Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Games overtake email as second top online time killer- US study

Games have overtaken e-mail as Americans' number two online time killer for the first time, according to new research, with social networking coming top of the list.
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Motorola and Verizon To Launch TV Tablet, Report Says

Motorola and Verizon are reportedly collaborating on a boob-tube-friendly tablet device centered around Verizon's FIOS digital TV service and aimed to steal tablet market share from Apple's iPad. Apple - Verizon FiOS - Verizon - Motorola - IPad
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Vonage makes Facebook phone call app for iPhone, Android

Vonage, a pioneer of home phone service over the Internet, has a new application for the iPhone and Android phones that provides free calls between Facebook users. Facebook - iPhone - Android - Vonage - Handhelds
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HTC Glacier leaks out in GLBenchmark database, boasts really high scores

Remember the HTC Glacier spotted in a database a few months ago? Neither did we, but it's back and eating most every other smartphone's pixel-pushing lunch. Here it is at number four on the GLBenchmark Pro 1.1 charts, where only one variant of Samsung's Galaxy S and a pair of Tegra 2 tablets managed to keep it from claiming the top spot. AlienBabelTech , who found the entry, believes this is ...
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HTC Glacier leaks out in GLBenchmark database, boasts really high scores

Remember the HTC Glacier spotted in a database a few months ago? Neither did we, but it's back and eating most every other smartphone's pixel-pushing lunch. Here it is at number four on the GLBenchmark Pro 1.1 charts, where only one variant of Samsung's Galaxy S and a pair of Tegra 2 tablets managed to keep it from claiming the top spot. AlienBabelTech , who found the entry, believes this is ...
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T-Mobile Returns to BlogHer Conference for Third Year, Connecting With Thousands of Women Bloggers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--T-Mobile USA, Inc. will once again be part of the world’s largest conference for women in social media during BlogHer ’10, taking place Aug. 6â€"7 in New York. During the conference, a community of female bloggers will get a hands-on look at T-Mobile’s latest products and services designed to help families stay in touch easily and affordably. At the conference, T-Mobile ...
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World Equestrian Games To Use GPS Tracking


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Motorola shares rise as Icahn takes biggest stake

Shares of Motorola Inc. rose Wednesday after billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn again increased his stake in the maker of cell phones, set-top boxes and other devices. He is now Motorola's largest shareholder, according to a regulatory filing.
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Blackberry OS 6

RIM announced Blackberry 6 yesterday, along with a new device called the Torch, to be released in the US on August 12. Users of some older Blackberry devices will be able to upgrade to the new OS, but unfortunately the upgrade will not be extending too far back in the product line (Bold 9700, Bold 9650, Pearl 3G). A Cnet article has a nice rundown of the new feature, which are no secret, because ...
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T-Mobile Returns to BlogHer Conference for Third Year, Connecting With Thousands of Women Bloggers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--T-Mobile USA, Inc. will once again be part of the world’s largest conference for women in social media during BlogHer ’10, taking place Aug. 6â€"7 in New York. During the conference, a community of female bloggers will get a hands-on look at T-Mobile’s latest products and services designed to help families stay in touch easily and affordably. At the conference, T-Mobile ...
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Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons jailed on extortion charges

Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons resigned after being arrested early Tuesday on charges of extortion and violating Florida’s public records and public meeting laws.
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Did You Know? Verizon Wireless Puts International Calling Information at Your Fingertips

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- When Verizon Wireless customers arrive at international destinations, they are greeted by more than just the local sights and sounds. They also receive a welcome message from Verizon Wireless. Customers receive a "welcome" text message from Verizon Wireless upon arrival at most of the 220 international destinations covered by the company's global ...
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T-Mobile to Offer BlackBerry 6 OS Smartphones

With RIM and ATT introducing the BlackBerry Torch 9800 yesterday, T-Mobile released a statement that confirms T-Mobile's commitment to offering a great selection of smartphones to meet the needs and wants of their customers. BlackBerry phones continue to be ...
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Sprint's 4G Spreads: Now In 48 Areas

