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Rumor Time: Apple Event March 24th

Big rumor circulating around the Apple community is that there will be a Media Event March 24th, 2009. Some updated products that people think are imminent are a Mac Pro, iMac, and of course the Mac Mini. The iMac and Mac Mini are expected to have slight spec increases and a probable change o ports to accommodate Mini Display [...]

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Philips Gives Vague Release Date and Price on 21:9 TV: Europe Only

The behemoth of a television, the Philips ultra-widescreen 21:9 TV (original post here) is given a price and approximate release date, for Europe only. Originally said,  this TV will run for about £3,000 (4,375.70 USD) and will be released in spring. Now Philips has said that it will be released “as soon as June” and will cost €4,000  (5,135.40 USD, and £3,561.) In [...]

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More Information About Palm Pre

Touchstone charger requires matte backing:
Most of you who saw a picture of a Palm Pre saw its uber glossy backing, however, if your going to use the Touchstone charger you will need a matte backing. This is because the glossy backing does not include magnets needed to charge. Another thing to buy for a Palm [...]

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LG Plans Android Phone By June

Not much details here, but Engadget Spanish first reported that LG announced that they will be using Google’s mobile OS, Android in a phone by June. Also, two more phones are expected to be released by the end of 2009. This will be interesting to see what LG can do with Android.

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iWork ‘09: First Impressions

Last night, I bought iWork ‘09 from Best Buy, 79.99 USD + tax. Here are some impressions I had when I opened up the programs. These views are coming from a person who hasn’t had any form of work processing on a Mac since AppleWorks.
Pages ‘09
When you first open up Pages you are greeted with [...]

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Snow Leopard Adds Requested Tweaks

With not much information about Mac OS X 10.6, “Snow Leopard”, except for the fact that it is switching built in programs to Cocoa, here are some teaks found in new builds of Snow Leopard:
Put Back:
Originally a feature in Mac OS 9, where you can put anything in the trash (not yet emptied though) back to its [...]

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Apple Allegedly Scared Google/HTC Out Of Using Parts for G1

M.G. Siegler of VentureBeat claimed earlier today that Google did not include multi-touch, 3.5 mm headphone jack, batteries and displays  because Apple scared them with patents. I know what your thinking; headphone jack?!  John Gruber from Daring Fireball said that Apple has a patent regarding the iPhone’s headphone jack, but the question is what does [...]

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Blackberry “Gemini” Leaked?

One new rumored Blackberry leaked is the Blackberry 9300 “Gemini”. This very much looks like a Blackberry Curve, with 3G! Other changes is a faster processor. This is also looked to release in late 2009, early 2010. Please remember all of the above is just a rumor so don’t go crazy about a new Blackberry!
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iPhone Ads Boost Individual App Sales

It has already been known that when Apple uses a song in their commercials it automatically boosts the song’s sales. For example, Apple’s MacBook Air ad featuring New Soul brought New Soul to the top ten songs on iTunes. Also the same for the iPod Nano ad with 1234 in it. Now that Apple is using specific [...]

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SmartBoard “Touch Recognition” Concept

I know your probably wondering what this means, this basically means you can  go from tapping something with your finger to writing something on a SmartBoard without switching tools. For anyone who has a SmartBoard in your school or work (like me) you know that if you don’t put down the pen in the little [...]

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