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This article was written on September 18, 2006 by CyberNet.

I have been wondering how much Microsoft’s Zune media player was going to cost but it looks like Wal-Mart is answering that question for me. The pricetag that they placed on it early this afternoon appears to be $284 but they have since removed the cost. The product page is still available if you want to read about the details they have listed and I would say it is worth it for $284.

Despite it only having a 30GB hard drive, which fails in comparison to the iPod’s 80GB, it would still be really nice to have wireless capabilities along with the FM tuner. I think the only way Apple could really come out fighting this one would be by releasing a “widescreen” iPod with a virtual click wheel. They need to acquire a unique feature that people can’t find in their competition’s media players, just like Microsoft is doing with the Zune.

One thing that I did learn from Wal-Mart’s product page on the Zune was that you’ll be able to view the screen in either landscape or portrait mode. That is something I kinda assumed you could do but I had not read anywhere whether that was a sure thing.

News Source: Engadget
Thanks for the tip Jason!

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This article was written on April 16, 2008 by CyberNet.

Back in October of 2006, Microsoft filed a patent for a new type of mouse and recently that patent was just published. Thanks to it being published, we now have a glimpse into what a future mouse from Microsoft might look like. It’s a wearable design and not only does it look kinda cool, it’s actually pretty clever and practical as well. The images below help give us an idea of what it’s all about:

Now of course Microsoft isn’t the first to try and come up with a whole new way to use a mouse, but theirs is the first that I’ve seen where it actually looks like it could be used. There’s a huge convenience and time-saver factor with this design. Just needing to raise your hand off the keyboard slightly to move the mouse would be great. Think about how much time you spend completely removing your hand from the keyboard to bring it to the moue sitting at the side, it’s probably a lot in a days time.

There are a few things worth pointing out with this design. The first is that on Figure 3, buttons 114 and 116 would be used for right and left clicking, and would be pressed with the thumb. Obviously the mouse couldn’t always be active, so a “switch” which is shown on Figure 2 as 110 would activate the mouse. You could either close your hand to activate it or grasp the mouse like a joystick.

What do you think? Could this be the type of mouse we’ll be using in the near- future?

Source: I Started Something

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This article was written on August 11, 2008 by CyberNet.

The Wall Street Journal recently sat down with Steve Jobs to see how things are going with the newly released App Store. As expected, things are going really well. In the past month that the App Store has been available to iPhone and iPod Touch users, more than 60 million applications have been downloaded. Of course many of those are free, but many have a price tag attached which means developers are making money. Apple is making money too with the 30% that they take, but Steve Jobs pointed out that much of that goes simply towards operating costs.

If we break down the number of apps that have been downloaded, we’ll see that they are slowly declining. Keep in mind that the iPhone 3G will be launching in several new countries on August 22nd which means sales could pick right back-up again.

• Day one through day 3: 10 million apps downloaded – approximately 3.3 million apps downloaded each day on average
• Day four through day 10: an additional 15 million apps downloaded – approximately 2.1 million apps downloaded each day on average
• Day eleven through day thirty: an additional 35 million apps downloaded – 1.75 million apps downloaded each day on average

Paid apps have brought in about $1 million dollars in sales per day. The Wall Street Journal says that if they stay at the current pace, Apple is set to make about $360 million in revenue from the App Store over a year’s time. Developers are making some decent money as well. Probably the best example of a successful game is Super Monkey Ball which has been downloaded over 300,000 times in 20 days. This means Super Monkey Ball alone has brought in $3 million.

Clearly the App Store was a smart move for Apple. During the interview, Steve jobs talked about what has set the iPhone apart from others. He said, “Phone differentiation used to be about radios and antennas and things like that. We think, going forward, the phone of the future will be differentiated by software.” Software has definitely been a big part of what has made the iPhone successful.

It looks as though T-Mobile may see what Steve Jobs does, that the phone of the future will be differentiated by software. Rumor has it that T-Mobile is preparing their own app store for the new phones they will be launching. While Apple’s App Store is only for the iPhone, T-Mobile’s store would be for multiple phones.

Source: Mac Rumors

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This article was written on June 06, 2006 by CyberNet.

HP has issued a recal for the HP Photosmart R707 digital camera after they received a report of the camera cathing on fire. The fire is a hazard when the camera is plugged in using the AC adapter, which will cause some batteries to overheat.

They have 679,000 cameras to recall because the camera has been sold for almost 2 years in stores. People are now wondering why Microsoft hasn’t done the same thing for the Xbox 360.

News Source: Neowin.net

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Microsoft this morning added Acer, Fujitsu and ZTE to its stable of Windows Phone hardware partners, but look at that image above and you’ll find one name missing. Yes, Michael Dell’s surname is a notable absentee from the group of Mango manufacturers, which prompted us to reach out to someone in charge to see what’s what. A Microsoft rep informed us that the company has nothing to announce on that front at present, but urged us to “stay tuned,” whatever that may mean. If you’re wondering where Nokia is, fret not, it’s still very much in Microsoft’s future plans, it just got a separate mention. As to Dell? Not a peep in the entire keynote. This comes only a day after a Wall Street Journal article mentioned Dell’s intention to reduce its presence in the consumer market and focus on its enterprise strengths — could an abandonment of Windows Phone be one of those steps?

Update: Dell is not off the list of WP7 hardware manufacturers. Microsoft told us that the Round Rock gang simply isn’t one of the “partners ready to go” do the Mango tango right now.

Dell curiously missing from Windows Phone ‘Mango’ hardware partner list, Microsoft says ‘stay tuned’ (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 May 2011 11:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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