Sprint's 4G network is already surprisingly widespread. I've taken two cross-country trips in the last month and been able to take advantage of this next-gen network on my Evo in many different places. From California to Texas to Oregon, high speed wireles...
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General Patent Licenses DTLâs Key Cell Phone Patent to Personal Communications Devices (PCD)

SUFFERN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Patent Corporation (GPC) licensed DTL’s key cell phone patent to Personal Communications Devices (PCD) and two regional wireless service providers.
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Sprint 4G WiMAX network spreads to Delaware, Florida, Michigan, new markets in California

Today Sprint announced that its 4G WiMAX network has spread to new markets in California, and is also now available in Delaware, Florida, and Michigan. The service was activated in Modesto California, Stockton, California, Jacksonville, Florida, Wilmington, Delaware, and Grand Rapids Michigan. With those markets, Sprint 4G is now available in a total of 48 metropolitan areas. Read the full story ...
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LG sees Malaysia important market for its products

KOTA KINABALU : Malaysia will be an important market for the LG Electronics (LGE) Air Conditioning (AC) Company in attaining its global objectives, said LG Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd managing director and chief executive officer, Jeff Cheh.
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Motorola mulls Android tablet PC to challenge iPad

Motorola Inc, maker of the Droid smartphone, is planning to release a tablet computer based on Google Inc's Android software to challenge Apple Inc's iPad, according to two people familiar with the plan.
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End of Line For Sanyo Blaze of Ad Glory

So farewell, then Sanyo, and your illustrious heritage of TV ads starring everyone from Jersey’s rock’n’roll troopers Bon Jovi to full-flow Whitney Houston, and even Joan Collins.
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Cricket Communications Inks MVNO Deal with Sprint Nextel

USA based mobile network, Cricket Communications has entered into a MVNO agreement with Sprint, which will allow Cricket to offer its products and services over Sprints 3G network throughout the United States.
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Sanyo VPC-WH1 is hot Deal of the Day at Amazon

The Sanyo VPC-WH1 is available at Amazon for $179.00. As the deal of the day, this great Sanyo VPC-WH1 HD waterproof camcorder is at this low price for today only. This price is 55% of list price. It is a waterproof camcorder equipped with flash and 30x O...
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RIM unveils touch-screen BlackBerry Torch

Research In Motion has unveiled a new touch-screen device with a slide-out keyboard called the BlackBerry Torch.
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Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons arrested on extortion charges, resigns post

He resigned and plans to plead guilty, the fourth Palm Beach County commissioner driven from office by scandal since 2006 Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons resigned after being arrested early Tuesday on charges of extortion and violating Florida's public records and public meeting laws.
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HTC EVO 4G Android Phone Review


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Windows Phone 7 aims to beat Android, iPhone with speech recognition

Hoping to leapfrog over Google and Apple's successes in the smartphone market, Microsoft plans to use cloud-based speech recognition and natural language processing technology to offer user interface capabilities not found on the iPhone or Android devices.
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SANYO Xacti VPC-CA100

World's First Waterproof Full HD Camcorder
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Samsung One Day Super Sale - August 15, 2010 - Market! Market! Activity Center

Samsung fans, rejoice! Samsung will hold a One Day Super Sale on August 15, 2010 ( that's the second Sunday of August ) at the Activity Center of Market! Market! Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City from 10AM to 9PM . Get up to 70% OFF on selected phones! Feel free to give Samsung a ring at (02) 580-5777 for more details. Enter your email address to subscribe to free daily TechPinas newsletter:
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Nokia N900 Touchscreen: In a Class of its Own - Watch it in Action!

Working on Nokia N900 's resistive touchscreen makes you think twice about saying that Resistive is a whole lot better than Capacitive. (Read TP's Resistive vs. Capacitive touchscreen discussion via the link) Consider this as TP's testimonial on Nokia N900's screen quality: Nokia N900's touchscreen is easily the best resistive touchscreen I've ever used . Unlike resistive screen on phones by ...
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Sprint opens 4G network in NCCo

Sprint has become the first wireless carrier to offer the faster mobile Internet speeds of 4G technology in Wilmington.
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BlackBerry users lambast UAE ban

