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Motorola XOOM Wifi available March 27th for $599
Motorola should have released this a month ago.
Amazon.com (AMZN), Best Buy (BBY), Costco (COST), RadioShack (RSH), Sam's Club, Staples(SPLS) and Walmart (WMT) will all be selling the Motorola (MMI) XOOM on March 27th, Motorola announced today. The $599, 32GB tablet matches up with Apple's(AAPL) 32GB Wifi iPad on price but offers some interesting differentiators:
It will have the ability to play Adobe's (ADBE)Flash when it is launched on Friday
Seth Weintraub - Mar 16, 2011 10:58 AM ET
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iPad 2: The Wi-Fi vs. 3G dilemma
Do I buy an iPad 2 with 3G built-in, or will Apple's Personal Hotspot do the trick?
Okay, so I've decided to buy myself an iPad 2. The entry-level model I bought a year ago for $499 has served me well, but I'm getting pinched by the limits of 16GB, and I know a family member or two who would be delighted to take the old iPad off my hands.
Meanwhile, MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 9, 2011 11:10 AM ET -
Where to buy an iPad 2 on Day 1
A guide for shoppers who can't wait for the lines to subside
As you may have heard, Apple's (AAPL) new and improved iPad 2 goes on sale in the U.S. Friday at 5 p.m. local time.
Unlike the first model, which was initially available only through Apple's retail stores and selected Best Buy outlets, buyers this year have choices -- more than 10,000 of them, each with their pros and cons. They MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 8, 2011 7:35 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Apple Store, Best Buy, iPad, Sam's Club, Tablets, Target Corporation, Wal-Mart, Wi-Fi -
Today in Tech: Watch the Super Bowl ads, AOL buys Huffington Post
A curated selection of the weekend's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Still revved up from last night's Super Bowl shenanigans? You can relive the best parts -- or well, the commercials at least -- via YouTube's annual AdBlitz voting contest here. And if that's not enough, check out CNNMoney's excellent roundup of rejected ads for extra laughs. (YouTube and CNNMoney)
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 7, 2011 6:00 AM ETPosted in: Android Honeycomb, AOL, Arianna Huffington, Daring Fireball, Engadget, Google, huffington post, iPad, Mobile, Motorola, Motorola Xoom, Nokia, Stephen Elop, Tablets, TechCrunch, Tim Armstrong, Wi-Fi, YouTube -
Today in Tech: Sony PSP2 details, Android Honeycomb preview
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Meet the Sony PSP2, codenamed NGP. Sony's next-generation handheld gaming device will focus on the following areas: Revolutionary User Interface, Social Connectivity, Location-based Entertainment, Converging Real and Virtual (augmented) Reality. Features include a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, 5-inch touchscreen OLED display with 960 x 544 resolution, dual analog sticks, 3G, WiFi, GPS, a rear-mounted touchpad, the same accelerometer MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 27, 2011 8:36 AM ETPosted in: iPhone, Android, Facebook, Microsoft, Netflix, Nokia, Playstation, Wi-Fi, Mark Zuckerberg, Mobile, Google, PSP, Honeycomb, SalesForce, User interface, PSP 2, Sony PSP, NGP, Organic LED -
Today in Tech: More HP-Palm tablet details
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Yesterday, Living Social sold more than 1.1 million $20 Amazon gift certificates for $10 each, earning the daily deals site more than $11,000,000 in sales in less than 24 hours. (LivingSocial) The Nintendo 3DS handheld will go on sale in the U.S. on March 27 for $249, right in line with some analyst predictions. As Fortune reported MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 20, 2011 8:58 AM ETPosted in: Apple, HP, iOS, iPhone, LivingSocial, Mark Hurd, Palm, Tablet, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, WebOS, Wi-Fi -
Nintendo does 3D with the groundbreaking 3DS (video)
The new 3DS might look milquetoast, but it's Nintendo's latest stab at doing what it does best: Videogame innovation.
In March*, Nintendo launches the 3DS in the U.S. If all goes according to plan the handheld console will one-up previous Game Boy iterations and Sony's Playstation Portable with more advanced hardware, most notably a 3-D screen that doesn't require the clunky glasses consumers now associate with 3-D TVs, movies, and games. (Note: MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 12, 2011 11:36 AM ET -
Today in Tech: MySpace layoffs, Facebook worth $50 billion?
A curated selection of the holiday weekend's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Cheap flat-panel maker Vizio intends to make a splash today by unveiling two notable products that marks a company first: the Via Phone with a 4-inch screen, front-facing camera for video calls, and a 5 megapixel rear cam, as well as the Via Tablet, sporting a 8-inch high-res screen, WiFi (of course), three speakers, and a MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 3, 2011 6:00 AM ETPosted in: All Things Digital, Android, Apple, Facebook, Google, iTunes, Jack Dorsey, Mobile, MySpace, Samsung, Sequoia Capital, Square, TechCrunch, Verizon, Vizio, Vodaphone, Wall Street Journal, Wi-Fi -
Meet the first $100 Android phone
Vodafone is selling its '845' Android phone for £70 ($108) with £10 top up included on a Pay-as-you-go plan.
It looks like we are entering into the age of the $100 Android smartphone. I talked a little bit about what this would mean for consumer adoption of smartphones last week. In short, many more people will be moving from featurephone to smartphone and carriers get to compete for tight budget handset buyers.
The MORE
Seth Weintraub - Dec 31, 2010 1:10 AM ETPosted in: Android, bluetooth, Feature phone, Global Positioning System, GPS, smartphone, Vodafone, Wi-Fi -
Skype for iPhone vs. FaceTime
Apple will have to add 3G calling to its video chat service if it wants to compete
If you have an iPhone, you'll want to get the free updated app Skype released Wednesday along with this YouTube video showing how it can be used to see your friends dancing in their underwear.
Skype now supports two-way video calling on the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and fourth-generation iPod touch, not just over Wi-Fi MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 30, 2010 6:30 AM ET
