We were waiting for quite a while to announce the availability of the new 24 inch Apple Cinema Display. It’s November already and the LED-backlit display should already be available. And what do you know, it looks like it is! Despite the fact Apple has it displayed on its site as “ships: November”, there’s an “Add to Cart” button which means you can order yours now. The display costs $899 which you already know and it will get you a 1,920×1,200 resolution, DisplayPort, built-in iSight camera and microphone, integrated stereo speakers, a 3-port USB hub and a MagSafe adapter. A little too expensive sure, but then again, it’s an Apple product!

Tags: 24-inch, Apple, Apple, Cinema Display, Desktop PCs, Laptops, LED, Mobile News

In case you didn’t know it by now, Verizon is selling the BlackBerry Storm starting this week. And in case you didn’t know it by now, The Network has a BlackBerry Storm Private Sale going on for you. The Private Sale was supposed to go on from November 17th to November 21st. The only problem seems to be that there aren’t any Storms to go for. No Storms in the stores, no demo Storms and no good customer service. The only thing Verizon could do for you is to put you on a pre-order waiting list for Friday. What do you think? Is this all a mistake or Verizon messed up this time?

Tags: BlackBerry, Mobile News, Research In Motion, Storm, Verizon, Verizon

The HTC Touch Diamond was supposed to be available from Verizon in October. Then people said December is the month when Verizon’s subscribers will get. Well it looks like Verizon will delay it even more. January or sometime next year, that’s when you will be able to get the Diamond. Or so the latest rumors say. We’re hoping these rumors are false and that you’ll be able to order one from Santa this December. And in case they do turn out to be true, then you can simply get a different smartphone this season. Maybe a whole Storm?

via BGR

Tags: HTC, HTC Touch Diamond, Mobile News, Verizon, Verizon

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If you’re looking for a top-notch mobile phone from Nokia, sorry to disappoint you but keep searching. On the other hand, if you’re interested in a basic cellphone that only costs €75 ($94) take a look at the Nokia 7100 Supernova.

The handset has “developing countries” as the target, and can provide information about the agriculture, pricing of produce, and more. In terms of functionality, the 7100 Supernova has FM radio, a 1.3-megapixal camera, and bluetooth. The goodies include mail support thanks to Ovi, and a browser so users can surf in the internet.

Tags: 7100, Cell Phones, handset, Nokia, Nokia, supernova

UMID is presenting new products at the Global Mobile Vision 2008 that is taking place in Korea, and one of them is this tiny mobile internet device named MID.

The computer has a small touchscreen that measures 4.8-inches, which is enough for a resolution of 1024×600 pixels. In the inside you can find an Intel Atom processor at 1.1GHz or 1.33GHz depending on what you need, and the memory RAM can go from 512MB up to 1GB of DDR2. On the other hand, the hard-drive is on the SSD category and offers 32GB.

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Tags: 4.8-inches, Crazy Mobile, Laptops, MID, SSD, touchscreen, umid

If you’re tired of having an iPhone with a screwed up battery, just wait until the 28th of November when Power Slider becomes available. According to them, this is the first device that can offer the following 4 features for iPhone 3G:

- protection
- expanded battery life
- synchronization
- charging functions

The Power Slider is suppose to double the iPhone’s battery life, and you won’t need to remove the Apple phone from its case in order to use it. Other features include a battery status indicator via 5 LED lights, and a USB interface for the recharging sessions.

Battery life details when using Power Slider:

Power Slider

Tags: 3G, Apple, battery, iPhone, power slider

aFLIX by FunMobility at Verizon Wireless
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FunMobility today launched a new service for Verizon Wireless, more specifically America’s Best Mobile Flix, also known as aFLIX. This is the first mobile social network and video sharing service for Verizon customers.

Thanks to the video cameras that most mobile phones have, users can upload & share their own content and upload it online to the desired category, be it comedy, crazy pets, kids, or others. Like it happens in any other social network, users are able to create their own profile and interact with others by commenting, rating, and reviewing videos. Obviously, all these tasks can be done directly on a cellphone.

FunMobility already has aPix which is a photo sharing service, so I guess they are complete with the video service aFLIX, that can be downloaded and costs $5 per subscription.

FunMobility

Tags: aflix, funmobility, Mobile News, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, video

Cellular South, one of the largest wireless carriers on the US, has recently added Thumbplay functionality so users can enjoy all kinds of content from the mobile entertainment service.

At the moment, Thumbplay has more than 100,000 items available for download, from music, to videos and games. Cellular South customers have two options: get a subscription to make plenty of downloads via a credit system, or buy the content individually one by one. To make the usability as best as possible, Thumbplay can be accessed on more than 2,000 handsets.

Jim Richmond of Cellular South, comments:

Thumbplay

Tags: cellular south, games, Mobile News, mp3s, thumbplay, videos

The Core i7 processor from Intel is something I’d want to test as soon as possible. It might not be as hot as some people say, but it’s certainly the processor we’ll be using in the future.

Dell has decided it was time it inserted it in some of its desktop systems. And let’s take a look at the first two, the XPS Studio and the XPS 730x. The XPS Studio base model will get you 2GB memory, 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3450 GPU and a 500GB HDD for $949. Willing to pay more? $1,499 will get you 6GB of RAM, a 512MB2 ATI Radeon HD 4850, a 750GB HDD and a 24-inch S2409W Flat panel monitor.

The XPS 730x is gaming-ready. It can hold up to 6GB DDR3 memory, an updated thermal monitoring system and chasis and a choice between ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 1024MB. The 730x starts somewhere around $2,599 and no matter what hardware you choose, Vista and i7 will be there.

