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Posted at February 6, 2012 by 0 Comment

Samsung Galaxy Note Up For Pre-Order Online At AT&T

We’ve heard rumors regarding the availability of the Samsung Galaxy Note on AT&T and it looks like February 19 should be the day to circle in your calendar if you’re waiting for this phone-tablet hybrid. However, as expected to happen, the Samsung Galaxy Note is now available for pre-order online at AT&T. Following the source link below you’ll be able to secure your unit which goes for $299 with a new two-year contract. Expect the unit to ship by February 17, which should be just a couple of days before the official availability date. As a reminder, the Galaxy Note on AT&T ...

Bloomberg: iPad 3 To Have Quad-Core CPU, LTE, High-Def Screen

You’ve just got to love the timing. First, Apple announces their education-focused media event smack dab in the middle of CES. Now, just as CES is winding down, Bloomberg has “three people familiar with the product” spilling purported details on the next iPad. Whether or not Apple won CES without even being there, they’re certainly trying. None of the leaked details are particularly new, but that it comes from Bloomberg and they’ve seemingly got full confidence in their source(s) makes them a bit more credible than rumors prior. Here’s the gist of it: The next iPad (Bloomberg calls it “iPad 3″, though even ...

Posted at January 15, 2012 by 0 Comment
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iPhone 4S launch in China greeted with egg throwing

Launches of previous versions of the iPhone have been greeted with large crowds at times. However, the crowd of approximately 500 people waiting for the Chinese launch of the iPhone 4S at Apple's official Beijing store today got a little rowdy. As Bloomberg reports, some members of the crowd started throwing eggs at the store after it was announced that the iPhone 4S would not go on sale after all. MICGadget.com reports that most of the crowd at the Beijing Apple store were in fact scalpers who will likely try to turn around and sell their iPhone ...

Posted at January 15, 2012 by 0 Comment
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Samsung planning ‘brilliant’ new Windows Phones for Europe

It’s fair to say that Samsung’s current Windows Phone offering in Europe isn’t exactly mind-blowing. After its impressive Omnia 7 was released with the first wave of Windows Phone 7 devices in October 2010, the Omnia W was something of a disappointment for many, who saw its similar specs and smaller screen as not being much of an improvement over its predecessor, especially in light of increasingly superlative rival handsets, such as Nokia’s Lumia 800 and the HTC TITAN. Samsung currently offers two devices in the US – the 3.7" Focus Flash (which is essentially the Omnia W in all but ...

Posted at January 15, 2012 by 0 Comment

Microsoft: Skype for Windows Phone coming “Soon”

Microsoft bought Skype back in October for $12.5 billion but since then there hasn't been much in the way of new software and hardware products that represent a true collaboration between Skype and Microsoft products. In a video interview conducted by Microsoft at CES 2012, Skype's vice president of products Rick Osterloh said that collaboration is still in the works. Perhaps the biggest question for Skype fans concerns when a Skype client will be released for Windows Phone devices. In the interview, Osterloh said that Skype is working on a Windows Phone version but declined to give out a date, saying ...

Posted at January 14, 2012 by 0 Comment