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ASUS, Intel readying sub-$250 netbook to steer clear of iPad
Mar 17th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
New tips from part suppliers late Wednesday maintained that ASUS and Intel were planning a very low-cost netbook that would help it minimize the impact of tablets like the iPad. The netbook would cost no more than $ 250 and could cost as little as $ 200. Much of the cost savings would come from the choice of OS, Digitimes heard: the netbook would run Chrome OS or even Android 3.0, and as a result drop the costly Windows 7 license.
It isn’t clear which of the two platfoms would be used, although Chrome OS is more likely. ASUS had been More >
Amazon Kindle deal could clear iPad periodicals
Nov 9th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
Amazon today negotiated a change in terms with magazine and newspaper publishers to give them more royalties for the Kindle and which could have implications for iPad periodicals. The new terms give them the same 70 percent cut of the retail price as publishers have had for books in recent months. Rules are light and only require that a publisher offers the content through every possible Kindle-supporting country and in the Kindle app on all platforms. The deal takes effect December 1.
Apple may take advantage of the agreement. Previously, Amazon’s common requirement that Kindle publishers get no better deals More >
HTC’s high-end Verizon Android phone appears in clear photos
Sep 28th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
HTC’s mystery Android QWERTY slider has been spotted today in greater detail than before. The tip to BGR shows the slider, codenamed the ADR6325 and possibly the Merge, much closer to its finished design without the red keyboard background but a metal or metal-effect look. It would ship with Android 2.2 and Sense UI out of the box, but it has a Bing icon that suggests it might not be labeled as a Droid phone.
The new tip characterizes it as a dual-mode phone with Verizon-native CDMA and roaming GSM, but it would superficially be a standard phone with a five-megapixel More >
Clear 4G starts reaching New York City
Sep 13th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
Clearwire is now offering New York residents its high-speed WiMAX Internet service, making good on a promise made earlier this year. The service will initially cost $ 35 per month if users decide to upgrade by the end of September. The rate jumps to $ 55 after the first two months. The first 20 people to sign up are also eligible to receive a free WiMAX USB stick that can roam to Sprint’s 3G networks. The stick otherwise costs $ 115.
New York City WiMAX service is officially due to go online by the end of September and should be More >
Virgin Mobile to have $40 true unlimited data plan
Aug 23rd
Posted by admin in Uncategorized
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile this weekend prematurely confirmed a major revamp of its Broadband2Go data plans that could see a return to real unlimited data. Rather than the four plans offered today, it would simplify to just a $40 unlimited monthly plan and a $10, 100MB 10-day plan. IntoMobile has added through a leaked memo that the changes will go live on August 24.
Both MiFi routers and modems should work with the cap-free access.
The switch would escalate the competition among carriers for mobile data. Clear and Virgin’s US parent Sprint offer unlimited Internet, but only for their still-rare WiMAX services. On More >