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It seems like Best Buy has some plans of its own starting early this year with news of a buy back program aimed at keeping users who constantly upgrade their smartphone off billing cycle, buying from Best Buy Mobile. As of right now, cell phone purchasers can opt into the cleverly named Buy Back program for $59.99 at the time of handset purchase. Between the first six months of handset ownership users can then trade-in their device to Best Buy mobile for 50% of the phones full retail value. Between months 6 and 12 the device can be turned in for 40% of its original value, months 12 to 18 at 40%, and months 19 to [...]
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Has Google’s Cr-48 piqued your interest? What if it was running Windows 7, Ubuntu or even Mac OS X Snow Leopard instead of Google’s new Chrome OS? Well thanks to some hackers managing to break into the Cr-48, you can now run any of those OS’s that you want. The performance is a little slow but despite that, everything works perfectly and is exactly identical to the original systems OS. A downside to this is that after Windows, drivers and updates are installed, you’re left with only about 2GB of space. Even though the space is limited, this achievement is going to open the door for developers everywhere. You can find a tutorial of how to do [...]
Continue reading: Google’s CR-48 Notebook Hacked To Run OS X, Ununtu & Windows 7 [Video]
Have you been hearing rumors over the past few years about Apple making a laptop/tablet combo for everyone? It seems at least part of the rumor has gone and gotten itself a patent for itself. Calling it a “convertible MacBook-to-iPad like device,” Patently Apple is reporting that the patent could be for a MacBook type device that would convert to something like an iPad in horizontal mode. As a laptop the screen would be propped open at an angle with a virtual keyboard below it. As a tablet, the screen would slide down on top of the keyboard, enabling Multi-Touch control directly on the screen itself.
This could be a really popular [...]
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AT&T recently announced new Pay-As-You-Go international data packages for netbook and laptop users. The new, 30-day plans start at 20MB for $24.99 and go all the way up to 200MB for $199.99. “Data sessions may be purchased using a credit card of a debit card. Customers can also bill the charges to their wireless bill provided the postpaid wireless account has been active more than 90 days and has no past due charges,” according to the press release. The company will also be allowing users to schedule when the 30-day pass begins to take effect. The four announced plans are as follows:
DataConnect Pass Global 20MB for $24.99 DataConnect Pass Global 50MB for $59.99 DataConnect [...]
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Processor vendor AMD isn’t reall concerned powering the next iPad or a would-be competitor, according to DigiTimes. The company is still waiting to see if the tablet market even takes off. The firm will continue to work on desktop PC products and graphics cards, but as of right now is currently focused on graphically potent ultraportables. According to what was said in the publication, they aren’t intersted in following in competitor Intel’s smartphone footsteps either. A company spokesperson made the following statement after questioning of the whole ordeal:
Our current generation of notebook platforms has not been designed for tablets. Our focus continues to be on ultrathin and mainstream notebooks which address the vast majority of the [...]
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It’s no secret that AT&T’s coverage in NYC has been called out as being unreliable in the past. Now the company is apparently doing something about it with the launch of a pilot program that will bring free Wi-Fi to AT&T wireless and broadband customers. According to AT&T, users of smartphones, laptops, iPad’s and other Wi-Fi enabled devices will enjoy free Wi-Fi access via the company’s “hotzone” on the north side of Times Square on 7th Avenue between 45th and 47th streets.
Anyone with an AT&T 3G smartphone with Wi-Fi enabled with have their device automatically connect to the giant hotspot. AT&T says that it’s offering the “hotzone” to test new ways of [...]
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Vietnam seems to be turning into the place for Apple prototype leaks. Earlier this week, Vietnamese blog Tinhte posted up images of a 4th generation iPhone prototype and today, the same blog is showing off what they claim is the next generation 13’’ MacBook. The leaked model reportedly features a 13.3 inch LED-backlit glossy display, a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, 250GB hard drive, and a NVIDIA 320M graphics card with 256MB of shared SDRAM. The supply chain rumors all suggest this new MacBook and its larger siblings may launch in the upcoming weeks, even possibly Tuesday. For those of you who want a closer look at what Apple might have in store for [...]
Continue reading: Leaked Images/Video Show New MacBook In The Works
After getting our hands on the iPad we believe the beautiful new touch-screen device from Apple has the potential to change mobile computing profoundly and that it will also challenge the primacy of the laptop. The device could help eventually propel the finger-driven, multitouch user interface ahead of the mouse-driven interface that has prevailed for decades. Before it does all this though, it needs to prove that it really can replace the laptop or netbook for enough common tasks, enough times, to make it a viable alternative. This task may not be easy though since many tablet computers have previously failed to catch on to the mass market, and the iPad does lack some of the features, such as a [...]
Continue reading: Apple’s iPad – Laptop Killer [Video Review]
Lenovo an exceptional company, which is well Know for its efficiency and cutting edge designs in computer manufacturing, has joined forces with the Wireless Company Sprint.
This joint partnership was announced earlier today, with the ThinkPad already being supported by 3G, Lenovo made a deal with Sprint revealing that they will be adding another 3G option and 4G as in WiMax support to their ThinkPad which will be available on all ThinkPad series, including the ThinkPad Edge which was design with the small business in mind.
Lenovo so far is the only company to offer the largest 4g enabled laptops. Like any other broadband option the ThinkPad will come with a pre- installed SIM card. Lenovo also professes that [...]
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The super-high-end 17-inch M6500 is all well and good for people who prefer giant laptops, but we’re glad Dell’s finally giving regular-sizers a shot with the new Precision M4500. The new 15.6-inch laptop packs a 16:9, 1920 x 1080 display, backed up by NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M or 880M graphics (the 6500 supports the 3800M, 2800M and ATI M7740) and your choice of Core i5 or Core i7 processors, on up to the Core i7-920XM Quad Core Extreme Edition.
There are plenty of tweaks and perks that are offered, like a HD+ sRGB LED screen with 100 percent color gamut, a 64GB SSD mini card for dual drive configs without losing the optical drive, a 3 megapixel [...]
Continue reading: Dell Introduces Precision Performance To M4500
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