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Sony: PlayStation Vita Games Won't Have Fixed Prices

Sony Announces Plans To Use A 'Tailored Approach' To Pricing PS Vita Games
By on Wednesday, 30. November 2011

Sony has announced that it will be trying something new with the PS Vita – it will be moving away from a fixed pricing model for PS Vita games, instead offering players a more “tailored,” pricing model for the games that release on the handheld.

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iPhone 5/6 LTE & iPad 3 LTE Hitting Japan Next Year?

New Report Suggests NTT DoCoMo Will Have 4G LTE iOS Devices in 2012, Release Dates Still Blurry
By on Wednesday, 30. November 2011

The closer we get to 2012, the more next-gen iPad and iPhone rumors we’re going to get and I have a feeling that LTE connectivity will come up quite a few times especially considering that the competition is launching more and more LTE devices

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Lenovo Joins Smart TV Race With The LeTV

Lenovo Adds A Smart TV To Its Lineup Of Consumer Goods, Complete With Standard Le Prefix & One Potential Game Changer
By on Wednesday, 30. November 2011

Lenovo has a pretty standard set of naming conventions on most of their consumer hardware, it seems. They started off with the LePhone, and then expanded that to include their tablet, the LePad. And now they’ve opened it up to an area I never expected them to go into: television. [...]

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Sony Bravia Televisions Get Firmware Upgrade With Facebook, Twitter & More

Sony Recently Updates Bravia Firmware With A Substantial Note Of Extra Features, Confirms Purpose Of Getting More Onto The Web
By on Wednesday, 30. November 2011

If you’ve got a Sony Bravia television, or were looking to get your hands on one, then you’ll have some very good news coming up here, if you haven’t already received said good news. The good news in question is in the form of a firmware upgrade for Bravias that’s [...]

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iPad Releases In 2012 May Be As Many As Three

Reports Suggest There May Be Multiple iPads Launched In 2012, Each Geared Toward A Specific Market
By on Wednesday, 30. November 2011

Remember how, back when the pre-launch excitement was getting built up good and proper for the iPhone 4S / iPhone 5 launch? Remember how it turned out to just be the iPhone 4S launch? Remember how we heard stirrings of budget iPhones, possibly geared toward the pre-pay phone market and [...]

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Price Drop For Ultrabook May Hit Early 2012, Say Reports

A Possible Marketing Subsidy From Intel May Result In A Slight Price Drop For Ultrabooks Going Into The First Part Of 2012
By on Wednesday, 30. November 2011

If you’re starting up your holiday shopping already, be it Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Christmas, or even something else, then you’ve probably been floored by the sheer number of choices out there of late. And if you’re starting to think “gift card” ahead of everything else, well, guess what–one more reason [...]

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Time Warner TWC TV App Now Available For Android Tablets

Time Warner TWC TV App Now Available In The Android Market; Brings A DVR Manager, Remote Control & More
By on Wednesday, 30. November 2011

We had seen Time Warner promise that they were working on an app for Android tablets. You know, one just like the one that they released for the iPad a while back. And while that last part is true for the most part, the Android app has arrived missing one [...]

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Verizon Lowers The Droid Bionic Pricing, Suggests They Are Making Room For A New Handset

Verizon Wireless Lowers The Price Of The Droid Bionic Down To $199.99, Still On A Two-Year Agreement
By on Wednesday, 30. November 2011

This most recent price drop comes as an interesting bit. Basically, Verizon Wireless seems to have slashed the price of the Droid Bionic. And while the price drop was rather decent, we suspect the speculation that comes along with is the more interesting portion.

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iPhone 4S Set To Appear On China Unicom Soon

One Government Network Permit Is All That Stands Between The iPhone 4S & An Official Launch With China Unicom
By on Wednesday, 30. November 2011

Reports have emerged that suggest that a big chunk of the world’s largest smartphone market is now just a couple government signatures away for the iPhone 4S, thanks to recent inroads looking to get Apple’s latest device on the shelves at China Unicom. But interestingly, the launch may have already [...]

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Fortune The Legacy Of Steve Jobs iPad App Now Available

Fortune Has Released The Legacy Of Steve Jobs For The iPad, Currently Available In The iOS App Store & Priced At $14.99
By on Wednesday, 30. November 2011

Those looking to do a bit more reading on Steve Jobs may be happy to hear this latest — Fortune has released The Legacy of Steve Jobs as an iPad app. The app is currently available and from what we have seen thus far, it contains more than a fair [...]

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