Posted on May 12, 2008 by Dan
The Asus Eee PC 900 officially goes on sale today in the US with your choice of either Linux or Windows XP.
Specs of the Eee PC 900 include:
8.9-inch display with 1024 x 600 resolution
900MHz Intel Celeron M processor (Atom processors should be coming later this year)
12GB solid state drive for Windows version, 20GB hard drive [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2008 by Dan
It was assumed that AT&T would be the first carrier to get the new BlackBerry Bold smartphone and today they’ve gone ahead and made it official.
AT&T’s John Kampfe says that they will be the only carrier in the US to offer the Bold this summer.
That doesn’t mean that AT&T will be the only US carrier [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2008 by Dan
This morning Sprint announced their first quarter results and as expected had bad news for investors. The companies profits were down roughly 9 percent, or $9.3 billion, over this same time last year.
The customer defection away from Sprint seems to be continuing as Sprint announced that they had lost 1.09 million subscribers in the first [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2008 by Dan
For a while now we’ve known that the BlackBerry 9000 smartphone has been coming and today RIM went ahead and made it official.
The 9000, now apparently called the Bold 9000, has features that include:
HSDPA and EV-DO versions
480 x 320 LCD screen
625MHz processor
1GB internal memory
802.11a/b/g Wi-i
Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP for wireless stereo headphones support
GPS
microSD HC slot
480 [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2008 by Dan
VP of product marketing at TiVo Jim Denney has been quoted saying that HD content is coming to the TiVo thanks to Amazon’s Unbox video service. Since Series 2 TiVo’s can already get standard definition content from Unbox it makes sense that HD content be available there too.
No word on when HD downloads will be [...]
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Posted on May 11, 2008 by Dan
Its no secret that new iPhones are coming and most feel that we’ll see them around June of this year, coinciding with Apple’s WWDC, but CrunchGear is floating a new theory about when we may see them–next week.
The iPhone has been getting more difficult to find and now even Apple’s online store shows something interesting. [...]
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Posted on May 11, 2008 by Dan
Cliffy B. and pals at Epic have been working hard on a sequel to their award winning Xbox 360 game Gears of War.
How far along are they?
Far enough to release a sweet video of some gameplay with a little intro from Cliffy B. himself.
Looks like it stilling coming this November–can’t wait!
Check out the video for [...]
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Posted on May 11, 2008 by Dan
In 2006 EarthLink won a contract to develop an aggressive municipal Wi-Fi deployment in Philadelphia, but now that service is in jeopardy.
After putting up $20 million to build up the network to 80 percent of their plan, the service has stopped accepting new subscribers and EarthLink has told the city to come up with a [...]
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Posted on May 11, 2008 by Dan
Microsoft has announced that their Zune media player has passed the 2 million sold mark, growing their market share from three to four percent.
For some perspective, last quarter alone Apple sold 10.6 million iPods so Apple really hasn’t got anything to worry about for the foreseeable future.
Creative, however, has dropped from four down to two [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2008 by Dan
The whole on again, off again free Wi-Fi access at AT&T hotspots is a bit crazy. The New York Times noticed the whole thing and contacted AT&T for some answers.
Fletcher Cook, a spokesperson for AT&T, said that the offer of free access to AT&T hotspots in the description of plan options for the iPhone was [...]
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