Thursday, July 22, 2010

Samsung, Toshiba seek big increase in NAND flash speeds

Samsung Electronics and Toshiba on Wednesday said they plan to push for a new specification meant to speed up the flow of data in NAND flash memory, used to store data in products from iPads and iPhones to SSDs (solid state drives) used in PCs and data centers.
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Predawn tunnel crash halts shinkansen line

OSAKA (Kyodo) Sanyo Shinkansen Line service was suspended between Shin-Osaka and Okayama stations Thursday morning after two maintenance trains hit each other in a tunnel, affecting about 68,000 people, including summer holiday vacationers, West Japan Railway Co. officials said. Shinkansen runs between the two stations were disrupted from the first train of the day after one of the maintenance ...
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LG Electronics eye bigger mobile phone market

LG ELECTRONICS Philippines, which started to offer sleek and quality smart phones three years ago, has finally made its presence felt in this part of the country, with the opening of its first-ever co read more
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Archos 3cam vision

The Archos 3cam vision has a touch screen, shoots photos and video, and does a lot of things a $100 MP3 player typically can't.
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Motorola Droid X: The Mixed Reviews Are In

Motorola's Droid X gets an average of a C+ rating from reviewers because of a bevvy of phone flaws. Droid - Motorola - Smartphone - Handhelds - Android
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Data Summary

The mobile youth market in the US has reached saturation. Mobile penetration among 20-29 year olds in the US crossed 100% in 2006 and is over 120% currently.
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Blackberry rejects Apple's signal loss claim

WASHINGTON -Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has fired back at Apple over its claim that all smartphones suffer signal loss when held in a certain way.
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LG Electronics eye bigger mobile phone market

LG ELECTRONICS Philippines, which started to offer sleek and quality smart phones three years ago, has finally made its presence felt in this part of the country, with the opening of its first-ever co read more
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China's 3G users hit 25.2 mln by end of June: MIIT

China's third-generation (3G) mobile phone service subscribers numbered 25.2 million at the end of June, up 40 percent from the first quarter, said Zhang Feng, a senior official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Tuesday.
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BlackBerry Apps: Four Types to Avoid

It's never been easier to find quality BlackBerry applications. That's due largely to RIM's own app store, BlackBerry App World--which sees right around 1 million downloads a day, according to the company--as well as third party application marketplaces like Mobihand's BlackBerry store. Both online destinations are one-stop shops for valuable BlackBerry apps.
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Motorola sues Huawei over trade secret theft

Motorola sued Chinese rival Huawei Technologies for allegedly conspiring with former employees of the US maker of mobile...
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Teen Arrested For Setting Fire In Palm Springs

Palm Springs police say a 17-year-old was arrested for setting a vegetation fire that broke out earlier this week.
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Android's Voice-Activated Search Is an Awesome Calculator and Conversion Tool [Android Tip]

# androidtip Android phone's Google voice search is handy as is, but reader Michael Crider shares a tip with us that we didn't think about beforeâ€"it also means you have Google's calculator and conversion tools available via voice activation. More »
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NASCAR Brickyard 400: NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series Champion Bobby Labonte and CSX Transportation Remind ...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN--(Marketwire - July 22, 2010) - Just before his 600th consecutive start, NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte, past champion of the Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series, will join CSX ( NYSE : CSX ) at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, signing autographs and reminding motorists to be " Better Safe " around railroad tracks.
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LightSquared's big gamble: A brand-new wireless network


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Brandoâs Slim Bluetooth Keyboard Review

New smart-devices are coming to market almost daily, many without physical keyboards. Manufactures have begun creating handheld sized or folding Bluetooth keyboards to help expedite text input. I travel a great deal and love to walk through the various airports observing what the huge variety of tech people have and how they use it. I [...] Filed in categories: Bluetooth Gear , Reviews , iPhone ...
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Nokia profits drop sharply

Nokia reported a sharp drop in second-quarter profits today and forecast a weak third quarter, increasing the pressure on embattled chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo.
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Video: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and mini pro video tour - part 1 of 2

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini pro are two small Android 1.6 powered smartphones that feature 2.5-inch QVGA resolution touchscreen displays. The pro version adds a full QWERTY keyboard to the package. We check them both out in this unboxing and feature touch video. Watch the video here.
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Verizon's LTE Network: November 15th

Big Red may be ready to do battle with Sprint's 4G network way ahead of schedule. We expected to see their LTE network go live at some point in 2011, but now news from Engadget puts the launch at or around November 15th. Initially, the network will be limi...
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EA Mobile Unveils New IPhone, IPad Games for This Summer

Reading a paperback on the beach is so twentieth century. Mobile games and e-readers are the wave of the future. On Tuesday, EA Mobile unveiled its summer 2010... Mobile game - Electronic Arts - Video game - IPhone - Game
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HTC Phone Has Fewer Complaints Than iPhone

HTC Corp. said one of its phones named by the Apple Inc. as having antenna signal problems received 35-times less complaints than for the iPhone 4.
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EA Mobile Unveils New IPhone, IPad Games for This Summer

Reading a paperback on the beach is so twentieth century. Mobile games and e-readers are the wave of the future. On Tuesday, EA Mobile unveiled its summer 2010... Mobile game - Electronic Arts - Video game - IPhone - Game
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Samsung Galaxy S' not-so-secret weapon: TouchWiz 3.0

