Word On The Street Archive

  • Shutup, Internet: The Palm Pre will be available on Verizon Wireless

    Shutup, Internet: The Palm Pre will be available on Verizon Wireless

    How many hours ago did it “break” that the Palm Pre wasn't going to be available on Verizon Wireless? Yeah, well, now word on the street is that, forget everything you read last night, because there's no way in hell the Palm Pre won't be available for Verizon Wireless. Or, to remove the double-negative: yes, the Palm Pre will, indeed, be available on Verizon Wireless, most likely this winter. Calm yourselves.

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  • WinMo 6.5 powered HTC Imagio coming to Verizon Oct. 6?

    WinMo 6.5 powered HTC Imagio coming to Verizon Oct. 6?

    Nothing like a hot rumor to get your Friday going. Word on the street is that a new WinMo 6.5 packin’, HTC smartie named Imagio is coming to Verizon on October 6. As this is the very same day WinMo 6.5 is officially hitting the mobilesphere, the speculation seems all that much more legitimate. According to [...]

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  • Predictable rumor: There will be a Sony PSP-4000

    Predictable rumor: There will be a Sony PSP-4000

    Word on the street is that Sony will release a PSP-4000. You act surprised.

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  • Nokia smartbook in the works?

    Nokia smartbook in the works?

    nokiaHot on the heels of the recently-reported Nokia Booklet 3G netbook, word on the street is that Nokia's also planning an ARM-based smartbook as well (not pictured above).

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  • Students plan to protest Nokia store in NYC re: Iran role

    Students plan to protest Nokia store in NYC re: Iran role

    Word on the street is that students plan to protest outside of the Nokia store in Manhattan because of the company's alleged evildoing in Iran. The protest is being led by Project Nur, which is a student-affiliated “initiative” of the American Islamic Congress. Good luck, bro.

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  • Rogers hints at 8GB iPhone 3GS

    Rogers hints at 8GB iPhone 3GS

    Will Apple release an 8GB iPhone 3GS? If we're to believe this photo, sent to BGR from an operative deep inside Canada's Rogers, then yes. Yes it will.

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  • Toshiba is making a whole lot of flash memory chips this month: New iPods? Tablet-related? Puppies?

    Toshiba is making a whole lot of flash memory chips this month: New iPods? Tablet-related? Puppies?

    New iPods usually come out in September, right? There or thereabouts, at any rate. Well then maybe we should look into this report that says Toshiba will “ramp up” production of flash memory chips during the month of Auguest. Word on the street is that Toshiba is doing so to fulfill a big order from Apple. So, new iPods on the way? Speculate away!

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  • Microsoft is entering the streaming music market. Hooray.

    Microsoft is entering the streaming music market. Hooray.

    zuneThe Telegraph has word that Microsoft will be entering the streaming music market. The plan is to offer free streaming, and the option to purchase music for download. Just what the world needs, another streaming solution. Another boutique music store. Another walled garden from which digital content can be rationed out to the masses, while fatcat music execs wallow in piles of cash.

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  • Hybrid storage controversy: Did Microsoft just ban the sale of the MSI Wind U115?

    Hybrid storage controversy: Did Microsoft just ban the sale of the MSI Wind U115?

    Oh man, not two minutes after a positive Microsoft story (which was, in fairness, preceded by a negative one) there's this. Word on the street is that Microsoft is seeking to prevent the sale of the MSI Wind U115. Why's that? Apparently Microsoft has no time for a netbook—“a race to the bottom,” claims CrunchGear's John Biggs—running Windows XP Home that has a so-called hybrid storage system. That is, one with both a traditional hard disk drive (HDD) as well as a solid state drive (SDD).

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