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Obama administration vetoes Apple iPhones/iPads import ban, South Korea concerned

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In a turn of events for the Samsung-Apple patent controversy, US president Barack Obama’s administration has vetoed an import and sales ban on some Apple iPhones and iPads, upending a legal upper hand for Samsung. This is reportedly the first time since 1987 that a presidential administration has vetoed a ban by the country’s own International Trade Commission. This has raised a few eyebrows in the far east, in South Korea, where the media criticized the USA for protecting Apple.

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Motorola posts picture of Moto X being assembled in the USA

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If you remember the first teaser of the Moto X, a picture with two people jumping into the water, it boasted of two things – “Designed by you. Assembled in the USA.”. While the terms designed by you is still open for interpretation, Motorola has practically sealed the case for the next one by posting a tweet with a picture of the Moto X being manufactured at a Motorola plant in the USA.

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Carrier unlocking to be illegal in the United States starting January 26

It’s always hard to imagine how people are putting up with carrier restrictions in countries like the United States of America. While we Indians have been more than blessed with carrier independent phones from get go, it’s now apparently getting harder in the other side of the planet. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act(DMCA) had termed manual user level unlocking of phones illegal in October last year, but had provided a 90 day window for getting the phones unlocked. That 90 day window is getting over on January 26 this year, and from that day on, user unlocking of any phone will be termed illegal.

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Apple iPad mini Release Date and Launch Countries

Apple announced the iPad mini yesterday along with the 4th Generation iPad. Apple has announced that the iPad mini will be available for Pre-order starting this Friday October 26th in over 30 countries where the company plans to start selling the new iPad mini first.Do find the complete list of countries below. The release date for the WiFi only version of the iPad mini is set as November 2.

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Huawei will not be attending the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 launch

In the midst of press releases, smartphone launch events comes yet another shocker when Huawei that was earlier expected to be present for the Windows Phone 8 launch on October 29thnow confirms its absence for the same.

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DigiPower ChargeCard – an emergency mobile charger that fits in your wallet

Meet the ChargeCard from DigiPower – a portable mobile charger which is actually the size of a credit card. This emergency mobile charger might fit in your wallet easily. This is one of the cutest mobile power packs we have come across and best part is the you don’t have to carry a cable along as it has a microUSB cable built-in.There is also a tiny indicator LED on the side.

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White Galaxy Nexus hitting Verizon Wireless?


Everything looks more sexy and beautiful in white color, same thing is with smartphones. I personally believe that the iPhone looks sexier in white color, well, so does the Galaxy Nexus. Earlier this month, Samsung officially announced the white Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Now words are on the street that Verizon Wireless will launch the white Galaxy Nexus in USA, however they are already offering the original Galaxy Nexus with LTE capability, but there’s a little issue with the white version. Continue reading “White Galaxy Nexus hitting Verizon Wireless?”

AT&T Galaxy Note now available for Pre-Order at BestBuy

Everyone is familiar with Samsung Galaxy Note, one of Samsung’s best devices to date. It’s a tablet/smartphone hybrid and it’s available in all the major countries, and soon it will be launched in USA via AT&T. They officially announced it almost a month ago, and it seems the device will be hitting shelves soon as BestBuy is now taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Note. However, the device is already available at AT&T for pre-order and they will launch it on 19th February. BestBuy is also offering it for $299.99 with a 2-yr contract, so what’s the advantage of buying it from BestBuy? Continue reading “AT&T Galaxy Note now available for Pre-Order at BestBuy”

Apple iPad 3 Retina Display Leaked

The display panel that you see in the picture above might be the much rumored retina display for the Apple iPad 3. There seems to be a change in the cable ribbon arrangement to support higher powered displays.

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Apple Launches 12 Days of Christmas iTunes Freebies

Apple has launched their 12 Days of Christmas freebie promotion on iTunes. The promotion period is from 26th December to 6th January.

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Amazon Selling Over 1 Million Kindles Per Week

Amazon has just revealed that they have managed t sell over a million Kindle e-books per week. Amazon do not usually disclose their sales figures particularly ones relating to their Kindle devices.

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Nokia re-enters USA with Lumia 710 for T-Mobile

Nokia is making a re-entry into the American market with the Lumia 710 for T-Mobile. Nokia and T-Mobile announced plans to launch it’s first Windows Phone in USA on Jan 11 2012.The Lumia 710 started shipping in several countries last week and now there good news for Nokia fans in USA. The T-Mobile version supports the operator’s 4G network and bear the operator branding below the windows keys.The best part of announcement is the pricing.
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