Once again, here is something for the “Cloned in China” category. I really should get around to making one of those. Today it is from a company known as Zenithink, and it has a 1 gigahertz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 512M RAM, a 1024 x 600 display, 16 gigabytes of flash memory, but it runs Android 2.1 instead of Apple’s OS
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Zenithink clones the iPad in China
The Wall Street Journal today has expanded details on the possible preliminary antitrust investigation against Apple Inc. The Journal reports that the company may face an investigation into its iAd mobile advertising service, citing an unnamed wireless-advertising executive who …
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Apple’s iAd Also the Subject of Investigation
Selling a million units in a month and headlining pretty much every major publication out there, the iPad is stealing all of the tablet hype as of late. Microsoft, on the other hand, has been rumored to be bringing a tablet computing device called the Courier (as you all already know) to market but they squashed that rumor not too long ago. Well, Bill Gates, recently went on record as saying the following: “Microsoft has a lot of different tablet projects that we’re pursuing.
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Microsoft working on ‘a lot of different tablet projects’
We’ll just go ahead and say what everyone is thinking at this point: just make the Palm Pre Plus free, Verizon. You’re just avoiding the inevitable, and there’s no point for it anymore. Obviously both Palm and Verizon believed that they could eke out a bit more money with the Pre’s slash in price, plus the fact that the wireless juggernaut isn’t charging for the mobile hotspot feature anymore.
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Palm Pre Plus for Verizon Wireless Now Available for $30
When you buy a new phone, are you one of those people that tries to find a Bluetooth headset that matches, even slightly, your new toy? Well, you may want to look at the line-up from Samsung that they’ve just introduced, particularly if you find yourself wanting to get your hands on the Iron Man Samsung Monte. They’ve decided to play the matching game, and we’ve got to admit, they’ve managed to make Bluetooth headsets genuinely interesting again
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Samsung Unveils 7 New Bluetooth Headsets to Match Handsets
The very few of you who were having problems with Spirit on Windows can rejoice. Spirit, which would sometimes give you an error code c0000005 depending on what version of Windows you were using, has been updated to fix this error. I personally didn’t have any problem with the Spirit jailbreak on Windows
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Spirit Jailbreak Update Fixes Windows Error and Photo Deletion Bug
Junjie Zhang’s V-Lock concept is a boon for all those who stumble home drunk then rattle and scrape their key across the front door, hoping to find the keyhole. In fact, it will probably be even more welcome amongst the light-sleeping spouses and neighbors who have to listen to your painful, drawn-out fumblings.
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V-Lock Helps Drunks Get Home to Bed
We’ve had a bit of a very interesting relationship with the BlackBerry Slider ’round these parts, and we’re honestly glad to see it show up again, especially because it’s boasting a new trick. So, whether you want to call it the Slider, or maybe the BlackBerry T –for Talladega–, here’s your next glimpse of the still unannounced device, running the latest version of Research In Motion’s mobile Operating System, BlackBerry 6
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RIM BlackBerry Slider Appears Again Showing Off BlackBerry 6 OS
Boost Mobile today improved its $50 Monthly Unlimited Plan by offering free, unlimited calls to 411 directory service. Subscribers will also get unlimited email and instant messaging, in addition to the text messaging that the service also provides
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Boost Beefs Up Unlimited Plan with Free 411, Email
You’ll have to consider the word soon to be pretty relative in this case, because we still don’t have any idea when the Samsung Wave is going to be released in the United States, let alone anywhere else (not including the UK ).
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Samsung Wave Could Hit North and South America Soon
What better way to spend your hard earned Latte break than with an ice blue Digital Photo Mug and a slideshow of your favourite digital photographs? Forty-Five photos, 1.5 inch screen, fifteen minutes to enjoy drink and digitals before the 97 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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Digital Photo Mug – kick back and sip-along-a-snap
If your Bell-supplied Mi-Fi cellular Wi-Fi modem died yesterday, here’s why: The batteries in some MiFi 2372 units are swelling and causing malfunctions. Bell Canada is recalling units (an envelope is likely already on its way to you) to replace both battery and battery cover.
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Bell Canada Remotely Kills, Recalls MiFi Routers
In addition to changes to the iPhone developer agreement banning the use of third-party development tools, a potential inquiry from federal regulators into Apple has been prompted by iAd mobile advertising network, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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WSJ: Federal antitrust probe about Apple’s iAd service, too
If you have an Eye-Fi card and an iPad, you need ShutterSnitch. The $8 iPhone and iPad application lets you beam photos as you shoot them direct to the iPad where they are displayed on the large 10-inch screen. This is useful for “tethered” shooting where you may want somebody else to monitor the images as you shoot, or just to help you out with a giant image preview.
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ShutterSnitch Beams Photos from Camera to iPad
I don’t know if anyone is lamenting the iPad’s lack of a physical keyboard (and they probably wouldn’t say anything if they were) but Brando can help if you are. This Slim Bluetooth Keyboard is about the size of 106 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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Slim Bluetooth Keyboard – The most comfortable way to fit 52 keys in your pocket
At the Beijing Auto Show, China automaker Brilliance Auto introduced its BEV A0 concept car for the low carbon era. The BEV A0 is totally electric and produces zero emissions. It also uses as many recyclable materials as possible in 168 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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Brilliance BEV A0 electric concept car – When you’re done driving, turn it into a nice soup?
Tripod-maker Induro has tried to combine the quick-adjusting ball-head and the slow-but-accurate pan-tilt head into the new PHQ-series of tripod heads. While these two new heads don’t quite manage this feat, they pack in enough smart gimmicks and features to make your old head look positively primitive
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Quintaxial Tripod Heads Twist Five Ways
Until now, outdoor LCD displays go black at 75°C which is warm enough to be sure, but Korea’s LG has gone one twenty five better. Their new 55″ inch outdoor LCD display can withstand temperatures up 111 words | permalink | No comments | digg this
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LG outdoor LCD display withstands 100 degrees Celsius
AppSync has been updated for iPad. You can download AppSync 3.2 for iPad from Cydia by adding the following source: http://cydia.hackulo.us Once this source has been added, look for AppSync for OS 3.2 . That’s it! Check out this page for all MobileInstallation files for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad ” AppSync for iPad 3.2 ” is an article by the iPhone Download Blog sponsored by the iPhone Store
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AppSync for iPad 3.2
If you think the iPad sucks or if you’re tired of hearing about Apple’s latest device, then you’re probably going to enjoy these videos. Let’s be honest, this is a complete waste of time and money. But for some reason, just like a train wreck, you can’t help watching.
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How to Destroy Your iPad With A Blender, A Baseball Bat, or A Microwave (You Choose)
Apple has hired its first dedicated mergers and acquisitions expert and has initiated — in some cases — a three hour window of opportunity for acquisition targets in its tough new efforts to win deals away from rivals such as Google and avoid publicity that could sour deals.
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Apple getting aggressive with competitive new acquisition tactics
iPhone applications that have not been optimized for iPad yet don’t look so good on the iPad. Sure you have the option to blow up the iPhone apps by hitting the “2x” button, but the pexilization is so bad that it makes this feature almost useless. For those of you who jailbroke your iPad with the newly released Spirit (see Spirit jailbreak tutorial), there is a solution that will allow you to blow up your apps to fit the full screen, without having the dirty pixelization
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How to Make Your iPhone Apps Run in Full Screen Mode On Your iPad