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HTC Omega specs leaked: 3.8-inch screen, 1.5GHz CPU, 8 MP camera, Windows Phone Mango
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Another HTC’s Windows Phone device has been leaked. The new one, codenamed Omega, looks like a mass-market product that doesn’t rock a super-large 4.3-inch screen — rather it will reportedly sport a 3.8-inch WVGA display, making it easy to carry around in one’s pocket. That said, this could easily be the Mango-running successor of the HTC Mozart.
As for the rest of the specs, according to Gadgetian – the HTC Omega will also come with a 1.5GHz single-core Qualcomm processor, 8-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording and LED flash, 16GB of built-in storage, 512MB of RAM, HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS and a 3.5mm headset jack. We’ve no idea when HTC will officially launch the Omega, bu...
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Nokia's Ovi Store surpasses 50,000 apps
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Nokia’s Ovi Store now has more than 50,000 apps in the catalog, with more than 6.5 million downloads per day taking place. That’s up from the previous count of 48,000 apps and 6 million daily downloads.
Despite the solid growth, the Finnish company has a lot of catching up to do to reach the heights of Apple’s AppStore and Google’s Android Market, if that’s part of the plan at all. We all know Nokia has selected Windows Phone 7 as its main platform for the future and now it’s up to Microsoft to drive the developers’ interest.
Nokia also reiterated its plans for Qt-based apps, which can run on its Symbian and MeeGo phones and soon even on feature phones. The company said that for developers, ...
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Verizon's Blackberry Bold 9930 unveiled early thanks to website blunder
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Oh boy, we don't envy the Verizon web admin who made this particular mis-click. If you go to VZW's sales page for the Blackberry 9650 and click on the "Explore Features" video, you get an unexpected treat: a walkthrough not of the 9650, but of the unreleased Bold 9930. The specs are familiar, like the 1.2GHz processor, 2.8-inch touchscreen and Blackberry 7 OS. But at least we now have it from the horse's mouth that the new Bold Touch is indeed coming to Verizon. We've stuck our own rip of the video after the break, as the original will likely disappear any second -- much like that poor web admin.
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HTC Salsa ditches its Facebook button for Weibo in China
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When is a "Facebook phone" not a Facebook phone? When it's in China. While this handset may look like an HTC Salsa at first glace, if you look a little closer you'll notice that the familiar little blue button has been replaced with one for Sina's Weibo social networking service. Lest you think this is just another KIRF, however, you can rest assured this is indeed the real deal, and a fairly big deal for HTC, considering that Weibo has around 150 million total users, and 50 million active monthly users. As for the phone itself, it's remained mostly unchanged otherwise, with it packing an 800MHz processor and a 3.4-inch 480 x 320 display, along with Android 2.3.3 with Sense 2.1 on top. Head ...
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PNY Brings the GeForce GTX 580 XLR8 OC
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PNY is offering the new XLR8 GeForce GTX 580 in Europe, the card is factory overclocked at a 805MHz core (1610MHz shaders) and 4200 MHz memory frquency.
While not as impressive as the operating clocks other custom designed GTX 580 cards, these are still above stock frequencies that are set at 772MHz for the GPU (1544MHz shaders) and 4008MHz for the memory.
The rest of the specifications of the PNY GeForce GTX 580 XLR8 OC are nothing out of the ordinary and the card comes equipped with the regular pair of dual-link DVI ports as well as with a mini-HDMI video output. A mini-HDMI to full-size HDMI adapter is also bundled together with the card.
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Philips Unveils New HD Monitors
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Philips announced today two more HD monitors that will be releasing soon, the 248C3LHSB and the 228C3LHSB. These displays measure at 24 and 22 inches, respectively and both feature full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution and a 20000000:1 smart contrast ratio. The monitors include dual HDMI ports in order to allow them to be connected to PCs, Blu-ray players, and gaming consoles as well. Both screens have a 2ms response time, which is excellent for gaming. They also support a sleek look that is due to LED edge lighting. Philips is expecting to release both displays within the next few weeks. Retail prices will be £199 ($324) and £169 ($275).
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NEC Unveils New PX Series Projectors
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NEC announced earlier this month the release of their PX750U projector. Today, the company announced two new models that will be joining the PX series, the PX700W and PX800X. Both projectors use the latest in DLP display technology and have a 2100:1 contrast ratio. They will also support a native WXGA (1280 x 800) and XGA (1024 x 768) resolution, respectively. These two projectors are expected to replace the company’s NP4000 and NP4100 projectors. The new PX projectors are expected to include a diverse connection panel that will include HDMI, composite, s-video, RGB and even a USB port. The retail prices for these projectors are not available at this time, but they are not expected to releas...
