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- Nokia said to be launching smartphone with AT&T, Snapdragon ahoy?
- Sony Alpha A750 keeps with tradition, leaks out ahead of release
- Apple, AT&T Hit With Another iPhone MMS Class Action
- Intel Microserver open-standard planned
- Verizon DROID Eris by HTC caught in wild
- Nintendo DSi LL size comparison video with DSi & DS Lite
- Sprint to offer Dell Mini 10
- Rechargeable zinc-air batteries promise a lot, we’ll see if they deliver in 2010
- 14.6-Megapixel Sony Alpha a750 DSLR Leaked Early? [Digital Cameras]
- ICANN Moves Ahead With Non-Latin Web Addresses (Video)
| Nokia said to be launching smartphone with AT&T, Snapdragon ahoy? Posted: 30 Oct 2009 06:04 AM PDT
 Nokia, the world’s largest phone maker, hasn’t even registered as a blip on most Americans’ radars for years now. Not since Neo’s 8110i fell out of a FedEx envelope has the public as a whole coveted anything the company had to offer, but that could be changing very soon. According to VentureBeat, Nokia has signed on with AT&T to launch some hot new smartphone in the not too distant future, presumably with the sort of incentivized pricing that, for once, might just allow it to be a value proposition. Details are slim, but it’s said to be running a Qualcomm processor and, given rumors of Snapdragon talks, that’s where we’re putting our money. [Via Pocket-lint] Filed under: Cellphones Nokia said to be launching smartphone with AT&T, Snapdragon ahoy? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Sony Alpha A750 keeps with tradition, leaks out ahead of release Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:36 AM PDT
[Thanks, David G] Filed under: Digital Cameras Sony Alpha A750 keeps with tradition, leaks out ahead of release originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Apple, AT&T Hit With Another iPhone MMS Class Action Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:35 AM PDT
It isn’t the first, and I assume it’s not going to be the last either. Apple and AT&T are facing a new putative class action from an iPhone user who alleges that the companies misrepresented the phone’s MMS (multimedia messaging service) capabilities. Clyde Bernard Franklin filed the complaint (case 1:2009cv00704) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on behalf of all Alabama residents last Wednesday. I don’t have proper access to the court documents at this point so it’s a bit unclear what the allegations in this particular case are exactly, but there should be more information about the details available shortly. While iPhone OS 3.0 included support for MMS from the start, AT&T took quite some time to enable the feature, which prompted iPhone owners to initiate two separate class action lawsuits against the carrier and Apple last August. On September 25, AT&T finally rolled out the service for iPhone owners in the United States, so it’s safe to say that the delay isn’t why Franklin is taking Apple and AT&T to court. We’ll update when we learn more. Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware. Go here to see the original:
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| Intel Microserver open-standard planned Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:27 AM PDT
Intel are readying a new standard for so-called “microservers“, based on the company’s prototype targeted at low-traffic websites. The open standard would describe a royalty-free, compact alternative to blade servers – powered by Intel processors, naturally – which combines both low idle power draw and fast response times. Intel’s current prototype has a 1.86GHz quad-core Lynnfield processor paired with four memory slots.
That Nehalem-series processor draws just 45W at full blow, but will soon be replaced by a a dual-core Clarkdale requiring 30W. The individual server board is designed to sit into an 8.75-inch-tall chassis that has the network and power connectivity together with responsibility for actively cooling the system; up to 16 microservers can fit into each chassis. Running along the bottom, meanwhile, are 16 2.5-inch HDD sleds that connect to each microserver. While unlikely to be capable of supporting a mainstream site, the microservers will be ideal “for the low-end, scaled-out Web hosting space” Jason Waxman, general manager of Intel’s high-density computing group explained. The new range of relatively frugal CPUs means “[Intel] think we can put enough power in a low enough power envelope” Waxman continued. Eventually, the goal is to achieve a 25W idle draw for the entire microprocessor. Intel will be offering the design specification to the Server System Infrastructure Forum before the end of 2009. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Verizon DROID Eris by HTC caught in wild Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:10 AM PDT
Neither Verizon nor HTC have officially confirmed the existence of the Verizon DROID Eris, but unless you’re looking at the handiwork of a particularly impressive Halloween costume (sized for hamster) then we’d say the Android smartphone’s existence is pretty much assured. The BGR received two live shots of the HTC DROID Eris – you can see the second after the cut – together with a little feedback as to how the handset performs.
“Overall” their source explains, the DROID Eris feels “the same as the Sprint Hero but for some reason it seems faster, slightly thinner and taller.” Under HTC Sense there’s Android 1.5, but there’s no reason not to assume that HTC’s upcoming Android 2.0 upgrade for the Hero won’t find a place on the Eris too. The expectation is that the Verizon DROID Eris by HTC will arrive on November 6th alongside the Verizon DROID by Motorola. Pricing is believed to be $99.99 following the usual rebates and assuming a new, two-year agreement, making it a bargain compared to what Sprint are charging for the HTC Hero.
