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Facebook
Re-Boots
To Fix
System
Error
If you
are a
Facebook
junkie,
yesterday
was a
stressful
day as
the
social
media
network
suffered
a world
wide
connection
problem,
where
users
could
not
connect,
nor
communicate
with
friends
as the
page
would
hang for
what
felt an
eternity
in
today's
high
speed
internet
access.
Google
Touts
'Instant'
Search
Google
has
stepped
on its
internet
search
accelerator
by
adding a
feature
that
displays
results
as soon
as
people
begin
typing
their
requests.
Sony
Working on 3D TV Without
Glasses
Sony
is working on 3-D
televisions that don't need
special glasses, joining a
race with rival Toshiba, but
sees cost and technological
hurdles to overcome before
they can go on sale.
"We're Not Perfect" Apple
CEO Says, Offering Free Case
And Refunds To iPhone 4
Buyers
Apple
Inc. on Friday said it will
give iPhone 4 users free
protective cases to address
the smartphone's signal
problem. Apple CEO Steve
Jobs made the announcement
at a press conference held
at the company's
headquarters in Cupertino,
California.
No Plans For iPhone 4 Recall
Apple is firm on its no
plans of recalling iPhone 4,
according to a report of the
Wall Street Journal on
Thursday. Users have been
complaining about the
phone’s reception problems
since its release on June
24.
Motorola Unveils Droid X
Motorola on Wednesday
unveiled Droid X, its latest
smartphone running on
Google's Android operating
system.
The Apple iPhone 4G
On the heels of Sprint's
announced last week of its
4G smarphone, Steve Jobs,
the CEO of Apple, made the
announcement of iPhone 4G on
Tuesday. However, as in
typical Apple marketing
strategy, the actual phone
won't be available to
consumers for a while.
HTC Wildfire Has New
App-Sharing Widget For
Sharing The Love
Destined for our European
friends, the Wildfire is a
budget-friendly Android
phone from HTC, with their
much-loved Sense interface
slicked over the top. What
separates it from others is
the new app-sharing widget
that works on Twitter, texts
or email.
Nokia N8 Official, With 12MP
Camera and 720p Video
Recording
Well now, this is awkward.
Only yesterday Mobile-Review
was calling the N8 an
unpolished turd, and now
Nokia's gone and announced
it to the world. As leaks
foretold, it's got a 12MP
camera with Xenon flash, and
runs Symbian^3.
The Apple iPad Revisited
Last January,
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple
introduced the iPad to the
world. But it wasn't until
the last two weeks that the
iPad was actually available
to consumers. For those who
are still in the technology
dark ages, the iPad is a
handheld tablet that is a
larger version of the iPhone
without the telephony
feature.
Apple Working On Two New
iPhone Models
SAN
FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. is
developing two new models of
iPhone including one that
may be prepared for Verizon
Wireless, the largest
wireless carrier in the
United States, U.S. media
reported on Monday.
AT&T to sell Palm, Dell
phones
AT&T Inc,
the No. 2 mobile service
provider in U.S., will sell
Palm Inc's mobile phones in
the next coming months, Palm
announced on Monday.
Google Launches Nexus One
Phone
Google has announced the
Nexus One, a new HTC phone
that showcases the latest
version of the Android
mobile operating system.
So What Is 3G And Do You
Really Need It?
By the end of the year,
Costa Rica, by way of the
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) will join
the rest of the world with
the introduction of the 3rd
generation, better known as
3G, cellular network.
Although it will be new to
Costa Rica, 3G has been
around for a while, being
commercially launched in May
2001 by NTT DoCoMo in Japan
branded FOMA, on a
pre-release of W-CDMA
technology.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
AVG Free provides the bare
necessities when it comes to
security, but that should be
enough for savvy Windows
users.
Windows 7
Windows 7 is the latest
version of Microsoft
Windows. Unlike its
predecessor, which
introduced a large number of
new features, Windows 7 is
intended to be a more
focused, incremental upgrade
to the Windows line, with
the goal of being fully
compatible with applications
and hardware with which
Windows Vista is already
compatible
BlackBerry Storm 2,
Challenges iPhone
BlackBerry maker Research In
Motion has unveiled the
Storm 2, a new version of
its touch screen Storm
smartphone, marking its
latest move in the battle
with Apple's iPhone.
The Apple iPhone 3GS
The iPhone 3GS
is a mirror image of the
iPhone 3G. Externally there
is no difference. It's
inside where all the changes
have happened - a beefed up
CPU, new internal compass
and GPS, larger capacities
for storage and new optics
for the cameras. The release
of the 3GS also coincides
with the launch of iPhone OS
3.0, major improvement in
system software.
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