Section: Communications , Cellular Providers , Smartphones , Mobile Those looking to make a purchase direct with Verizon and save a few bucks as compared to the regular $199.99 purchase price of the Droid X can now opt to go pre-owned. Yup, Verizon is now offering (still with a two-year agreement), the Droid X for $149.99. Granted, as of now there are none in stock. Not bad, a $50 savings sounds good. Me personally, I don’t mind going pre-owned, that is as long as I am buying from a reputable company
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Verizon adds pre-owned Motorola Droid X product listing, would be $149.99 if they were in-stock
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September 3rd, 2010
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Section: Video , HDTV It looks like Roku fans have two other devices to look forward to seeing come available. The devices in question are the Roku XD and the Netgear Roku XD Player both of which have recently been spotted in an FCC listing. The Netgear Roku XD Player is sporting the model number of NTV250 and has HDMI, composite, Ethernet and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n connectivity.
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Roku and Netgear device hits the FCC, looks to be a home media streaming system
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Section: Computers , Mobile Computers , Gadgets / Other , ebooks So Samsung has finally announced the Galaxy Tab, the 7-inch Android tablet we’ve been hearing so much about.? Like most Android devices, Samsung didn’t stop at just putting a new UI over Android and adding some apps readily available in the Market, it built a custom app for some of the features we’d expect a tablet to have. One of the most popular uses we’ve seen of tablets so far (namely on the iPad), is reading eBooks.? Rather than relying on users to get their own apps, Samsung built it’s own launcher for reading eBooks, newspapers and magazines.? Together they bring 2.2 million books, 2,500 magazines and 1,600 magazines.? For eBooks, rather than building it’s own store like Apple, or relying on Google, Samsung brought in Kobo for reading books.? Kobo offers many more books than iBooks for the iPad, including popular authors that Apple lacks such as Steig Larsson, author of the Millennium Trilogy.? Kobo specifically designed the included app for the Galaxy Tab, so it should use the screen size and pixel density fully. The other apps included in the Readers Hub as PressDisplay for newspapers and Zinio for magazines.? Of course, users are free to download their own reading apps from the Android Market, and they should scale well, especially is they use Google’s UI guidelines.? So, the Amazon and Nook apps might scale well, but it’s nice to know that at least one of the proven stores will definitely work well and look good on the 7-inch screen. Read [ Korea Newswire Kobo Release ] and [ Samsung ] Full Story ? | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article ?
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Kobo built into Galaxy Tab for eBook reading
Section: Gadgets / Other While the biggest news in Android tablets may be the Galaxy Tab, Toshiba isn’t content with letting Samsung take all the spotlight at IFA.? At the show in Berlin, Toshiba announced it’s own, bigger tablet, the Folio 100. The Folio 100 is a 10.1-inch Android tablet, running on an Nvidia Tegra 2.? It runs on Froyo with a custom skin laid on top of it, which doesn’t look too bad.? For specs, the Folio 100 has 16 GB of storage (exapandle with the card reader), a 1.3 MP front-facing camera, Blueooth, HDMI, and a USB port.? Unfortunately, the battery is only supposed to last for 7 hours with 65% web browsing, 10% video playback, and 25% standby.? That’s not much compared to the iPad.? While comparing the Folio 100 to the iPad, while the iPad has a 1024×768 display, the Folio 100 only has 1024×600 basically the same sort of display you’d expect to find on a cheap netbook. The other disappointment with the Folio 100 is the lack of the Android Market on the device.? Toshiba’s press release notes that the Folio 100 has some software like Opera Browser, Evernote, Fring and Document to Go as well as a Toshiba-branded media player.? When Engadget got a chance to touch and check out the device, it noted that it could not find the Android Market on the device.? That doesn’t mean it’s not buried somewhere, or might be added later, but we can assume for now that it’s not on the device.? If that is the case, Toshiba may have killed the Folio 100 before release.? That is, of course, if the battery life and display didn’t kill it already. Read [ Engadget ] Full Story ? | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article ?
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Toshiba announces the Folio 100 at IFA
Section: Communications , Smartphones , Mobile , Gadgets / Other , Lifestyle Those who have been using RunKeeper for Android may have noticed the ads that popped up on the app recently. Well, in a little bit of good news, there is now an option to get rid of them
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RunKeeper Pro for Android app now available
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Section: Communications , Cellphones , Email / IM , Smartphones , Mobile At yesterdays Apple event, CEO Steve Jobs revealed they are seeing 230,000 iOS devices activated per day.? Jobs made it clear that these were new activations, not upgrades.? Without saying any competitors names directly, he implied Google is off in their count. “We think some of our friends are counting upgrades in their numbers,” Steve Jobs.? “We think we are ahead of everyone.” Is Google padding their numbers of Android activations?? Earlier this year, Google announced they were activating 200,000 devices every day.? While Job’s number includes iPads and iPod touch devices, it would seem Apple is still in the lead. Google responded to Seth Weintraub, “the Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and are, in fact, only a portion of the Android devices in the market since we only include devices that have Google services.”? That begs the question, what phones don’t have Google services?? It would seem Android phones in China do not, but some others, such as this Commtiva T1 from Taiwan do not as well.? According to winandmac.com , phone manufacturers have to pay for the license for Google services such as Gmail apps.? Further, the site suggests users who want to check their Gmail on these devices will have to use gmail.com. We’re left to wonder how many are activated in just the US.? Other questions we have include: should all iOS devices be counted, or just iPhones?? Will Google count Android-powered tablets and the myriad of other gadgets the OS is being ported to? Read: [ Fortune ] Full Story ? | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article ?
