SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 16, 2010 – Intel Corporation today commended FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and the FCC broadband team for delivering a meaningful and ambitious plan for U.S. leadership in broadband. The National Broadband Plan, released today, has the potential to help create jobs and spur economic growth, unleash new waves of innovation and investment, improve education and health care, and enhance the vibrancy of our democracy.
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Intel Applauds FCC’s National Broadband Plan
by Savan Thongvanh March 17, 2010
HTC HD mini Provides HTC HD2 Experience in Compact Design
by Savan Thongvanh
Today, HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced the HTC HD mini, an HTC Sense-based Windows Phone focused on delivering the popular experience of the HTC HD2 in a more compact design.
“The demand for the HTC HD2 has exceeded our expectations, and the HTC HD mini fulfils a desire from some customers to bring the capabilities and experience of the HTC HD2 to a more compact design,” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. “The integration of HTC Sense and Windows Phone on HD mini and HD2 gives customers an additional choice for an advanced Windows mobile phone that is sleek, well crafted and easy to use.”
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iPad Battery Replacement Service means replacing iPad, not battery
by Savan Thongvanh March 15, 2010
The iPad is not the first Apple Device that has a battery that consumer’s can’t replace (iPhone or Macbook Air anyone?). Buried deep in the iPad support documentation (http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/service/battery/) you can find out how to get your iPad battery replaced.
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3/13 Apple App Store Roundup
by Savan Thongvanh March 13, 2010
This is the first installment of a weekly feature here in the interweb, our App Roundup. In this feature we’ll recap the top 10 free apps for the week in the iTunes App Store and review the top app or if we’ve already reviewed that we’ll cover the next one in the list.
Here we go!
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3D TV: HDMI Consortium Releases HDMI 1.4a Specification
by Savan Thongvanh March 9, 2010
The HDMI Consortium recently released a new specification to support 3D TV for HD televisions. The consortium (made up of electronics companies Hitachi, Panasonic, Philips Consumer Electronics, International B.V., Silicon Image, Inc., Sony Corporation, Technicolor, S.A., and Toshiba Corporation) released the HDMI 1.4a specification to give some guidance to hardware vendors as to how displays could render 3d images.
iPad release date April 3rd, Pre-orders March 12th
by Savan Thongvanh March 5, 2010
Apple announces today that the long awaited iPad can be ordered starting March 12th. The actual release date will be April 3rd. There have been rumors of production until late summer but this, at least for now, negates those.
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Jalalabad WiFi McGuyver Style
by Jason Patocka March 2, 2010
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering what McGuyver would do if he really needed to get his internuttin’ on, look no further.
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AT&T joins the Android game with Motorola’s BACKFLIP
by Savan Thongvanh February 18, 2010
Today Motorola announced another offering with AT&T. Motorola’s BACKFLIP will be AT&T’s first phone with Android. The phone will be available March 7th.
Could this be the iPad and iPhone’s long awaited camera?
by Savan Thongvanh February 15, 2010
I think we’ve all realized that the mobile device race is not about size anymore. Today’s race is about feature density and Toshiba has leapt past all of it competition in the mobile camera department.
Today Toshiba announced a TWELVE megapixel camera and chip for mobile. With most a US domestic cameras using cameras at or below 5 megapixels this is a chip that really pushes Moore’s law.
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Panasonic gives NBC 152 inch plasma for Olympic coverage
by Savan Thongvanh February 12, 2010
Panasonic announced today that part of it’s partnership with NBC would include giving NBC a 152-inch plasma display. According to Panasonic it’s the largest screen of it’s kind. The enormous screen will be used in the studio to enhance NBC’s coverage.
Follow the jump for more details on donation of the 152-inch monster