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DOMK Receives Confirmation That 1st “SolaPad” Units Are Being Prepared for Shipment
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New Autodesk SketchBook Ink App Delivers Stunning Creative Tools for iPad
24 May 2012 12:59 PM | No CommentsSAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) launched Autodesk SketchBook Ink for iPad paint and drawing app, the latest release from the company’s popular SketchBook...
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Vegas Tech Start Up Questionable LLC Launches Questionable Friends iPhone App
23 May 2012 4:53 PM | No CommentsLAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Questionable™ today introduced Questionable Friends™ for iPhone®. Questionable Friends lets you send questions to your contacts and provides instant feedback as questions are answered. Answers can be ...
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Sidecar Revolutionizes Phone Calls by Bringing “Smart Calling” to Smartphones
22 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Launching today, Sidecar (www.sidecar.me) is a new mobile app that brings Smart Calling to smartphones. Smart Calling allows people to share live See What I See video, brilliant ...
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TransCore Launches Mobile iPad App for TransSuite Traffic Management System
21 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsWASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intelligent Transportation Society of America Annual Meeting – TransCore brings the ease of mobile computing to its TransSuite® advanced traffic management system (ATMS), launching its iPad® ...
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North America Archive
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Rogers Canada to carry the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, first in North America
Posted on January 5, 2010 | No Comments
Looking to make sure they're not entirely overshadowed by Google's much hyped Nexus One announcement later today, Rogers Canada has squeaked out a last minute Android-related press release -- fortunately for them, it's a handset we're still pretty excited about.
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BlackBerry services down in North America yet again?
Posted on December 22, 2009 | No Comments
Look, BlackBerrys are always supposed to do a few things well: 1) grab your email in real time off an Exchange server; 2) make you look important; and 3) work. It seems, though, that we're working on our third major North American outage here in less than a month, with reports flowing in that users connected to BIS are having trouble with Messenger, web browsing, and apps that consume data (though email is inexplicably unaffected). Anyone out there seeing problems?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]BlackBerry services down in North America yet again? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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BlackBerry email down / delayed in North America (update)
Posted on December 17, 2009 | No CommentsGonna be a long day for BlackBerry users: RIM's confirmed to multiple outlets that its BIS servers are acting up and that email services are being delayed -- and we're actually hearing that they're just down, period. BlackBerry Messenger still works, though, so you can still BBM your BFF or whatever the kids do nowadays. No word on service restoration, but we'll update you when we find out.
P.S.- That's two months in a row with significant BIS problems -- what's up with that, RIM?
Update: ... and we're back!
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]BlackBerry email down / delayed in North America (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Shock study: Wii Fit alone won’t get you into shape (nor is it supposed to, by the way)
Posted on December 17, 2009 | No CommentsShocking study coming out of the University of Minnesota that says Wii Fit won't get you into shape, despite what you may think. Well, to be specific, the study says the game won't produce “significant changes in daily physical activity, muscular fitness, flexibility, balance or body composition.”
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Spend Christmas In Hell: Dante’s Inferno Demo Comes Just In Time For The Holidays
Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments
EA announced that the demo to their much anticipated game, Dante's Inferno would be available before the Holidays for your gaming enjoyment. The "Gates of Hell" demo lets users play through the entire first level of the game, introducing us all to the horrors abound in the Nine Circles of Hell. The demo opens with the protagonist returning from the crusades only to find that the love of his life has been murdered, and her spirit stolen by Lucifer.
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Look, it’s Red Dead Redemption!
Posted on December 1, 2009 | No CommentsThings are a little bit crazy here today. The biggest problem is that, oh, 40 percent of our posts aren’t posting when we schedule them to. It’s an aggravation that we really all could do without. But moving on, we have a new trailer from Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption. We also have a release date: [...] -
Blinking LEDs to give QR codes a run for their (ad) money
Posted on November 23, 2009 | No Comments
We're still waiting for this so-called QR code revolution to hit North America, but our contemporaries across the Pacific are already looking to develop the next big thing. Reportedly, a smattering of mega-corps (including the likes of Toshiba and NEC) are joining hands in order to concoct a rivaling technology that requires even less effort to get content from billboards, books and posters to one's mobile. The heretofore unnamed system utilizes blinking LEDs to send data to phones, and so long as an ad has enough room for a minuscule light, consumers can come within five meters of it and receive the associated information by simply pointing their handset in the direction of the light. If all goes well, the technology will be ready for commercialization by 2013, or just after phase one of the Robot Apocalypse.Blinking LEDs to give QR codes a run for their (ad) money originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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BlackBerry Internet Service stricken with global outages?
Posted on November 16, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: RIM
Looks like BlackBerry Internet Services is having a rough night, with a number of sites reporting it being down not just in North America, but also elsewhere around the world. A handful of tipsters have expressed similar issues, and though we've had some weirdness with our service tonight, it seems to be working well enough. So tell us, how's BIS doing for you tonight?
