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Archives for July 2012

“Distracted Walking” Accidents On The Rise

July 31, 2012 By 901am

The saying “look before you walk” may be what a lot of people should be following, especially now that accidents are on the rise.

According to a report made by ABS News – which compiled the data taken by the Consumer Product Safety Commission – the incidents of “distracted walking” accidents has been on the increase. According to the report, about 1,150 people in the US had been sent to hospitals a year ago after they met with accidents while they were using their mobile phones. The figure may be considered insignificant considering the US is a country with 300 million people but it is statistically significant considering that the incidents of these kinds of accidents have increased by 400 percent over those reported over the last seven years. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: accidents, mobile phones

Court Bans Sales of Motorola Android Products in Germany

July 30, 2012 By 901am

Motorola has suffered a setback in Europe. A ruling promulgated by a Mannheim Court has resulted in Motorola’s Android-based devices getting banned for sale in Germany. More specifically, any Motorola device that uses FAT technology for its internal storage are going to be pulled from stores and other sales avenues in Germany. The ruling’s effect is immediate.

The court ruling was basically in favor of Microsoft’s suit. The software giant has a patent for the FAT or File Allocation Table, a technology that allows people to more readily find and label media files when using a storage system that runs FAT. With this ruling, Motorola may be forced to just implement a different file system, but in the meantime, expect the company to file an appeal with the court. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Android, Lawsuit, Microsoft, Motorola Tagged With: Lawsuit, Microsoft, Motorola

North Korea Comes Out With Its Own Tablet

July 27, 2012 By 901am

North Korea may be one of the most secretive countries in the world and news involving the country are generally not always positive. Thank heavens, then for good pieces of tech news like this – North Korea has launched its own tablet that it will be bringing to its consumers. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tablets Tagged With: North Korea, tablet

New York Times Blackberry App Discontinued

July 26, 2012 By 901am

The New York Times developed an app that for accessing New York Times content on various devices. But this week, the publication announced that it was going to stop supporting the New York Times app for BlackBerry devices. The reason? There aren’t enough users who use their app.

The decision to stop operating the app is because there are not enough users of the app. It’s not because the New York Times is unpopular. In fact, its apps for Android and the iOS are doing quite well. The anemic usage is attributed to only a few BlackBerry users who are going to the BlackBerry App World and downloading it. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Apps, BlackBerry Tagged With: apps, BlackBerry, New York Times, Research in Motion, rim

Pearltrees Releases iPhone App

July 25, 2012 By 901am

One of the more interesting productivity apps that has come out recently is Pearltrees. It’s an app that helps a user in collecting and organizing their interests and related information.

Pearltrees does something that is also addressed by other apps but it does it differently by presenting the information in a unique, but very effective way. A few months ago, it released a web app and then released an iPad app. Now, Pearltrees is coming to the iPhone.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Apps, iOS, ipad, iPhone Tagged With: app, iOS, iPhone

Lenovo’s New Transformable Tablet Launches with Attractive Price

July 24, 2012 By 901am

Lenovo has released a new product to compete in the transformable tablet market niche and it’s making itself noticed with its very attractive price.

The Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 was originally shown in January but is now available online. Although the standard price for the product will be $450, buyers can get the IdeaTab S2110 for only $343.20 – quite a reasonable price for a tablet that runs Android 4.0. The optional keyboard dock can be had for just an additional $56. So in essence, you’ll only pay for the whole package for just $400 – a real steal. Compare it with the pricing of the other popular transformable tablet in the market, the ASUS Transformer, where the keyboard alone costs $150 and its Transformer tablets range from $400 to $500. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Lenovo, Tablets Tagged With: Lenovo, tablet

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