Microsoft has struck a five-year deal to pre-install its Live Search as the default search engine on Verizon mobile phones. Users will be able to download a Live Search software package to their mobile phones will allow them to check traffic and movie times as well as shop online, Microsoft said We...
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Best Buy seems to have a good deal going with Apple, as it was the first retailer outside of Apple's own stores to carry iPhones, and now will be the first again, by selling "refreshed" or, more accurately, refurbished 3G iPhones . The refurbished iPhones will be devices that were re...
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The growing pico-projector market is getting a jolt here at the Consumer Electronics Show, with announcements from a range of vendors. The latest company to enter the market is Samsung Mobile, announcing the MBP200 Pico Projector. Weighing only 5.6 ounces, the MBP200 can project a viewing area up t...
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Iqua , a Finnish company that makes Bluetooth wireless headsets, is at Macworld Expo for the first time, and its booth contains a pair of interesting products. My eye was drawn to the Sun, a small gray device Iqua claims is the world's first "solar-powered Bluetooth headset." According to...
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The T-Mobile Shadow is getting a smart phone makeover for 2009. The new Shadow will run Windows Mobile 6.1, be HotSpot-enabled for use with T-Mobile Unlimited HotSpot Calling service , and have access to Wi-Fi networks. The Shadow has a nice balance of entertainment and enterprise features, inc...
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Wi-Fi may not be cutting-edge technology anymore, but iPhones, netbooks and other portable devices will put it in many more consumers' hands this year, according to figures released Thursday by the Wi-Fi Alliance and research company In-Stat. Once associated mainly with laptop PCs, Wi-Fi is now em...
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For many people in the U.S., especially small businesses and gamers, broadband is still too slow and too expensive. I found a small Seattle-based company here at CES that is coming at the problem in a very interesting way. The company, called Sharedband, gives you a way to buy multiple broadband l...
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Palm is hoping to get back on track with its new Pre touch phone, which comes equipped with the equally new operating system webOS, both announced on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show. The Pre and the operating system use a couple of key concepts to make the phone easy to use, and to tightl...
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Fake iPhone Nanos hit the streets in Asia last week ahead of a possible product announcement from Apple at MacWorld Expo 2009. However, the rumor never materialized into a real device during Phil Schiller's keynote address at the annual trade show this week. Now, the BBC says fraudulent iPhone Nan...
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Most major carriers now offer GPS navigation services on a pay-per-day basis (as an alternative to purchasing a monthly subscription). But those services typically depend on cellular network connectivity: Drive outside the range of coverage, and you're faced with incomplete service--or none at all. ...
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Palm today announced its long-awaited new operating system--called Web OS--as well as the new Palm Pre smart phone to match. The Pre will be available exclusively on the Sprint 3G Network in first half of 2009. The announcement was made at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. As rumored earlier t...
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LG Electronics announced Wednesday a high-speed wireless wrist-watch phone with video chat and text messaging capabilities at the Consumer Electronics Show . The Seoul-based electronics company said the Touch Watch Phone will be the first 3G watch phone on the market and planned to put it on ...
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The thinnest and smallest full-QWERTY BlackBerry, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 is the latest addition to RIM's popular family of smart phones. Available from T-Mobile, the Curve 8900 has a more powerful processor and the 2.4-inch 65K display has the highest resolution of any full-QWERTY BlackBerry a...
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Already available overseas, Nokia's E63 is now coming to the U.S. Nokia says this 3G smart phone, which is on display here at the Consumer Electronics Show, will be available within the next week in an unlocked version for $249. The Nokia E63 is the little brother of the Nokia E71 , which was rele...
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My favorite thing about Macworld Expo is stumbling across cool little products from companies I've never heard of. If my first foray onto the show floor is an indication of what Expo has in store for me I'm pretty excited. Walking down one of the less trafficked pathways on the show floor I came ac...
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Skype is embracing the Android platform today with the expected launch of the Skype Lite app for devices running on Google's mobile OS. The application will enable T-Mobile G1 users to make cheap calls without the need of a mobile Internet connection and also chat via instant messages with people in...
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One of the many smart-phone rumors that have been floating around prior to this year's CES is that T-Mobile will unveil the G2 , the successor to the Google Android-based G1. People have speculated that the HTC Touch HD , already available overseas, will be rebranded for the United States as the n...
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