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Motorola Milestone

March 26, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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For a device with as much superphone street cred as the Milestone, you’d think a basic task like listening to music through the headphone jack would be a cakewalk. No problems, right? So straightforward, really, that it’s not even worth testing thoroughly — and therein lies the problem, it seems. Milestone owners on both sides [...]

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The Engadget Show

March 26, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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Can’t wait for another Engadget Show to roll around? Well you’re in luck, friend. It’s happening tomorrow at 5:00pm ET. We’ll be doing giveaways at the show taping only, so brave the weather and join us in person for a chance to win great prizes! Josh will be sitting down with Avner Ronen of Boxee [...]

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JooJoo ship debuts on March 25 due to manufacturing issues

March 25, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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Well, that didn’t take too long. Just a day after we pondered the shipping status of Fusion Garage’s JooJoo tablet, the company’s come clean and told us shipping will delayed to March 25 because of a manufacturing issue with the tablet’s 12.1-inch capacitive screen. Yep, it looks like it’s going to be at least 27 [...]

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Nexus One coming to Vodafone UK in April

March 25, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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Without citing its sources, the Telegraph is reporting matter-of-factly that the Nexus One will launch on Vodafone in April for a to-be-determined price, though it’s “likely to be priced very similarly to comparable smartphones such as the iPhone.” It’s no secret that Vodafone’s picking up Google’s Snapdragon-powered beast — but we’ve yet to lock it [...]

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Entelligence: Windows Phone 7 Series

March 25, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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Entelligence is a column by technology stategist and athor Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicios cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he will explore where our industry is and where it is going – on both micro and [...]

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Symbian^4 makes video debut, fails to wow

March 25, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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Maybe it’s the lack of a banging soundtrack, but we’re finding ourselves somewhat underwhelmed by these first video appearances by the highly anticipated Symbian^4 user interface. What we’re shown is a now familiar layout for touchscreen devices, with a trio of home screens that can be customized with widgets and live information trinkets such as [...]

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Dell Mini 5 – new member of ‘a family of tablets’

March 25, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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Well isn’t this good to know. The Mini 5 isn’t even coming out for at least another month, yet already we’re hearing Dell has big plans for what’s to follow. Wired has the dish straight from Neeraj Choubey, GM of Dell’s tablet division, that there will be “a family of tablets” which will “scale up [...]

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Switched On: Sony’s forward Dash

March 24, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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In its introductory press release, here’s what Sony has to say about the Dash, a “personal Internet viewer” that it announced at CES: “Featuring a vivid 7-inch color touch screen… Dash utilizes an existing home wireless connection to continuously deliver Internet content to its viewers.” And according to its SonyStyle.com site, here’s what that Dash [...]

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LG debuts T280 ultralight, X140, X200 netbooks

March 24, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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Well, it looks like MSI isn’t the only company churning out new systems in advance of CeBIT — LG has now also let out word of three new laptops and netbooks ahead of the big show. Leading the pack is the stylish, CULV-based T280 ultralight pictured above, which packs an 11.6-inch display, a choice of [...]

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The surprisingly seedy side of microSD production

March 24, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

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That little memory chip serving tunes to your smartphone, the one that’s just a sneeze or twitch away from going where the socks go whenever you take it out, has a far more interesting history than you think. Andrew “Bunnie” Huang, co-creator of the Chumby, explored the surprisingly interesting underside of microSD production in China [...]

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