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Nintendo: No plans for Wii, DS price cuts
2008-04-25 18:44:00 Nintendo does not anticipate cutting prices on its popular Wii or DS handheld game systems, President Satoru Iwata told an analyst meeting on Friday. “Our earnings projection for the year is not based on hardware price cuts, and I don’t think we are going to need them,” Reuters quoted … More About: Nintendo , Plans , Price , Cuts
Time runs out on Microsoft's SPOT watches
2008-04-24 02:55:00 Happier times: The launch of the Swatch Paparazzi in New York. (Credit: Microsoft) It’s a sad day for fans of Smart Watches , which use Microsoft’s once-hyped SPOT technology. The Smart Watch, the epitome of nerd chic, is dead. Engadget picked up a blog post from Jon Canan, program manager for MSN Direct, who delivered the news on Spot Stop.com: … More About: Time , Runs
Circuit City told Blockbuster can't finance an acquisition
2008-04-23 23:54:00 Blockbuster sure sounds like it wants to buy Circuit City , but is it able to? The financial advisers to Circuit City told company officials Wednesday that they think Blockbuster, which has offered $1 billion for the consumer electronics retailer, doesn’t have the proper financing to make good on its … More About: Finance , Blockbuster
Samsung supporters riot in support of former chairman
2008-04-23 23:54:00 Now this is a passionate user base. Protesters turned out to riot and burn photos at a press conference in Seoul Wednesday held by former Samsung top lawyer, Kim Yong-Chul, and the Associated Press got a great photo of the civil disobediance in action. We’re not allowed to run … More About: Support , Chairman , Supporters
Samsung BD-P1500 will be "BD-Live ready", but won't decode DTS-HD Master Au
2008-04-23 23:54:00 The BD-P1500 will be BD-Live ready, but it won't have DTS-HD Master Audio decoding. Samsung announced the BD-P1500 back at CES 2008, but our enthusiasm for it has always been tempered by the fact that the original announcement pegged it as a Blu-ray Profile 1.1 player. Well, … More About: Ready
Acer has smartphone on deck
2008-04-23 20:52:00 Up-and-coming PC maker Acer is shifting its lineup a bit. At its first-quarter investor relations conference in Taipei on Wednesday, Acer President Gianfranco Lanci said the company would release its first smartphone–a Windows Mobile device–by the end of this year or early next year, and that smartphones will account for … More About: Smartphone , Deck
AT&T snags GPS-equipped RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8110
2008-04-23 20:52:00 RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8110 (Credit: AT&T) A new BlackBerry Pearl has found its way to AT&T’s doorstep this morning. Available starting today, the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8110 has integrated GPS and support for the carrier’s AT&T Navigator service, which provides voice-guided turn-by-turn … More About: Blackberry
New online video options and placeshifting support coming to Archos line
2008-04-23 05:36:00 Streaming Web video is just one of several upgrades coming to the Archos line of video products. (Credit: Archos) The GPS accessory for the 605 WiFi was just the first of several product upgrades announced by Archos today. Also on deck are streaming Web video and audio and upgraded media support for the 605 WiFi and 705 ... More About: Video , Online Video , Support , Online
Add GPS to your Archos 605 WiFi PVP
2008-04-23 02:35:00 Archos GPS In-car Holder (Credit: Archos) The Archos 605 WiFi PVP already does a lot of things. It’s an MP3 player, a video player, a photo viewer, a PDF viewer, and a Web portal. Now, it can be your personal navigator. Today, Archos announced the GPS In-Car Holder, an … More About: Wifi , Archos
Samsung says OLED monitors coming next year
2008-04-22 23:35:00 Sony’s teased us for a bit with its impossibly thin, 11-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV, and finally brought it to the U.S. this year. Now it looks like there will be more to choose from in OLED TVs next year. Samsung SDI says that by 2009, not … More About: Monitors , Year
Study: Amid economic uncertainty, some choose hardware over content
2008-04-22 23:35:00 Compelling gadgets are the key to consumers’ hearts–and wallets–during a recession, according to a consumer spending study. Of those surveyed, 37 percent of U.S. consumers say they plan to cut back when it comes to entertainment purchases this year, according to an upcoming report from The NPD Group, “Entertainment … More About: Hardware , Study , Content , Economic , Choose
LaCie releases 500GB rugged hard disk
2008-04-22 23:35:00 (Credit: LaCie) Ninjas, John Locke, and Bear Grylls take note: your active lifestyle have nothing on the LaCie Rugged Hard Disk . But even if you’re not trekking through the trenches and sinister islands, you’ll still appreciate LaCie’s latest version of their rugged hard disk with an impressive … More About: Hard Disk
Legal injunction bars Dish Network from selling four models of DVRs
2008-04-22 23:34:00 Looks like Dish may have spoken a bit too soon. A little over a week ago, an appeals court determined that Dish Network (formerly EchoStar Communications) had indeed violated a software patent held by TiVo on digital video recorders. (Credit: CNET Networks) While TiVo gleefully celebrated, Dish expressed disappointment, but … More About: Selling , Models , Legal , Bars
Will the Eee spell disaster for the Oqo?
