New Year Archive

  • Orange begins HD Voice trial in Southern England, leaves out Buckingham Palace

    Orange begins HD Voice trial in Southern England, leaves out Buckingham Palace

    Remember the good news that Orange brought to the UK on our alcohol-fueled New Year's Eve? We thought so. Anyway, it looks like said fruit company's still on course to "a new era for UK mobile communications" as it launches HD Voice trial in England today. Lucky participants across Bristol, Reading and Southampton will benefit from "crystal clear" voice calls, courtesy of the wider speech bandwidth -- 50-7000 Hz as opposed to the current 300-3400 Hz. Sadly, Orange isn't keen on dishing out deets about the special hardware, but our friends over at What Mobile had the chance to play with a modified Nokia X6 from yesterday's demo -- "It was like listening to AM radio and then switching over to listen to a CD." If all goes well, we'll meet the rest of the gang when HD Voice is rolled out "before the end of the summer." Press release after the break.

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  • Motorola releasing two new Droids, “leaks” notwithstanding

    Motorola releasing two new Droids, “leaks” notwithstanding

    According to the WSJ, Motorola president Sanjay Jha said that “We will introduce new Droid products in the Verizon franchise.” This probably means something like the Droid Shadow that “appeared” in a toilet recently. We can also expect about a dozen new phones from Motorola this year, although not all of them will run Android. via Giz

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  • Early adopters, rejoice: AT&T begins rolling back upgrade eligibility dates for the next iPhone

    Early adopters, rejoice: AT&T begins rolling back upgrade eligibility dates for the next iPhone

    Okay, I've got big news. Really - you're going to want to sit down for this one. Ready? Apple.. is going to release a new iPhone this year. Probably next month. Why is your jaw not dropping? Sure, Apple releases a new iPhone every year in June -- and sure, the next iPhone has already played a pivotal part in a massive scandal that resulted in a police raid on a blogger's house. But.. but.. Fine. At this point, a new iPhone announcement in June isn't really a surprise. It's more of a tradition -- and this year, it looks like AT&T is getting ready a bit early.

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  • Russia might build an extra Soyuz just for space tourists

    Russia might build an extra Soyuz just for space tourists

    Russia might be getting back into the space tourism business in a big way. There’s a chance that construction will begin on a new Soyuz spaceship this year to carry just tourists up into the wide vasts of space and then to the stinky confines of the ISS. I’m jealous. Space tourism took a back seat [...]

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  • Palm cranks Pre and Pixi production back up to the normal rate

    Palm cranks Pre and Pixi production back up to the normal rate

    Oh, February 11th. I remember it like it was just a few weeks ago. A report came out claiming that Palm was halting production of the Pre and Pixi, and everybody panicked. Then it turned out that it was an entirely pre-planned production vacation for the sake of their Taiwanese employees who wanted to celebrate [...]

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  • LG hopes to launch their first Windows Phone 7 handset around September or November

    LG hopes to launch their first Windows Phone 7 handset around September or November

    When Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 just a few days ago at Mobile World Congress, the only sort of time frame they’d give for release was “by the Holidays”. As it turns out, they may have meant Labor Day. Engadget Chinese met up with LG during some sort of Chinese New Year celebration, and got hit with [...]

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  • CES Day 1: Robots, ereaders, and more

    CES Day 1: Robots, ereaders, and more

    We're almost through day one of CES here in sunny Las Vegas and we're pretty pumped. The mood of the show is tempered and realistic. There's no froth and it seems that CE manufacturers are just glad they made it out of 2009 alive and are now looking forward to a quiet but strong new year.

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  • Lenovo announces new ultra-portables and business laptops

    Lenovo announces new ultra-portables and business laptops

    It's the new year, and time for some new stuff from Lenovo. The laptop manufacturer announced their latest and greatest recently, the new ThinkPad X100e and the ThinkPad Edge (amongst others).

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  • iConvert Photo Scanner promises simple 4×6 snapshot archiving

    iConvert Photo Scanner promises simple 4×6 snapshot archiving

    You don’t really have to start in on your New Year’s resolutions until Monday. Friday was pretty much a gimme and now it’s the weekend, so just rest up for whatever thing you’re going to try to do for a week before quitting. If digitizing old-timey family photos is on your list, this new-ish scanner is powered via USB cable and features simple one-button operation.

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  • Six New Years Resolutions For Apple And The iPhone In 2010

    Six New Years Resolutions For Apple And The iPhone In 2010

    Last night, as we waited for Carson Daily to tell us that it was time to make a lot of noise, I found myself laying on my buddy's lawn with glass number one-too-many of something toxic in my hand. As I stared up at the stars, I pondered something I'd imagine most of the country was pondering as well: Does Steve Jobs make New Years Resolutions? I mean, really; outside of continuing to kick cancer's ass and perhaps expanding his wardrobe, there's probably not much that needs resolving in El Jobso's personal life. His number one pet project (outside of that other one), however, could probably use a bit of work right now.

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  • Contest: Win a prize pack of Energizer ‘Energi to Go’ chargers worth over $450

    Contest: Win a prize pack of Energizer ‘Energi to Go’ chargers worth over $450

    See the photo there? That’s just ONE of the items in the $450+ prize pack that Energizer will be giving to one of our lucky readers. The rules are simple, here’s how to win: 1. Become a fan of Energi to Go on Facebook: Facebook – Energi To Go 2. Leave a message on Energi To Go’s [...]

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  • So what were the ‘Happy 2010!’ glasses like?

    So what were the ‘Happy 2010!’ glasses like?

    Happy 2010, people who count from Anno Domini using the Gregorian calendar! I greeted the new year by saying, sometime well after midnight, “Oh, it's 2010 already.” I was playing the PC version of Call of Duty 4, which is demonstrably better than the Xbox 360 version I played two years ago. But that's not the point of this here post. No, for I have one question to ask of the people who did go outside and celebrate: what were the “Happy 2010!” glasses like?

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  • Happy New Year from CrunchGear

    Happy New Year from CrunchGear

    Welcome to 2010, friends, and thanks for reading. Here’s to the coming decade of great technology, amazing insights, and fun gadgets. Thanks to StupidInventor for his totally dumb confetti popping thinger.

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  • Mountain Dew and Pepsi Throwback bring real sugar back to sodas once again

    Mountain Dew and Pepsi Throwback bring real sugar back to sodas once again

    They’re baaaack! I just spotted the greatest beverages on Earth in my local Rite Aid while shopping for New Year’s Eve refreshments. The last I heard, Pepsi discontinued the Throwback line after a brief early summer run. But according to Wikipedia – who’s never wrong — the HFCS-free sodas are back for a limited time. Why, oh [...]

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  • The Known Universe by the AMHN put to the music of Muse

    The Known Universe by the AMHN put to the music of Muse

    It’s New Year’s Eve and you’re stuck in front of a computer. Sorry, bub. You might as well turn your speakers on and zen out to the American Museum of Natural History’s The Known Universe video put to Exogenesis by Muse. The somewhat boring, but also high-def, original video is after the jump if you [...]

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