The Acer DX900 is now available for preorder on Clove's Web site.
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Acer isn’t yet an official entrant into the smartphone market and already it’s having the same problems keeping secrets as established players Apple and Palm.
On Wednesday, a smartphone called the …
Remember the Motorola W233 Renew phone made of recycled plastic bottles that we saw at the Consumer Electronics Show last month?
The phone has found a home at T-Mobile where it has started shipping. The device is available for just $10 with a two-year contract.
The device’s green credentials are impressive. It takes about 20 percent less energy to manufacture compared to most other phones, comes with an envelope to recycle your old phone and the packaging is of recycled paper.
However, despite the recession-friendly pricing, the phone has little in terms of features that
will appeal to anyone but the Sierra Club fans or Al Gore groupies. The
phone comes with 2GB memory and nine hours of talk time but does not have a camera, music player or internet browsing capability.
It’s perfect for your grandma or a techno-phobic hippie.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
(Credit: Sohoa.net)Back in September 2008, we wrote about a pair of E series devices that were leaked in a promotional video. Although the E72 has already been announced as the E73, which is targeted at the mass market audience, the E75 remains elusive. But you know the drill. …
IDC’s now assembled a comprehensive look at the phone biz in 2008, and as you might expect, it’s not exactly the most amazing year on record. Actually, when you take the year as a whole, shipments totaled a whopping 1.18 billion handsets — a 3.5 percent boost over 2007 — but the fourth quarter was downright brutal, seeing a 12.6 percent contraction over the same period a year prior. As analysts have been saying, though, the smartphone market will continue to be the silver lining in a tough market — shipments of “converged mobile devices” grew 22.5 percent year over year, with North American growth a staggering 70.1 percent. Carriers seem to be recognizing the world’s love affair with all-knowing, all-doing phones and plan to blow ’em out big in 2009, but the question remains: with credit tight and businesses losing cash hand-over-fist for the foreseeable future, will the subsidies be compelling enough to let customers in the door?
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Apple is having trouble getting its new 17-inch MacBook Pro out to customers.
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Apple is going to need a little more time to get its new 17-inch MacBook Pro out the door.
Last week Apple updated its order page for the new MacBook Pro unveiled …
Originally posted at News – Apple
Toshiba is the latest consumer electronics giant to tout a new cellphone. The company is set to launch its new smartphone call TG01 later this month.
The phone is unlikely to be available in North America but it deserves a second look for its styling.
The TG01 will be slimmer than the iPhone, will have a 4.1-inch touchscreen and a luminous display with a 800 x 480 resolution, says PC World.
The phone will be the first to run on 1 GHz T-Snapdragon chipset, which would make it considerably faster than rivals. There will be the standard features–GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capability.
But what will make the device interesting is that thanks to the built-in accelerometers users can just shake the phone to answer incoming calls. Much like how the Urbanspoon app in the iPhone allows users to pick a restaurant by shaking the phone.
The TG01 is expected to be available in Europe this summer though pricing for it has not yet been disclosed.
Check a hands-on video for the device. It’s definitely drool worthy.
Photo: Toshiba TG01 (Cellulari World/Flickr)
There is such a thing as too much multitasking, but we understand the urge to make the most out of your gadgets. Listening to music and taking calls while working out is just one of many possible combinations. For that, you need a music phone and an active-style headset with …
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How much storage can you cram into your old iPod? Try 240 gigs.
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I’ll catch some hell for saying it, but Apple’s fifth-generation iPod (aka the iPod Video) is one of the best hard-drive MP3 players of all time.
Say what you will about sound quality …
Originally posted at MP3 Insider
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Barring a last-minute change of heart from President Obama, today’s House vote means that the DTV transition is on track to move from February 17 to June 12.
Naturally, DC folks have plenty to say about the vote; a sampling of the reactions that have rolled into my inbox:
Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps:
“I welcome Congressional passage of the DTV Delay Act. It has long been clear to me–and it’s even clearer since I became Acting FCC Chairman two weeks ago–that the country is not prepared to undertake a nationwide transition in twelve days without unacceptably high consumer dislocation. The additional four months provided by the law affords urgently-needed time for a more phased transition, including a consumer-friendly converter box coupon program, stepped-up consumer outreach and support–particularly for vulnerable populations–and dealing with coverage, antenna and reception issues that went too long unaddressed. We’ve got a lot of work to do, but thanks to great leadership in the Senate and House of Representatives, we now have an opportunity to do it better.”
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass
“We’ve got to make sure the transition to digital television is done in a way that protects consumers,” said Kerry. “A short delay will give us time to work through the problems left by the Bush Administration and help ensure the transition goes as smoothly as possible without disrupting critical services such as emergency broadcasting announcements. I’m glad my colleagues in Congress and President Obama agreed that a delay was necessary and took action to protect the millions of consumers at risk of losing their television signal.”‘
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