The Kobo eReader Touch, which has been available in the US since June, is finally scheduled to reach Aussie shelves. (Credit: Kobo) A representative from Rogers & Cowan, which handles Kobo’s PR, told CNET Australia that the Kobo eReader Touch is due to arrive in the first week of October. The Kobo eReader Touch will …
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21 September
Android flies high on Boeing 787 Dreamliners
Boeing has side-stepped Apple’s iPad and chosen the Google Android operating system to power custom-built in-flight entertainment units. (Credit: Boeing) According to Australian Business Traveller (AusBT), all 787 Dreamliner aircraft will be fitted with servers and headrest terminals running Android, delivering movies, music and the possibility of other Boeing-designed apps as well. The Android platform would also give Boeing the …
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21 September
HTC Raider 4G announced for Korea
HTC unveiled yet another new Android phone yesterday, although with much less fanfare than the HTC Rhyme for Verizon Wireless. Announced specifically for Korea, the HTC Raider 4G runs Android 2.3.4 with Sense UI and features a 4.5-inch qHD display, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage, and an 8-megapixel camera. The phone offers support for 4G LTE, as …
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21 September
RIM sitting on 800,000 PlayBooks, report says
Research In Motion has a backlog of roughly 800,000 PlayBooks, The Guardian is reporting. RIM’s PlayBook Best Buy Citing an analyst from Fubon Securities, the U.K. publication reported today that RIM’s supplier, Quanta Computer, had shipped 1.5 million PlayBooks to RIM in the first half. But RIM has only shipped 700,000 Playbooks–including 200,000 from the past quarter–to its retail partners. …
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21 September
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BlackBerry Curve 9360 BlackBerry T-Mobile took the covers off its latest BlackBerry today, and it’s the BlackBerry Curve 9360. The Curve 9360 is one of the trio of new Curves RIM has announced recently. It’s the entry-level BlackBerry brand, but it does ship with a number of new features. They include BlackBerry OS 7, better graphics, and the new WebKit …
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21 September
Netflix to focus on acquiring TV content
NEW YORK–As movie content gets more expensive and harder to come by, Internet streaming service Netflix is turning its attention to acquiring more TV content for its streaming service. In the company’s first public appearance since it announced recently that it will split its DVD and streaming video businesses into two different brands, Netflix Chief Financial Officer David Wells today …
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21 September
Windows Phone Mango rolls out early as next week
Taking rumors and speculation about the timing of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in its own hands, Microsoft announced today that the update to the bold new mobile operating system will hit “in the next week or two.” The word comes from Eric Hautala, general manager for customer experience engineering, in a post on Microsoft’s official Windows Phone blog. Windows Phone …
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21 September
LightSquared solves GPS interference with new device
Wireless broadband provider LightSquared will have a solution on the market by November that mitigates its interference issues with high-precision GPS services, the company said today. LightSquared, which is building a nationwide 4G LTE wireless broadband network using spectrum that is adjacent to the spectrum GPS device makers use, said it has developed receivers with GPS device manufacturer Javad GNSS …
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21 September
Al Gore confirms multiple iPhones coming
Former Vice President Al Gore, of all people, is the latest to confirm that Apple will be selling multiple iPhones next month. Apple “Not to mention the new iPhones coming out next month. That was a plug,” Gore said today during the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in South Africa. The comments were reported by The Next Web. Gore serves as …
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21 September
Verizon CEO talks up spectrum, downplays Sprint iPhone
NEW YORK – Verizon Communications CEO said he is not taking sides on whether AT&T should be allowed to buy T-Mobile USA, but he thinks that if the deal is blocked, the U.S. government needs to find ways to get more spectrum in the market. He also said he is not worried about more competition from a potential Sprint iPhone. …
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