03 Nov 09 Today on some of our other blogs:
Sonos ZonePlayer S5 is Now On Sale
LittleBigPlanet PSP pre-orderers to be rewarded with costume pack
New Visioneer Strobe 500 Mobile Duplex Color Scanner
Martin and Baldwin Team up to Host Oscars
Toyota’s Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer could make video games cool at last
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03 Nov 09 Today on MobileWhack.com
AT&T sues Verizon due to advertising campaign
Touchscreen Cellphone adoption on the US is pretty high…
Need a new iPhone app? Let Chorus make a recommendation.
Kingston and Paramount want to put movies on the Flash Drive
Archos 9 goes up for pre-order in North America
Sony VAIO X unboxed on video
BlackBerry Bold 9700 available from Rogers for $299.99 with 3-year contract
Redfly is now available for BlackBerry
Plantronics Voyager Pro UC headset
Cowon iAudio 9 for the U.S. too
TwitterPeek Tweeter turns up Today
Create Your Own iPhone Apps with appmii
Bring Tim! Time Management Tools for the Executives on the Go
iSwim Waterproof iPod Case and Headphones
EA Mobile Unveils Five New Games at App Store
Supposed 4th Generation iPhone parts go on sale
Video demonstration of Meizu M8 beta firmware appears
Acer announces Aspire 8940 laptop
Barnes & Noble Nook Alleged to Have Been Stolen
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Announced Officially
Atheros to Offer Energy Efficient WiFi N Chip?
Jailbroken iPhone Security Vulnerability Exposed?
Sprint Says Palm Print Has WiFi but it Doesn’t
Disposable Paper Laptop Concept
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03 Nov 09 AT&T sues Verizon due to advertising campaign
Hot news for the two giants of the US that fight for a bigger share on the mobile telecommunications market, and I’m talking about AT&T and Verizon.
In this case it was AT&T that sued Verizon and the reason is pretty simple: a misleading advertising campaign, which is named “There’s a Map for that” and is actually a joke related to an AT&T campaign called “There’s an App for That”.
The misleading information is related to a map made by Verizon, in which shows that AT&T doesn’t have much network coverage. But the only detail they forgot to mention, is that they are only counting the 3G network and not EDGE network, and that’s why the AT&T map is full of blank spaces, which could lead to customers having bad ideas…
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03 Nov 09 Touchscreen Cellphone adoption on the US is pretty high…
As expected, the adoption of touchscreen mobile phones in the US is growing pretty fast. According to comScore at the moment there are 24 million touchscreen phones, which makes it close to a 150% growth rate when comparing to 2008.
In case you are wondering, the number one of the top 10 list of touchscreen devices is obviously the iPhone, which has 32,9% of the “share”. In second and third place we’ve got LG models, more specifically the Dare and the Voyager. As for the fourth place, it’s the BlackBerry Storm with 7,0%, and the next in the list is the Palm Treo with 6,5%.
Donovan, from comScore, comments:
The iPhone clearly set the trend in the industry for touchscreen devices, so it’s no surprise that it has the largest share of the market,” added Donovan. “But as other players have entered the touchscreen market with compelling devices, competition is clearly heating up.
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03 Nov 09 Need a new iPhone app? Let Chorus make a recommendation.
Here’s an interesting iPhone app that will let you help out with other apps. This is Chorus, an App Store app that will aid in recommending apps to fit the user’s needs.
Unlike the Apple’s native App Store app, this doesn’t have a “top” list based on overall downloads. Chorus is designed to work in chorus with apps that have been recommended by other Chorus users.
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03 Nov 09 Kingston and Paramount want to put movies on the Flash Drive
I think we all remember the memory card movies for the PSP, a format that is sadly dead. There has been a lot of talk that DVDs and Blu-rays are on their way out, and that all digital formats will take their place.
Perhaps another step was taken today as Kingston and Paramount have teamed up to put movies on flash memory sticks. They started with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 4GB Kingston DataTraveler for $29.99, with no word of when others will be available. Surely there are better Paramount films to put on memory sticks then this one!
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03 Nov 09 Archos 9 goes up for pre-order in North America
If you’re looking to pre-order the Archos 9, you can do so now as it has just been put up for $549.99. While this is reportedly $50 more than Archos had originally said, but the specs (some what) make up for it.
This device comes with Windows 7 Starter, a 8.9-inch display, WiFi, Bluetooth and a 1.3mp camera. When exactly will we be seeing the Archos 9 ship? We’ll have to wait and find out.
Read (Archos) via engadget
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03 Nov 09 Sony VAIO X unboxed on video
Sony’s ultra portable VAIO X made its original debut at this year’s IFA and it’s come a long way since. In fact, we have a video of the device being unboxed for you above.
For those who don’t know, the VAIO X is just half an inch thick, features a 11.1-inch display and an battery with a supposed day’s worth of juice.
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03 Nov 09 BlackBerry Bold 9700 available from Rogers for $299.99 with 3-year contract
Despite originally being thought to be hitting Rogers on October 26th, the carrier has just come around now to offer the BlackBerry Bold 9700 for $299.99 with a 3-year contract. Of course, if you want to pick it up with no plan you have the option to shell out $599.99.
Now we just have to wait until TELUS and Bell put the device up for sale and we’ll be good.
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03 Nov 09 Redfly is now available for BlackBerry
For a while now, Redfly has been making netbook-sized devices that can link with Windows Mobile phones, and they have recently added the BlackBerry to this service. It is compatible with the BlackBerry Bold 9000, the BlackBerry Curve 8900, and BlackBerry Tour 9630.
