Archive for December, 2011 - Page 61

Sharp Develops World's Smallest CMOS Camera

Sharp's New RJ63YC100 Camera Offers Impressive Resolution In Both Stills & Video, Does So Without Taking Up Much Room
By on Thursday, 1. December 2011

An impressive new entrant in the ultra-small camera range comes our way from the folks out at Sharp, who have managed to put together a very sharp little camera indeed. It’s hard to tell what’s more impressive here: what it can do, or how little room it actually takes to [...]

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Carrier IQ Not Found On Google's Flagship Devices

Reports Come In Saying The Controversial Software Was Never Installed On A Whole Set Of Google's Biggest Devices
By on Thursday, 1. December 2011

We’ve already heard quite a bit about the Carrier IQ issue, and our own Robert Nelson brought in word saying that Nokia and Verizon were never part of the whole Carrier IQ situation. Now, they’re joined by a couple more such respondents, as Google and Motorola alike both get a [...]

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iPhone 4S Now Apple's Most Welcomed Device

Nearly All iPhone 4S Users Report Themselves "Satisfied" With Their Purchase In Recent Surveys
By on Thursday, 1. December 2011

Based on the results of a recent survey from the folks out at ChangeWave Research, if you own an iPhone 4S, you’re almost certainly happy about it. Seems that Apple’s newest device is making a whole lot of people very satisfied that they picked it up, but is something else [...]

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BlackBerry Bold 9790 Now Available With Rogers

Rogers Officially Releases The Bold 9790, Has It Priced At $99.99 On A Three-Year Agreement
By on Thursday, 1. December 2011

RIM originally announced the BlackBerry Bold 9790 (along with the Curve 9380) back in the middle of the month. Since then we have seen word come from several Canadian carriers in terms of the upcoming availability. For example, the Bold 9790 has been confirmed as coming to Telus as well [...]

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Amazon Getting In The Holiday Spirit, Launches Santa App For The iPad & Kindle Fire

Amazon Santa App Now Available In The iOS App Store & Amazon App Store, Should Make Your Childs Wish List Creation A Bit Easier
By on Thursday, 1. December 2011

While we are fairly certain that the traditional methods of creating a holiday wish list are still safe, it does look like Amazon is taking a step forward for those who prefer to have the list created digitally. Enter the Amazon Santa App which has just recently come available for [...]

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Evernote App For Windows Phone Gets An Update

Windows Phone Evernote App Updated; New Features Include Note Pinning, Templates & More
By on Thursday, 1. December 2011

Those using Evernote on a Windows Phone may want to listen up to this latest bit as an update has come available. The latest version of Evernote for Windows Phone can be found in the Marketplace and has arrived as version 2.1.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab, The Original 7" Model Is Featured On Sellout.Woot

Woot's Latest Sellout Deal Focuses In On The Original 7" Galaxy Tab (For Verizon & Sprint), Has Them Selling Them For A Contract-Free $199.99
By on Thursday, 1. December 2011

It is another day and that means another offer from Woot. And while we do not cover this each and every day, todays offering is one that we like. That being the case, we feel it is one that you, the dear readers may also like. Anyway, without any further [...]

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Verizon Reacts To The Carrier IQ Issues

Verizon Takes To Twitter, Makes It Clear That Carrier IQ Is Not On Any Verizon Wireless Phones
By on Thursday, 1. December 2011

We have been seeing quite a bit of information on the subject of Carrier IQ lately. And for those who are new to this name, or who have simply chosen to ignore it in hopes that it was nothing and would quietly go away, fell TFTS blogger Chris Smith wrote [...]

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RIM Reacts To Recent DingleBerry PlayBook Rooting

The BlackBerry PlayBook May Have Been Jailbroken With DingleBerry, But RIM Maintains The Tablet Is Still Secure
By on Thursday, 1. December 2011

Over the past few days we have begun hearing about a method that would allow users to root, or jailbreak their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The process surfaced on Twitter and has been featured in a few demo videos, of which one shows the PlayBook as being able to play Hulu [...]

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