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$99 iPhone Rumors Surfaces Again

February 11th, 2009 in Apple, iPhone by Uncle Sha

Well rumors of $99 iPhone has surfaces again it seems.
Experts and analyst are predicting that such rumors will be known this coming summer (June/July) as Apple is set to release an entry level ‘no-frills’ iPhone at a cost of $99 compared to the current $199 iPhone 3G.
I believe the $99 iPhone will comes with [...]

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Apple and China Mobile Negotiations Breaks Down

February 10th, 2009 in Apple by Uncle Sha

Apple wants to penetrate the vast China mobile market and it seems China Mobile ain’t budging with their demands.
Recent talks between Apple and China Mobile broke down over control of the App Store.
China Mobile demands that they wants control of the App Store including payment collection.
They want a more cut in the iPhone sale [...]

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Archos unveils Android based ‘Internet Tablet’ Smartphone

February 9th, 2009 in Android, Archos by Uncle Sha

If everything goes well, in the third quarter of this year, you can enjoy a Google’s Android mobile platform with ARCHOS multimedia framework and supported by Texas Instruments OMAP3 processor.
A delightful combo eh. An Internet Media Tablet that runs on Android and also doubles as a phone. Sweet!
Although no photos yet, the build is [...]

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Amazon Kindle 2.0 Launched

February 8th, 2009 in Amazon, eBooks by Uncle Sha

Steve Kessel, Senior Vice President of Amazon and right-hand exec to Jeff Bezos talks about Amazon Kindle 2.0 in the video above.
The Kindle 2 is now slimmer and lighter at 10.2 ounces.
Designs are sleeker and it has more battery life.
Plus it can store more than 1,500 books, and can convert any text to audio, [...]

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Lowdown on ‘Google Latitude’

February 7th, 2009 in Google by Uncle Sha

Few days ago I did an entry on Google Latitude.
Well here’s more info from the very developer of Google Latitude.
The demo was done on a BlackBerry and its a pretty interesting feature.
Such technology is bringing people much closer and the tool is great for time-saving.
Well what do you think of it?

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Bill Gates: How I’m trying to change the world now

February 6th, 2009 in Microsoft by Uncle Sha

Bill Gates, Microsoft founder turn philanthropists was at TEDTalks to speak about his effort to change the world.
If anyone can make such changes, its Bill and his billions.
Watching the video, it gave me a new perspective to the 53 year old. He can be funny if he wanted to.
Yes its not tech related, but [...]

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Bill Gates Releases Swarm of Mosquitoes onto Crowd

February 5th, 2009 in Internet by Uncle Sha

Microsoft founder Bill Gates was at the TED Conference and this was no prank he pulled.
The 58 year old philanthropist was actually trying to prove a point about the deadly disease malaria.
He released a glass full of mosquitoes at TED Conference when he was on stage.
Bill added, “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought [...]

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Track Your Friends on ‘Google Latitude’

February 4th, 2009 in Phone by Uncle Sha

Google Latitude is now official launched.
It’s a new service by Google that allows you to send your location to Google Maps and share it with friends via many mobile phones.
iPhone user however may not be able to enjoy this service as of yet however.
I’ve been waiting for this of course. You can try it [...]

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Toshiba TG01 “The iPhone Killer”

February 3rd, 2009 in Phone, Toshiba by Uncle Sha

Dubbed the next iPhone killer, the new Toshiba TG01 is set to take the mobile world by storm.
Well that is not the first time I’ve heard such claims.
But here are some of the TG01 specs.
It has 1GHz snapdragon processor from Qualcomm and comes with 4.1-inch WVGA (800×480 pixel) resistive touchscreen.
It also features on-screen trackpad, [...]

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