Nokia Rumored To Buy Palm Triggers Stock Surge

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A rumor that Nokia would be buying Palm triggered an 8% rise in Palm's stock yesterday. This is not a new rumor, but it is still not getting more believable.
It would only make sense for Nokia to buy Palm if they completely change their smartphone strategy and set everything on webOS. This is a risky gamble that could pay of big but also fail really big time. Nokia just made a reasonable move with the Nokia N900 Mameo Linux. Read more

Posted on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony KDL-ZX OLED HDTV Rumored For CES 2010

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Some information on the new upcoming Sony TVs has leaked. One of the leaked models has OLED in the name.
According to slides leaked on HDTVLounge (Via OLED-Display) Sony will add an OLED TV to its ZX series. The Sony ZX series is currently composed of the ultra-thin (9.99mm) Sony KDL-40ZX1 (shown in photo; available in UK).
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Posted on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Black Friday Rumored To See Launch of Verizon BlackBerry Curve2 Or HTC Passion

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Verizon Wireless is currently the hottest carrier in the news with the upcoming Droid release this week. BGR has a hot rumor on hand that Verizon Wireless is not done with hot new smartphone releases this year.
Verizon is supposed to launch the BlackBerry Curve2 or the HTC Passion on Black Friday.

Overall Verizon is said to introduce 15 new phones during the coming holiday shopping season. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:00:26 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Netflix On Wii Rumor

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Rumors that the Netflix movie streaming service will also be coming to the Nintendo Wii have been around for a while. On Monday Netflix and Sony announced that Netflix instant streaming is coming to the Sony PS3 console. This was preceded by a comment from Netflix CEO Hastings saying that there is one more CE vendor launching Netflix in 2009 with material install base. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Droid And Droid Eris Rumored To Launch November 6th

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Verizon Wireless started officially teasing the highly anticipated Droid Android 2.0 smartphone ten days ago. BoyGeniusReport says that their contacts claim the launch date of the Droid and the Droid Eris will be November 6th on Verizon Wireless. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:57:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Nintendo DSi With Bigger Screen Rumored

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The Nintendo DSi is supposed to get an upgrade. According to the Japanese newspaper Nikkei Shimbun Nintendo will still release a DSi console with a larger screen in 2009.
The article that Nikkei published online does not contain the information that the new DSi screen would be 4-inches as the print edition supposedly did. According to Joystiq's coverage, the price point of the new DSi would stay the same. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Tablet Rumors Intensify with New Leaked SIM Tray

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The technology world has been buzzing over the rumors surrounding a new tablet computer from Apple. These rumors have been persisting for a long time now and each time it gets close to a new Apple product announcement we hear more on the device.

A new Apple SIM tray has been leaked that is larger than the SIM tray that is used on the iPhone. The leaked tray has new rumors of the Apple Tablet percolating today. Any Apple tablet that would offer mobile broadband would need a SIM card to connect to anything other than WiFi. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

BlackBerry OS 5.0 Update Rumored To Be Released This Week

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RIM is expected to release the new BlackBerry firmware update 5.0 in the coming week on October 28th.
According to CrackBerry the list of BlackBerry phones that will be able to run OS 5.0 include BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8200, Curve 8330, Curve 8350i, Curve 8900, Bold 9000, Tour 9630 and as reported already the BlackBerry Storm. Read more

Posted on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Music Service Rumored [Update]

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Google is rumored to soon launch a music service according to a report on TechCrunch.
It could be named Google Audio, but this name is not very sexy in my mind. It is not known yet if the Google music service would be streaming like Spotify or a download service like iTunes. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:01:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mystery Apple Product For The Holidays Rumor Takes Flight

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The Apple Earnings call yesterday had more than just impressive profit numbers that took the Apple stock above $200 in after hours trading. 9to5Mac points our attention to Apple's planned abnormally rising air freight costs for the coming quarter.
Apple's executives did not say what new product they plan to ship in high volume this holidays. They said that it has nothing to do with the iPhone though. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:04:04 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Impressive Apple iMac, New Plastic MacBook, New Mac Mini Rumored For Today

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As reported over the weekend the Apple rumor mill points to a big hardware announcement today Tuesday 20th.
John Gruber on his Daring Fireball site posted a short post on what he heard Apple will unveil today. His list contains new Apple iMac, which he calls impressive. Well, I really hope they are. If the new iMac has Core i7 and SSD options, I think I will get weak. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:45:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia N920 Rumors Appear

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The new Nokia N900 Linux phone is not even shipping yet, but rumors about its successor are already surfacing. The Nokia N920 could be released with Mameo 6 Linux next year.

