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MWC 2012: HTC Gives Media Link HD A Good Talking Up

HTC's New Onboard Streaming Service, Media Link HD, Gets Talked Up Out At Mobile World Congress
By on Tuesday, 28. February 2012

A whole slew of products have launched for the mobile market thanks to the Mobile World Congress show, currently going on out in Barcelona, but it’s not just handsets that are getting shown off, but also things for handsets. And the folks at HTC, who have been somewhat short on [...]

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HBO Confirms HBO Go Coming To Xbox 360

HBO President Says That Their Streaming Video Service Coming To Gaming Console, Watch Game Of Thrones, True Blood From Your Sofa
By on Tuesday, 28. February 2012

Over the past seven years or so that the Xbox 360 has been on sale, Microsoft has expanded the functionality of the gaming console by adding IPTV services like Hulu and Netflix and turned it into a versatile multimedia set-top box. Now, it’s gaining another high-profile IPTV service. At an [...]

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MWC 2012: Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 Gets Official

Samsung Announces New Galaxy Player To Be Android Alternative To iPod Touch, Samsung Mum On Price & Availability
By on Tuesday, 28. February 2012

Apple’s iPod Touch is more or less an iPhone without the phone part, so why not an Android equivalent? We’ve seen a few of these Android-based personal media players the past few years, and Samsung has announced a new one at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Spain this [...]

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iOS Sound Bar System Puts Extra Speakers Under Your iOS Hardware

Newly-Announced iOS Sound Bar System Gives Your iPad, iPod & iPhone Extra Sound Power From A Relatively Small Package
By on Monday, 27. February 2012

While the big news today was everything that came out of the Mobile World Congress show, it might be easy to forget that Apple generally doesn’t have a presence at these events, so they had news today as well. And our friends out at the Max Borges Agency tipped us [...]

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MWC 2012: Nokia 808 PureView Announced, Has 41-Megapixel Camera

Nokia Unveils A New Phone With A Huge Camera, But May Not Be Running The Operating System You Want
By on Monday, 27. February 2012

Long before the iPhone became famous for (among other things) its great camera, Nokia’s smartphones had better than normal cell phone cameras. But, they were never this good. Enter the Nokia 808 a new smartphone from the Finnish manufacturer which comes with an incredible 41-megapixel camera on the back. But, [...]

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The Top Seven Things Apple Could Do To Modify iTunes

With Reports Of Apple Plotting A Revamp Of iTunes Emerging, We Look At Ways Apple Could Modify The Streaming Service, From All You Can Stream To Subheading Replacement
By on Friday, 24. February 2012

So the word came down in a report that Apple had some plans for iTunes to improve the user experience, and might have been considering a fall launch date for same. Well, that got me to thinking, and you all know what happens when I get to thinking on a [...]

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Netflix Streaming Won't Be Hitting Blackberry Devices Any Time Soon, Say Reports

Reports Emerge Saying Netflix Has No Plans To Support Blackberry Devices, Including the PlayBook Tablet
By on Friday, 24. February 2012

Bad news afoot for those of you with Blackberry devices, especially the Blackberry PlayBook, who were hoping that Netflix might actually be making its way to the devices soon. Netflix, responding to a user question on its Twitter feed, basically dashed all your hopes for good, asserting that Netflix doesn’t [...]

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Recon Instruments To Show MOD Live HUD At MWC 2012

Mobile World Congress Show To Include Recon Instruments' Android-Driven Heads-Up Display Units
By on Friday, 24. February 2012

I know, the above headline is a little thick with acronyms, isn’t it? But the crew out at the Max Borges Agency tipped me off to this one, and if you’re going to be making your way to the big show in Barcelona starting this Monday, then you’ll be able [...]

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Google Music Not Making an Impression with Android Users, Let Alone Cash for Google

New Report Suggest Google’s Own Music Service Is Hardly Something to Brag With
By on Thursday, 23. February 2012

Google launched its own Music service, simply branded as Google Music, just a few months ago, and the new product was expected to soon become an important rival for Apple’s iTunes, especially considering Google’s impressive smartphone market share, with Android device users being the perfect customers for Google’s newly launched [...]

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Canon EOS 5D May Get New Model Next Week, Say Reports

Canon May Be About To Step Up Its Game With A New EOS 5D Model To Be Shown Next Week
By on Thursday, 23. February 2012

We all know that next week is when the Mobile World Congress show gets kicked off in earnest, and as such, most of next week’s news will probably be related to mobile gear and assorted hardware. But looking to buck the trend that’s already shaped up before our very eyes [...]

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