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Leak shows two Samsung Bada 2.0 mobiles, due late 2011
A leak from a recent Samsung France conference shows to unannounced Samsung Bada handsets running the revamped Bada 2.0 OS, as well as incorporating NFC technology. The mobile handsets are expected to be unveiled in that latter part of the year, as will their names. The same slide also shows a new Bada handset, the Wave 578 due this June, but it will only be running Bada 1.1 at this stage. While the slide uncovered by … Read entire article »
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Samsung warns of profit drop in early 2011, iPad blamed
Samsung warned Thursday that its operating profit for winter 2011 would drop at least 42 percent compared to a year ago. It expected to make between $ 2.48 billion to $ 2.84 billion, a steep fall off from the roughly $ 4.06 billion it made at the same point in 2010. Officials didn’t explain the drop and said more would have to wait for its full results in late April. Dongbu Securities analyst Lee Min-hee, however, blamed the iPad as a core factor. Samsung is likely to have faced a slump in LCD sales, both because of low TV sales but also through a drop in notebook sales as end users switched to tablets. More directly, there was “severe price competition” with Apple, Lee said. … Read entire article »
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E-book sales more than double in early 2011
E-book sales have better than doubled year-to-year, the Association of American Publishers said. A new study put out on Thursday saw e-book sales surge 115 percent in January to produce $ 69.9 million in revenue versus just a year ago. The rush came as regular hardcover books lost 11.3 percent of their revenue to hit $ 49.1 million, paperbacks fell 19.7 percent to $ 83.6 million, and “mass market” books … Read entire article »
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Pioneer 2011 receivers to gain Airplay, iOS apps
Pioneer is introducing new 5.1- and 7.1-channel AV receivers that will ship later this month which build upon previous models, and that the company says are made for the the iPhone, iPad and iPod generation, featuring a connecting USB/video cable, AirPlay compatibility, optional Bluetooth audio streaming and more — with the top-of-the-line model featuring use of two new iOS apps, internet radio compatibility and the ability to pair with up to four devices and their … Read entire article »
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Macbook Pro 15-inch Unibody Early 2011 gets iFixit teardown
The iFixit team has wasted no time in tearing down Apples fresh Macbook Pro 15-inch Unibody Early 2011 model just released yesterday. The point of most interest surrounded the discovery of a very large controller IC for the new Thunderbolt 10Gbps I/O. The team plans on handing the part over to Chipworks for an x-ray to see what lies inside what it found to be the fourth largest chip after CPU, GPU and logic-board controller. On the repairability front, the new Macbook Pro scored a respectable 7 out of 10 as it is relatively easy to access all the major components in the device. The only component that was problematic to repair or replace was the LCD, as removing the glass panel could easily result in shattering it. Other components of … Read entire article »
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