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Nexus One 3D benchmark on Video

31. December 2009

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We already know a lot about the Nexus One despite it still not being official. We know it’ll be powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, bundled with a 5-megapixel camera, run on Android 2.1, and will be sold by Google online. What you probably didn’t know is that it does 3D playback pretty good as [...]

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Motorola Mirage (Shadow) Android Phone Sneaks in Before 2010

30. December 2009

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The last major rumor of 2009 for the mobile industry: another Motorola Android phone that is said to be better than the best smartphone of the year. The Motorola Mirage or Shadow, to this writer, is of much more interest than the Nexus One and

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How Would You Use Your 5 MP Camera on Your iPhone 4G?

30. December 2009

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As reported two weeks ago, Digitimes claims that 5 megapixel CMOS cameras have already been ordered for the iPhone 4G. A 5 MP camera may not be a big deal for many handset owners but for the iPhone-toting crowd, it’s well-nigh revolutionary–especially if it can take videos as well. So the new 4G iPhone rumor [...]

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Refurbished 8GB iPhone 3G gets shipped in 8GB iPhone 3G S box

30. December 2009

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We’ve all but given on the 8GB iPhone 3G S rumor. 2009 is almost over and we have yet to receive any concrete evidence that it does exist. Sure, you could argue that there’s still 5 months left in 2010 before the 4G iPhone gets announced in June, but it just doesn’t make sense for [...]

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Philips GoGear SA075 PMP On Sale in China

30. December 2009

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Now this piece of new came out of nowhere for us. We assume the Philips GoGear SA075 China-only PMP will be made available some time this year, but this close to the new year? This PMP support 720p videos and is equipped with HDMI–so not exactly you’re typical China releases or maybe it is. No mention [...]

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Nexus One $530 Unlocked at T-Mobile, Launch Date Set on January 5 2010

30. December 2009

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If you believe the latest Nexus One leak, the Google phone will most likely end up as another failed iPhone killer, an also-ran in the smartphone wars and the biggest disappointments from the company since they started cutting Adsense revenues.

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ONN (OWEN) E1 E-Book Reader Cometh

30. December 2009

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Owen (ONN) has had a few brilliant outings so far in the Chinese PMP market, and they may have a contender in the electronic paper (E-Ink reader) market as well. the OWEN E1 offers a 5-inch E-Ink display (20 lines per page at 30 characters per line), which makes the E1 a smaller alternative to [...]

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iPhone wreaks havoc on O2’s network in the UK

29. December 2009

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We’ve seen how the iPhone has wreaked havoc on AT&T’s unprepared network, and now, the new iPhone 3G S is doing the same thing across the Atlantic over in the UK with O2. However, unlike AT&T, O2 isn’t beating around the bush and facing this problem head on. Ronan Dunne, O2 CEO, has apologized publicly for [...]

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[Videos] Nexus One Hands-On

29. December 2009

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Two videos have surfaced with the Nexus One smartphone up for a closer inspection. Warning: Only one of the videos is an authentic video. The other one is made up of still photos with an upbeat Latin music in the background. The authentic video of the Nexus One show a lot of what we’d like [...]

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T-Mobile Nexus One Phone for January

29. December 2009

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TMONews seems to have announced the date of availability of Nexus One for the T-Mobile network. No specific name has been mentioned but they do say it’s a new Android device exclusively sold by Google will be launched in January. This ought to be the Nexus One–the only Android-based smartphone we know that Google is [...]

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