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

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

    Posted on January 1, 2010 | No Comments
    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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  • Nokia sprouting a second SIM slot in 2010

    Nokia sprouting a second SIM slot in 2010

    Posted on December 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Russia and China have both made it very clear that they like their dual-SIM phones -- in most of Europe and the Americas, they're little more than a novelty, but in the Far East they've become a unique market need driven by the way local carriers work and the average buyer's usage model. LG, Samsung, and Moto have all succumbed to the trend, so why not Nokia? Sure enough, we're hearing from none other than industry heavyweight Eldar Murtazin who confirmed with a local Nokia exec that dual-SIM is in the cards come Q2 2010 in the "mid tier" segment. In other words, don't expect an N900 with a second SIM slot conveniently under the battery, but more likely a high-function Series 40 type of device. And hey, look, we know it wouldn't go over too well with carriers here, but we can think of plenty of times where we'd have loved to be able to flick from AT&T to T-Mobile or vice versa -- so go ahead, Nokia, sell these in your flagship stor... ah, wait.

    Nokia sprouting a second SIM slot in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Report: Sharp and Philips agree on LCD TV deal

    Report: Sharp and Philips agree on LCD TV deal

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
    The consolidation process in the TV business continues and now even becomes international. Just last month, Sharp inked a "historical" joint venture deal with former rival Sony, agreeing to supply LED backlights to Sony for their LCD TVs (which happened this month).

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  • Palm and Sprint issue statement acknowledging Profile backup issue

    Palm and Sprint issue statement acknowledging Profile backup issue

    Posted on November 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Even in a world full of racket, it seems that the squeaky wheel still gets the grease. In yet another blow to this whole "cloud" agenda, a vocal segment of Palm users began to notice that information transferred from their online Palm Profile was only a fraction of what it should have been. Today, both Palm and Sprint have issued a joint statement acknowledging the issue and promising to work much, much harder in order to avoid having something like this ruin your life once again. To quote:
    "We are seeing a small number of customers who have experienced issues transferring their Palm Profile information to another Palm webOS device. Palm and Sprint are working closely together to support these customers to successfully transfer their information to the new device."
    Between this mess and the T-Mobile fiasco, we're pretty certain we're being forced to stay on the manual backup bandwagon for the foreseeable future.

    [Thanks, Mike]

    Palm and Sprint issue statement acknowledging Profile backup issue originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Family Guy advertised Windows 7 after all

    Family Guy advertised Windows 7 after all

    Posted on November 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Remember that hubbub a few weeks back about Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy advertising Windows 7? But the show was apparently deemed to raunchy so Microsoft replaced Family Guy with Warner Bros. Well, did you catch last night's episode? There was a Family Guy segment that certainly looked like an advertisement and was then followed by a regular Windows 7 commercial. Check out the video after the jump. It makes you wonder if there is more to come and the deal isn't dead after all.

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  • Report: Sony and Sharp shake hands in another LCD TV deal

    Report: Sony and Sharp shake hands in another LCD TV deal

    Posted on November 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Globally speaking, there is one clear leader in the LCD TV business: Samsung. The company commands a 23.2% share in this segment, with Sony (13.7%) and Sharp (7%) almost hopelessly behind (according to DisplaySearch). So in June this year already, Sony and Sharp inked a joint venture deal to produce LCD TVs together. And today, the Nikkei (Japan's biggest business publication), reports that the two former arch rivals decided to further expand their alliance.

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  • North American version of T-Mobile Pulse gets FCC approval, but for which carrier?

    North American version of T-Mobile Pulse gets FCC approval, but for which carrier?

    Posted on November 3, 2009 | No Comments

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    Android-powered handsets are still rare enough so that the world can't afford to segment them by continent -- when a big model comes out, it's pretty much got to go everywhere. Okay, correction: it doesn't have to go everywhere, but we certainly want it to -- and fortunately, it looks like some lucky carrier in the Americas is signed up for the Huawei U8220. You might know this puppy better as the Pulse over on T-Mobile in Europe, and a new variant of the device -- model number U8220-6 -- has just garnered FCC approval in the past few days with 3G on the 850 and 1900MHz bands. That means Bell, Telus, Rogers, Fido, and AT&T could all be on tap to get this one; we doubt that AT&T would make its inaugural Android plunge with a midrange Huawei, but stranger things have happened.