Samsung's custom Android user interface is the first thing we see on Galaxy S family of phones, but seems to be the last thing anyone is talking about.
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Nokia profits drop sharply

Nokia reported a sharp drop in second-quarter profits today and forecast a weak third quarter, increasing the pressure on embattled chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo.
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Business ⺠Sanyo starts tasting service for new automatic rice bread cooker

Sanyo Electric Co on Wednesday started offering free samples of rice bread in its drive to sell an automatic rice bread cooker that it will…
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ZoomSafer Launches Bluetooth-Integrated Safe Driving Application

The company is offering a free, beta version of the smart phone app, which integrates with in-vehicle Bluetooth technologies to block texts and e-mails while a person is driving.
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Apple Multi-Touch Appears Ready To Tickle The Desktop

In front of me right now there's an enormous 27-inch screen with another 24-inch screen connected to it for use as a second monitor. This massive amount of screen real estate is nice for everything from blogging to watching streaming movies. And yet, I find myself using this set up less and less and instead favor my 15-inch laptop. Why? Simply because I prefer using a multi-touch trackpad to ...
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LG Launches 3D Notebook, the LG R590 3D

LG Electronics today announced the launch of its first 3D notebook (model LG R590 3D) which captures all the benefits of 3D in a portable form factor. In addition to the 3D notebook, LG is introducing a 3D monitor ...
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T-Mobile To Get iPhone In 2010? '80 Percent Chance,' Says Source

Talks between Apple and T-Mobile are at an advanced stage, our source says, and it's 80 percent likely that the iPhone will be coming to T-Mobile in Q3.
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Bluetooth SIG Launches Application Developers' Contest

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced the opening of its Application Developers' Contest, which will allow users to take advantage of the various features that Bluetooth technology has to offer the wireless space.
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Android tablet to offer telephony

Tattu Mobile is prepping an Android-based tablet based on ZiiLabs' ZMS-05 SoC, with the help of Intrinsyc's RapidRIL telephony technology, says Intrinsyc. Meanwhile, CNET reviewed the Dell Streak Android tablet (pictured) and dubbed it "the best Android-based tablet we've seen so far."
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T-Mobile USA is âvery closeâ to getting the iPhone this Fall, a company source says

T-Mobile USA is apparently “very close” to getting the iPhone this year, a company source told a popular Apple publication. According to an exclusive piece by the Cult of Mac editor Leander Kahney, there’s an eighty percent probability that Apple’s smartphone will hit T-Mobile’s US network soon: Talks between Apple and T-Mobile are at an advanced [...]
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Review: HTC Legend has character, style

The HTC Legend, available through Virgin Mobile in the US and Bell subscribers in Canada, is an Android 2.1 smartphone with a sleek, aluminum unibody shell, precise industrial design, a bright AMOLED screen and a new optical trackball that doesn't actually have a ball.
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2degrees takes on big boys with 3G

Mobile phone company 2degrees will start using its 3G network next week, putting it on a par with rivals Telecom and Vodafone.Specialists are completing the final network testing, so it will be available only to a select group...
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Palm Beach County developer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition files for bankruptcy

Palm Beach County developer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition files for bankruptcy
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HTC sales to grow in 3rd quarter: analysts

HTC, a Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer, is expected to see its sales surge in the third quarter due to the rising popularity of its products, especially in the United States, analysts said.
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Nokia Reports Q2 Earnings Of 0.06 Euro a Share

Nokia Reports Q2 Earnings Of 0.06 Euro a Share
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T-Mobile source: 80% chance Apple iPhone coming to T-Mobile USA this autumn

T-Mobile USA is very close to getting the iPhone in the fall...
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EA Mobile intros new summer/fall line of iPhone, iPad games

EA Mobile has introduced its new Summer and Fall line of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch games, consisting of up to eight different titles in development. Previously presented at EAís Hot for Holiday Event in New York, the new line of games cover a wide variety of genres ranging from the Madden NFL 11 and NCAA Football sports games to the Risk strategy war-based game. Additional titles mentioned ...
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Samsung Unveils 1TB Drive for Notebooks

Samsung's new 1TB Spinpoint MT2 is ideal for notebooks, digital TVs, home theater systems and more. Home cinema - Television - Home Theater - Electronics - Consumer electronics
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Bicyclist allegedly steals iPhone during GPS demo

A man allegedly snatches an iPhone out of a woman's hands. What he doesn't know is that she is waking part in a demonstration of a real-time GPS-tracking system. He is arrested within 10 minutes.
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Local law enforcement using GPS devices more frequently to catch criminals

We look into local law enforcement's use of GPS devices and why they don't want the public to know any more than they have to.
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Games and Navigation Driving Rapid Gyroscope Growth in Mobile Handsets

The market for gyroscopes in mobile handsets is forecast to grow by 150% between 2010 and 2011 according to a new study from IMS Research.
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Games and Navigation Driving Rapid Gyroscope Growth in Mobile Handsets

The market for gyroscopes in mobile handsets is forecast to grow by 150% between 2010 and 2011 according to a new study from IMS Research.
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Verizon's LTE Network: November 15th

Big Red may be ready to do battle with Sprint's 4G network way ahead of schedule. We expected to see their LTE network go live at some point in 2011, but now news from Engadget puts the launch at or around November 15th. Initially, the network will be limi...
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