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At PT/Expo Comm Nokia Siemens officially decided to dip its toes in the 4G dongle and router waters, unleashing the USB-lte 7210, the CPEi-lte 7212 and the CPEo-lte 7210 on the public. The three different devices all use TD-LTE to hit speeds of 102Mbps down and 51Mbps up. The USB-lte (pictured on the right) is, obviously, a plug-and-play USB modem for getting your laptop (or desktop, we suppose) online using a cellular network. The CPEi and CPEo are 4G routers, with WiFi radios and Ethernet jacks that allow you to spread the 4G wealth. The difference being the CPEi is designed for in-home use, while the “o” in CPEo stands for “outside.” Pricing and availability are still a mystery but, since no carriers here use the time division-duplex flavor of LTE, don’t except to see them land on American shores. Check out the PR after the break.

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If you’re a parent with an iPad, there’s a good chance your tablet already disappears for long stretches, only to come back covered in tiny fingerprints. Today’s Appmates announcement from Disney will likely have plenty of parents seriously considering the purchase of a second tablet for the home. The Cars toys are meant to be driven across the top of an iPad, interacting with a downloadable Cars 2 Appmates app, which lets kids drive around courses, race and complete missions. The app will be offered up as a free download through iTunes, and the cars will run $20 for a two-pack — the different toys unlock different features, according to Disney. The toys will be made available in October through Apple and Disney Stores and various retailers. Press info and a video after the break.

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Reminder: We’ll be live tomorrow at Amazon’s tablet event in NYC! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC’s Facebook page is inviting fans to a gathering on October 6th at the rock ‘n roll Roundhouse in London, ostensibly to celebrate the Beats Audio technology we’ve been listening to with the Sensation XE. Call us over-excited, but the manufacturer’s last party bore plenty of exotic fruit so we reckon those Dre-approved headphones in the flyer might be connected to yet another new handset — unless the mystery guest happens to be the aging hip-hop star himself. In any case, we’ll be there and we won’t hit a single canapé or rap pose until we’ve brought you the news.

HTC announces its next party, Beats Audio and ‘surprise headliner’ in attendance originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So, word on the street is that Amazon’s got an Android-based tablet in the works that looks like a PlayBook and will probably be called the Kindle Fire. But, until now, we didn’t know what kind of content would be available on this new Kindle with a color screen. According to All Things D, Bezos’ baby has been blessed by Hearst, Conde Nast and Meredith publishers in time for the slate’s unveiling later this week — giving users access to magazines ranging from GQ and Cosmopolitan to Car and Driver and Wired. Evidently, Amazon’s taking around a 30 percent cut (not unlike the competition in Cupertino) of slate-based subscriptions, with small variations depending upon the magazine. With these latest leaked tidbits, we’re beginning to wonder what details are left for Amazon to reveal on Wednesday — a little mystery adds to the anticipation, after all.

Big publishers to provide fuel for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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