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Kohjinsha ships its dual-screen laptop
We’ve covered Kohjinsha’s dual-screen notebook in the past – the critter has two 10.1″ panels which slide behind one another. Since then, something has changed…the box can now be had. Geek Stuff 4U offers the box as fol...
Emblaze Else – hands-on
Surprise, Surprise – Access Co’s MWC booth staff didn’t lie after all. Their announcement that we would see some kind of ALP-powered hardware “this year” has just become true – Emblaze Mobile has publicly shown of...
Sprint’s Pre – now for 80$
Palm’s Pre used to be the only webOS game in town – that was, until the Pixi was announced. Since then, prices have dropped every few weeks…the new low is 80$/box along with a Sprint contract: Feel like a box? Get one at Amazon...
NTT DoCoMo’s phones to get self-healing paint
NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA phones have always been a somewhat weird bunch of boxen: rarely seen outside of Japan, many ground-breaking features have been released initially in these handsets. According to GizMag, these handsets will soon get another im...
Walmart Wireless going on to sell Palm Pixi
Yes, it’s right. The boy’s at Walmart Wireless sell the Palm Pixi as low as a bread: For just $29,99 you can buy the Pixi with a new 2 years service contract. Well, we thought the $100 at Sprint was a good deal, but $30 are unbeatable! ...
BrightHand’s mindshare stats – October 2009
As usual (for this time of the month), the folks at BrightHand’s have just released their “mindshare stats” for the last month. These stats are generated by monitoring the usage of the web site – a very valid description goes...
Smartphone market share – AdMob’s data for 11/2009
The folks at AdMob’s have been providing us with useful (smart)phone market share for some time. They just sent out this month’s stats – what’s interesting? Global market share First of all, a look at the almost obligatory gl...
Palm Pixi release on Novermber 15th (Sprint)
The new Palm Pixi will hit Sprint on November 15th for $100! If you’re interested you’ll find further informations here! Source: http://www.precentral.net/palm-pixi-hit-spint-november-15th-9999 Related posts:Palm Pixi could drop Octo...
International Telecommunication Union endorses MicroUSB
Love it or hate it, but the world domination of microUSB is now all but confirmed. After getting endorsements from the EU and CTIA, the ITU has now joined the gang of MicroUSB heads. Ecran Mobile reports the following: … The ITU move isn̵...
CTIA: we love MicroUSB, too
The CTIA announced its intentions to standardize on 3.5″ headphone jacks some time ago. This was great, and also seems to resonate well with device manufacturers and the press. PhysOrg now reports that the announcement also covers MicroUSB cha...
Kojinsha demos dual-screen notebook
One of the major issues with notebooks is the limited screen estate – the larger the screen, the less portable the box. A Japanese manufacturer called Kojinsha now showed the concept below: It is described as follows: … One of the 10.1...
CTIA wants 3.5″ headphone jacks
Manufacturers have been able to agree on a common charger/data cable some time ago: while I personally loathe MicroUSB, it nevertheless is a workable option and is better than having to tote around 50 chargers. Unfortunately, the specification of he...
Sunno S880 – clone with Windows Mobile and Android
Chinese handset “cloners” have been able to create physically excellent copies of handsets for some time: unfortunately, their operating systems tended to be extremely lackluster. THis is said to have changed now, as a clone has just been...
Amazon vs book publishers – 1:0
The ebook is to book publishing what the MP3 file is to the music industry – a tool which the average manager does not understand, is afraid of and thus cannot use to his full advantage. In Austria, book writers have gone on a rebellion against...
Canalys talks Q2 smartphone sales
Canalys is a very popular technology research firm, who regularly post all kinds of interesting information. Their latest press release looks at mobile phones – the most important bits are below: First of all, it’s time for a look at various mark...
MSI Wind U200 spotted – 650 Euros, drops in 3-4 weeks
Long-term followers of this blog probably know that many articles are written with an MSI Wind U100 notebook/netbook – this device sold like hotcakes and is still being milked by MSI wherever it can. Their latest attempt goes by the name U200, ...
IDG on US smartphone sales
A recently-released survey of US handset sales performed by IDG led to the following top-seller list: 1. BlackBerry Curve (83xx series and 8900) 2. Apple iPhone 3GS (both 16GB and 32GB versions) 3. BlackBerry Pearl (81xx series but not the Pearl Fli...
USB sticks for Palm handhelds
Palm originally promised that its LifeDrive handheld would be able to access USB storage one day – unfortunately, the hardware for this never materialized (class-action lawsuit, anyone?). The picture on the left shows a device by Elan Digisyste...
Mexico: calling and flying is no problem
Airlines have used GSM-based credit card billing systems for quite some time – don’t ask me why the FCC had no issues with that after that infamous CrossAir crash which brought us the lovely anti-cellphone legislation we currently enjoy i...
Krusell’s top sellers – June 2009
Krusell is a huge Swedish manufacturer of protective cases. Their top list tends to be somehwhat representative for “average users” – and saw some severe changes this month. RIM fell out, Palm didn’t get in (no wonder due to E...
European phone manufacturers agree on MicroUSB
People who own more than one handset can tell a tale of the charger eekers – every manufacturer has at least one (usually two or more) incompatible charger types. This is not only annoying (extra weight), but also bad for the environment. As su...
