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Toshiba’s Space Chair ad is the best approach to sell TVs

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
The best way to create an environment to sell a new range of TVs is to shoot a £2,500 piece of furniture into space and then see it falling down. This is exactly what Toshiba did with their Space Chair ad campaign to promote its REGZA SV LCD TVs first with LED backlight and local dimming.

T-Mobile Sidekick sales resume: new pricing, new wary customers

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T-Mobile USA have announced that they’ve once again started selling Sidekick handsets, having taken the messaging-centric devices off the market during significant data outages last month.

Transcend Introduces StoreJet 35T External HDD

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Transcend has introduced the new addition to its StoreJet external hard drive series. Known as the StoreJet 35T, this compact 3.5-inch drive is available in 1TB and 1.5TB storage capacities and features a USB 2.0 connection interface, a OneTouch auto-backup button and makes use of Transcend’s…

Giada Slim N10 – Super-Slim ION-Powered Nettop

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
Here’s another super-slim ION-powered nettop from a Chinese-based company JIEHE, the Giada Slim N10.

Hitachi 2TB SimpleTech External Drive

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15 years ago
Hitachi unveiled a new range of SimpleTech External Desktop Hard Drives which is available in up to 2TB Storage Capacities.

Verizon: AT&T sued over 3G ads because “the truth hurts”

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Verizon has filed a response to AT&T's lawsuit which had sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) to ban the "there's a map for that" ads critical of the latter carrier's 3G coverage. Verizon defends its ad campaign, claiming the coverage maps are accurate and clearly labeled as 3G networks.

Transcend StoreJet 35T High-performance External Hard Drive

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Transcend introduces the latest addition to the StoreJet external hard drive lineup, the StoreJet 35T. It is a compact 3.5-inch High-performance External Hard Drive which is an ideal data management system for uploading, downloading, storing and transferring vital data and information.

100-word fiction competition — win an HP MediaSmart EX495

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
The prize is a $700 HP MediaSmart EX495 PC, set up as a Windows home server, with 1.5TB of storage and Mac/Time Machine support. The winner shall be chosen at arbitrary whim. Runners-up get something random from the gadget dungeon. The theme is "Found in Space." 100 words long. Go!

Dell Inspiron Zino HD Nettop now in the United States

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15 years ago
Just a week after we announced that Dell has released its Inspiron Zino HD Nettop in the UK and Ireland, it is ready for the US Market even thought the press release stated that it would be on November 25th.

Watch TV On The Go With Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition

November 16th, 2009 link to (permalink)

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The Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition is actually a combination of a 3G cell phone, a mobile broadcast TV (DVB-H), a social networking, a music player and a gaming device. The phone comes equipped with a 2.4-inch QVGA color display and a 3.2-megapixel camera with an LED flash.

Sleek outs wireless-ready SA1 earphones

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Sleek Audio on Monday launched its wooden SA1 in-ear headphones which can be tuned and worn either as wired headphones or wirelessly. The SA1 set has 6mm drivers housed in a Siam rosewood body.

T-Mobile now shipping BlackBerry Bold 9700

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T-Mobile is now shipping the BlackBerry Bold 9700. Its arrival at the provider does not come as a surprise and the touchpad-equipped handset is T-Mobile first RIM device with 3G network access.

Counterintuitive product design: A light that helps you get to sleep

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15 years ago
I often joke that my lawyer friend Logan's stories are so boring, hospitals could use him as a powerful anaesthetic and sleep aid. I've never had any problems sleeping at night, but if I did I'd record one of his "amusing anecdotes" and put the iPod on repeat by the end table.

AT&T Adds LG Shine II and BlackBerry Curve 8520

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With the holidays fast approaching, wireless carriers are rolling out new phones each day, sometimes two at a time. To get into the spirit, AT&T on Monday added the LG Shine II and the BlackBerry Curve 8520 to its lineup.

Magellan enters the iPhone nav app sweepstakes

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15 years ago
Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touchI guess it was inevitable. Magellan has just launched an iPhone app that looks great and will offer road warriors even more choice in a very competitive landscape.

Wherein we discuss: No Russian, the controversial Modern Warfare 2 level (and the game’s subsequent banning in Russia)

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SPOILERS BEGIN HERE~! You probably already know this, but Modern Warfare 2 has been banned in Russia because of that controversial level, No Russian. In the mission, you, an American soldier in the employ of the CIA, team up with a Russian terrorist who shoots up a fictional Russian airport.

Worlds Smallest 16GB Flash Drive

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Wink claims it has created the worlds smallest 16GB flash drive (as of Nov 2009). The Active Media Wink flash drive measures only 0.1 inches thick  and is available in  2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB sizes. With a  sealed protective case the drive is also waterproof.

Palm outs webOS 1.3.1 update for Pre

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Palm on Friday announced users of the Pre smartphone on both the Sprint network and Bell in Canada will receive an automatic over-the-air software update to webOS 1.3.1. The Palm Pixi, released on Sunday, shipped with the updated operating system as well.

Magellan Gets Into The iPhone GPS Game, Car Cradle Incoming

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15 years ago
Google might be in the middle of turning the navigation market on its head with hints that their free turn-by-turn service might make its way to the iPhone, but that’s not scaring the big players away.

Why are we so attracted to disaster movies like 2012

November 16th, 2009 link to (permalink)

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Here’s another topic I’m stealing from Ron and Fez: disaster movies. We sorta discussed this a few times already, but the movie 2012 broke all sorts of records at the weekend.

And the winner of the HP MediaSmart server is…

November 16th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago
Big props goes out to Joe W. for almost correctly guessing the total storage capacity of the CrunchGear staff. His guess of 38.5TB nets him a brand new HP MediaSmart EX495 server. Congrats. Click through to see the total capacity broken down by writer.

Apple Could Lock Devices with Ads in the OS

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The New York Times reports on an Apple patent that was disclosed last month (the same day as the Windows 7 launch, incidentally) that would embed ads within the Apple OS, possibly as a way of subsidizing its hardware.The claims are eye-opening: "A computer-implemented method for providing an...

New US carrier promises BYO phone use

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15 years ago
A new MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) launched today in the US in the form of Simple Mobile. The cell provider has its own pick of phones but emphasizes attaching the SIM card over its own devices; customers are encouraged to bring their own unlocked phones, including smartphones.

Udder pitcher makes me want a glass of moo

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15 years ago
There’s not a lot to say about this pitcher. You’re looking at it, right? That’s what it is. It costs $22.

Apple Store Black Friday ad

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15 years ago
Looks like Apple is going to be doing a Black Friday special as well. It’s not confirmed yet, but it’s not too much of a stretch to think they’ll run with this.

Creative to show Zii smartphone platform in December

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Creative subsidiary ZiiLABS has announced that it will unveil the Zii smartphone platform at the upcoming Zii Summit event. The ZMS-05 system-on-a-chip (SOC) components are claimed to be the first to offer 1080p video playback capabilities on a handheld device.

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