BlackBerry users in Dubai on Tuesday panned a decision by the United Arab Emirates to suspend key services on the smartphone, saying it would be bad for business and the UAE's image.
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RIM unveils touch-screen BlackBerry Torch

Research In Motion has unveiled a new touch-screen device with a slide-out keyboard called the BlackBerry Torch.
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Ten Essential Symbian Apps

Software for your Nokia Product Round-up Nokia may have come a little late to the app store party, but it's Ovi Store now has plenty of software to choose from, whether you're looking for games or utilities, productivity, comms or entertainment apps.…
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 heading to O2

New Android effort landing in the autumn says network Posted by Joe Minihane
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Nokia offers cheapest smartphone

Nokia Philippines has unveiled the cheapest smartphone in the market to boost the mobile broadband usages in the country. Nokia C3 is available in the market for P7,295.
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Samsung introduces 3D home entertainment solution in India

Bangalore, Aug 4 : Samsung Electronics today announced its plans to consolidate its leadership in the Flat Panel TV Market on the strength of its 3D TV and LED TV focus.
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FaceTime over 3G comes to jail-broken iPhone 4

David Neal, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 3 August 2010 at 15:36:00 My3g app offers 3G video calls on cracked handsets Apple iPhone 4 users frustrated by the inability of their phone to offer 3G FaceTime video calls can be frustrated no more. Jail-broken handset users, i.e. people who have cracked their device to make it more open, can download an application that makes the video calls possible over a 3G ...
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Windows Phone 7 In Europe By October, US By November

Microsoft is placing a lot of emphasis on Windows Phone 7 as its answer to Android and iOS and though we’ve heard quite a bit about the Microsoft operating system (OS), little has been offered up about possible release dates. With talks of Microsoft employees receiving a free WP7 handset and other hints that [...]
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Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons jailed on extortion charges

Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons resigned after being arrested early Tuesday on charges of extortion and violating Florida’s public records and public meeting laws.
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Why mobile advertising is benefiting from innovation

What’s the most used internet application on your Symbian phone? It’s likely that the web browser is going to feature quite highly if we were to have a survey, and the huge number of eyes that mobile websites can gather is only going to grow in the future.
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Perfect Pitch for Sales

PROFILE INTERVIEW: Cydcor CEO Gary Polson is leading the sales outsourcing company through changes
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Sprint 4G WiMAX network spreads to Delaware, Florida, Michigan, new markets in California

Today Sprint announced that its 4G WiMAX network has spread to new markets in California, and is also now available in Delaware, Florida, and Michigan. The service was activated in Modesto California, Stockton, California, Jacksonville, Florida, Wilmington, Delaware, and Grand Rapids Michigan. With those markets, Sprint 4G is now available in a total of 48 metropolitan areas. Read the full story ...
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Sony Ericssonâs Pocket TV Confirmed On T4

Sony Ericsson today confirmed highlights from their second series of YouTube smash, Sony Ericsson’s Pocket TV, to be aired this summer on Channel 4’s T4 and 4Music.
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Sprint's 4G Spreads: Now In 48 Areas

Sprint's 4G network is already surprisingly widespread. I've taken two cross-country trips in the last month and been able to take advantage of this next-gen network on my Evo in many different places. From California to Texas to Oregon, high speed wireles...
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Windows Phone 7 In Europe By October, US By November

Microsoft is placing a lot of emphasis on Windows Phone 7 as its answer to Android and iOS and though we’ve heard quite a bit about the Microsoft operating system (OS), little has been offered up about possible release dates. With talks of Microsoft employees receiving a free WP7 handset and other hints that [...]
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T-Mobile's Garminfone price dropped again, now at $99.99

In spite of already having had its price dropped from $199.99 to $129.99, T-Mobile has decided to further reduce the price of its Android-powered Garmin Garminfone. The GPS navigation-centric Garminfone can now be had for $99.99 with a two year contract. Read the full story here.
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Mobile adoption of MEMS gyroscopes to grow 150 percent

Gyroscopes in mobile handsets became a buzzword because of Apple Inc.'s announcement that the iPhone 4 would feature a MEMS gyroscope.
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Mobile Phone Banking vs IMSI Catchers - community blog from Dean Procter


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