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Amazon Kindle thinner in August promises better screen and ergonomics

Gary Singer — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:34:29 +0000

A report has been released by the famous website Bloomberg that Amazon is planning to release a Kindle thinner in the month of August, the thinner version will be with better definition and a more sensitive screen.

But fans of electronic ink color screen facing the multi-touch will have to wait. This week, President and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos told shareholders that the Kindle with color was not yet ready for production.

This is right that the upcoming Kindle will not match our dreams but the promised improvements are not negligible, better screen and better ergonomics. This is an appeal to consumers, especially those who are not interested in new gadgets shelves. The Kindle and technology of electronic paper are far from dead.

Hybrid iPhones may come to Verizon in 2010

Nancy White — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:31:46 +0000

iPhone’s arrival over Verizon is one among many desire of the US smartphone holders. The latest rumor in the air is that by 2010 Verizon will showcase iPhone for its customers.

OTR Global report via AppleInsider reveals that Apple is working over a ‘worldmode’ iPhone which using a new hybrid chip produced by Qualcomm. This chip is designed to be compatible with CDMA2000 networks (including Verizon’s US network, which is currently incompatible with existing iPhone models) while retaining compatibility with UMTS 3G networks globally.

The new rumored iPhone will be comparatively smaller in size having 2.8 inches screen, while the current iPhone screen is 3.5 inch in size.

Thought neither of the company has supported the rumor but noticeably if iPhone comes with Verizon how is Verizon going to feature it after they had already spotlighted its shortcomings for advertising Droid with iDoesn’t… ads.

As expected Verizon iPhone will come in third quarter of 2010 after Apple completes its exclusivity with AT&T

The report also cited that the new hybrid phones will be manufactured by Asustek subsidiary Pegatron and not by the present manufacturers Hon Hai.

Droid Eris coming with Motorola Droid on Nov 6 @$99

Nancy White — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:49:21 +0000

After Motorola Droid next in series is HTC Droid Eris coming on Verizon network. Verizon instead of directing only towards high-end smartphones requiring heavy price, is also looking for every once needs through its relatively cheaper and less featured cell phone.

Though Verizon has not aired much for Droid Eris but report via Engadget confirms the release date of Eris is same as that of Motorola Droid.

Featuring 528 MHz Qualcomm and 320×480 screen operating on Android 1.5 OS this Droid member comes with 8 GB MicroSD card, Bluetooth, 5 Megapixel camera.

Droid Eris shares its features from HTC Hero and will have multitouch and the Sense UI, visual voicemail, Wi-Fi, MS Exchange Sync, Media Uploader(for Facebook, Flickr, Picas, Gmail,) Google services, news widgets, and Footprints Geo-tagging for photos. The HTML Browser supports Flash Lite.

The full retail price is $199 with a $100 rebate and as reported will be in stores on Nov. 6.