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Unlocked HTC HD2 shipping November 11th

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 12th 2009 No Comments

Hot on the heels of Vodafone Spain's earlier announcement that it would be offering the HTC HD2 to its business customers from December 2009, comes word from UK retailer Clove about SIM-free, unlocked availability for the flagship Windows Phone. Clove is reporting that the unlocked HTC HD2 will be available from November 11th; they're currently listing it, contract-free, for £469 ($739) plus VAT.

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Sidekick users face irretrievable data loss; Inept backup policy blamed

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 12th 2009 No Comments

It’s been a weekend of pain for Sidekick owners, with last week’s data outage ironically only the first step in an escalating catalog of mis-management by Microsoft, T-Mobile USA and the Danger team. On Saturday, an official statement was posted to the T-Mobile Sidekick forum, advising users that personal data stored on their servers and not on the handset itself “has almost certainly been lost”, together with the ominous advice that Sidekick handsets shouldn’t be turned off, run down or reset.

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Check out the official statement after the cut

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NVIDIA Ion 2 confirmed for 2009 launch

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 9th 2009 No Comments

NVIDIA have confirmed that they plan to launch their second-generation Ion 2 chipset sometime in 2009, after rumors of such plans circulated in early July. According to Fudzilla the confirmation came from NVIDIA’s head of chipsets, with the Ion 2 expected to deliver a smaller die, far faster graphics and many more shaders.

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Amazon confirm International Kindle DX is coming

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 9th 2009 No Comments

Having announced earlier this week that their Kindle ebook reader would be available in more than 100 countries worldwide, in the shape of a GSM version with international data roaming, Amazon have also confirmed that they plan an international Kindle DX, too. The DX - launched in the US back in June - has a larger, 8.9-inch display than the Kindle 2, and is better suited to textbooks, magazines and other periodicals.

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Barnes & Noble ebook reader imminent; Plastic Logic color version due Spring 2010 [Video]

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 9th 2009 No Comments

Barnes & Noble look set to enter the ebook reader market in a big way, with rumors and revelations aplenty about not only an imminent device launch but a color model in 2010. According to the Wall Street Journal’s sources, B&N are preparing to launch a greyscale 6-inch E-Ink device potentially as soon as November 2009, complete with a touchscreen and on-screen keyboard. However, according to a B&N spokesperson caught on video (which you can see after the cut), next Spring will bring a Plastic Logic color ebook reader together with clients for mobile devices.

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Video announcement after the cut

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Zune & Zune Pass could see Apple compatibility; WinMo phones next

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 7th 2009 No Comments

One of our key criticisms of the Zune HD was that Microsoft don’t offer a version of their desktop management software for Mac, thus giving Apple users another good reason to stick with the iPod. That might change, though, says Mary-Jo Foley, who has been talking to Microsoft’s director of communications for the TV, Video and Music Business, Jose Pinero. According to Pinero, Microsoft are considering porting the Zune software and services to various non-Windows platforms, one of which would be OS X.

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Palm webOS 1.2.1 restores iTunes sync, adds photo support

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 5th 2009 No Comments

Our friends over at My Pre have flagged up that, as of this weekend, Palm have pushed out webOS 1.2.1. The new firmware - which comes but a week after 1.2.0 saw its own launch - tweaks Exchange support for increased stability, but the biggest difference is that it restores iTunes 9.0.1 synchronization, something which Apple "broke" in their latest media app update.

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Amazon 1984 ebook case settled: new remote-delete policy revealed

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 2nd 2009 1 Comment

amazon kindle 2 Amazon’s attempt to placate the braying crowds with a $30 kiss-and-make-up check and a grovelling apology after the deleted 1984 ebook fiasco worked with most Kindle customers, but it wasn’t enough to dissuade suing student Justin Gawronski from his court case. Amazon have now settled with the Michigan teen, to the amount of $150,000 in fact, which he will share with his legal team and a co-plaintiff; meanwhile, the retailer has taken steps to make its deletion policy clearer.

Full policy after the cut

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Sony PSP Go on sale in US today

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 1st 2009 No Comments

Sony’s PSP firmware v6.10 isn’t the only thing to go out today: the company has also launched the PSP Go. The new handheld – the first PSP from Sony not to include a physical UMD media slot – is available today in the US, with an MRSP of $249.99.

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ODROID Android handheld up for preorder; full release December

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 29th 2009 No Comments

We’ve been keeping an eye on the ODROID Android-based portable entertainment device over the past few months, and today our source at the company let us know that the developer version is going up for pre-order from today. Priced at the equivalent of around $320, and with deliveries expected to begin from November 5th, the ODROID developer edition has the same 833MHz Samsung S5PC100 processor as in the iPhone 3GS, 512MB of RAM and a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen.

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