May 21, 2013

January - News


Dell Venue Pro gets through the FCC with AT&T 3G; could be heading to the Premier WP 7 Carrier

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FCC revealed that the plan has been for the Dell Venue Pro to appear on the premier carrier for WP7 handsets all along. It has been spotted there with AT&T’s 3G bands, so it is just a matter of time to see it in their portfolio. With these bands it can also work on Telus, [...]

LG to introduce LG B; A Thinnest and Brightest Android Smartphone

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As if the recent announcement of the dual-core, Tegra 2 monster LG Optimus 2X (Star) wasn’t enough, information about another piece of desirable hardware from LG has leaked, named LG B. The latter has the specs to be called the thinnest and brighest smartphone although LG has not yet started production of the phone, which [...]

Nook Color eReader Gets Android 2.2 Update

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Those looking to buy an e-reader or a tablet this holiday might want to reconsider the Nook Color. The full-color e-reader will be getting even more tablet-like features thanks to an upgrade to Android 2.2 coming this January. Barnes & Noble representatives spoke with SmartphoneMag.com about the update, which will turn the e-reader into something [...]

“HTC EVO 4G Shift” – Releasing on January 9th ?

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The HTC EVO Shift 4G was recently spotted at the FCC and now we have a purported shot of the handset that exposes its landscape keyboard. Factor in the noticeable lack of front-facing camera, silver trackpad and those throwback flat keys, and we’re even willing to forgive those hastily penciled watermarks on the keyboard and [...]

Apple to Launch MacBook 2011 with Intel Sandy Bridge

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Apple MacBooks set to arrive in 2011 will rely on Intel’s forthcoming Sandy Bridge processor which will extend improvements to the Core i-x chipset series. With the new Sandy Bridge CPU, Nvidia’s graphics processors will not be included in at least some models 13 inches and under, according to a new report. Instead MacBook models [...]

Apple Launching “Mac App Store” on December 13th ?

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Rumor is going around that Apple might be targeting to launch the Mac App Store as early as December 13th. Jobs himself said that it would go live “within 90 days” back when the iOS-inspired App Store was announced on October 20th, that’s mid January, if the timeframe is carried to its fullest extent.Even though Apple [...]

Acer goes ahead with Windows Phone 7 developing plans :Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci

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Although Acer has totally been under the radar in the U.S. in terms of smartphones, the company is hoping to change that with a some Windows Phone 7 handsets. And while we’ve been under the impression that the manufacturer would be building Windows Phone 7 smartphones, Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci confirmed it today in an [...]

Nokia E7 could be delayed ,Costs up to 700 Euro?

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Nokia reported Two weeks ago that the new Beautiful QWERTY slider E7 will launch in December. But a popular online retailer lists the E7 for January 2011 availability on a quite heavy price. in spite of Nokia’s Twitter announcement, Expansys is listing the E7 on pre-order for 585 pounds (695 euro) and 10th of January [...]

Nintendo 3DS Coming in January at “Nintendo World 2011″

Nintendo has announced a 3DS demo day called Nintendo World 2011. It will take place on the 8th, 9th and 10th of January at the Makuhari Messe convention center just outside Tokyo and admission will be free. So far Nintendo has only showed off the 3DS at press and invite-only events. The amazing new handheld [...]

2011:The Age of Tablets !

With the thriving success of Apple’s iPad with over 4 million units sold, since its launch in April, the BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has joined major players in the electronics industry to rush into the market with their versions of the tablet. After the huge success of the iPad, all major hardware vendors [...]

Mass Effect 2 Heads to Playstation 3 for January Release

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The EA Mass Effect series of sci-fi action games, previously exclusive to the Xbox 360 and Windows PC plaforms, is to land on PlayStation 3 in January 2011. BioWare confirmed plans to release Mass Effect 2 on the PS3 today at GDC Europe 2010, implying it’s long been working on a port, and added the [...]