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ASUS U46SV 14-Inch Ultra-Thin Laptop Launched In Europe
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Another ultra-thin laptop ‘U46SV’ from ASUS has just been launched in Europe. Powered by a 2.3GHz Intel Core i5-2410M processor, the system sports a 14-inch 1366 x 768 LED-backlit display, a 1GB GeForce GT 540M graphics card, a 4GB/6GB RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a 0.3MP webcam, a DVD burner, a 4-in-1 card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, a USB 3.0 port, an HDMI port, an 8-cell battery and runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS. The ASUS U46SV is now available for pre-order in Europe for 779 Euro / $1120 (w/ 4GB RAM) and 799 Euro / $1150 (w/ 6GB RAM).
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Asrock launches Z68M-ITX HTPC board with MCE remote
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Zotac's Mini-ITX Z68 motherboards have received some fresh competition with the arrival of ASRock's new Z68M-ITX/HT motherboard. Perfect for high-end HTPCs, the new board offers seemingly all the goodies commonly associated with Intel's latest chipset, including support for Sandy Bridge's IGP, K-Series processors and Smart Response Technology.
SRT is a hybrid storage solution that boosts performance by moving frequently accessed data to a low-capacity flash-based cache drive, while your operating system and other files are stored on a conventional hard drive. That speed increase varies depending on the situation, but we saw some impressive gains in our Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3-iSSD review.
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Sigma DP1x & DP2x Firmware Updates
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Sigma has released firmware upgrades for the Sigma DP1x and DP2x large-sensor compact cameras. Both models gain the ability to record images in “raw!JPEG” mode, and both firmware updates add a new AF area mode that allows users to position the AF point more freely within the frame. Additionally, you can now change the size of the focus point. The DP1x update also adds a Capture Priority Mode and the ability to magnify into the frame while in AF mode.
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Microsoft's Windows Revenue Falls Flat, Still Posts Record Quarter
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Windows and Windows Live Division revenue dipped 1 percent for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2011, and was down 2 percent for the year even though Windows 7 sold more than 400 million licenses, Microsoft announced. Nevertheless, the Redmond software giant posted big numbers overall, with $17.37 billion for the quarter, an 8 percent increase from the same quarter one year ago. For the fiscal year, Microsoft reported record revenue of $69.94 billion, a 12 percent jump from last year.
"Throughout fiscal 2011, we delivered to market a strong lineup of products and services which translated into double-digit revenue growth, and operating margin expansion," said Peter Klein, chief financial of...
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PlayStation Vita online and social features detailed
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Sony seems to be dripfeeding gamers with details about what we can expect from the PlayStation Vita and the latest cache of info to drop from the mothership relates to the handheld’s online and social features.
We’ve known since the PlayStation Vita was first announced that it would bring a web-connected staging area for each game, location features and a new chat features. Now we’re actually hearing about what we’ll actually have to play with. Read on for a quick run down of the latest on the PlayStation Vita’s online and social smarts…
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Near sounds a lot like the Nintendo 3DS‘ SpotPass system. Sony describes it as a location-based gifting system which will allow you to leave presents ....
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HTC exec Horace Luke leaves company for 'personal reasons'
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HTC is out a top executive with the departure of chief innovation officer Horace Luke. The exec has been gone for some time now, having exited at the end of April. The Taiwanese phone maker formally announced the news this week, citing "personal reasons" as the motivation behind the CIO's exit. HTC had nothing but kind words for Luke, who had been with the company since 2006, stating that he had "nurtured a culture of innovation." The company's vice president of design, Scott Croyle, has stepped into the Luke's vacant position.
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Acer CEO may hop to Samsung to head up Europe
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Industry watchers say former Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci will join Samsung Electronics in August, insiders said. The executive will help Samsung expand its notebook business in Europe, as he is an expert in managing sales channels in Europe. Sources for Digitimes said Acer itself, ASUS, and HP may be seeking to hire Lanci as well.
Lanci quit at Acer in late March and singed a one-year non-compete agreement when he did so. Samsung will reportedly settle this problem by negotiating with Acer if it decides to hire him.
The acquisition, if it goes through, should help Samsung reach an ambitious goal of increasing notebook sales by 60 percent in 2011.
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RIM announces to cut 2,000 Employees
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RIM is shuffles management and announces the cut of about 2,000 employees world-wide, which is about 10% of the workforce. Thorsten Heins is taking on the expanded role of COO, Product and Sales. All product engineering functions, including both hardware and software teams, are being consolidated under Thorsten’s direction. This consolidation of product engineering functions is expected to both produce greater efficiencies and help to accelerate new product introductions in the future.
Robin Bienfait is maintaining her responsibilities as CIO, including BlackBerry Operations, Customer Service and Corporate IT functions, and also taking on responsibility for the Enterprise Business Unit focus...
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