Archive for June, 2011 - Page 24

HTC Status Will Be The Name Of ChaCha On AT&T?

New Rumor Says That HTC ChaCha Facebook Phone Will Be Called The HTC Status In United States, Great Pun Pleases All
Filed by on Thursday, 23. June 2011

A few days ago, we saw the HTC ChaCha (aka, the “Facebook phone”) made up in AT&T lively, apparently ready for release on that carrier’s network. Now, it’s being reported that the phone’s name could be the “HTC Status.” Get it, Facebook Status updates? Pretty pointed pun, uh?

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Apple Patent Details Widgets For Televisions

Apple Televisions May Not Only Know What You're Watching, But Where You Can Learn More About It
Filed by on Thursday, 23. June 2011

Home theater buffs, you’re definitely going to want to hear about this one, because I certainly got impressed by the idea. We all know how much the internet can help in our enjoyment of and fascination with movies–giving us cast lists on demand so we don’t get that irritating “Hey, [...]

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iPhone 5 May Offer Dual LED Flash System For Its Camera

Yet Another iPhone 5 Rumor Emerges Saying The Device Will Pack Two Flashes To Improve Indoor Photograph Quality
Filed by on Thursday, 23. June 2011

Grab your salt lick and reach for the tinfoil hat, folks, because we’ve got another interesting iPhone 5 rumor to serve up. And considering how many of these keep cropping up lately it’s enough to give extra credence to that whole Bloomberg report thing we spotted yesterday. This time around, [...]

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HP Unveils webOS Pivot For The TouchPad Tablet

HP webOS Pivot Announced, Will Be A Monthly Magazine From HP To "Complement" The webOS App Catalog
Filed by on Thursday, 23. June 2011

The launch of the TouchPad tablet is getting close, it will be available on July 1st, which is one week from tomorrow. And while there is some excitement coming from webOS fans, there is also quite a bit of people wondering if HP will be able to find success with [...]

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Pottermore Website Mystery Revealed, Will Be The Exclusive Home Of Harry Potter Ebooks & More

Harry Potter Ebooks Coming In October, Will Be Available By Way Of The Pottermore Website & Powered By Overdrive
Filed by on Thursday, 23. June 2011

Just recently a new Harry Potter related website was revealed, it is called Pottermore. And while the initial speculation was that Pottermore would be an online game, it looks like the website will be the exclusive place to purchase ebook editions of the Harry Potter books.

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Electronic Arts Allegedly To Buy PopCap Games

iPhone/Casual Game Developer Said To Be Gobbled Up By EA For $1 Billion, Ready For Annual Revisions Of Bejeweled, Plants vs. Zombies & Peggle?
Filed by on Thursday, 23. June 2011

PopCap, the great casual gaming company behind such hits as Peggle, Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies may be in the final stages of being acquired by a bigger company. Allegedly, that company looking to acquire PopCap would be none other than gaming publishing giant Electronic Arts. The asking price? A [...]

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Nokia's First Windows Phone Handset Revealed

Nokia "Sea Ray" Shows Up In Images & Video, Looks Similar To The N9 & Will Be The First Nokia Branded Windows Phone 7 Handset
Filed by on Thursday, 23. June 2011

While Stephen Elop was apparently trying to keep this from making its way into the blogosphere (his word), it seems it was not quite as successful as he had hoped. Bottom line, and a word of advice — when showing an unannounced device to a room of people — there [...]

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T-Mobile May Not Need To Carry The iPhone, Its Already Supporting More Than 1 Million

T-Mobile USA Reportedly Providing Service For More Than 1 Million Apple iPhones
Filed by on Thursday, 23. June 2011

While saying that T-Mobile does not need to carry an iPhone given their current level of support may be a bit of an overstatement, it does come with some surprise to learn how many iPhones are currently running on the network. Of course, this just goes to show that an [...]

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Dungeon Siege 3's Bad PC Controls To Get Fixed, Says Obsidian

Obsidian Entertainment's Lead Developer Promises In Interview That They Will Patch Dungeon Siege III's Bad Controls, DLC Also Probably Coming
Filed by on Thursday, 23. June 2011

Dungeon Siege was a franchise that was pretty much for the PC-only. So, imagine the surprise that many PC gamers had when it turned out that the PC port of Dungeon Siege III was heavily suffering from the signs of a bad console port and not even optimized for a [...]

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Google Launching A "Chromebook Guru Program" For Select Cr-48 Pilot Program Members, Looks To Be Invitation Only

Google Chromebook Guru Program Means Another Free ChromeOS Notebook For Select Cr-48 Pilot Program Members
Filed by on Thursday, 23. June 2011

When Google launched their Cr-48 ChromeOS Pilot Program many were hoping to come home and find the shiny black matte finished notebook sitting on their doorstep. And while the program seemed to roll-out quite a few notebooks, it looks like Google is now taking it a step further which could [...]

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