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Read - Boy Genius ReportBlackBerry Internet Service stricken with global outages? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Final Fantasy XIII hits North America (both PS3 and Xbox 360) on March 9, 2010!
Posted on November 13, 2009 | No CommentsFinal Fantasy XIII will come out in North America on March 9, 2010 for both the PS3 and Xbox 360. So says the official e-mail we just received. You can't see it, but there's a smile on my face right now.
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Motorola’s MT710 OPhone for China makes us dream of Droids without keyboards
Posted on November 12, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Motorola, China Mobile, Android
While it's busy trying to rebuild market share on the backs of Android-powered devices in North America and Europe, Motorola's already got a bustling business in China, so it makes sense that they'd want to contribute some Google juice over there as well. That dovetails nicely with China Mobile's Android-based Open Mobile System -- which runs those so-called OPhones -- and Motorola has yet to bring an OPhone to market, so that's where this little beast appears poised to come into play. The MT710 is said to feature an 854 x 480 display clocking in at 3.7 inches and 3G support (using China Mobile's up-and-coming TD-SCDMA network), but beyond that, little is known; it's said that Motorola will intro a total of seven Android models in China over the next year, though, and this is clearly one of them. Shave three or four millimeters off the Droid's girth with this puppy, and count us in.
[Via PMP Today]Motorola's MT710 OPhone for China makes us dream of Droids without keyboards originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Special feather stylus for early buyers of Legend of Zelda – Spirit Tracks
Posted on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
Well, it looks like Nintendo has done it to us again. Purchasers of the new game, The Legend of Zelda - Spirit Tracks in Japan will receive a special transparent quill stylus when they buy the game. It's not even a pre-order bonus, it's going to be given out on launch day, just not in the U.S.
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DSi XL to be available in America & Europe in early 2010
Posted on October 29, 2009 | No CommentsGreat news, everyone. Nintendo will release the large-screened DSi in America early next year. It’s been rebadged as the DSi XL instead of the DSi LL. There’s still no word on the price or exact release date, but at least we know it’s coming. Win. Nintendo via Kotaku, “A new iteration of the Nintendo DSi system will [...] -
Virgin Mobile looks ready to euthanize Helio brand, Ocean 2 vanishes
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Pantech, MVNOs
Back in our day, the kiddies all ran around with Helios, VK Mobile looked like it could be the next Pantech, and "Kickflip" was a phone, not a skateboarding move. Okay, fine -- we knew like one or two people that used Helio, VK Mobile never even made a dent in the US market, and skateboarding had a lock on kickflips long before the wireless industry did -- and actually, that perfect storm of bad news may have ultimately led the once-promising MVNO to the sad situation we have here today under Virgin Mobile's stewardship. Virgin has now all but erased the memory of Helio from its website, leaving just the Ocean and Mysto to soldier on -- and the phones now go by their ODM's names (Pantech and Samsung, respectively) rather than Helio proper. The strangest part is that the Ocean seems to have outlasted its replacement, the Ocean 2, which is now gone -- unless you hit up Virgin Mobile's Korean language site, a sub-brand in itself that it inherited from Helio and has a track record of giving members of the community better, faster access to hot devices. Any way you slice it, though, it never made sense for Virgin to run two brands -- Helio's fate was sealed the moment the sale was finalized, but considering the company's spot-on mantra of "bring awesome Asian phone tech to North America," we'll always have a soft spot in our hearts for these guys.
[Via MobileCrunch]Virgin Mobile looks ready to euthanize Helio brand, Ocean 2 vanishes originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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BlackBerry Bold 9700 launching on domestic and European GSM carriers in November
Posted on October 21, 2009 | No Comments
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 has finally been announced. Details have been leaking in about the "Onyx" for months and most of the seem to be true in hindsight. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 successor rocks a Tour-like keyboard but ditches the trackball in favor of a little trackpad like in the Curve 8520. The camera has been upped to 3.2MP and the screen is now a 480 x 320 display. Just like the Storm 2, the 9700 runs BlackBerry OS 5.0 and all the goodies are included like threaded messaging, updated BB Messenger, and BlackBerry Maps.
Best of all RIM is launching the phone to nearly every GSM carrier in North America and Europe in November although International carrier-specific pricing is hard to come by right now. That will probably change in a day or two though.
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Picsio: Victor JVC goes after the Flip with new 1080p camcorder
Posted on September 28, 2009 | No Comments
Victor JVC seems to finally have realized how well the Flip sells over in North America. The company has now announced the Picsio GC-FM1 [JP], a mini camcorder recording video at 2.03MP and shooting pictures at 8MP. The Picsio offers 1080p output at a 4:3 ratio (1,440×1080, 30fps). Alternatively, you can go for a 720p, VGA or QVGA mode.