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Microsoft’s Mall of America store will open opposite to Apple’s store

Published on: 8th October, 2010

Microsoft has increased the pressure on Apple with the discovery that its upcoming store in Minneapolis, Mall of America, will be directly opposite to Apple’s store. The new location of the store was designed to compete with its rival’s and is twice as wide and has more depth. The store is now listed as “coming [...]

Kobo preloaded on BlackBerry PlayBook, rival of iBook

Published on: 5th October, 2010

Kobo has said recently that a version of its eReader would be preloaded on the BlackBerry PlayBook. The deal was possible because Kobo had an international e-bookstore and was willing to customize it for specific countries. The bookseller said that a WebKit browser was the ideal fit because the same engine would be used by [...]

Sony extends legal action against PS3 “jailbreak” modification distributors

Published on: 5th October, 2010

Sony has extended its legal action pointing to distributors of PS3 “jailbreak” modifications. The initial lawsuit of the company was directed against the owners of PS Jailbreak, but recent documents show that PSFreedom, PSGroove and OpenPSJailbreak are also targeted now. Motions permitting Sony to serve subpoenas and deposition notices were granted by US District Judge. [...]

First solar-powered cell site built by T-Mobile US

Published on: 30th September, 2010

The first US solar-powered cell tower built by T-Mobile in the United States is located in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. The site has twelve solar panels and s able to produce enough power to deliver electric energy to the grid. Although the savings in using solar energy will take many years to cover the upfront costs, building [...]

Zune Marketplace has expanded beyond US and ahead of WP 7

Published on: 25th September, 2010

Microsoft, for the first time in the run-up to its WP 7, has expanded the Zune Marketplace services beyond the United States. The unlimited Zune Pass music, video sales, MP3 downloads and movie rentals will become available in Germany, France and the United Kingdom this fall. Meanwhile, Spain will get all these services excepting video [...]

Spotify still missing US deals

Published on: 20th September, 2010

It seems Spotify still has problems in getting deals in the United States if information from sources of the music industry is accurate. There is no deal signed with major labels and the time is too short until the end of the year to make such contracts. Spotify has however insisted that it was close [...]

Acer said Apple devices were “mutant viruses”

Published on: 13th September, 2010

Stan Shih, Acer’s creator, characterized Apple’s products as being “mutant viruses” needing to be cured. Steve Jobs’ insistence on creating revolutionary hardware is seen by Shih as producing rampant growth, but a short-term one, for devices like the iPhone and iPad. According to Acer’s official, the approach may be initially successful, but it can be [...]

Nuu Mini-Key helps users transform their iPhone 4s into QWERTY sliders

Published on: 9th September, 2010

Nuu, the young accessory maker, has recently showed at IFA a new iPhone 4 add-on, which is expected to bring a fully integrated keyboard. The company’s Mini Key joins a protective case for Apple’s smartphone itself with a slide-out, tilting QWERTY keyboard in order to reassure those jumping from phones with physical keyboards. The new [...]

Cost of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab with US carriers would be below $300

Published on: 9th September, 2010

Samsung has recently specified that the price of its Galaxy Tab attached to an US carrier should be below Apple’s iPad. The full price of the device may be more expensive, $900 or even more. Executive Hankil Yoon said that this price would be limited to $300, but very likely above $200. Discussions with United [...]

Ultra-cheap Android-powered Huawei handset for Cricket and MetroPCS

Published on: 6th September, 2010

Huawei has recently introduced it’s the company’s first Android-based handset, the Ideos, at a pre-IFA media event. Huawei’s Ideos will be sold in Europe, Asia and the Americas and will be made in both CDMA and GSM configurations. The device comes with Android 2.2 preloaded; the GSM-based U8150 will support 850/1900/2100 MHz HSPA networks for [...]

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