Archive for July 2nd, 2008

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Nextel planning to launch BlackBerry 8350?

We all heard from Dan Hesse at the beginning of the year that Sprint would launch a new BlackBerry on the Nextel side by the end of the year.  Engadget Mobile is reporting that the new device will be an iDEN variant of the Curve (8350), and is on track to arrive in late 2008 [...]

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The Virgin Mobile ARC flip phone by UTStarcom

 
Virgin Mobile’s ARC

Virgin Mobile has launched its latest phone, the Arc, and we have live pictures. The company is excellent at offering phones at a reasonable price, and this model doesn’t disappoint. The phone looks great; it offers a nice red soft-touch paint, Bluetooth, voice dialing, internal and external color screen, and a [...]

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Leave your mobile phone at home says Cyprus education ministry or be punished

Schools in Cyprus are prepared to put some new legislation into motion and punish anyone that does not adhere.  The new proposed rules from the island’s education ministry is hoping that any student found carrying a mobile phone will be reprimanded and those found with a phone turned on could be suspended.  Taking it one [...]

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New VTech IS6110 Cordless Phone with IM

VTech IS6110 IM Phone

When one thinks of a conventional landline, boring is the first word that comes to mind.  As the cellular phone wave has taken over around the world, features such as text messaging, instant messaging, and internet have become a must.  The downside is costly bills - the cheapest cell phone bill will [...]

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Upcoming HTC Touch Diamond gets spotted with Sprint logo

  
  
HTC Touch Diamond

We had heard several times that HTC’s Touch Diamond was coming to Sprint, however it is certainly nice to see it in pictures.  We’ve known about it coming to Sprint since April, however the tipster is reporting that the device will launch before the Touch Pro, even though it hasn’t been spotted at [...]

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Apple building an iPhone with a real QWERTY keyboard?

Some new reports reveal that the Cupertino giant is at it again and this time it is rumored to be building a new Apple iPhone with a built-in, physical keyboard.
Aimed at the enterprise market, ahem BlackBerry, a physical keyboard versus the existing virtual onscreen keyboard used today in the original iPhone and upcoming iPhone 3G [...]

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Yamaha adds YSP-3050 to its Digital Sound Projector line

Yamaha YSP-3050

Yamaha announced a new addition to its Digital Sound Projector line, the YSP-3050. Offering 23 individual speakers, the new sound bar beams surround sound like audio throughout a room from one single component.
The new YSP-3050 features 1080p HDMI compatibility, comes with three cinema surround sound presets specifically designed for movies, music, and [...]

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New OCZ ‘Core Series’ lowers SSD costs

OCZ SSD Core Series

Solid State Disks (SSD) have begun to make bigger and bigger news in mainstream blogs, and we are sure that this will be the biggest of them all. OCZ are a manufacturer of the SSD technology, and have reportedly found a way to produce SSDs at half the cost without any compromise [...]

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eMachines pushes out low cost desktops - the T3656, T5274, and W3653

eMachines W3653

eMachines launched a new line of computer desktops directed toward home users and students heading back to school come summer’s end. The new desktops feature Intel processors and the latest multimedia features.
The new machines include:

T3656 - Intel Celeron processor, 1GB DDR2 memory, 160GB hard drive for US$299.99
T5274 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor, 2GB [...]

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Upcoming Asus Eee PCs 904 and 905

Upcoming Asus Eee PC

Neither of the new Asus Eee PCs (904 and 905 models) rumored to be forging an existence over at Asus labs, may exist. Come again?
Well, not strictly speaking anyhow. According to a UK website, the rumored Asus Eee 905 is no more than word play, and the 904 version will not, as [...]

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