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Microsoft plans New “ Tactile Display Technology”

November 30, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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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 [...]

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LG Shows off its New “LU-3000″ Smartphone; Faster than other Smartphone available?

November 30, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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While LG has a select few Android powered smartphones available here in the United States there isn’t one device that really makes a huge impact like the Samsung Galaxy S, iPhone 4 or HTC EVO 4G does. However, the new LG LU-3000 Smartphone is expected to impress a lot when made available for purchase, as [...]

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Netflix Multiple UI for PS3 Reveals

November 29, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Acer announced Android Smartphone with 4.8-inch 1024×480 Display

November 27, 2010 By Jerry 1 Comment

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Acer announced at its global event a 4.8-inch huge touchscreen smartphone that actually looks more like a tablet. The screen is not only larger, it offers 1024×480 high resolution with a 21:9 aspect ratio. As Acer’s next flagship, the device sports a 8 Megapixel camera with LED flash, auto-focus and 720p HD video recording capability, [...]

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Apple’s iPad 2 expected to have 2 Cameras and USB Port

November 27, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

Rumors continue to swirl over Apple’s next generation iPad, and one reliable Taiwanese newspaper says the new device will be out in the first quarter of 2011, complete with video calling, two cameras, new display and touch technology, and a USB port to connect easily to other devices. First off, the original source of this [...]

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7-inch Ziio tablet made by Creative hits the FCC

November 26, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Creative announced their plans for a pair of Android based tablets a few months back, but since then we haven’t heard much of the device’s details. The European devices are set to launch with 7-inch and 10-inch models, and the 7-inch model has just hit the FCC. complete with user manual and lovely snapshots of [...]

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“Apple iOS 4.3 “- launching on December?

November 25, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

Even though Apple just released iOS 4.2, its latest operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, version 4.3 could be right around the corner. Earlier this month a secret project was reported between Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch (pictured above) to get people interested in paying for news again. French Apple fan site [...]

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Motorola Defy to be updated to Android 2.2 in Q2 2011

November 24, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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The German subsidiary of O2 has leaked via Twitter that the rugged Motorola Defy will be updated to Android 2.2 in Q1 of 2011. As Google is (presumably) getting ready to finally release Android 2.3 Gingerbread into the wild, news comes about Motorola’s plans for the Motorola Defy. This interesting, rugged smartphone has been running [...]

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LG E-Note H1000b Tablet launched;now available in korea

November 23, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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After first being out on Twitter some time ago, the folks at LG are finally wheeling out their tablet PC powered with windows 7 in a bid to compete with the host of other tablet PCs available out there, the LG E-Note H1000B. The LG E-Note H1000B will come with a couple of options for [...]

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“Skype Mobile App” for 3 Verizon feature phones released

November 23, 2010 By Jerry

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Skype Mobile application is now supported by three of Verizon’s feature phones using the BREW platform. This application allows the users to make free calls from Skype to Skype in the U.S. while taking advantage of Skype’s low International calling rates, and allows two people to chat via IM using the app Including phones from [...]

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World’s first “Ice touchscreen display” built by Nokia NRC Tempere

November 23, 2010 By Jerry Leave a Comment

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Researchers from the Nokia Research Center in Tampere, Finland, have turned a wall of ice into a huge interactive touchscreen display. Using infrared emitters and detectors to determine hand location and movement, the team projected images onto the blocks of ice so that users could see flames behind their hands. Happily, users didn’t need to [...]

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

November 22, 2010 By Jerry 1 Comment

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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, [...]

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