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OpenPeak debuts OpenTablet 7 at MWC

Shane McGlaun — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:20:47 +0000

I don’t think anyone is surprised that we are seeing new tablets hit the market in the post iPad unveiling days and weeks despite the fact that some are predicting the iPad will not be popular for Apple. The latest new tablet to debut is from a company called OpenPeak and it is called the

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NVIDIA APX 2500 hands-on video

Ewdison Then — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:45:05 +0000

We wrote about the NVIDIA APX 2500 a couple days ago, and Vincent managed to capture hands-on demo of the new mobile graphics chip in action. The APX 2500 is a low-power video chip that is capable of delivering 720p video. Check out the NVIDIA APX 2500 prototype in action after the cut During the

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Nokia Remade concept – Uses recycled materials to make phones

Ewdison Then — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:11:21 +0000

Lots of companies went green last year, and this year won’t be any different. Nokia is showing off concept phone at Mobile World Congress that is made entirely from recycled materials. Nokia calls this concept “The Remade”; it uses up cycled aluminum cans, a chassis formed from plastic of used drink bottles, and rubber keys

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Garmin Nuvifone hands-on at Mobile World Congress 08

Ewdison Then — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:22:55 +0000

Since the announcement of Nuvifone by Garmin, Vince and I have been very interested in seeing the device personally. While I was unable to go to Barcelona this year, Vince is taking one for the team and managed to have one on one time with the Nuvifone. Garmin’s Nuvifone is a transformation of GPS into

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N96 from Nokia is the N95 replacement

James Allan Brady — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:11:11 +0000

If you thought the N95 was hot (and it is) you should see its younger sibling, the new N96. It has a sleeker physique and shine that is hard to look away from, alright, enough with the human/phone analogy, they didn’t just update the appearance, this phone has some nice specs too. It has Quad-Band

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N78, 6220, 6210, and new Nokia Maps Version 2.0 all from Nokia

James Allan Brady — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:09:53 +0000

Other than the new N96, Nokia is dropping the N78, 6220, and 6210 devices and the new Version 2.0 of their Nokia Maps application. They all have their intended audience, the N78 is for the professional who is also into photography, the 6220 is intended for those not looking for something as full-featured as the

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W980i Walkman clamshell by Sony Ericsson has 8GB of space built in

James Allan Brady — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:09:32 +0000

This phone is amazing, at least from my point of view, music is my drug of choice so the 8GB of built in storage and the integrated FM transmitter are two features of this phone I love. Add to that the TrackID service that can help you figure out what you are listening to and

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C902 and C702 Cybershot by Sony Ericsson with one of them being splash proof

James Allan Brady — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:47:05 +0000

There were rumors of a water-proof phone coming from Sony Ericsson today, and they were right, sort of. The 702 is the splash proof camera phone with a 3.2MP camera, integrated GPS that can be used with Geo-tagging as well as navigation and Google Maps. Opening the lens cover on the 702 automatically switches the

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G700 and G900 by Sony Ericsson are touchscreen phones for the masses

James Allan Brady — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:34:19 +0000

They are kind of being billed as digital organizers, which sounds like code for “just short of a smartphone” but they are pretty nice phones, and if they have a reasonable price their features and cheap price should make them appeal to the public. Both phones have a 2.4-inch touchscreen and a numeric keypad and

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Z770 by Sony Ericsson has HSDPA and PUSH email in a flip phone

James Allan Brady — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:23:29 +0000

It has UMTS/HSDPA 2100, GSM/EDGE 900/1800/1900, and PUSH email support via MS Exchange (kind of like the BlackBerry email system). It has a mobile web browser, an RSS client, and a weather forecasting app. It also comes pre-loaded with Google Maps. It has a fairly amazing 8.5 hours of talk time and a 2.2-inch screen.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 smartphone is a sign of the company thinking outside the box

James Allan Brady — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:02:49 +0000

This phone has a QWERTY keyboard, WinMo OS, and a 3-inch VGA screen to show it all off on. It also has the XPERIA Panel Interface group which is apparently a grouping of 9 different iterations of the phone’s dashboard that are reorganized/different, each one being more convenient for a certain task that you might

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Samsung i900 and U900 Soul live from Spain

James Allan Brady — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:44:35 +0000

Samsung’s latest and greatest coming at you from Barcelona, Vince finally got some hands on time with the i900 and a phone we haven’t seen before, the U900 Soul. The i900 is supposed to be the slimmer, keyboard-free cousin of the F700v or “Croix”, the U900 on the other hand is completely new. I am

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LG KF600 and KF700 spotted in Barcelona, sort of

James Allan Brady — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:45:38 +0000

Vincent hasn’t actually been able to get any real images of the phones as they technically haven’t even been announced yet, but they’re the ones that put up billboards of the phones all over the city, so Vincent got a pic of one of those which shows both handsets. The KF600 is basically the LG

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