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Sony PS3 Slim 20% Off In Germany, Possible PS3 Slim Black Friday Deal?
We rarely report about electronics sales that happen in Germany as we are focusing on our U.S. readers. But this is interesting also for the U.S. market as it might give some ideas on how low the price of the Sony PS3 Slim could go on Black Friday.
Amazon Deutschland and MediaMarkt are offering the Sony PS3 Slim right now at only 239 Euro instead of 299 Euro, which is a 20% discount.
If you apply a 20% discount on the U.S. pricing of the Sony PS3 Slim you would get a price of $239.99 instead of $299.99.
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Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:44:37 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Motorola Milestone Is Official In Germany
The Motorola Milestone already appeared over the weekend, but now Motorola presents the Milestone aka Droid in full glory on their German site.
There is actually one interesting difference between the Droid and the Milestone. The two finger pinch zoom gesture is available on the German Milestone, but not on the U.S. Droid. Engadget features video of the Milestone doing the pinch. The German Milestone specifications on the Motorola site confirm that zooming with two fingers is a feature of the Milestone.
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Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 03:56:49 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Motorola Droid Goes Germany As Motorola Milestone On O2
The Motorola Droid gets a new name when it arrives on O2 in Germany. The Droid will be known as Milestone. I guess because Verizon Wireless takes ownership of the Droid brand, other carriers have to come up with theirs. Verizon is using the Droid brand also for other Android devices like the Droid Eris.
O2 did not unveil the Motorola Milestone yet, but the word is out via BGR and also a link to an O2 webpage appeared in this forum.
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Posted on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:37:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 OEM Already Shipping In Germany
The Windows 7 launch is on October 22nd, but the OEM versions of Windows 7 are already broadly available in Germany.
The Windows 7 OEM versions are aimed at small system builders. In Germany they are allowed to sell OEM versions without hardware. As Microsoft already delivered the Win7 OEM versions they are now sold by a large number of hardware stores.
Check for instance the listing on German price comparison site Geizhals for Windows 7 OEM versions.
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Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:58:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Xbox 360 Elite 250GB Leaks On Amazon Germany
Deutschland's Amazon store is at it again. A listing of a new Xbox 360 Elite with 250GB HDD and Forza Motorsport 3 is listed before anybody announced this new console.
Remember, Amazon Deutschland also leaked the PS3 Slim ahead of its announcement.
Today Microsoft starts shipingp the Xbox 360 Elite at the new reduced pricing. The Xbox Elite 120GB sells now for 249 Euros in Germany and the new unannounced Xbox 360 Elite 250GB Forza 3 is selling for 279.99 Euro.
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Posted on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:07:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Slim Sony PS3 appears on Amazon Germany
The rumors of a slim Sony PS3 appeared already in early 2008. Around E3 2009 the rumors about the slim PS3 got pretty hot again with leaked shots of packaging and case designs.
If you still had doubts that Sony is going to release a slim Sony PS3, Amazon in Germany can help you. Amazon in Germany has an empty listing for a Sony PlayStation 3 Konsole slim. The listing format follows that of the PS2 slim and is listed under the Sony Computer Entertainment company.
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Posted on Sat, 1 Aug 2009 05:58:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 Home Premium Pre-order Deal sold out in Germany
Today the Windows 7 pre-order deals launched in Germany, UK and France. In Germany Microsoft offered a 75% discount on Windows 7 Home Premium. The normal price is a whopping 199.99 Euro. The discounted price is only 49.99 Euro. We reported earlier today that German Amazon sold out in minutes this pre-order deal.
The official Microsoft store was overloaded most of the morning and now carries a message that the Windows 7 Home Premium pre-order discount is not available anymore when you add the product into the shopping cart.
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Posted on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:47:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Tesla Motors gets new Investor with German Daimler
The coolest electric car maker Tesla Motors gets a new investor with German car maker Daimler. Daimler takes 10% of Tesla Motors.
Daimler paid a double digit million dollar sum for the 10% in Tesla.
The companies plan to work together on the Smart electric car and future electric cars.
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Posted on Tue, 19 May 2009 07:54:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Samsung I7500 Android Phone hits O2 in Germany already in June
The German Bild Zeitung is getting into the business of introducing brand new gadgets. In today's Sunday edition the Bild Zeitung reports about the Samsung I7500 Android OS smartphone. The Samsung I7500 is supposed to be available on O2 already in June.
The June release date is kind of surprising as we reported in February that Samsung has delayed their Android phones to the 2nd half of 2009.
The new Samsung I7500 has an 3.2 inch OLED Touchscreen, which could be a huge highlight of the I7500.
Outher features of the Samsung I7500 include GPS, Wifi, 5MP camera and LED Flash.
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Posted on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:55:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
T-Mobile suffered major Network Outage in Germany
Carrier T-Mobile suffered a major network outage in Germany yesterday afternoon. Millions of customers could not use their cell phones for about 3 hours. T-Mobile is the exclusive Apple partner for the iPhone in Germany.
The outage affected SMS and voice. T-Mobile issued (pdf German) an explanation and apology for the outage yesterday night blaming a software error in the Home Location Register servers.
