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  • Windows Marketplace now available for Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1

    Windows Marketplace now available for Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1

    Posted on November 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Long before Windows Marketplace launched on Windows Mobile 6.5 as Microsoft's answer to the App-Store-Craze, we knew it would be extended down into Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 - the only question was "When?. The answer, it seems, is today. Microsoft has just announced that the Marketplace is available to 6.0 and 6.1 users beginning immediately.

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  • New Nokia netbook next year already?

    New Nokia netbook next year already?

    Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments
    nokiaRumors are abound that Nokia may be looking to release a new version of its Booklet 3G netbook sometime next year.

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  • Support for universal micro-USB phone chargers grows with ITU approval

    Support for universal micro-USB phone chargers grows with ITU approval

    Posted on October 23, 2009 | No Comments

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    The entire wireless industry has been congealing around micro-USB as a universal charging standard for a while now, and we've taken yet another important step toward completely ridding the world of bizarre proprietary connectors (you know what we're talking about, Samsung) with ITU ratification this week. The UN-backed International Telecommunication Union isn't just making the move to make our lives a little less hellish, though -- it's also a strategic environmental move on a couple fronts, since universal chargers mean consumers will be able to hold on to a single charger over the life of several phones and modern chargers are far more power efficient than models that are even just a couple years old. The ITU move isn't binding or compulsory, but there's enough momentum behind micro-USB at this point that it's pretty much going to happen for any phone you'd ever consider buying going forward, and many of the big players have already hopped on the bandwagon. We won't lie, we won't miss the days of buying a $40 car charger that powers, like, two LG models.

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    Support for universal micro-USB phone chargers grows with ITU approval originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • It’s time for the MLB to adopt instant replay

    It’s time for the MLB to adopt instant replay

    Posted on October 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Look, I'd be lying if I said I followed baseball this season. I'm a Mets guy, and you just know that, once April hits, you're in for a reasonably OK season, but one that just looses steam as the months go by. So why bother? What I can say, though, is that, given all this evidence, it's about time that baseball adopt the instant replay. Correct calls outweigh everything else. We have the technology!

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  • Sprint goes full bore with Android dev support

    Sprint goes full bore with Android dev support

    Posted on September 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Motorola’s been at it for a while now with their Android developer resources, but with Sprint poised to launch what is undoubtedly one of the most impressive Android phones to date, they’re jumping on the support bandwagon pretty hard. Sprint has announced today that they’re rolling out the red carpet for Android devs looking to [...]

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  • Rising to the Top: 5 ways indie developers succeed on the App Store

    Rising to the Top: 5 ways indie developers succeed on the App Store

    Posted on August 29, 2009 | No Comments
    It’s no secret: there’s some Benjamins to be made on the App Store. In fact, the App Store is now a $2.4 billion dollar per year business, according to AdMob’s monthly mobile metrics report. Here’s another fun fact you probably already know: most app developers fade into the App Store abyss long before they ever [...]

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  • Boxee Watches $6 Million More In Funding Stream In

    Boxee Watches $6 Million More In Funding Stream In

    Posted on August 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Boxee, the media center software startup, has won a lot of fans with its open approach to streaming content. And as a result it has won some more money, to the tune of a $6 million second round, led by Boston's General Catalyst Partners. The new money will be used for growth: Both expanding the team and expanding the service's reach in the market, we're told. But why now? After all, Boxee raised its first round of funding just 8 months ago, a $4 million round with Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital investing. "We've seen a lot of momentum over the past couple of months. It seemed like it made sense to go ahead [with a new round]," Boxee's new head of marketing Andrew Kippen tells us.

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  • Steve Jobs spotted at Apple HQ today, breaks his silence

    Steve Jobs spotted at Apple HQ today, breaks his silence

    Posted on June 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Multiple sources are reporting that Steve Jobs was seen at Apple HQ today, just a few days after it was revealed that Jobs had undergone a liver transplant surgery. According to Reuters, Jobs was seen leaving HQ in a blacked out car surrounded by men in black suits donning ear-pieces. Before we jump the gun, let's see if Jobs shows up to work tomorrow. After all, he isn't scheduled to return until the end of the month.

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  • Apple claims over 1 million iPhone 3GS devices sold, quotes Steve Jobs

    Apple claims over 1 million iPhone 3GS devices sold, quotes Steve Jobs

    Posted on June 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Earlier today, reports started flowing in about Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster claiming 750,000 iPhone 3GS devices were sold over the weekend. In a news release, however, Apple claims that that number is off by more than 1/4, saying that sales actually exceeded 1 million units. In addition, the company says six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release. Remarkably, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is quoted at the beginning of the press release - something we haven't seen for quite a while and this after a weekend during which it was uncovered the man had a liver transplant a couple of months ago - saying: "Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning. With over 50,000 applications available from Apple's revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever."

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  • Button-less multitouch trackpad coming from Synaptics

    Button-less multitouch trackpad coming from Synaptics

    Posted on June 3, 2009 | No Comments
    ClickPadSynaptics, purveyor of fine touchpads, recently demonstrated its upcoming "ClickPad," which is basically a button-less multitouch trackpad that's "ideal for space constrained netbooks where real estate is at a premium in the palmrest."

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