What do you think? Waiting for the Core i7?

Tags: Core i7, Dell, desktop, Desktop PCs, Intel, Mobile Software, xps

Is RIM working on an LTE ready BlackBerry? Well sure it is! LTE is part of the near or far future. LTE will bring an extra G to current 3G speeds and it will be available sometime in 2011 or 2012. Hopefully by then 3G will be a common network for any carrier around the world.

Is RIM getting ready for 4G too early? Well I’d say the company should better prepare for the times ahead. If they’re going to keep rolling out handsets at least as promising as their latest Storm, they should be prepared to offer 100Mbps download speeds in the future.

via BGR

Tags: BlackBerry, LTE, Mobile News, Research In Motion, RIM

The USB 3.0 might be closer than it appears. The USB Promoter Group finalized the “SuperSpeed” USB 3.0 specification today and we are to expect more details to emerge soon.

Flash drives and hard drives are expected to be the first devices to take advantage of the new technology but we’re at least 8 months away from an USB 3.0 product release. The second half of 2009 or even later will bring us the new USB 3.0 ready drives.

How fast is USB 3.0 you ask? Well imagine a 25GB HD movie. With USB 1.0 you would copy it in 9.3 hours. With current USB 2.0 you would do it in 13.9 minutes while with USB 3.0 the job is reduced to 70 seconds. We’re looking forward to a hands-on experience, whenever that will happen! Let’s see what Intel, Microsoft, NEC and Texas Instruments are going to do with the whole USB 3.0 thing!

Tags: desktop, Desktop PCs, Intel, laptop, Laptops, microsoft, microsoft, NEC, Texas Instruments, USB 3.0

Did you get used to going online while flying or not really? More and more airline companies are trying to offer the service to customer but none of them has gone full fleet WiFi yet.

Virgin America is the first one to have all its planes upgraded to be WiFi ready. It’s Gogo in-flight Internet service will go beta on November 22nd. Yes, it’s the same day YouTube will offer live streaming.

Besides Internet browsing you will get cash-less ordering of food and beverages, big behind-the-seat TV screens, USB/Ethernet and power ports and over 3000 MP3 at every seat. What do you think? Will you fly Virgin? Will it cost a lot more to fly Virgin than usual? The company will finish all beta tests before Spring 2009 so you have plenty of time to test it and report on its performance.

via virgin

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If China is not quite ready for the iPhone 3G well then Taiwan is. Chunghwa Telecom is the carrier which has reached an agreement with Apple and it will sell the phone this December. The carrier is the largest in Taiwan so getting the iPhone must have been inevitable.

We don’t have all the hot prices and plans but until now an 8GB model was sold anywhere from $667 to $755. Those were of course unofficially imported handsets.

Tags: 3g iphone, Apple, Apple, Mobile News, Other Brands, taiwan

The FCC has approved the Nokia E63 smart device just one day after it was officially announced by Nokia.

This nokia phone features a QVGA display, quadband GSM/EDGE and dualband UMTS, Wi-Fi radio with SIP support, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, S60 operating system, microSDHC expansion slot, speakerphone, and a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder and flash.

The device is slated to launch sometime this quarter though no pricing or availability information has been confirmed for the US at this time.

Another major feature of the device is a toggle switch for Corporate Mode and Personal mode where each mode is completely customizable with relevant sets of information and does not conflict with one or the other during operation.

via: FCC

Tags: Cell Phones, Mobile News, Nokia

Motorola has recently announced the launch of their latest music handset, the EM325, on Vodaphone which will retail for $99 with a pre-paid plan.

Incorporating a 3.5mm headset jack, 2GB of internal memory, one touch music access, and play time of up to 11 hours the EM325 is perfect for the music lover on a budget.

Also including a 1.3 megapixel camera, complete with 4x digital zoom, and a 1.8 inch 128.160 TFT display the Motorola EM325 packs quite a punch for it’s price.

Tags: Cell Phones, em325, Motorola, vodaphone

Check out the video above. It contains everything I wanted to tell you only it faster to go through. Bottom line is that the new Google Mobile App containing the Search-by-Voice feature will arrive tomorrow. This is at least strange since people were expecting it two days ago. Does that mean Apple is checking out Google Apps very closely? It might certainly be so. In other words Google isn’t that special when it comes to passing Apple’s apps for iPhone tests.

Anyway the new Search-by-Voice feature is remarkable. If only your accent doesn’t get in the way and if only nobody else is shouting around you and if only AT&T’s 3G service would be fast and flawless, your results will appear as fast and as nicely as in the video above. At least they will be targeted to your location, if the GPS works fine.

Leaving jokes aside, we’ll have to agree that giving voice commands to any kind of computer is the way the future will work. So what about the Storm? Is Google going to do anything about it?

via TechCrunch

Tags: Apple, Google, Google, iPhone, ipod, Mobile News, Other Brands, software

Are ya fed up with the city life? Feeling like going into the wild outdoors? I mean the city of course! Here’s something you might enjoy taking along with you: the Eton FR500 Solarlink Emergency Radio.

It’s an AM/FM/Shortwave radio and can also be used as a siren, flashlight or even and most importantly as a phone charger. The best part about it is that it has a smart solar cell unit on top of it which makes recharging easy.

Here some more technical specifications just in case you want it use it for its other features:

via Amazon

Tags: Cell Phone Charger, Mobile News, Portable Devices, radio

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