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Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:42:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Tempting iPhone 3G Deal from T-Mobile in Germany points towards new iPhone 2009
If the increased number of new iPhone 2009 rumors and the upcoming release of the iPhone 3.0 firmware are not enough evidence for you that Apple will release a new iPhone in June check out the deal T-Mobile has for the current iPhone in Germany.
Through the month of April new iPhone 3G customers get the iPhone for 1 Euro, a 30 Euro iTunes Gift Card, 2 months of free service and free activation.
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Posted on Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:22:49 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
BlackBerry Storm Firmware Update released by Vodafone Germany
The BlackBerry Storm firmware update situation is confusing and a strong hand or announcement by RIM is needed.
Different Storm firmware versions got leaked and there is still no official word that clears up the air on when Storm users can expect an official OTA update and what it would actually fix.
Vodafone Germany has now released a BlackBerry Storm update with version OS 4.7.0.78, which is higher than what has been available on the net.
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Posted on Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:47:09 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Slingmedia finally expands to Germany
In 2006 Slingmedia promised a PAL version of their Slingboxes, but they only slowly expanded into Europe. Today Slingboxes are available in the UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Denmark, and Netherlands. Now apparently Singmedia is going to expand to all of Europe including Germany.
Slingmedia will offer the Slingbox Pro and Slingbox Solo. The Slingbox Pro has a built-in Analog/Digital tuner that supports PAL.
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Posted on Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:25:52 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
iPhone 3G to be available in 1,800 Shops in Germany
This is iWeek - The iPhone 3G will go on sale this coming Friday in lots of markets world-wide. T-Mobile just announced today that the iPhone 3G will be available in 1,800 retail locations throughout Germany on July 11th.
Besides the 600 Telekom shops, The Phonehouse, Euronics/Medimax, Gravis, and debitel Group together with the Media Saturn Holding and their dug shops will offer the iPhone 3G for German customers starting at 1 Euro.
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Posted on Mon, 7 Jul 2008 05:43:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Nokia tries to make good on closed German Factory with over $32m Investment
Nokia, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the City of Bochum jointly unveiled a plan today to stimulate growth, create new jobs and generate investment for Bochum and the neighboring cities.
Nokia invests 20m Euro (~$32m) into the Growth for Bochum program plus the net proceeds from the sale of Nokia's production facility and property in Bochum.
The state of NRW will also contribute a co-investment in the amount of 20 million Euros ($32m).
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Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:38:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
MSI Wind U100 sold as Medion akoya mini in Germany at Aldi
Discount retail giant Aldi will offer the Medion akoya mini Netbook starting July 3rd. The Medion akoya mini is actually an MSI Wind U100. This is great news for Netbook fans in Germany. They can pick up an MSI Wind for 399 Euro (~$619).
The $499 MSI Wind is delayed in the U.S. until June 27th. The Aldi/Medion deal could be part of the reason for the delay, as I'm sure Aldi demands quite some inventory.
Update:
More akoya mini details revealed
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Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:08:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Gravis Stores to sell iPhone 3G in Germany
There are no Apple Stores in Germany, but there is a chain called Gravis that has sold Apple gear for years. Now the Gravis shops will also carry the iPhone 3G and will sell them with T-Mobile contracts according to Heise (German).
Apple is supposedly opening an Apple store in Munich in 2008. The building is still a construction site in early stages. Apple is already hiring personal for the Munich Apple store though.
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Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:56:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Baby listed on eBay Auction in Germany
A couple from Bavaria, Germany listed their new-born baby on eBay for 1 Euro.
The crazy auction was up for two hours. eBay users reported it and eBay and the Police identified the parents. They said the auction was a joke. Police sees it very differently and took away their child and has launched an investigation into possible child-trafficking.
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Posted on Sun, 25 May 2008 12:38:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
T-Mobile Germany brings 3G iPhone in 2009?
The 3G iPhone hype is already pretty red hot and at this time nobody really questions that the 3G iPhone will become available in June/July timeframe. Wouldn't it be very, very disappointing if it does not ship that early? Today I was at a T-Mobile shop in Munich, Germany. When I mentioned the 3G iPhone is coming in June, the sales person said right away no it is coming in early 2009 in Germany.
She further said that Apple would announce the 3G iPhone in June, but it would be available in the United States earliest in Fall and then a couple of months later in Germany, which would be 2009 by then.
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Posted on Tue, 20 May 2008 08:13:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
T-Mobile says to keep iPhone Exclusivity in Germany
T-Mobile Chief Executive Hamid Akhavan said today that the carrier will continue to be the only one in Germany to offer the Apple iPhone according to Reuters.
As reported Apple started making deals with more than one carrier in some countries.
T-Mobile says they have a very good relationship with Apple and will also stay exclusive for the next generation 3G iPhone.
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Posted on Tue, 20 May 2008 07:25:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
T-Mobile dramatically slashes iPhone Prices in Germany
Uh, somebody is not meeting their iPhone sales numbers. T-Mobile announced a Spring sale for the Apple iPhone, which features the 8GB iPhone at only 99 Euro (~$155) - The normal price is 399 Euro!
Nothing comes for free of course. You only get the 99 Euro iPhone if you pick the highest plan, which is 89 Euro/month (~$140). Still, for power users, that is the plan you'd want anyway.
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Posted on Thu, 3 Apr 2008 11:09:21 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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