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Kensington’s iPhone / iPod charging dock throws a mini battery into the mix

August 4th, 2009 at 8:48 pm » Comments (0)

clipped from www.engadget.com

At this point, you’ve probably assumed that there’s simply no way any company can produce yet another iPhone or iPod dock that’s significantly different from the legions of alternatives already out. And you’re wrong. So wrong. In an effort to milk that Made for iPod / iPhone partnership for all it’s [...]



ITunes Store Heads South of the Border

August 4th, 2009 at 8:44 pm » Comments (0)

clipped from gadgetcrave.com

Anyone living within North America can now fill their iPod with tracks purchased from the iTunes Store, as Apple has launched the store in Mexico. Mexican residents will now be able to purchase music from the four major labels and hundreds of indie labels, take advantage of features like “Complete My [...]



Rumor: Sony to debut PS3 Slim on August 18 in Germany

August 4th, 2009 at 8:33 pm » Comments (0)

clipped from news.cnet.com

No sooner had we written about reports that Sony would be dropping its 80GB PS3 in Japan on August 9, that two more
PS3-related news items surfaced.

A Belgian blog, RTLinfo, is reporting that Sony will soon be lowering the price on the European version of the PS3 from 399 euros to 299 [...]



Netflix set to stream Watch Instantly flicks to iPhone, Wii

August 4th, 2009 at 8:32 pm » Comments (0)

clipped from arstechnica.com

This just in: Netflix appears to be set to launch Watch Instantly for some new devices—namely, the Nintendo Wii console and the little handheld platform from Apple. The source of this rumor is “an industry executive familiar with Netflix’s plans” who spoke on (we assume) the condition of anonymity to Multichannel [...]



Apple ‘to launch touch-screen tablet this year’

August 4th, 2009 at 8:31 pm » Comments (0)

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk

Rumours of a tablet computer – similar to a large-screen iPod touch – have
swirled for months, but many analysts and experts dismissed the chatter as
wishful thinking rather than indicating any solid plans from Apple.

But according to the Financial Times, which quotes sources close to the
company, [...]