Archive for: May, 2011

HP Launches DataPass – 3G Prepaid Data Plans

HP is getting into the prepaid data game. The company just announced DataPass, a solution that lets you purchase 3G service from your laptop. The service is HP-branded, and that isn’t just marketing hype — the company bought excess spectrum from Sprint and is setting its own prices, effectively turning the PC maker into an […]

Windows Phone 7’s “Mango” May Find Music, Read Barcodes, Provide Turn-by-Turn Directions and Speech to SMS

Microsoft will reportedly add a few features to Bing in the near future, Mango release,  which could prove particularly useful. According to the latest episode of the Windows Phone Dev Podcast, with Microsoft’s Brandon Watson as a guest, a new function called Bing Audio will act like a Shazam for recognizing music (and will sell […]

Samsung Galaxy S II Has 3 Million Pre-Orders World Wide

Samsung claimed unprecedented genuine demand for the Galaxy S II on Sunday night. The electronics giant said it had picked up three million pre-orders worldwide for its dual-core Android phone by the end of April, when it went on sale in Korea. Orders were expected to only go up as the phone reached global scale […]

Reunited! Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul Are Both Judges on ‘The X Factor’

Mick and Keith, Roger and Peter… some pairing just work for th e crowed, even if they don’t work for each other. The reunion between the former love-hate “American Idol” Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul has started Sunday at first day of X Factor auditions, which were held at USC’s Galen Center. The 48-year-old singer and […]

HP Announces the Ultra-Thin Elite L2201x Display

HP has more than laptops to launch today, a luxury LCD display was also in the mix. The 21.5-inch Elite L2201x breaks from most design and moves the power supply outside to slim the screen down to 0.4 inches thick and save space on the desk with an easel-like shape. Its metal finish makes it […]

HP Updates Consumer Netbook and Laptop Lines, Audio Takes Center Stage

HP kicked off the week with a slew of notebook upgrades, headed up unusually by its netbooks. The Mini 210 has been given its first real redesign with a more minimalist, colorful look. It’s also HP’s smallest system to get Beats audio processing and should have unusually good sound quality for the 10-inch size. Its […]

HP Announces the EliteBook 2560p and 2760p, Beats-Ready ProBook 5330m

HP early Monday launched three pro notebook, each of which claimed a first. The 12.1-inch EliteBook 2760p is its first real EliteBook tablet and brings the swivelling screen to the same US military-grade metal chassis as its predecessors. Performance also meets the label’s expectations with 2011 Core i5 and i7 processors as well as an […]

Amazon in the UK Puts the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 for Sale at $2,120

Amazon UK has listed the forthcoming 13-inch Lenovo Thinkpad X1 at the equivalent of $2,120. The Macbook Air competitor is due to arrive in the UK on May 20. While it is priced higher than an equivalent Macbook Air, it is fitted with a current generation 2.5GHz Core i5-2520M and includes 4GB of Ram and […]

Amazon Cloud Player Now Working on iOS Via Browser

Amazon in an unannounced step extended an olive branch to iPad and iPhone users by fixing Cloud Player access over the web. Having previously been denied access, iOS users can now play songs from Safari much as they would on the desktop. It works with multiple tracks and will even pause properly for an incoming […]

Sony Claims Only 2,500 Users’ Names Leaked, Delaying PSN Restart

Sony in an update said that its PlayStation Network restoration would take longer than expected. The company was still in final testing but said “additional comprehensive system checks” were needed before it went back up. The company explained that the estimate given at its media conference in Japan of a week-long process hadn’t factored in […]

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