Users can take advantage of a netbook-sized keyboard for better emails and texts, and they can even browse the web. The Redfly with the 7 inch screen is about $200, and the 8-inch version is $250.
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03 Nov 09 Plantronics Voyager Pro UC headset
Plantronics released a terrific Bluetooth headset a while ago with the Voyager Pro, and they have just released the Voyager Pro UC (”unified communications”) headset.
This headset adds a plug-and-play Bluetooth USB adapter designed for Skype as well as other applications like Avaya, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, even Google Talk. Sadly, the Bluetooth dongle is incompatible with the first version of the Voyager Pro.
The Voyager Pro UC should be available later this month for a price of about $199.95.
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03 Nov 09 Cowon iAudio 9 for the U.S. too
About a month ago, we posted about the iAudio 9 PMP from Cowon, and we’re pleased to let you know that it will be coming to the United States.
As we previously posted, the Cowon supports many audio formats including MP3, FLAC, Ogg, WAV, APE, WMA, plus video files such as XviD and WMV. Not to mention the other features including the 2-inch screen, composite video output, FM radio, text reader, photo viewer, and voice recorder.
Its U.S. prices are $129 for the 8GB version and $169 for the 16GB. Compare that to the price of say, an iPod Nano.
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03 Nov 09 TwitterPeek Tweeter turns up Today
Last night, on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show, a device known as the TwitterPeek made a surprise guest appearance. For those who don’t know, TwitterPeek is a mobile device that just does Twitter.
And that’s all. The device retails for about $99, but requires $7.95 per month for mobile access. You can also pay $199 and receive the device and a lifetime worth of Tweeting, it’s your choice.
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03 Nov 09 Create Your Own iPhone Apps with appmii
Who says developing an iPhone app is hard? Well with the appmii, you don’t have to worry about it! With the new appmii software, anyone can practically design and develop customized apps in no time. All you need to do with it is provide the ideas, directions and the appmii app will do the rest.
Appmii is available in two versions, the appmii basic (setup fee: $99.95 & monthly hosting fee: $4.95) and apmii pro (setup fee: $249.95 & monthly fee: $29.95). Get more information about the app at the appmii website.
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03 Nov 09 Bring Tim! Time Management Tools for the Executives on the Go
Have you ever wondered how much a business gathering or meeting would cost? Well if you do the pencil-pushing by yourself, you are bound to go crazy. But now with this new cost calculator and clock called Bring Tim! This new time management tool can rack up the cost of holding a meeting in progress without too many calculations. Simply enter the number of attendees, estimate an average hourly rate and press the start button. That is it!
With the Bring TIM!, the cost of every second that passes, giving management an idea of how much one meeting would cost and how much time is being wasted. With this cost calculator, meetings can be shortened and direct to the point for better productivity and results. Bring TIM! Will be available by October and can be purchased at their website for $24.99 (excluding shipping).
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03 Nov 09 iSwim Waterproof iPod Case and Headphones
Whether it is at the beach or a simple dip in your pool, take your iPod with you every step of the way. Thanks to the the iSwim Waterproof iPod case and headphones, you don’t have to worry about submerging your iPod and getting it wet. It can be worn on a lanyard around your neck or as an armband, providing you with the musical entertainment in any rugged or watery condition.
The ISwim Waterproof iPod Case and headphones are available over at Find Me A Gift.com for $14.70.
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03 Nov 09 EA Mobile Unveils Five New Games at App Store
Five marquee games that are sure to be of interest for avid gamers today have hit the app store. A combination of sports, strategy and word games have been unveiled by EA Mobile for the iPhone or iPod Touch, familiar titles which bring their saga to Apple’s legendary mobile device. The games released are the following:
- NBA Live
- EA Sports FIFA 10
- Mystery Mania
- Hasbro’s Boggle
- Command and Conquer Red Alert
As you can see, these are marquee games. Head on over to the iTunes app store now and get them!
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03 Nov 09 Supposed 4th Generation iPhone parts go on sale
Now, it’s not everyday you see parts from an unannounced device go on sale but China Ontrade has what they are calling the iPhone 4 Generation Midboard.
Normally you could be quick to brush off such a seemingly obvious rumor but according to Gizmodo, China Ontrade had parts that on sale that were then used in the iPhone 3GS.
So, could this possibly be real? We’ll have to wait and find out.
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03 Nov 09 Video demonstration of Meizu M8 beta firmware appears
The Meizu M8 has seen a tough road with delays and much scrutiny due to its iPhone like design. However, it seems like the software designers are really stepping up their game as you can see in the above video; a demonstration of the new 1.0.0.1 beta firmware.
Anyways, there’s not much to say other than that as we don’t even know when to expect this firmware updated to be pushed out so check out the video and let us know what you think in the comments.
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03 Nov 09 Acer announces Aspire 8940 laptop
Acer has today shown us their brand new Aspire 8940 18.4-inch laptop, pictured above. This beast will start at $1,350 and include some very enticing specs.
Those specs include an Intel Core i7 processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB HDD, 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M GPU, Blu-ray drive and 5 integrated speakers for surround sound all running on Windows 7.
Acer didn’t give us an exact day as to when this laptop will be made available but they did tell us it would be sometime this holiday season.
Full spec list, courtesy of Gizmodo, after the break.
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