    [Via androphones.com, thanks Silver]

    North American version of T-Mobile Pulse gets FCC approval, but for which carrier? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • iPhone gaming could overtake Nintendo, Sony by 2014

    iPhone gaming could overtake Nintendo, Sony by 2014

    Posted on October 23, 2009 | No Comments
    According to a new report put out by DFC Intelligence entitled “The Market for iPhone and iPod Touch Games and Applications,” the iPhone (/ iPod touch) platform has the potential to take the lead in the lucrative portable gaming market over its chief competition, Nintendo and Sony, by as early as 2014. DFC Intelligence believes that [...]

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  • Contest: Become potent in your segment with Poken

    Contest: Become potent in your segment with Poken

    Posted on October 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Nothing says "I'm a plugged-in, cool guy with lots of money and charm" like a small RFID-capable dongle that you can rub against your friend's RFID dongles to pass pertinent information. With that hypothesis in mind, we've teamed up with Poken to offer 10 CrunchGear branded Poken Pulses for you and your friends. Here's how to win.

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  • Get ready for more of those TSA body scanners!

    Get ready for more of those TSA body scanners!

    Posted on October 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh, dear. The TSA will expand the use of those body scanners we've talked about time and time again. This will no doubt freak out a certain segment of the population, but I have something even more terrifying for y'all: adjustable rate mortgages!

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  • Toyota’s anti-drunk driving gadget elicits comparison to, yes, Nazi Germany

    Toyota’s anti-drunk driving gadget elicits comparison to, yes, Nazi Germany

    Posted on August 31, 2009 | No Comments
    Help me understand this. Toyota today announced some sort of anti-drunk driving “gadget” (more like a complete system, including a digital camera and a breathalyzer) that prevents a car from being turned on if it detects a certain amount of alcohol in your system. You know, to help reduce the number of drunk driving-related accidents, which in the U.S. caused nearly 12,000 deaths last year. That's one death every 45 minutes.

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  • FTC gives Sprint-Virgin Mobile merger a thumbs up

    FTC gives Sprint-Virgin Mobile merger a thumbs up

    Posted on August 24, 2009 | No Comments
    Earlier today, the FTC announced that Sprint Nextel’s proposed merger with Virgin Mobile USA has received antitrust clearance, i.e. the deal can move ahead. While still too early to tell if this is a good move for the struggling number 3 carrier, at least it looks like Sprint won’t have to deal with any legal [...]

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  • Uh Oh: The Toshiba TG01 is diseased

    Uh Oh: The Toshiba TG01 is diseased

    Posted on July 15, 2009 | No Comments
    If you're part of the very, very, very small segment of Crunch readers who happens to live in Germany, and you're an O2 customer, and you bought a TG01 - look out! Your new toy might make your computer feel a bit woozy inside.

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  • 65,000 signatures on petition to get LAN back in StarCraft II (but will Blizzard listen?)

    65,000 signatures on petition to get LAN back in StarCraft II (but will Blizzard listen?)

    Posted on July 15, 2009 | No Comments
    By now I'm sure you know that Blizzard doesn't plan to support LAN in StarCraft II. There's a petition going around that politely asks Blizzard to reconsider. Said petition has some 65,000 signatures on it. You should sign it, too.

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  • Tesla shows off the new Roadster Sport

    Tesla shows off the new Roadster Sport

    Posted on July 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Maybe the 0-60 mph in 3.9-second Tesla Roadster isn't quick enough for some folks. Maybe some trust fund babies want to spend an extra $20k to improve that time to only 3.7-seconds. Well, Tesla unvealed the Roadster Sport today at the companies first NYC dealership just for them. This model will cost $128k. We already knew that this model was coming - along with the NYC dealership - but how about a quick recap?

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