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Google fends off Apple attack on Android activation counts
Section: Communications , Cellphones , Cellular Providers , Smartphones , Mobile Earlier today we mentioned that the BlackBerry Torch 9800 was coming to Rogers on September 24th , and well, it looks like that same release date will also apply to both Bell and Telus as well. In terms of Bell, the price will be the same as with Rogers—$199.99 on a three-year agreement. Telus has yet to confirm any pricing, but that said, with the other two coming in at $199.99 it seems likely that it will be competitive. Via [ CrackBerry ] and [ CrackBerry ] Full Story ? | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article ?
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BlackBerry Torch 9800 also coming to Bell & Telus on September 24th
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Section: Communications , Cellphones , Cellular Providers , Smartphones , Mobile , Web , Online Music/Video In order to gain further exposure for Samsung’s Galaxy S lineup of phones, the electronics manufacturer has created TV advertisements for all four variants.? Since the AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint models have already launched, the only video left to watch is the Samsung Fascinate on Verizon’s TV ad.? The video (which can be seen above) doesn’t really outline all the main features of the device.? In fact, the video only mentions that the Fascinate features an “exclusive AMOLED screen,” but I think most people already know the specs inherent in the Galaxy S device.? The TV ad is basically an action shot meant to show off the Fascinate’s beautiful screen and remind viewers it’s coming soon to Verizon Wireless.? Hopefully we will only have to wait another day or two until Verizon finally gets official with the Fascinate.? Full Story ? | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article ?
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Samsung Fascinate TV commercial now online
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Section: Video , Portable Video Every company seems to feel the need to create a small video camera á la the Flip.? It can even be argued that it’s one of the reasons Apple included the back-facing camera in the new iPod touch.? Sony has now decided to get into that market as well, and it’s version looks quite impressive. Sony’s entry is the called the Bloggie Touch.? As you would imagine, the Bloggie Touch has a large touchscreen on the back, 3-inches to be precise.? Unlike the Flip Slide HD, the Bloggie Touch doesn’t use the touchscreen for all the controls.? In an almost un-Sony design choice, the Bloggie Touch has just one button on the back for controls, a big record button.? There’s also two more buttons on the side, presumably for power and take photos. Possibly most impressive about the Bloggie Touch is that it can shoot 1080p video, whereas most similar devices will only shoot in 720p.? The large sensor means it’s also capable of taking large still images as well.? The Bloggie Touch is capable of taking 12.8 MP still images, which is quite impressive.? You can even take still images while you are recording video, which is an impressive feature.? The device lacks any sort of opitcal zoom, instead it has only 4x digital zoom. The Bloggie Touch is meant to make sharing your video and photos easily.? The touchscreen seems to have a simple swiping method of moving through content, and that content can be marked for easy sharing on services such as Youtube, Flickr and Facebook when the Bloggie Touch is connected to a PC.? This being Sony, of course the device uses it’s own software, and it’s only compatible with Windows computers.? That is possibly the biggest downfall of the device, if it worked with a Mac, it’d be almost an instant buy for covering events. The Bloggie comes in 4 and 8 GB models for $179 and $199, respectively.? That comes in cheaper than the Flip SlideHD, but more expensive than the UltraHD and MinoHD sell for on Amazon.com.? Your move, Cisco
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Sony announces Bloggie Touch: Its answer to the Flip
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Section: Computers , Mobile Computers , Laptops , Peripherals , Mice / Keyboards Today, Microsoft issued a press release explaining its latest product, the Arc Touch Mouse.? One of the main selling points of the Arc Touch Mouse is its ability to neatly fold away, fit securely in a laptop bag, and provide a comfortable user experience.? When using the mouse, users are able to pop it up allowing for a curved surface, and then with a simple push, the mouse goes flat and is easy to stow away.? In addition, the mouse features a touch strip which is used predominantly for scrolling slow or fast—depending on your finger speed.? The Arc Touch Mouse contains three programmable buttons, but the default functions are page up, page down and the middle click area.? The mouse is currently available for pre-order from Amazon.com, BestBuy.com and Buy.com for $69.95 and it will start shipping in December in time for the holiday season.? Expect the mouse to launch globally in January 2011 for a similar price point.? Read [ Microsoft ] Full Story ? | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article ?
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Microsoft introduces the portable Arc Touch Mouse
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