Author: Amarnath Natarajan
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Skype For Android Update Got US 3G Calling
Verizon Android users have a 3G Skype calling since this time last year, but the latest app release version v1.0.0.983 for those keeping tablets, brings 3G calling to the masses, without need for a VZW-sanctioned app. The update also patches a rather significant security hole discovered last week, which would let the third party apps…
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T-Mobile G-Slate And Sidekick 4G Now On Sale
The G-Slate is shaking off the cobwebs from its long journey westward and making itself available for purchase directly through T-Mobile. The price is still $530 with a two year contract and suggested retail price of $750; we are not seeing any option to obtain it that way. The 4G tablet designed to ride T-Mobiles…
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Toshibas Regza AT300 Honeycomb Tablet Hits Japan In June
Toshibas first Honeycomb tablet has finally been priced and hits Japan this June. This tablet features 10.1 inch, with 1280*800 pixel display, USB, HDMI, and 5MP rear-facing camera is Japan only for now, where the Tegra-2 powered Android 3.0 tablet has just made its official debut as the Regza AT300 with a 60,000 price (about…
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White House Android App Attempts To Quash OS Inequality
President Obama and gang are doing their best to reach across OS aisle with a new Android app. Like the iPhone edition that came before it, the official White House app offers presidential photos and videos, updates from the blog and briefing room, alerts about events and announcements. All of the people are not pleased…
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Philips GoGear Gets Gingerbread And New Threads
The Philips GoGear gets the new look and new flavour of Android. The new GoGear has gone from white to black, lost its trackball in favour of specific touchscreen display, and exchanged Android 2.1 for Gingerbread. Its competition from Samsung, the device also has access to Android Market and all those apps that lesser PMPs…
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Vonage Offers Unlimited VoIP Calling To Mobiles
The VoIP provider Vonage offers unlimited calling to mobile phones in 42 countries. It looks like Vonage still have a couple tricks up its sleeve. The companys latest service plan, known as World Premium Unlimited, offers unlimited calling to mobile phones in 42 countries and landlines in 80 for $55 a month. This plan also…
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BlackBerry PlayBook Pried Open, More Goodies Discovered
Most of the specs of the BlackBerry PlayBook were well known ahead of todays release, but there is a confusion for some persons that it had a gyroscope or not. So the crew from iFixit opened the tablet, they gave the tablet reparability score 7 out of 10. Replacing the front glass would be a…
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T-Mobiles Bobsled Brand Launches With Free Facebook Voice Calls
T-Mobile has just announced its new Bobsled brand, and it is kicking things off in Facebook application that will let you make free voice calls to any of your friends around the World. Facebook is just the beginning of the brand. T-Mobile says Bobsled is aimed at bridging traditional telecommunications and Internet based voice and…
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Motorola Droid Bionic Launch Delayed Due To Make Enhancements
The Wall Street Journal just confirmed that Motorola Droid Bionic launch is delayed until summer, it might not be available for purchase until sometime. The reason for the delay, a Motorola Spokesperson says that the company is improving several enhancements to make this an even better consumer experience, based on feedback its received since the…
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BlackBerry PlayBook Now On Sale In US, Canada Starting At $500
Today the BlackBerry came to the sale with the starting price of $500 for 16GB of storage. The wait for a dual-core device with an up to date operating system and stylizes BB logo is now over, a lot of stores in US and Canada are now ready to sell you the PlayBook. The basic…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v Up For Pre-Order At Vodafone Australia
The new Galaxy Tab 10.1v has finally found itself in pre-order host over at Vodafone Australia, with select customers receiving newsletters shown in the picture. The exclusive offers enables Vodafone customers camped out in the Land Down Under to pre-order the Hoineycomb slate, with trio of payment options available. A two year agreement will cost…
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Arduino Geiger Counter Brings Open Source Radiation Detection To Geeky Masses
If you are looking for a straight forward and geeky Geiger counter, the Libelium gang has your back. En route to the Tokyo Hackerspace as we speak, the Radiation Sensor Board for Arduino is a low cost alternative to existing devices. It is available now either with a compatible Geiger tube for $135 or without…
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Nokia Launches Ovi Maps 3D Beta, Challenges Google Earth
Nokias just launched beta version of Ovi Maps 3D. There is some little help from Navteqs maps and some software wizardry, its now able to display cities in a new 3D view that you are able to zoom in and around to your hearts content. You can also do the same thing on Google Earths…
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TI Aims To Bring Wireless Charging With Small Receiver Chip
Texas Instruments just unveiled its next generation, Qi-compliant wireless power receiver chip today. It is fully 80 percent smaller than previous chip. That promises to make it easier for manufacturers to implement in everything from cell phones to game consoles to digital cameras and that small size apparently comes without any compromises, with it providing…
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Samsung Promises A Dual-Core 2GHz Smartphone By Next Year
Samsung told to Maeli Business Newspapaer that a high-ranking company official has disclosed Samsungs intention to deliver a dual-core smartphone that runs at a 2GHz. That is 2GHz for each core, not the specious 1GHz multiplied by two. ARM already has a dual-core Cortex A9 design capable of scaling such speed heights, which is probably…
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NECs Waterproof MEDIAS N-06C Specifications To Get A Sprinkle With Gingerbread And 1GHz Power
If you want a phone that got protection against water, and you like a slimmer phone means, NECs also got you the one. According to pamphlet obtained by datacider, the MEDIAS family soon will be welcoming a Gingerbread- powered NEC N-o6C, which is 0.2mm thickness and 10g weight. It got touch buttons instead of physical…
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Viewsoic G Tablet Gets Firmware Update With Flash, USB Peripheral Support
A recent price drop brought its cost down to just $280, and hackers have even managed to overclock its processor to 1.4 GHz and get it running CyanogenMod7 to boot. Now Viewsonic has itself had given a boost to the tablet, with a new firmware update bringing support for both flash and USB peripherals. It…
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HTC Hero Caught Running WP 7 On Smallville, Tess Mercer Due For Upgrade
In this weeks episode of Smallville, it looks like Tess Mercers got more than one hero in her life, but one of them only is running Windows Phone 7. Lois Lane calls to Tess Mercer, who appears to be packing a White HTC Hero and this Hero is a Microsoft man which was wondering ;…