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Helio Mysto hitting mass market today

, Jan 16th 2008 Discuss [0]

So the Helio Mysto, the second phone Helio stole from Samsungs top of the line Ultimate Edition line, is finally hitting the market so everyone can get one. If I may remind you, they had a 2-day sale of them in just a couple stores for the two days right after Christmas and then that was it. Read The Full Story

BluFocus launched Services for Blu-Ray Quality Control

, Jan 15th 2008 Discuss [1]

If you aren’t much of ps3 game console user but own a standalone Blu-Ray player, there’s one service that may spark you interest. BluFocus, a new company launched to provide movie studio an advanced testing and advisory service Specialist for Blu-ray movie titles. Yes, the hi-def hardware is too sophisticated they need a dedicated software specialist in Quality control. Read The Full Story

My Cable Company offers to Cut Down the Service Cost, Voluntarily

, Jan 14th 2008 Discuss [1]

You don’t get these every day. When was the last time you heard anything positive about the tyranny Cable company? Bad service, terrible manner, incompetent technical support, excessive service cost…and the list go on. I am sure most of you been there and done that but I experienced something different today, something positive for a change.

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The Future of Blockbuster Plan on the Move

, Jan 11th 2008 Discuss [0]

Mark Cuban mentioned the future of movie rental business is having larger storage media and movies purchase at local electronic chain store or freight, forget about disc. Look like Blockbuster is doing it, Jim Keyes, the CEO of Blockbuster announced at CES 2008 about their plan to become entertainment convenience store by having an electronic downloadable kiosks at brick and mortar stores front. Media will be selling via flash device instead, at least that’s what they are working on it. But there’s more to the future of Blockbuster.

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CES 2008: Polaroid Freescape

, Jan 7th 2008 Discuss [0]

Imagine combining the best of the TiVo and the best of a SlinBox all into one and you have a pretty good idea of what Polaroid is offering up with the Freescape. It’s a DVR, is a wirelessly streaming media hub, and it’s a place shifter, it is the ultimate in digital entertainment hardware.

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Archos TV+ is everything the Apple TV should have been

, Jan 4th 2008 Discuss [3]

I hate comparing one product to another, but the Archos set top box DVR is everything the Apple TV should have been and even has an equally slick appearance. Alright, lets start with the fact that it comes in your choice of 80 or 250 gigabyte capacities, and, since its made by Archos, I wouldn’t be surprised if some enterprising modders found a way to increase that. Read The Full Story

CES 2008: SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus comes with online backup service

, Jan 2nd 2008 Discuss [1]

So at CES this year SanDisk, BeInSync, Amazon, and BoomerangIt will all be coming together on a fairly impressive flash drive. Sure, you might see the flash drive as what it is physically, four gigabytes of flash storage, but thanks to Amazon you get 6 months free of an equal amount of online storage, and thanks to BeInSynce those four gigabytes on the flash drive and the 4GB online will be the same. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry gets blessed with ColorWare treatment

, Dec 27th 2007 Discuss [0]

For those of you not in the know, ColorWare is a company that was started roughly 7 years ago and the service they offer is that they will alter the color of a large number of consumer electronics ranging from computers, iPods, gaming systems, all the way up to BlackBerry’s now. They will officially begin offering the color-changed devices on the 31st of December. Read The Full Story

Comcast and TiVo partnership finally rolls out a product

, Dec 26th 2007 Discuss [0]

So two years ago Comcast announced that some or all of their DVR boxes would be getting pimped by the people who make TiVo, well, someone finally got one of those boxes. To be more specific a Mr. Steve Garfield in Boston has gotten one of the boxes. Read The Full Story

Mozilla Weave backs up your FireFox data online

, Dec 24th 2007 Discuss [2]

Mozilla is stepping into the services world with their new web-based service Weave. Essentially it works with Firefox to save a copy of your bookmarks, passwords, preferences, stuff like that, all to the Mozilla servers for easy access, and easy sharing should you decide to do so. Read The Full Story

MobileTalk – Cheap international phone calls

, Dec 20th 2007 Discuss [2]

I’m sure many of you know at least one person who lives outside of the country. Maybe it’s a friend or maybe it’s a business connection. One way or another, if you’re making international calls you know they do not come cheap. Read The Full Story

Blockbuster dares you to drop them, no kidding.

, Dec 19th 2007 Discuss [4]

I just received an official notice from Blockbuster Total Access that my next subscription fee will increase from $24.99 to $34.99. That’s the 2nd raise in a short 5 months!! $34.99 for 3 DVD out where Netflix going rate is only $16.99. I don’t know about you but that sucks big time and I canceled the subscription right away. GO NETFLIX.

To continue to bring you the unmatched convenience of both online and in-store DVD rentals, your monthly subscription fee will change from $24.99 to $34.99. This adjustment† will go into effect on your next billing cycle on or after December 27, 2007. The benefits of your subscription plan will remain the same.
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