The details are still very thin. The leaked photo (if legit) above doesn't tell much either. The specifications of the N920 are all speculations at this point. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:27:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nikon D3s Rumored For October Release

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Rumors about a new professional Nikon DSLR are intensifying. Nikon is said to release the Nikon D3s this month.
Nikon Rumors summarized what the new features of the Nikon D3s are rumored to be. The Nikon D3s is supposed to have better ISO, 1.2 Crop mode, 720p (not 1080p) video recording, bigger buffer, improved AF-On and multi-dial controls. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:21:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Barnes & Noble eBook Reader Rumored For A November Release

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Barnes & Noble already sells eBooks and you can read these for instance already on the iPhone with the B&N eReader.
Barnes & Noble already announced in July a partnership with eReader maker Plastic Logic. The WSJ reports now that Barnes & Noble is according to sources ready to launch their eBook reader in November. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

BlackBerry Bold 2 Aka Onyx aka 9700 Rumored For October 21st

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Besides a new BlackBerry Storm 2 there is supposed to be also a new BlackBerry Bold 2 coming.
Engadget serves up a rumor that T-Mobile and AT&T will announce the new BlackBerry Bold 2 on October 21st. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 Oct 2009 02:53:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dell Android Phone Rumored For AT&T

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Dell has developed an Android Smartphone for the Chinese market. Yesterday we already reported about a rumor that Dell is trying to enter the U.S. market with their Android phones over the next month.
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription) tops this rumor saying that Dell is building an Android phone for AT&T. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 Oct 2009 00:43:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Foxconn Rumored to be Building Apple Tablet

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A new rumor has surfaced from DigiTimes that has Foxconn building that long rumored Apple tablet computer. The device is said to be hitting the market in the first quarter of 2010 with initial shipments in the 300,000 to 400,000 range.

DigiTimes cites sources close to the deal. The tablet is said to have a 10.1-inch display and panels could be sourced for Foxconn subsidiary Innolux Displays. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Virgin Mobile Gets LG Rumor 2

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Virgin Mobile USA has announced that it is now offering the LG Rumor 2 mobile phone to customers. The feature phone offers a 2-inch screen, 1.3MP camera, speakerphones, Bluetooth, and expandable memory with microSD cards.

The handset supports all the messaging features you expect with text, picture, MyPix, email, and IM. The device can access the Internet and can use social networks like MySpace, Facebook, and more. The handset is also GPS enabled and works with Google Maps. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

BlackBerry Storm 2 Already Tested And Release Date Rumored

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The BlackBerry fans have high hopes on the upcoming Storm 2. The BlackBerry Storm was RIM's first touchscreen BlackBerry that actually sold very well, but got bad reviews. The new BlackBerry Storm 2 is supposed to fix this.

PhoneArenda got their hands on a pre-production BlackBerry Storm 2 and published a detailed review of that unit. The Storm 2 (9550) now has four sensors to register your touch on the still unique clickable screen. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 Oct 2009 07:33:04 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Apple Mighty Mouse Rumored

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According to AppleInsider is a new Mighty Mouse in the works at Apple.
The new Mighty Mouse is supposedly getting more touchy-feely. A touchpad on a MacBook offers more possibilities to navigate a Mac these days. The Mighty Mouse is still stuck in Click land like the other mice. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:24:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Pixi Rumored To Launch October 20th

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The new Palm webOS device the Palm Pixi is supposed to launch on October 20th according to sources of BoyGenius.
The open question is still at what price Sprint is going to offer the Palm Pixi. I only can see free as the only reason to get the Palm Pixi. The Palm Pre is already offered at below $100 on Amazon.com. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 01:19:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr