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11/18/2006
The Motorola Q is beautiful hardware on borrowed software
The Q is Motorola’s attempt to prove it is more than a fashion house, and the most interesting thing about it is how clearly…
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Gaming
Video games, consoles, esports, studios, and the global gaming industry.
GAMING
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11/17/2006
Sony PlayStation 3 Launches in North America with Blu-ray Technology, Premium $599 Price Point
Sony Computer Entertainment launched the PlayStation 3 console on November 17, 2006 in North America featuring integrated Blu-ray disc drive, Cell Broadband Engine processor,…
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GAMING
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10/28/2006
The phone market in late 2006 belongs to Nokia
Nokia ships roughly a third of the handsets sold on earth, and I keep waiting for somebody to explain to me why that changes…
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GAMING
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10/21/2006
The N73 is the Nokia most people should buy
The N73 has quietly become the phone Nokia is selling to everybody, and I find that more interesting than anything in the N-series flagship…
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GAMING
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10/14/2006
HTC cut its best idea before shipping and told everyone why
HTC put four new Windows Mobile devices on the table at CTIA last month and the one worth talking about is the one where…
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GAMING
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10/09/2006
Google Acquires YouTube for $1.65 Billion, Dominating Online Video Distribution Platform Market
Google acquired YouTube on October 9, 2006 for $1.65 billion in stock representing largest acquisition in Google’s history establishing dominance in online video distribution…
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GAMING
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09/30/2006
Sony Ericsson K800i Debuts with 3.2MP Camera and Carl Zeiss Optics
Sony Ericsson launched the K800i camera phone on September 30, 2006 featuring integrated 3.2-megapixel camera with optical zoom capabilities, Carl Zeiss lens optics, and…
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GAMING
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09/30/2006
Samsung is in every camera and sells almost none
Samsung is in almost every camera you can buy and almost nobody buys a Samsung camera, and I find that gap more interesting than…
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GAMING
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09/23/2006
The BlackBerry Pearl admits the enterprise has a ceiling
RIM has put a camera and a music player in a BlackBerry, which for that company is close to an act of heresy, and…
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GAMING
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08/19/2006
LG’s enV matters more than the Chocolate and gets a fraction of the attention
LG is currently selling Americans two phones that share almost nothing except a badge, and the one getting all the attention is the less…
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GAMING
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08/12/2006
The Slvr looks superb and the software still lets it down
The Slvr is a Razr that has been unfolded and flattened, and I mean that as a description rather than a criticism, though I…
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GAMING
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08/05/2006
Don’t wait for Vista to buy a laptop this month
Everybody buying a laptop this month is being told to wait for Vista, and I think that is bad advice for almost everyone receiving…
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HARDWARE
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07/22/2006
Samsung keeps breaking its own thinness record and calling it progress
Samsung's D830, initially marketed as the world's slimmest phone, lost its title to the X820 at 6.9mm just four months later. The pursuit of…
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GAMING
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07/15/2006
The Xbox 360 bought a year and nearly wasted it
In July 2006, Microsoft enhanced the Xbox 360's game library with major titles and exclusive releases, addressing initial criticisms. Key titles like Gears of…
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GAMING
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07/08/2006
Sony’s camera business is really a sensor business
Sony sells camera sensors to companies that compete with Sony cameras, and once you know that, the Cyber-shot line stops looking like a product…
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