dear iPhone owner. Whether that new iPhone 3G S is your first stab at this whole Apple-made cell phone nonsense or you've been rockin' the fruitphone since the EDGE-only days of yester-yesteryear, we want your insight. Love it? Hate it? Share your wisdom in the comments below. Photo Credit: Jae Won Joh

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