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That touchable sensation: Apple sends invites for January 27 event

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Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, Cult of Mac, Apple It seems like only hours ago, on the Talkcast, that we were discussing the notable absence of any invitations to Apple's rumored end-of-January event. Where were they? Was all this hype nothing but a smokescreen?

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iRiver Smart HD packs high-res MKV

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iRiver on Monday touted an advantage in touchscreen media players with the Smart HD. It becomes one of the few players to support not just HD video resolutions but the MKV (Matroska) container as well.

Novatel MiFi exploit reveals GPS position, security settings, more

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Novatel Wireless’ MiFi personal 3G hotspot has won plenty of admirers, but that attention has also uncovered a security loophole that could allow third-parties to not only discover a user’s GPS position but extract their entire configuration remotely.

Verizon Rolling Out Unlimited Plans, New Pricing

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Verizon is overhauling their voice, text and family cell phone plans and throwing in a couple of unlimited talk plans starting at $70/mo, although their pricing, when you include data, doesn’t seem as competitive as Sprint or T-Mobile.

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Cowon W2 MID gets spec’d, priced, release in Korea January 25

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More details on Cowon’s W2 MID have emerged, complete with a release date for Korea. As of January 25th, buyers there will be able to pick up the W2 in one of four different versions; each has a 4.8-inch 1024 x 600 LCD touchscreen and Intel Atom 1.33GHz processor.

Mophie to give Japanese iPhones FeliCa with apps

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Mophie today promised to give Japanese iPhone owners much-requested support for FeliCa wireless payments. The team-up with two local firms will see a version of Mophie's casing that uses the same RFID wireless as the Sony standard.

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Games Edition Smart Phone

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Nokia release the new XpressMusic smartphone called Nokia 5530 Games Edition which pre-loaded with 20 games from arcade to sport. The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Game is really identical with Nokia 5530 Xpress Music phone equipped with full touch interface (4.09×1.92×0.51 inches) and 3.77-onz.

Nokia vows “big news” for Ovi on Thursday

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Nokia this morning sent invitations to a London press event for "big news" about its Ovi services. The company doesn't provide any details of the Thursday event but expects its Executive VP Anssi Vanjoki to show along with UK General Manager Mark Loughran.

Shadow Concept Candidate for Nexus 2?

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile What looks just like another concept phone has now begun rumors of the potential second Google phone. Codenamed the Motorola Shadow, the concept has been generating a lot of buzz the past couple of days.

Lexicon BD-30 reviewed: an Oppo BDP-83 at 7x the price

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Take a look at the guts of these two Blu-ray players; can you spot the difference? If your answer is “no, Chris, I can’t” then pat yourself on the back, since as far as Audioholics can tell, there is no difference.

Toshiba Rx Medical Tablet concept has promise

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With CES 2010 positively dripping with new tablets, it seems a whole lot more legitimate to get excited over concept designs like the Toshiba Rx Medical Tablet.

HP dv6t, dv7t upgraded to Core i5

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HP has quietly updated its existing Pavilion dv6t and dv7t notebooks and now offer the option of Intel's recently released Core i5 processors.

Review: Google Nexus One

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Although there are already a wide variety of smartphones available on the Android platform, the Nexus One marks Google's first push into the hardware market. The N1 diverges from other smartphones by adding an AMOLED display, 1GHz Snapdragon CPU and the latest Android 2.1 operating system.

Rumor: Google Nexus Two to be Built by Motorola

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The render pictured above is perhaps just created by a fan, but there is also speculation that this could be the Motorola Shadow that was first heard of right at the end of last year. We now hear that this phone could be the next flagship Google [GOOG] phone and could be called the Google Nexus Two.

The $1,000 iPhone App That’s Worth It

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Anyone remember the idiotic “I am Rich” app for the iPhone OS? While all that did was display a sparkling red gem on an iPhone or iPod touch, the asking price was $1000!

The Largest Disco Ball by Michel de Broin

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Nuit Blanche, City of Paris Mirror ball, 1000 mirrors, 7.5 meters in diameter. "La Maître..(more...

Rumor: 22″ touch computer coming from Apple

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Filed under: Hardware, RumorsIt's Monday, January 18th and we've got more tablet rumors than Tony Romo's got bruises.

NTT DoCoMo promise true Global Phone with 8-band power amp

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“Global Phone” is a phrase that gets thrown around relatively frequently these days, especially by Verizon when they’re trying to sell you a dual-mode CDMA/GSM handset, but we’re far from a true cellphone that can be used on all the networks deployed globally.

NVIDIA Fermi GF100 detailed: ATI-besting GPU

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NVIDIA have been spilling the beans on the Fermi GF100, the company’s 40nm GPU with a full 512 CUDA cores, which they reckon will deliver not only exceptional gaming performance but film-like geometric graphics.

Asus readying OLED display e-reader with 122hrs battery life

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Manufacturers had ample e-readers to show at CES. The gala event is over, but we still have company’s trying to make their mark as e-reader developers.

Astri MID mini dual-display Android ebook reader [Video]

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The Entourage eDGe dual-display clamshell netbook is great, if you don’t mind toting a rucksack all the time, but what if you’d prefer something a little more pocket-friendly?

iPhone 4G could have magic mouse like touch-sensitive casing

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While the world is eagerly waiting for the iSlate (Apple tablet PC), there’s a slight murmur in the wilds that the next gen iPhone could be cased inside a gesture sensing body, very similar to what the Apple’s Magic Mouse has.

GTA Chinatown Wars arrives on the iPhone

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Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars has just arrived for the iPhone with out any early warnings of its release. Early report state that the the game is a faithful reproduction of the DS/PSP game. Check out the video after the jump. Chinatown Wars seems to be a complete GTA experience.

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Black Pearl Watch by HD3 Complication

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If you have a little Pirate blood in your veins, then you might like to get your hands on this little treasure: The Black Pearl Watch by HD3 Complication. Inspired by Pirates and buccaneers this unique watch allows you to view the mechanics as its keeping the time.. yarrr.

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DisplayPort v1.2 finalized: 3D, multi-monitor & USB/ethernet support

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DisplayPort arguably came of age when Apple first picked it over HDMI and DVI back in 2008, and now the Video Electronics Standard Association (VESA) responsible for the standard has announced the latest version.

Panasonic Japan unveils new G2 HDTV line

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We are fresh off CES 2010 and as such we are anxiously waiting for a glut of new gear that we saw at the show to hit the market. The thing I am most waiting for are the new 3D ready HDTVs.

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