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MetroPCS launches Huawei M835, Samsung Freeform III
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MetroPCS announced new devices in its offering – Huawei M835 and Samsung Freeform III. The first of the two is an entry-level Android 2.2 Froyo-runnin’ smartphone with 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS, 3G data and DTS Envelo Virtual Sound Technology that delivers “crisp and clear audio.” It costs $79 and requires MetroPCS’ $50 smartphone service plan.
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LG Optimus Net is an entry-level Gingerbread smartphone
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Aside from the LG Optimus Pro, the Korean company unveiled another Android smartphone – Optimus Net. From what I can tell, it looks like a successor to the super-popular Optimus One, which is now carried by every major mobile operator in the U.S. and elsewhere. In that sense, we’re talking about a low-to-mid end device that comes with the same 3.2-inch HVGA (320×480 pixels) capacitive touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera, HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity and a memory card slot.
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Asus tablet shipments rumored to soar by end of the year
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It would be absolutely fine if you remain skeptical after reading this one as the rumor that we just came across comes straight from our favorite hit-or-miss source DigiTimes. So, according to sources supposedly familiar with the matter, Asus is planning on shipping as much as 4.5 million tablet devices during the second half of 2011 – more than twice as much as the company initially estimated to pump out over the course of the whole year.
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Sony Ericsson posts surprising Q2 loss, blames Japanese earthquake
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Many analysts and market watchers were expecting a strong Q2 earnings report from Sony Ericsson today, but the company took them by surprise, posting a net loss of some €50 million (about $70.5 million), compared with a net gain of €12 million (around $17 million) at the same time last year. The manufacturer also sold only 7.6 million phones during the quarter, marking a 31 percent year-on-year decrease, while overall revenue fell from €1.76 billion (about $2.5 billion) last year to €1.19 billion (almost $1.7 billion) during Q2 2011.
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Best phones to break the piggy bank for in the months ahead
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With the summer halfway through, we are gearing towards the busiest season for enticing smartphone releases. As usual, in the third and fourth quarter of the year manufacturers act on the principle “save the best for last”, or, to be more exact, for the holiday shopping craze.
So which are the most anticipated phones yet to come our way by the end of the year? There are plenty of them, some announced, some rumored, but all of them exciting. Let's recap what we've heard so far, to know what shall we be saving for:
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Apple A6 chipset getting trial runs in the TSMC foundries
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Apple's next generation mobile chipset, codenamed A6, is being produced in small doses at the TSMC foundries, for testing purposes. Even though TSMC is the largest independent chip foundry, a huge customer like Apple will be hard to accommodate in sufficient quantity and quality in a heartbeat, regardless of how fast Cupertino wants to break away from Samsung.
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Touchscreen module revenues to hit $13.4 billion this year on tablet, smartphone demand
Like UnlikeAccording to research firm DisplaySearch, revenues from touchscreen modules will hit $13.4 billion this year. Projected capacitive screens have seen the largest growth since Apple made them popular on the iPhone in 2007, and DisplaySearch expects capacitive displays to account for 70% of all touchscreen revenues this year. Capacitive display shipments are also expected to jump more than 100% year-over-year. The company said the greatest display growth was in the tablet PC industry, where 26 million touchscreen modules were shipped last year.
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Microsoft creating One OS to rule them all?
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We already know Microsoft is unifying the look and feel of their various operating systems. Now This is my Next is speculating that Microsoft intends, by 2016, to have the same OS running on the desktop, laptop, tablet, game console and crucially phone.
They claim to have a source saying Microsoft had the ambitious plan to unify their OS offerings with the next version of Windows after Windows 8, and at the end of the life span of Xbox 360.
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Windows Phone Mango likely to be ready in September, Microsoft aims for 100 million annual sales
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The winners in the Microsoft-sponsored Imagine Cup contest this year will receive Windows Phone Mango handsets in September, as we learn from the competition's Twitter account.
That probably means that by fall availability Microsoft means early fall, which is good news for current and future owners of WP7 handsets. We wold bet on future owners who get the handsets around that time, however - current owners might have to wait more, as usually happens with these updates, but let's not put the cart before the horse.
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HTC Status "Facebook phone" now available from AT&T
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HTC's "don't call it the Facebook phone but it is a Facebook phone" Status is now available for purchase from AT&T. Fifty bucks and a new two-year agreement will net you an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone with a 2.6-inch touchscreen and a portrait QWERTY keyboard. Of course, you also get a special button for all of your Facebooking needs, and HTC has included some Facebook-specific apps with the version of Sense that is installed on the Status. Take a look at our initial hands-on impressions and stay tuned for a more in-depth review.
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Ballmer Says Windows 8 Will be Pretty Important
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Given that Windows is Microsoft's biggest product, we think that Windows 8 will be a pretty important product for the company. CEO Steve Ballmer agrees.
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Windows Phone 7 Connector now puts your Home Server in your hand
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Ok, Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector doesn't exactly sound exciting but, if you're one of the few people out there rocking a Windows Home Server 2011 machine and a WP7 handset, you're probably gonna want to get this set up ASAP. The combination of server-side plug-in and phone app lets you remotely control your server -- triggering backups, managing users, and viewing alerts. It also lets you pull up media files stored on your server, though you can't copy them locally for your later viewing or listening pleasure. It's not just for home users either. The plug-in works with Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, for smaller compani...
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Women embracing Google+, too - it's not just a boys' club
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The man who correctly predicted that Google+ has 10 million users, Paul Allen of Ancestry.com, is now coming out and saying that sites claiming the new social network has a 6 to 1 ratio of men to women are all wrong. In a recent post on his Google+ account, Allen says that he's been tracking the mix of men to women using his own data, which is based on a random sampling of surnames, and has come to the conclusion that the ratio currently sits at a much more female-friendly 2 to 1.
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Radeon HD 7000 Series PCI-Express 3.0 Compliant
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Soon you will see a new wave of motherboards getting PCIE 3.0 support but well, there's nothing out there utilizing all that extra bandwith and power spec. Well, good news, AMD's next generation of graphics processors (HD 7000 series) reportedly will be PCI-Express Generation 3 compliant. The desktop discrete graphics cards will feature PCI-Express 3.0 x16 bus interfaces, and will be fully backwards-compatible with older versions of the bus, including Gen 1 and Gen 2.
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PlayStation 4 Concept Design, Edgy and Eco-Friendly
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Recent reports suggest that Sony’s PlayStation 4 may already be in the works with suppliers revealing that production could start by the end of 2011 with Foxconn and Pegatron at the helm of assembly. In the wake of the PlayStation Network disaster, many believe that Sony will need the PS4 to turn things around ASAP. But what might the PS4 look like?
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