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| Nintendo DSi LL size comparison video with DSi & DS Lite Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:02 AM PDT
We already know that US and European gamers will have to wait until early next year before they can pick up a new Nintendo DSi XL, but with the Japanese launch of the DSi LL imminent the handheld has already had its first TV appearance. In the video you can see after the cut, TV Osaka demonstrate the new DSi LL and compare it against the existing Nintendo DSi. The outcome? Yep, it’s bigger.
Running from left to right in the shot above are the new DSi LL, the DSi, and the Nintendo DS Lite. Given the DSi LL has a display almost a full inch larger diagonally, there’s obviously more to fit into your pocket; as far as we’re aware, the new handheld will go on sale alongside the DSi, rather than replacing it. Japanese buyers will be able to pick up the new DSi LL from November 21st, when it will be priced at 20,000 yen ($220). No specific launch dates for the US and Europe; all Nintendo have confirmed is that the handheld will arrive in Q1 2010. [via Kotaku] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:00 AM PDT
Apparently as from the 1st November the phone service carrier Sprint will be offering the Dell Mini 10 as part to the providers subsidised and subscription based deals. Sprint will be looking at the consumer paying $299 up front with a $100 rebate, then pay out $60 per month to include 5 Gb worth of data. On the whole, that may not seem like a bad deal apart from the rebate etc, but the Dell Mini 10 is a low end machine, that offers 3G modem, a 160 GB HD, 1 GB of RAM, and an Atom processor. Source [i4U]
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| Rechargeable zinc-air batteries promise a lot, we’ll see if they deliver in 2010 Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:58 AM PDT
 Is there any other field of technology that promises as many revolutionary innovations as battery makers do yet delivers so few? We’ve heard of battery life being made four times, eight times, even twelve times better… and seen pretty much none of it pan out in any sort of meaningful way. Zinc-air batteries are also nothing new, but now some whizkids up in Norway have figured out how to make them rechargeable and set up an entire company, ReVolt, for their commercialization. With more than double the energy density of regular Lithium-Ion batteries, safer operation, lower cost of production, and environmentally friendlier ingredients, ReVolt’s tech sounds as sweet as anything, but we’d advise waiting for the pudding-based proof before getting excited. Plans are for small hearing aid and cellphone batteries to show up in 2010, and if all goes well there, larger cells for electric vehicles could also follow. Sure. [Via PhysOrg] Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds, Laptops Rechargeable zinc-air batteries promise a lot, we’ll see if they deliver in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| 14.6-Megapixel Sony Alpha a750 DSLR Leaked Early? [Digital Cameras] Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:57 AM PDT
Not much else is known at this point, but it wouldn’t be a stretch to think we’ll see the a750 at CES 2010. [LetsGoDigital via Engadget]
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| ICANN Moves Ahead With Non-Latin Web Addresses (Video) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:37 AM PDT As expected, regulatory body ICANN has approved plans to let web addresses be written in non-Latin characters in a move that it calls the “biggest technical change” to how the Internet works since its invention four decades ago. The vote was announced at the last day of the non-profit group’s Seoul conference. The proposal means domain names could be written in languages such as Greek, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi or Cyrillic and be understood natively by the servers that connect computers together over the web. Currently, domain names can only be displayed using the Latin alphabet letters A-Z, the digits 0-9 and the hyphen, but in the future countries will be able to display country-code Top Level Domains (cc TLDs) in their native language. The organization will launch a fast-track process for approving the Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) scheme on 16 November, and the first IDN-compliant addresses should be in operation by the middle of next year, said ICANN President Rod Beckstrom. From the statement:
In the fairly cheese video above, Beckstrom says over half of Internet users from all over the world will finally be able to write web address in the “100,000 characters of world languages” that so far were not supported. According to the outlined proposal, ICANN will charge registries $26,000 for an evaluation processing fee, which can be paid in the local currency. ICANN would also like an annual contribution fee of 3 percent of a registry’s revenue, which can be as low as 1 percent for low-volume registries. Information provided by CrunchBase Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware. See the original post:
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The a750 isn’t official yet, but Sony itself has apparently leaked specs early via a registration page. The ![14.6 Megapixel Sony Alpha a750 DSLR Leaked Early? [Digital Cameras]](http://www.focusoft.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/226ac3e48deus.gif.gif?eui=2226 "14.6 Megapixel Sony Alpha a750 DSLR Leaked Early? [Digital Cameras]")
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