2008-04-22 23:34:00 The Oqo was novel when the company first debuted: a small, ultra portable PC weighing 1 pound with slide-out QWERTY keyboard. But that was eight years ago. The San Francisco Chronicle has a little feature Monday on the latest model (”latest” being relative since it actually launched in March of … More About: Disaster , Spell
Netflix to charge more for Blu-ray subscriptions
2008-04-22 23:34:00 (Credit: CNET) Bad news today for home theater fans: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said on a conference call that because Blu-ray discs cost more to purchase, the company plans on charging a premium on accounts that rent Blu-ray movies. Hastings said “consumers are used to paying more for high-definition,” but … More About: Charge , Subscriptions
Where is wireless HDMI?
2008-04-22 23:34:00 Belkin FlyWire: A wireless HDMI product that’s due later in 2008. (Credit: Belkin) HDMI has certainly had its growing pains, but the connection is finally beginning to deliver on its original promise: a single-cable solution for delivering high-bandwidth, all-digital HD video and multichannel audio. HDMI is nearly universal in the home video market, present on all current ... More About: Wireless , Hdmi
Report: Italian iPhone deal shuns revenue sharing?
2008-04-22 23:34:00 A report out of Italy Monday suggests that Apple is planning to revamp its business model with the launch of the iPhone in that country. The Italian iPhone might be more expensive if Telecom Italy doesn't have to share data revenue with Apple. (Credit: CNET Networks) It’s … More About: Iphone , Report , Deal , Revenue Sharing
Alltel gets its own RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330
2008-04-22 23:34:00 RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Credit: Alltel ) It seems everyone wants a piece of the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 as the popular smartphone is making the rounds with the carriers. First, with Verizon Wireless and Sprint at CTIA 2008, and now, Alltel. Available for preorder today online (ships May 1), the … More About: Blackberry
Apple stores to get virtual counterparts?
2008-04-22 23:34:00 This is the Genius Bar at Apple 's new retail store on West 14th St. in New York. Does Apple have a bright idea for re-creating the interpersonal retail experience in a virtual world? (Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com) A patent filing by Apple is prompting speculation that … More About: Virtual , Stores
Would you like an iPod with those shoes?
2008-04-18 15:38:00 Zappos.com's new user interface (Credit: Zappos.com) Sometime in the next few weeks, shoe e-tailer Zappos.com will launch a new interface that lets consumers buy lipstick and MP3 players along with Birkenstocks and Nikes. The company is preparing to do a soft launch of the new, … More About: Shoes , Ipod
Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony tout NPD numbers
2008-04-18 09:19:00 Update: This story has been changed to reflect the email from Sony touting its PlayStation 3 March performance. With the release today of its March video game industry sales report, NPD has provided fodder for just about anyone who wants to read the numbers the way they want. Or trumpet … More About: Microsoft , Nintendo , Numbers
Flip Video camera maker hit with patent infringement lawsuit
2008-04-18 02:43:00 Advanced Video Technologies lobbed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pure Digital Technology, maker of the popular Flip Video cameras, according to a Reuters report. Flip Video Ultra (Credit: Pure Digital) The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in New York, alleges Pure Digital infringed on Advanced Video’… More About: Lawsuit , Camera , Infringement , Maker
Gold Lantern VisorTalk: Bluetooth car speakerphone with caller ID
2008-04-16 19:53:00 The Gold Lantern VisorTalk adds caller ID to the hands free equation (Credit: Gold Lantern) There are plenty of Bluetooth hands free speakerphones for the car out there, but the Gold Lantern VisorTalk distinguishes itself with a caller ID display–all the better to screen calls while you’re on the …
Verizon Wireless XV6900 available now: gogogo!
2008-04-16 19:53:00 If you’ve been waiting for the Verizon Wireless XV6900 ever since it was announced at CTIA 2008, today is your lucky day. Verizon Wireless announced that you can now get its version of the HTC Touch through its online store for $249.99 with a two-year contract and after …
After price cut, pundits scream '3G iPhone!'
2008-04-16 19:53:00 (Credit: Crave UK) There’s nothing like a price cut announcement to set us tech journalists off like pro-Tibet protesters chasing a flaming baton. Yesterday O2 quietly announced it’s going to reduce the price of the 8GB iPhone by a whopping 100 pounds until 1 June (about $198)–but … More About: Iphone , Scream , Price
Gibson's Robot Guitar?exposed!
2008-04-16 04:25:00 SAN JOSE, Calif.–For the gathering of curious onlookers eager to see what a Sony OLED TV looks like on the inside, officials at the Embedded Systems Conference had some bad news: The airline (no, they didn’t say which one) lost their stuff. Unfortunately, their stuff included that TV. … More About: Robot , Guitar
Defiant Psystar back selling Leopard computers
2008-04-16 01:20:00 Psystar is back online selling “white box” Macs with a few subtle changes, and one employee has already played the monopoly card. As you might recall, Psystar’s Web site was overwhelmed Monday after it was found to be selling cheap computers with Mac OS X Leopard preinstalled. This caused … More About: Computers , Selling , Back
'Wii Fit' craze set to launch May 19
2008-04-15 22:20:00 (Credit: Nintendo) Rumors have been circulating for several weeks that the upcoming Nintendo interactive fitness game, Wii Fit, which comes bundled with the Wii Balance Board peripheral (pictured), would be priced at $89.99. Well, now that number has become official along with the not-so-secret May 19 launch date. According … More About: Launch
More carriers, handset makers endorse LTE
More articles from this author:2008-04-15 22:20:00 Several more companies on Monday agreed to sign their names to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) framework for the next generation of wireless technology. The largest handset maker in the world, Nokia, was joined by Sony Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, NEC, and NextWave Wireless. Part of the agreement on LTE means the … More About: Carriers , Makers , Handset 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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