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Ipad killers will come in many forms
AT IFA 2010 IN BERLIN J K Shin, the president of Samsung’s mobile telecommunications business confidently told the audience at the Galaxy Tab launch event, “Between smartphones and PCs the tablet market is going to grow very quickly.“ That might be wishful thinking on his part but the outpouring of tablet designs this year and [...]
Samsung Fascinate (Verizon Wireless)
Verizon Wireless subscribers are now spoiled for choice. The Samsung Fascinate ($199.99 direct, with contract) completes a quartet of excellent Android smartphones on Verizon’s network. The Fascinate is slimmer and easier to hold than Motorola’s Droid X ($199.99-569.99, ), and it’s faster than HTC’s Droid Incredible ($199.99-529.99, ) and Motorola’s Droid 2 ($199.99-599.99, ). For [...]
Don’t look for Adobe Flash on Apple’s iPads, iPhones soon
I was traveling last week to cover Apple’s iPod and Apple TV event Wednesday (and writing an extra column based on that). So this week, I offer questions taken from Friday’s Web chat. The iPad’s future Concerning the iPad, will the projected update in OS include Flash (or deal with it’s lack of)? Will Apple [...]
Google Settles Privacy Lawsuit for $8.5 Million
Google Inc. has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a private class-action lawsuit that alleged its Buzz social networking service violated users’ privacy, according to court documents filed on Friday. Most of the money will help fund organizations focused on Internet privacy policy or privacy education, with slightly over $2 million going to plaintiffs’ [...]
Nvidia’s Laptop Graphics Cards to Boost Web Browsing
Nvidia on Friday announced seven new GeForce 400M series graphics cards for laptops, which could provide parallel-processing capabilities to accelerate Web browsing and 3D image rendering. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome have either implemented or will soon include the capability to off-load tasks like rendering of HTML 5 or Flash video content [...]
Sony Gets In on the Music Streaming Game
The crowded music streaming market just got even more crowded. Sony has announced that it will be launching a music streaming service for the web and many of its devices as well. Sony Music Unlimited, as the new service will be called, will allow users to access millions of tracks from Sony devices but [...]
Xbox 360 Vanquish demo delayed
Sega has confirmed that release of the Xbox 360 demo of Shinji Mikami’s Vanquish will be delayed until tomorrow (September 2). However, the PlayStation 3 release is on track and players will be able to download the demo later today. Vanquish is currently scheduled for release in Europe on October 22nd, for both the Xbox [...]
Sony launches new ebook readers
Sony has unveiled three new ebook readers to compete with Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle The three new devices – the Pocket Edition, Touch Edition and Daily Edition – are only available in the United States, and feature improved eInk screens with clearer displays, slimmer designs and touch-screen controls. The Pocket Edition, which features a [...]
First-day sales of Epic satisfy Sprint
Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday that it was pleased with the first-day response to its second phone designed to use its high-speed 4G network. The Samsung Epic 4G went on sale across the country, attracting lines outside some stores and buzz on Twitter and other online venues where gadget lovers trade opinions. The Overland Park-based [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab Slated for Launch on Verizon Wireless
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is launching on Verizon Wireless to vie for some of Apple’s iPad pie. The tablet computer will be unveiled Sept. 2 at IFA 2010 in Berlin, where Google CEO Eric Schmidt is providing the closing keynote. Bloggers peeling away the onion layers that comprise Samsung’s Galaxy Tab have learned that the widely [...]
