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Archos teases G10 xs with first press shot, vows launch in three weeks
Posted On 01 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Previously, Archos has only ever given us a fleeting glimpse of the G10 xs tablets it's planning to launch this year -- FCC filings don't count. Cogs in the company's media machine are turning once again, as the company has posted a teaser press imag...
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Sharp pain continues with $1.2 billion loss in Q1, drastically lowered forecast for 2012
Posted On 01 Aug 2012 By Sharif Sakr. Under: Uncategorized.
Having already scraped through a disastrous 2011, Sharp had been banking on making a small but significant profit this year. Those hopes have now evaporated, with the Japanese manufacturer's forecast of 20 billion yen ($250 million) in operating earni...
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Sony releases Q1 2012 financial results, eats $312 million loss
Posted On 01 Aug 2012 By Daniel Cooper. Under: Uncategorized.
Sony's first-quarter figures for 2012 show that despite the company's optimism three months ago, it's made a net loss of $312 million. It pulled in a whopping $19.2 billion in sales for the three months ending June 30th, partly credited to bringing S...
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon pricing spotted in Hong Kong
Posted On 01 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Lenovo floated the ThinkPad X1 Carbon past us in May without so much as a whisper of what the lightweight Ultrabook's price would be. The company doesn't mind shouting it out in what looks to be a Hong Kong back-to-school promo flyer, though. As long...
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Samsung starts mass-producing 4x faster mobile flash memory, kickstarts our phones and tablets
Posted On 01 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Samsung isn't content to leave fast NAND flash memory to traditional solid-state drives. Its Pro Class 1500 promises a big jolt to the performance of frequently pokey smartphone and tablet storage. By how much? That name is a clue -- it reaches 1,500...
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Samsung starts mass-producing 4x faster mobile flash memory, kickstarts our phones and tablets
Posted On 01 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Samsung isn't content to leave fast NAND flash memory to traditional solid-state drives. Its Pro Class 1500 promises a big jolt to the performance of frequently pokey smartphone and tablet storage. By how much? That name is a clue -- it reaches 1,500...
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Lego motorized wheelchair joins Mindstorms NXT alumni (video)
Posted On 01 Aug 2012 By Jamie Rigg. Under: Uncategorized.
It's been a while since we've come across a Lego project that's on par with a certain Pixar hero or the Rubiks solving robots, but Simon Burfield's brick-based motorized wheelchair definitely ranks close. He's cobbled together seven Mindstorm NXT mic...
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Cricket ships Huawei Ascend Q, offers Android chatting for $140 prepaid
Posted On 01 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Huawei had said it would deliver the Ascend Q in August, and it didn't waste a moment -- Cricket is selling the Android 2.3 messager as of today for $140 on its prepaid smartphone plans. While the OS, 800MHz processor, 3.2-inch display and fixed-foc...
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Ice Cream Sandwich takes a bite out of Gingerbread, represents 15.9 percent of Android devices
Posted On 01 Aug 2012 By Sean Buckley. Under: Uncategorized.
Two major updates later (three if you count the tablet-exclusive Honeycomb), and Gingerbread is finally starting to falter. According to Google's latest two week survey of devices accessing the Play store, Ice Cream Sandwich is on the rise, filling o...
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Twelve South debuts BackPack 2 shelf accessory for iMac with three enhancements
Posted On 01 Aug 2012 By Zachary Lutz. Under: Uncategorized.
By now, you're likely familiar with Twelve South, the Mac-minded accessory maker that prides itself on staying small. Well, three years after the debut of its first product, the BackPack, it's refining the shelf accessory in three ways that'll make y...
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