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November, 2010
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24 November
Real
The famous light cycles from the movie Tron are back in the sequel, Tron Legacy, for which there’s already plenty of buzz. In an act of canny marketing, Coca-Cola has developed a game that lets you play light cycles in the real world using a smart phone. Available as a free download for the iPhone and coming soon for Android, Coke’s LiveCycle …
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24 November
SkyFire 3.0 browser for Android is hot for Facebook
For many people, Facebook is the Internet. SkyFire has taken note, making the latest version of its Android Web browser extremely Facebook friendly. SkyFire 3.0 integrates the ‘book directly into the browser’s Skybar, a toolbar powered by the cloud. This means the browser has a number of features which make it particularly well suited for Facebook addicts. For instance, a …
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24 November
Five surprising things about the Sprint ZTE Peel
A couple weeks back I told you about the Sprint ZTE Peel, an iPod Touch accessory that sounded almost too good to be true. For a mere $79.99, plus a no-contract monthly service fee of $29.99, you could add 3G connectivity to your Touch. Goodbye, pricey iPhone! Hello, much more affordable iPod Touch-Phone! Well, not quite. Now that I’ve had …
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24 November
ITC to probe Apple patent claims against Motorola
The U.S. International Trade Commission is officially stepping in to investigate Apple’s claim of patent infringement against Motorola. The ITC announced yesterday that its probe will examine a complaint that Apple filed with it on October 29 against Motorola. The charges are detailed in two lawsuits by Apple against Motorola in which Apple alleges that the sale of Motorola’s Droid, …
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24 November
Motorola Defy to go Android 2.2, no Froyo for Milestone XT720
The tough as old boots Motorola Defy will be sprouting an Android 2.2 update in the spring next year, according to an official support page, but there’s nothing on the horizon for another recently released Moto phone, the Milestone XT720. The original Motorola Milestone will benefit from Android 2.2 at some point, although we’ve been waiting for that since August. …
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24 November
Acer Iconia dual
Acer has uncoiled the Iconia, a dual-screen contraption that looks like a laptop made out of two tablets, for the whopping price of about two and a half tablets. The Iconia looks like a laptop, but is in fact two 14-inch capacitive touchscreens bolted together in the familiar clamshell format. Either screen can be the virtual keyboard. The Iconia has …
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24 November
Black Friday cell phone deals
Black Friday brings some amazing deals on tech gadgets, including cell phones and smartphones. However, there’s a lot to sort through, so to help make it easier, we’ve rounded up some of the hottest deals on handsets below. Some of these promotions are happening now or extend beyond Black Friday, so you don’t have to fight the crowds in order …
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24 November
Android gets its own theme bar and water
More proof the Japanese are taking Android to their gadget-loving hearts: a theme bar all about Google’s little green robot has opened in the land of the rising sun. Bar Android is frequented by a growing developer community In Shibuya, Tokyo, and opens on Monday evenings. According to our sister site CNET Asia, you can find doughnuts, eclairs, frozen yoghurt …
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24 November
Boxee Box: Razor
Boxee has unveiled a startling design for its custom media player, which will enable the company to shed its reliance on hardware from Apple, and PCs in general. The company has partnered with D-Link to create the box — for those who haven’t been paying attention, D-Link was the company behind the DivX Connected hardware we tested last year. This …
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