Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Press Release: Etymotic etyBLU2 Bluetooth Wireless Headset Now Available for Mobile Phone

Most Accurate and Comfortable Bluetooth Headset on the Market Features Etymotic's ACCU-Technology 30-30 Noise-Reduction Technology Read the full story here.
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Samsung's Texting Trio for T-Mobile

Hands-on with Samsung's three new affordable messaging phones for T-Mobile, all with QWERTY keyboards: the Gravity 3, Gravity T, and ":)" (Smiley). (follow link to read)
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Press Release: Etymotic etyBLU2 Bluetooth Wireless Headset Now Available for Mobile Phone

Most Accurate and Comfortable Bluetooth Headset on the Market Features Etymotic's ACCU-Technology 30-30 Noise-Reduction Technology Read the full story here.
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LG Remarq (Sprint)

LG Remarq (Sprint) The good: Petite and playful ergonomic design along with a great QWERTY keyboard. Built with environmentally friendly materials and offers a carbon footprint calculator.
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Nokia changes Ovi Store app rules to revive interest

Nokia today reworked some of its rules and software to rekindle developer interest in the Ovi Store. The phone maker is responding to a long called for move is now letting individuals, rather than just companies, sign up as Ovi Publishers. Developers can also now have their apps signed for free instead of having to pay per app, and Nokia promises to cut in half the time needed for an app to be ...
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Apple iPhone 3G S 32GB Unlocked


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Mobile phone throw, donkey vault at "Paddy Games"

TOKYO - With an events list including mobile phone throwing and the backwards 100 meters, the inaugural "Paddy Games" being held in Ireland in August looks set to break new records -- but not many conventional ones.
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LG Goes Android With Optimus Q

LG Electronics has been riding on the success of its “Chocolate” slider phone for years, but since the device's 2005 launch, it's struggled to come up with a popular follow-up.
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Verizon Wireless and Motorola Launch Droid X

Today Verizon Wireless, Motorola, Google and Adobe took the stage at a press conference in New York City to announced the new Droid X, Verizon's latest in its series of Android devices. The Droid X is a slab-style touch ... (follow link to read)
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HP buying Melodeo to get iTunes-to-webOS music streaming?

HP may be buying its way into music streaming for Palm's webOS devices with the acqusition of Melodeo, a scoop today claimed. The PC veteran has reportedly already completed a deal worth as much as $35 million and would primarily get nuTsie, a mobile media streaming app. It lets Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users stream their iTunes playlists over the Internet as well as access streams ...
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Android Market Is Acting Up, Showing No Apps [Androidapps]

Of all the days, Android Market had to choose today to get a little wonky. Some Android users are seeing no apps in Android Market (there's supposed to be 65,000 ), so it's either a bug or someone's math is terribly off. Either way, most people should be fine but if it's affecting you, you're not alone! We expect it to get fixed fairly quickly just like the last time Android Market slipped up ...
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GPS tracking for sex offenders works, but only if the data is monitored

When no one monitors the GPS tracking info of a parolee (as in the case of John Gardner) the outcome can be tragic and deadly.
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LG Goes Android With Optimus Q

LG Electronics has been riding on the success of its “Chocolate” slider phone for years, but since the device's 2005 launch, it's struggled to come up with a popular follow-up.
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Nokia changes Ovi Store app rules to revive interest

Nokia today reworked some of its rules and software to rekindle developer interest in the Ovi Store. The phone maker is responding to a long called for move is now letting individuals, rather than just companies, sign up as Ovi Publishers. Developers can also now have their apps signed for free instead of having to pay per app, and Nokia promises to cut in half the time needed for an app to be ...
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Motorolaâs Jha Says Icahn Has Been âForce for Goodâ

Motorola Inc. co-Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Jha said billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who pressured the company into a planned spinoff of its handset business, has been “a force for good.”
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Sony Ericsson Launches Next Vivaz(TM) Competition

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM-- (Marketwire - June 22, 2010) - Sony Ericsson has announced the launch of its next VivazT competition on the Sony Ericsson Facebook page in which users can win a new Sony Ericsson VivazT mobile phone.
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Verizon Wireless and Motorola Launch Droid X

Today Verizon Wireless, Motorola, Google and Adobe took the stage at a press conference in New York City to announced the new Droid X, Verizon's latest in its series of Android devices. The Droid X is a slab-style touch ... (follow link to read)
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Honeys, Jeol, Kintetsu, NTT Data, Tokyo Seimitsu, Toyota: Japanese Stocks

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 158.59, or 1.6 percent, to 9,954.30 as of 9:30 a.m. in Tokyo. The following are among the most active shares in the Japanese market today. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names.
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Nokia's secret weapon in battle with iPhone

Nokia's chief in Australia shows off the secret weapon up his sleeve that he believes will arrest the seemingly inexorable march of smartphone users to the iPhone.
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Symbian^3 Is Functionally Complete

The Symbian Foundation recently announced that Symabian^3 is "functionally complete." This means that the system software has reached a certain level of readiness for developers and manufacturers. The software is not yet "feature complete," which would be the final ... (follow link to read)
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Google Android Activations Increase 60% In A Month

Google's Android software is a strong second to Apple's iPhone software. Android is free for manufacturers to install, so it's on a lot of phones. Because the software is free, Android phones are cheap.
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China 3G Subscribers Top 20 Million

