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Verizon slashes prices of Kin One and Two in half

Published on: 2nd July, 2010

Verizon is supposed to slash in half the prices of two of its devices, the Kin One and Two, according to a leak. Thus, the Kin One is falling from $50 to $30, while the Kin Two will cost only$50 on contract instead of $100 now. They will be both part of some wider sale [...]

Google Docs viewer now reaching Android and iOS devices

Published on: 2nd July, 2010

On June 28, 2010, Google announced that its Google Docs viewer has currently gone mobile, being available for Android-based devices, but also for the iPhone and the iPad. Users no have the possibility to view PDF, PPT, DOC and DOCX files, which have been uploaded to their documents list, with no need of downloading them [...]

Libox service to provide photos, videos and music to any device connected to the web

Published on: 28th June, 2010

Libox service has been recently launched and intends to share music, videos and photos on portable electronic devices which are incompatible. Erez Pilosof, the founder of the service, wanted a simpler media sharing solution. Users of Android, iPhones, iPads and other devices are able to access web applications running in HTML, but Erez Pilosof works [...]

Nook Wi-Fi from Barnes & Noble confirmed, lower price for Nook 3G

Published on: 25th June, 2010

Barnes & Noble has confirmed its intention of releasing an entry-level e-reader by rolling out a Wi-Fi Nook device. The new reader keeps the Wi-Fi while dropping the built-in 3G. Thanks to the Wi-Fi connection the reader can get online by using almost any access point. Free access is offered by AT&T in its public [...]

Navigon presents iOS 4 with multitasking and GPS app

Published on: 21st June, 2010

Navigon has presented a version of the Mobile Navigator application with fully built-in multitasking for iOS 4. The 1.6 version of the application does not stop tacking position while the user is switching away to another application. Consequently, it will ensure voice guidance although another application could be in the foreground. Calls do not interrupt [...]

Ultra-thin computers may be powered by paper supercapacitors

Published on: 29th May, 2010

A new technique was made public by Stanford University. It could provide power for extremely thin devices. The SWNTs (single walled carbon nanotubes) are printed on paper that is treated with polyvinylidene fluoride and could store energy, like supercapacitors do. The nanotubes are very thin but also very stable and their loss of a potential [...]

Pioneer has presented new AV receivers with iPhone control

Published on: 6th March, 2010

Pioneer has presented new AV receivers that link tightly to Apple’s handheld devices. The VSK-820-K has an iPhone-approved USB connection but can expand on it with the iPhone Control button. When the controls of the receiver normally take over, this button can determine the receiver to hand back control and allow the listener to pick [...]

Windows Phone 7 devices to have only three main designs?

Published on: 25th February, 2010

During the latest episode of the Frankly Speaking podcast, the hosts for Microsoft Australia revealed that devices using Windows Phone 7 would have only three main form factors. They also confirmed details of the chassis program much rumoured last year.
As already known, Chassis 1 is limited to full-touchscreen devices using a 1GHz processor or even [...]

Nokia’s 6216 classic with NFC payments postponed

Published on: 25th February, 2010

Nokia’s 6216 classic handset, which would have been the company’s first mobile device with an integrated Near Field Communications (NFC) module to communicate with its own SIM card using the Single Wire Protocol, will not be released anymore. Nokia’s executives said that the decision has been made due to the fact that the consumer experience [...]

New plug-and-play UIM device from Infinitec

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

A new upcoming Infinite USB Memory (IUM) device has been recently showed by Infinitec. This makes content and stream media sharing possible from any other connected device. It seems that all file formats are compatible, no matter their extension or type and users can also stream files from their PCs to Blu-ray players, gaming consoles [...]

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