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Microsoft axes Kin after just six weeks [U]
Jun 30th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
(Updated with leaked estimates) Microsoft today surprised the phone industry by ending the Kin phone line just six weeks after it launched in mid-May. The company promised it would still sell the Kin One and Two through Verizon for now but has scrapped all of its international plans. It didn’t say how long it expected to keep sales but made clear the shift was solely to its true smartphone lineup.
“We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship Kin in Europe this fall as planned,” a Microsoft statement read. “Additionally, we are More >
Verizon already cutting Kin prices in half
Jun 28th
Posted by admin in Techno Updates
After a false start, Verizon is now known to be slashing the prices of the Kin One and Two in half thanks to a leak this weekend. The Kin Two will drop from $100 to just $50 on contract, while the $50 Kin One is falling to $30. Both will be part of a wider sale that starts on June 28.
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While sales aren’t uncommon at Verizon, BGR notes the other phones in the sale are several months old or more and reaching the end of their lifespans: the BlackBerry Storm2 will drop to $150 after having been in shops since More >
Jobs: iPhone 4 demand won't delay Canadian sales
Jun 28th
Steve Jobs was active in e-mail again this weekend as he assuaged fears that the Canadian iPhone 4 launch would be delayed. Having been asked if extremely high sales would set back the launch a month as it did the iPad, the Apple executive simply answered “nope” to an iPhoneInCanada reader. The company has only given out a broad July target date so far and hasn’t given signs that it will arrive early into the new month.
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Suspicions have been raised that Apple may be facing production setbacks tied to availability of the iPhone 4′s Retina Display, but these haven’t More >
HP buying Melodeo to get iTunes-to-webOS music streaming?
Jun 23rd
Posted by admin in PC Technology
HP may be buying its way into music streaming for Palm’s webOS devices with the acqusition of Melodeo, a scoop today claimed. The PC veteran has reportedly already completed a deal worth as much as $35 million and would primarily get nuTsie, a mobile media streaming app. It lets Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users stream their iTunes playlists over the Internet as well as access streams from fellow users and from recommendations; the iPhone is also supported but only has recommended playlists as it already has local iTunes access.
TechCrunch adds that an acquisition would also get David Billmaier, the More >
Skyfire 2.1 for Android gets full Flash 10.1 support
Jun 23rd
Skyfire on Wednesday announced an update to its Skyfire mobile web browser for Android devices that brings with it full Flash 10.1 support. The browser is said to be faster and more energy efficient as well as provide better video quality than native Flash 10.1. Since the launch of Skyfire v2.0 beta at the end of April, more than 500,000 Android users have downloaded the browser.
Skyfire automatically scans for Flash-based video and, if found, automatically converts it to HTML5 in the cloud and optimizes it for mobile devices. This is said to result in smoother play, faster load times and More >