China Unicom and China Mobile each added 1 million 3G subscribers in May, as the market is gaining steam.
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Today only, DailyCheckout.com offers the Cellular Innovations Over-the-Head Bluetooth Headset, model no. HFBLU-H1, for $10.99. With $5.99 for shipping, that's $3 under our mention from last month, and the lowest total price we could find by $19. Features i...
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GPS Helps Track Down Man Lost in Fog

A man lost in the water because of heavy fog is safe this morning. Charlevoix County deputies got a call from Richard Napont Tuesday morning. He had run out of gas on his boat and couldn't see through the fog.
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Mobile gaming âwarehouseâ boosts sales 75%

mobile entertainment company BuzzCity tried something new. Instead of only selling games through its own portal, Djuzz, it launched the Djuzz Catalogue. This allowed publishing partners to embed a sto
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Most Apps Half Price at Palm's App Catalog

Palm has announced a sale through July 9 during which most applications in the webOS App Catalog will be half price.
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Symbian^3 Is Functionally Complete

The Symbian Foundation recently announced that Symabian^3 is "functionally complete." This means that the system software has reached a certain level of readiness for developers and manufacturers. The software is not yet "feature complete," which would be the final ... (follow link to read)
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Boyd easily leads District 2 fundraising / LIST OF DONORS

TALLAHASSEE â€" Locals will have 10 candidates to choose from in the race for District 2 U.S. Representative, but in the race to raise money, incumbent Allen Boyd has pulled away from the pack. The Democrat had raised almost $1.3 million by the end...
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GPS tracking for sex offenders works, but only if the data is monitored

When no one monitors the GPS tracking info of a parolee (as in the case of John Gardner) the outcome can be tragic and deadly.
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Sony Ericsson X10 Mini teardown reveals densely packed, tiny hardware

The crew at iFixit were jonesing for something to disassemble recently, and Sony Ericsson's X10 Mini seems to have been the nearest thing they could lay hand and screwdriver upon. We'll admit HTC has us kind of spoiled with the colorful interiors of its phones, so we were a little underwhelmed by the demureness of the X10 Mini. Everything is packed into the utilitarian logic board, and although ...
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iPhone 3G Owners, You Might Want to Hold Off on iOS4 [IOS4]

# ios4 The iPhone 3G is now about two years old, and it's nearing the end of its lifecycle. The proof? Installing the latest iOS4 on it causes it to slow to a crawl, and that's with half of its features missing. More »
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Dell Streak paired with Bluetooth keyboard

Some pundits have maligned the Dell Streak by dubbing the recently launched device an "oversized" smartphone. But Jenn K. Lee of StreakSmart - who linked a Bluetooth keyboard with the device in just seconds - has proven otherwise. read more
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Video: Motorola H17txt Bluetooth headset w/ MotoSpeak video review

Here's a look at the Motorola H17txt Bluetooth headset and its freely available MotoSpeak application. MotoSpeak will give your Android or BlackBerry smartphone the ability to use text to speech technology to read inbound SMS and email messages through the headset, totally hands free. Watch the video here.
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Sony Ericsson X10 Mini teardown reveals densely packed, tiny hardware

The crew at iFixit were jonesing for something to disassemble recently, and Sony Ericsson's X10 Mini seems to have been the nearest thing they could lay hand and screwdriver upon. We'll admit HTC has us kind of spoiled with the colorful interiors of its phones, so we were a little underwhelmed by the demureness of the X10 Mini. Everything is packed into the utilitarian logic board, and although ...
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Audyssey to Demonstrate Technology That Powers Many of the Industry's Leading Audio Products

Company Will Exhibit at Digital Experience Press Event in New York City's Chelsea District
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Motorola buying back $362 million worth of bonds

The phone maker Motorola Inc. said Tuesday it is buying back $361.8 million worth of its outstanding bonds.
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Phone call leads pizza man to robbery

Police said the suspects used some one else's cell phone to order pizza and when the driver arrived they robbed him of his money and GPS unit.
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Amico Games Empowered by Web-Based Payment Settlement System

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - June 21, 2010) - Amico Games Corp. ( OTCBB : AMCG ), an information technology company specializing in developing and operating mobile phone multiplayer networked games, today announces that the company has added a payment settlement system provided by 19Pay ( www.19Pay.com ), which has 300 million users in China.
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Boyd easily leads District 2 fundraising / LIST OF DONORS

TALLAHASSEE â€" Locals will have 10 candidates to choose from in the race for District 2 U.S. Representative, but in the race to raise money, incumbent Allen Boyd has pulled away from the pack. The Democrat had raised almost $1.3 million by the end...
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Sony Ericsson Launches Next Vivaz(TM) Competition

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM-- (Marketwire - June 22, 2010) - Sony Ericsson has announced the launch of its next VivazT competition on the Sony Ericsson Facebook page in which users can win a new Sony Ericsson VivazT mobile phone.
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Nokia N8: in depth

Nokia Australia invited CNET to a private briefing to show off its upcoming N8 Symbian smartphone where we got our greasy fingerprints on the sexy new touchscreen.
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Apple iPhone 3G Users Should Stop Whining

If you liked your iPhone yesterday, there are no fewer reasons to enjoy it today. If you don’t like your phone, sell it, and find something that better meets your requirements. IPhone - Apple - Smartphones - Handhelds - IPhone OS
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