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Archive for February, 2010

9 Feb 2010

The Samsung Monte comes equipped with a 3.0-inch WQVGA LCD screen with 16:9 landscape viewing. It also boasts a 3.2-megapixel camera with many value-added features including smile shot, panorama shot, and face detection.

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Tags: 3.2 megapixel camera, cell phone, Cellphone, cellular phone, Communication, google, lcd, new cellphone, samsung, Samsung Monte, social media, touchscreen, twitter, widescreen, WQVGA

Atlona Technologies Announce New USB Powered VGA to HDMI Scaler/Converter AT-HDVieW

9 Feb 2010

Atlona Technologies, solutions based manufacturer of Audio Video products, announced new USB Powered VGA to HDMI Scaler/Converter, the AT-HDVieW.

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Tags: AT-HDVieW, Atlona, Atlona AT-HDVieW, Audio, converter, hd, hdmi, HDMI converter, HDMI scaler, HDTV, scaler, usb, USB to HDMI, usb2, VGA, Video

Google Lowers Nexus One ETF, Launches Phone Support

9 Feb 2010

At launch, Google took heat for a number of things related to their Nexus One Android based smartphone, including the fact that customers who canceled service early faced $550 in fees – a $200 ETF from T-Moble, and a $350 Google “Equipment Recovery Fee”.

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Tags: 3G, android, broadbandreports.com, Cellphone, cellular phone, connectivity, e-mail, ETF, fees, google, Google Nexus One, Hardware, launch, lowering prices, mobile 3G, Nexus One, prices, support, t-mobile

Cox Offers Free PS3s To Entire State Of Arizona

8 Feb 2010

In what appears to be a promotion gone wrong, Cox Communications has accidentally offered free PlayStation 3′s to every Cox customer in Arizona that signs up for service or upgrades existing service. The deal was supposedly intended only to lure in new Cox customers, but Cox’s marketing team accidentally sent the flyers out to all customers.

Yep, they screwed up.

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Tags: broadbandreports.com, consumerist.com, consumers, Cox, Cox Cable, Cox Communications, ETF, existing service, flyers, marketing, marketing gone wrong, offers, playstation3, Sony PS3

T-shirt: Vader Paternity Test

7 Feb 2010

Apparently, everybody’s favorite man in black had some doubts as to who was doing what with Queen Amidala way back when he looked like Hayden Christensen and before he talked like James Earl Jones.

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Tags: clothing, Darth Vader, Fashion, funny, Mens, parody, t-shirt

Big Carriers May Apply For Second Round Stimulus Funds

6 Feb 2010

As the broadband stimulus bill was being hashed out, you’ll recall it was stripped of some very lucrative, carrier-lobbied-for tax credits that would have given companies like Verizon billions for doing absolutely nothing differently.

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Tags: bailout, cash, DSL, free cash, giveaways, ISP, mega-carriers, money, network neutrality, Networks, qwest, stimulus, stimulus bills, tax credits, tax money, verizon

Sony to introduce a new blossom pink PSP ‘Sweet Limited Package’

6 Feb 2010

The Sweet Limited Package comprises the PSP handheld entertainment system (PSP-3000) in an elegant Blossom Pink color, a special pouch and a cleaning cloth both designed specifically for the bundle pack by Jill Stuart and a 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo.

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Tags: game system, handheld games, limited edition, playstation portable, psp, psp 3000, Sony, Video Games, videogames, vidgames

Intel to unveil its 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family

5 Feb 2010

Intel Corporation today unveiled its 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes for PCs with greater, more flexible performance, theft prevention and cost savings in a rapidly changing business computing environment.

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JVC to add its new High Definition Memory Camera to Everio Line

4 Feb 2010

The 2010 Everio series features an all new, slim design that’s fashionable, easy to carry and comfortable to hold. Portability has been further enhanced with a redesigned grip belt that now works in two handy ways, as a conventional handle-style grip when both ends are snapped in place or as a strap when one end of the belt is released.

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Vodafone UK to offer Sony Ericsson’s Android XPERIA X10 in April

4 Feb 2010

Vodafone UK announced that they will be offering Sony Ericsson’s first Android smartphone ‘XPERIA X10′ in April 2010. The XPERIA X10 adopts a new UX platform that will evolve across the product portfolio and expand over time continuously introducing new features and capabilities. The UX platform builds on top of the Open OS and creates a unique Sony Ericsson user experience by combining best-in-class entertainment features with signature applications, unrivaled integration of social media services and a rich graphical user interface.

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Ooma, The “One Year Later” Review

3 Feb 2010

This is the second “One Year Later” review that I’ve done where I feel like a day, a week, or even a month just doesn’t do service to a review about an item(s) that should be used and critiqued over the year to find any and all problems, quirks and hopefully all of the good parts all enough time to come to the surface. Just a bit over a year ago, I purchased one of the Ooma Hub and Scout combo packages and decided I was going to test it. As with all over VoIP platforms, the Ooma Hub depends upon your internet connection. Your connection goes down, so goes your ability to use your phone.

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Tags: 1-year-later, access, Communication, Deals, Hardware, Home, Internet, landline, Networks, Ooma, Ooma Scout, Ooma Telos, review, save money, telecom, telephone, telephones, VoIP

AT&T Makes SMS Plans Mandatory For Many Phones

2 Feb 2010

Previously, both AT&T and Verizon had only made data mandatory for smartphones. Apparently, neither carrier wants you buying an Internet-enabled phone, then only using free Wi-Fi instead of their pricey 3G networks. From the sound of things, now carriers don’t want you using free IM services instead of SMS, either.

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Tags: 3G, at&t, cell plans, Cellphone, cellphone plans, cellular plans, forcing customers, how to screw over your customers, mandatory data, mandatory SMS, more expensive, not cool, pricey 3G networks, SMS, verizon, wi-fi, wifi

Ten One Design Announces Pogo Stylus and Pogo Sketch, Compatible with iPad

2 Feb 2010

Ten One Design, a New York-based design firm specializing in solutions for the mobile lifestyle, announced that its Pogo Sketch and Pogo Stylus – the world’s first stylus compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch and MacBook trackpads – are fully compatible with the 9.7 inch capacitive touch screen display of iPad, the new Apple tablet.