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checkdtv.com: Developed to tell consumers what digital channels they will get with an antenna

February 7th, 2009 at 8:05 pm » Comments (0)

TitanTV recently announced CheckDTV.com, a digital television (DTV) education site now available for consumer use. According to TitanTV, while digital broadcast signals reach just over 100 million American households, consumers are often unclear about the benefits and availability of digital and high-definition television (HDTV). With today’s launch of CheckDTV.com, consumers can easily find a straightforward [...]



Samsung Memoir officially brings 8 megapixels to T-Mobile

February 7th, 2009 at 5:58 pm » Comments (0)

Given the torrent of Samsung leaking over the past couple of days, it’s no particular surprise to see T-Mobile announce the Samsung Memoir T929 today.  An 8-megapixel cameraphone with Xenon flash, 16x digital zoom, touchscreen interface and A-GPS, the Memoir also supports T-Mobile’s 3G network meaning high-speed internet access via the handset’s full HTML browser.



Amazon Kindle 2 leaked photos

February 7th, 2009 at 5:48 pm » Comments (0)

The Kindle 2 costs you $359 USD and is going to be available for sale on February 24th, 2009. Amazon is still not launching the new Kindle 2 until Monday but official looking photos of the Kindle was leaked on the mobileread forums. According to the post, he claims and is “pretty much absolutely sure [...]



Latitude to stalk family and friends

February 7th, 2009 at 5:42 pm » Comments (0)

With an upgrade to its mobile maps, Google hopes to prove it can track people on the go as effectively as it searches for information on the internet. The new software will enable people with mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends. The feature, dubbed “Latitude,” expands [...]



Unofficial Microsoft Skybox roadmap leaks

February 7th, 2009 at 5:40 pm » Comments (0)

clipped from arstechnica.com

With the rather annoying delay of Windows Mobile 7 to sometime in 2010, WM fans have refocused their excitement on what Microsoft will be reveal at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, which is taking place between February 16 and 19. Back in September, speculation began around various cloud services [...]