September 7, 2010

RIM Opens Its First BlackBerry Store in China; BB 9800 slider phone coming?

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Developer of Blackberry smartphones, canadian company Research In Motion opened its first BlackBerry retail store in China on Wednesday. RIM hopes that it could boost the smartphone’s presence in the Asian market. They call the Beijing store an “experience center” that will give visitors a better opportunity to try Blackberries and other RIM devices. “The [...]

Apple to ship iPhone in 17 countries on Jul 30

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Apple on Monday announced that it would launch the iPhone 4 in 17 countries on Friday, July 30. Currently, the iPhone 4 is on sale in five countries: USA, United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Japan, but from July 30 Austria users from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealanad, Singapore, [...]

Microsoft Profit Jumps

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The world’s largest software maker, Microsoft Corp. announced its fourth-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates: net income reached $4.52 billion, or 51 cents a share, compared with the 46-cent average of estimates previously compiled by Bloomberg. Microsoft said in late June that they have sold 150 million copies of its newest operation system Windows 7, [...]

Verizon Motorola Droid X debuts today

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Verizon launched the Motorola Droid X smartphone today for $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement. Don’t worry if you are already a Verizon customer, you can upgrade to the Droid X without any penalty if your contract ends before December 31, 2010. Droid X has a 1 GHz processor, [...]

Will Apple Recall the iPhone 4 because of the reception issues?

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The launch of the iPhone 4 happened only about a month ago, sales broke previous records and raving reviews were published about the features of the new iPhone. But a couple of weeks after the launch, sites began to write about the iPhone 4′s reception issues, and problems with the antenna. If you don’t know [...]

Blackberry OS 6.0 Sneak Peak

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Research in Motion (RIM) the manufacturer of Blackberry smartphones has finally announced the release of the latest Blackberry operation system, the Blackberry OS 6.0. As Mike Lazaridis, the co-CEO of Research in Motion said, the Blackberry 6 OS will be released by Fall, in the 3rd quarter of the 2010 calendar year. This new OS [...]

On Demand Movie Service for Motorola DROID X

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Verizon Wireless said today it is expanding the mobile video choices for its smartphone customers with the introduction of BLOCKBUSTER On Demand presented by V CAST Video. The application will be available first for DROID X customers and will offer them access to hundreds of new releases from Blockbuster. Built to take advantage of the [...]

Apple iPhone 4 launch

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Apple today presented the new iPhone 4 featuring FaceTime, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple’s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in super crisp text, images and video. In addition, iPhone 4 features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video [...]

Gameloft created 10 new 3D games for smartphones

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Gameloft, a leading publisher and developer of downloadable video games, announced today the launch of 10 high-definition 3D games for smartphones that will be available through Gameloft’s channels. The 10 titles include: Asphalt 5, Let’s Golf!, Assassin’s Creed, Hero of Sparta, Gangstar: West Coast Hustle, Dungeon Hunter, Real Football 2010, N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, [...]

HTC Evo 4G Debuts in the U.S.

RadioShack customers may pre-order the HTC Evo 4G smartphone at any of the RadioShack stores beginning May 14. HTC EVO 4G may be pre-ordered by purchasing a $50 RadioShack gift card, which will be applied toward the purchase price of the device, and scheduling an appointment to pick up and activate the device. HTC EVO [...]