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Archive for July, 2007

OPTI UPS SCS001 Solar Charger for $24.99

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Newegg is selling this OPTI UPS Solar Charger for $19.99, with $4.99 3-day shipping.

OPTI UPS Solar Charger

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Verizon’s Q2 Earnings Report

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Verizon Comunications just reported its second quarter results for 2007. Wireless did well as expected, but the company lost quite a few broadband customers.

Verizon's 2007 Second Quarter earnings.

Verizon’s second quarter earnings report.

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A Tale of Two N95s

Monday, July 30th, 2007

First it was the fake NOKLA N95s. Then came the loose sliders. What’s next?

Retail box for the Nokia N95 Finland version.

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J.D. Power’s Wireless Carrier Rankings

Monday, July 30th, 2007

J.D. Power and Associates took some time away from cars and rated several US wireless carriers on customer satisfaction and efficiency in resolving issues.

T-Mobile: The Decisive Winner of J.D. Power's Wireless Carrier Survey

T-Mobile: The Decisive Winner of J.D. Power’s Wireless Carrier Survey.

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Deal! Nokia N95 Phone for $609.99, maybe $599.99

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Buy.com is selling the Nokia N95 smartphone for $624.99 – $15 coupon – (Google Checkout new customer $10 discount) = $599.99.

Nokia N95

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The Nokia N95 and the Loose Slider

Friday, July 27th, 2007

One of the problems currently plaguing an unconfirmed number of Nokia N95 phones is known as the “loose slider”.

Nokia N95

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Nokia Buys Twango

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

After the success of Youtube and Flickr, a veritable ton of new video slash picture sharing websites have been emerging from the every corner of the Earth. And they all seem to share one thing in common: a really annoying, pointless name like Boingo or Whammy or whatnot.

Nokia acquired Twango in a deal for an undisclosed sum of money.

Nokia acquired Twango in a deal for an undisclosed sum of money.

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Fingerprint Readers on Cell Phones?

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

…could be coming soon, according to an article in Business 2.0. Several PC manufacturers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Lenova have added the fingerprint recognition hardware to higher-end laptops, and the next likely target is: cell phones.

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I don’t want to say the word “iPhone” but…

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Apple’s quarterly earnings report came yesterday, and the news was…newsworthy all right. The company blew away almost every analyst estimate for last quarter, a feat accomplished due to higher margins on iPod and Mac computer sales. Oh yeah, the iPhone helped too.

Apple rocked its last quarter.

Apple rocked its last quarterly earnings report.

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Siemens Stuck in a Rut

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

No matter how bad your day was yesterday, executives at Siemens AG probably had it worse.

Siemens AG

Not a good day for Siemens AG.

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