The CEO of Dish Network, Joseph Clayton, said in an interview on Monday that the company could be looking into partnering or acquiring a wireless carrier. He floated to Bloomberg the prospect of getting either Sprint or Clearwire. The Dish executive admitted, however, that his company also need to secure wireless infrastructure, more technological capabilities, […]
Samsung has officially launched the Omnia W, its first Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) smartphone. The device centers on a 3.7-inch Super AMOLED display with an 800×480 resolution. It is powered by a 1.4GHz processor matched with 512MB of RAM. It also incorporates some Samsung-only touches, including access to an e-book client. Samsung has adopted the […]
LG Mobile started off the week by unveiling a new industry-first phone. The previously seen Optimus EX is one of the first to ship with NVIDIA’s upgraded 1.2GHz Tegra 2 chip, which lets it play 1080p video where the earlier model stopped at 720p. A very bright 700-nit, IPS-based four-inch LCD makes it easier to […]
Samsung on Sunday cracked another milestone and said the Galaxy S II had passed 10 million sales. The figure comes five months in and beats the time for the original Galaxy S, which took two months more to hit the same amount. The largest piece of Galaxy S II sales, 3.6 million, was in Samsung’s […]
Toshiba on Monday morning upgraded its Canvio drives with its third generation. The 2.5-inch portable drives get a speed update as the slightly more frugal drives now support USB 3.0, bringing them up to speed with the regular disks. Windows owners who get the full Canvio drives now get NTI’s BackupNow EZ to back up […]
Google has updated its free iPhone app for its social network Google+, adding support for “Hangouts,” ie multi-user videoconferencing, reports MacStories. Up to nine people can join a Hangout, using the front-facing iPhone or iPad camera by default (though the rear camera is also supported). Other changes include the renaming of “Huddle” to “Messenger,” and […]
DreamWorks late Sunday revealed that it had struck a deal with Netflix to provide its animated movies. The deal, unofficially estimated by a consensus of NY Times analysts to be worth $30 million, will bring movies like Monsters vs. Aliens or the Shrek series to the streaming service. It’s not evident how long the deal […]
Computers with older SATA 2.0 (three gigabits per second) speeds and a PCIe 2.0 expansion slot can now overcome the built-in limitations of their drives and achieve over 4GB per second possible throughput using one of the two new MaxPower RAID mini-SAS card models in RAID 0 mode. The mini-SAS setup allows four separate channels […]
iHelicopter has just released its iW500 RC car. It uses a vacuum to drive on walls and even ceilings, though the surfaces need to be smooth. The vacuum can also be turned off for regular floor driving. Users control the toy through an free app for their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. iHelicopter supplies is […]
Nokia signalled that it was getting close to its first Windows Phone hardware by quietly posting its first official software. App Highlights app (Zune link), a portal that curates Nokia’s picks for local and worldwide apps, has been posted to the store this week without the option of an actual download. It may be written specifically […]
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