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 The US Patent & Trademark Office turns out to be a resourceful fountain of information for those patient enough to sift through the amount of data available publicly. Recently, some inquisitive eyes have spotted a patent application filed by Sony Ericsson- the joint venture of Swedish telecom giant Ericsson and Japanese electronics...
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 After the confirmed launch of an 80GB PS3 model in South Korea, both industry analysts and fans have speculated upon the moment when Sony will drop a similar model, with the same specs, in Europe or the US.Turns out that Sony has no plans to do that in the future, because of the differences registered between the two regions: higher...
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 Nintendo is preparing two surprises for its US and Japanese fans: a yellow DS and the final version of Opera browser, with features specially designed for the tiny gadget sold in the US.The Japanese will get some sort of DS Collectors’ Edition (or Nintendo DS Lite Pikachu Edition, as they’ve called it), sporting a yellow Pikachu...
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 The need for portability has determined a bunch of known and unknown manufacturers to come up with all sorts of concepts for ultra-mobile PCs, and the latest in the apparently never-ending series is Amtek.Intel gave the signal back in April, with its Ultra Mobile PC platform, on which Fujitsu, Samsung or Asus have built their own...
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 The OLPC project (One Laptop per Child) has received a serious coup from chip manufacturer Intel, which has recently unveiled at Computex, in Taiwan, another type of cheap laptop.Nicholas Negroponte, the initiator of OLPC project, said about Intel’s intentions to bring out a competitor for his small-form factor PC that the Santa Clara...
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 Research company iSupply, which had also tear down the PS3 to reveal the astounding losses Sony takes with each unit sold, has recently revealed that Apple’s profits with Apple TV are not that impressive at all.The media hub Apple provides for $299 includes a Pentium M CPU by Intel and a standard, 40GB hard drive from Fujitsu. However,...
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 HTC, one of the most important partners for Microsoft concerning mobile devices, has recently joined the anti-iPhone frenzy with its latest model HTC Touch, a Windows Mobile-powered phone with no keyboard.HTC Touch uses similar touch-screen controls to the up-coming iPhone or the already available LG Prada, based on recognizing and...
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 The new Ultra Mobile Device (UMD- an acronym also used by Sony to designate the mini-DVDs inserted in PlayStation Portable) from VIA Technologies aims to compete with the recently launched Palm Foleo.The UMD is built in collaboration with design partner First International Computer Inc. (FIC) and is called NanoBook. It features an almost...
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 Nintendo is once again the king of the pond, with Wii totally crushing its competition on the traditional Japanese home ground.According to a new post by Bloomberg, Wii surpasses PS3 in Japan by a factor of 5 to 1 concerning sales, while the DS follows the same path.Bloomberg reports that Nintendo sold 251,794 Wiis in May, citing...
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 Already renowned for phone models that use materials such as leather, chrome, cloth and even gold and diamonds (in the high end Vertu line), Nokia has announced that its 8800 Luna cellphone will use an exquisite combination of glass and steel.8800 Luna’s hardware will come encased in a combination of nearly opaque smoked glass and steel....
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