Archive for November, 2011 - Page 17

Microsoft Buys VideoSoft To Use In Xbox Live Video Discovery

Microsoft's Video Ambitions Take On New Life By Picking Up VideoSoft To Help Users Find Things To Watch
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. November 2011

We’ve been following Microsoft’s designs on the streaming video market for some time now, and it’s become steadily more clear that they want to turn the Xbox 360 into an all-around entertainment hub. They’ve been moving in that direction for some time now, incorporating things like Bing and Kinect into [...]

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Boxee Box Adds SlingPlayer To Its Lineup

Unexpected Addition Of SlingPlayer Lands On Boxee Box, Provides Questionable Level Of Added Utility
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. November 2011

A strange sort of addition landed on the Boxee Box, as Boxee engineers gave the devices a fresh upgrade in the form of a built-in SlingPlayer app. And, while it’s seldom good form to look a gift horse in the mouth, more than a few folks started wondering what it [...]

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Samsung's Google TV Won't Make CES 2012

Samsung's Google TV Plans Won't Get Shown Off Until After The Big January Show, But Can Samsung's New Breed Compete?
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. November 2011

The whole Google TV concept, especially of late, has been a bit on the shaky side. With a variety of competitors from Apple TV to Roku to Boxee already out in stores and, by all reports, doing a fine job of keeping customers happy with a variety of sources of [...]

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Lenovo Said To Be Working On Five Inch Dual Core Tablet

Lenovo Bucking Trends By Working On A Five Inch IdeaTab Tablet With Dual-Core Processor & More Waiting
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. November 2011

Interesting news this morning from the crew out at Lenovo–seems that they’re looking to buck the trend that’s moving companies away from smaller tablets by looking to put out their own. And their own will be landing in the form of the five inch IdeaTab, with a pretty nice set [...]

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Verizon Makes It Official, Announces The Samsung Illusion

Samsung Illusion Will Be Available With Verizon Beginning November 23rd & Will Be Priced At $79.99 On A Two-Year Agreement
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. November 2011

Coming off quite a few rumors, of which the most recent appeared earlier this morning — Verizon Wireless has officially announced the Samsung Illusion smartphone. And nicely done, the handset will be available for purchase very soon.

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iPad 3 Retina Display Production Reportedly Now In Progress

Earlier-Found Code Strings Precede The Discovery That Retina Display Panels Are Already Being Built For The iPad 3 Launch
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. November 2011

It seems like the iPad 3 will have every bit of pre-launch buzz that the iPhone 4S did, as reports are coming in stating that Retina Display panels are currently under construction for the iPad 3 even as you read this. But what, if anything, does this mean for launch [...]

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T-Mobile Springboard Tablet Now Available, Brings A 7" Display & Honeycomb

T-Mobile Officially Launches The Springboard (Huawei MediaPad) Tablet, Has It Priced From $429.99
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. November 2011

There was a bit of confusion early on in terms of the release date for the T-Mobile Springboard tablet, however it looks like any confusion has come to an end as of today. Yup, the T-Mobile Springboard tablet has been officially released.

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Bell Mobility Officially Releases The LG Optimus LTE Smartphone

LG Optimus LTE Now Available With Bell, Comes Priced At $149.95 On A Three-Year Agreement
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. November 2011

Coming more as a nice confirmation as opposed to a surprise, Bell Mobility has officially released the LG Optimus LTE smartphone. Yup, the 4G LTE capable superphone that Bell has been teasing about over the past month or so is now available for those who wish to make a purchase.

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Rogers Quits Accepting Galaxy Nexus Reservations

Rogers No Longer Accepting Galaxy Nexus Pre-Orders, Cite Circumstances Beyond Their Control As The Reason
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. November 2011

We saw Rogers begin accepting pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus a short while back, and well, as of today we have also seen Rogers quit accepting pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Yup, as of today, Rogers has pulled the option to pre-order the Galaxy Nexus. Though, in a [...]

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Samsung Illusion Tipped For November 23rd Release With Verizon Wireless

Verizon Expected To Launch The Android 2.3 Running Samsung Illusion On November 23rd, Pricing Still Remains A Mystery
Filed by on Tuesday, 22. November 2011

We have seen a few leaks in terms of the Samsung Illusion up till this point. And well, as of today it looks like we have another leak. The latest is still dealing with the Illusion coming to Verizon Wireless and this time it suggests a possible release date.

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