May 24, 2013

company - News


Microsoft plans New “ Tactile Display Technology”

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Microsoft filed an application with the US Patent Office last week for a tactile display technology they are calling the “Light-Induced Shape-Memory Polymer Display Screen”. Great…. so what is it?. Such a display could generate small ridges and textures on its surface that could work as navigation guides. For instance, the display could provide a [...]

ASUS “Eee Note EA-800” e- reader to be launched in Taiwan this week at $230

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ASUS has introduced its new e-reader with 8 inches of screen real estate and a stylus for taking notes. today the company’s announcing that it’ll be available to buy this week in its native Taiwan. Even better news is the $230 price tag (NT$6,999), which makes the Eee Note quite the affordable little device. The [...]

BlackBerry “PlayBook” -Starting price $399?

The BlackBerry PlayBook is RIM’s answer to Apple’s iPad, as well as to a nice range of tablet PCs that run under Google’s Android operating system, and every one expects for the company to price the slate accordingly. There is a fresh news of the Blackberry Playbook price from MobilityInsider who claims that there will [...]

Acer Unveils Three New Android Tablets

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Acer, the world’s No. 2 PC manufacturer, unveiled a range of tablet computers to help it compete with Apple’s iPad, wading into the fast-growing market. With the holidays too close for comfort, the outfit’s giving everyone pause that was considering that janky Android tablet on sale for Black Friday. All jesting aside, the flagship 10.1-incher [...]

“Black Friday”-Apple announces the sale with Ad !

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In advance of the biggest shopping day of the year, Apple has posted a teaser for a Nov. 26 Black Friday sale on its website, telling customers to come back to the Apple Online Store on Friday for a special “holiday shopping event.” Apple did not specify what discounts would be available, but noted only [...]

Apple iPad to be subsidized by Orange and T-Mobile in Europe

France Telecom’s Orange and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile — who have put their British operations into a joint venture — said on Monday new purchase options in Britain would mean “more affordable prices when purchased with a data service plan.” In France, a spokeswoman for Orange said the carrier would subsidize the iPad when it starts [...]

Nokia launches New C2-01 and X2-01 featurephones

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Today Nokia unveiled a couple of new entry-level additions to its mobile phone portfolio. The Nokia C2-01 is meant to be Nokia’s cheapest 3G phone, while the Nokia X2-01 has a full QWERTY keyboard as its key selling point. “Both [phones] aim to offer maximum functionality for the lowest price possible, but with a different [...]

New Verizon FiOS Internet 150/35 Mbps Broadband service launches

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If you’re a Verizon FiOS residential broadband customer, with a need for Internet speed, listen up. Big Red has just announced a new plan that boasts some ridiculously fast, Verizon is launching 150/35 megabits per second (Mbps) Internet service – the fastest mass-market broadband service in the nation – over the company’s all-fiber-optic FiOS network. [...]

Apple “iOS 4.2″ to be released at 10 am-Pacific Time

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Apple has confirmed that iOS 4.2 will arrive today for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch users. (the company says by 10 a.m. Pacific Time), a free software update that brings the features of iOS 4 . Bringing a slew of new features to the device. Included in that laundry list is proper iOS 4-style multitasking, [...]

Dell on tablets; optimistic about mobile business

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Dell announced its plans to further push its tablet business and expects to see more tablets in commercial settings. The company was upbeat about its mobile department after it saw better-than-expected third quarter profits of $822 million and a revenue of $15.4 million. “…We see tablets having great potential, not just in our consumer business, [...]

Android 2.2 Froyo Update for “Samsung Galaxy S” Releases

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According to numerous threads and forum posts over at xda-developers’ I9000 section, Samsung has finally released an official Android 2.2 update for the Galaxy S In South Korea, the company’s homeland country, the software update was expected to become available for download ever since last week, but it appears that things were delayed a little [...]

Apple iAd Service to be launched in Europe this week

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Apple is expected to announce a slate of European partners for its iAd’s mobile advertising this week. However, the accomplishment has come at a cost for the Cupertino, Calif. company. Along with two delays and some concessions on pricing, the same questions over iAd practices are following Apple from the U.S. to Europe. The European [...]