Saturday, March 31, 2012
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PNY expanded its lineup of XLR8 PC Memory by adding new 2133MHz and 1866MHz kits. The 2133MHz DDR3 CAS 10 desktop memory kit is available in 8GB (2 x 4GB) dual channel and 16GB (4 x 4GB) quad channel versions with 9-12-11-27 timings. The 2133MHz DDR3 memory kits feature custom red aluminum heat spreaders designed with fins. PNY...
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Friday, March 30, 2012
HTC takes to the skies for new ad campaign
?Update: We've added HTC's first teaser trailer for this ad campaign after the break.
The HTC One series launches in Europe next week, and HTC's pulling out all the stops in the marketing effort for its new smartphones -- the One X, One S and One V. The new marketing strategy, dubbed "As Recommended By", sees HTC bringing fans and enthusiasts on-board to showcase leading features of their new phones.
The first commercial for the One X features amateur photographers Nick Jojola and Tony Mac, and challenges them to shoot what HTC describes as the "world's first freefall fashion shoot" using the phone. The results will be unveiled when the ad launches next Wednesday, April 4, but for the moment HTC's released a few photos showing how the whole thing went down.
As you'll recall from MWC, the One X's 8MP ImageSense camera is a widely-hyped feature, which aims to deliver much-improved image quality and faster capture speeds thanks to a dedicated image chip and RAW format support.
We've got a couple more pictures of HTC's skydiving antics, along with today's presser, after the break.
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HTC One series reportedly launching in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on April 2
We've known about the HTC One series' UK launch date of April 5 for some time now, but now it appears some European countries may get HTC's new smartphones a few days before the rest of the world. According to a press release from HTC's German arm, the HTC One X, One S and One V will launch in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from next Monday, April 2. The One X will reportedly retail at €599 SIM-free, while the One S and One V will sell for €499 and €299 respectively.
The One X is HTC's flagship phone for 2012, and (in Europe, at least) ships with a quad-core Tegra 3 CPU and a 4.7-inch, 720p display. While still a formidable smartphone, the One S pares things back a bit with a dual-core Snapdragon S4 chip and a 4.3-inch qHD SuperAMOLED panel. Finally, the One V represents HTC's new entry-level offering, with a 1GHz single-core CPU, a 3.7-inch WVGA display and a design reminiscent of the old HTC Legend. Software-wise, all three run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC's Sense 4 software.
The next week is sure to be an exciting time for HTC fans. If you plan on picking up a HTC One series device in the next few days, be sure to shout out in the comments.
Source: The Unwired; via: The Verge
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Amazon Kindle Fire version 6.3 software update now available
The Amazon Kindle Fire has seemingly done quite well for itself since its release and behind the scenes Amazon has been working on the next update for the device. Currently the Amazon Kindle Fire is sitting at version 6.2.2 but Amazon has just released version 6.3 they've highlighted some of the forthcoming changes:
- Sharing: Customers will be able to easily share favorite passages and notes from their books directly from Kindle Fire, without even leaving the book. Customers simply highlight a passage and select "Share" or choose the "Share" option from the toolbar within a book, write a note if they choose, and select which social network to share with. Passages or notes a customer chooses to share will be displayed to other Kindle readers viewing the same book, and customers can also choose to share via Facebook and Twitter. Amazon already has a vibrant community of readers who choose to share favorite passages and notes from their reading through Kindle.amazon.com. This update brings these notes and highlights to Kindle Fire, so a reader can easily see what other readers are saying about their books.
- Book Extras: Powered by Shelfari, Amazon's community of book lovers, Book Extras make it easy for customers to see supplemental material about the book they are reading, without even leaving the book. Customers can view descriptions of characters, a glossary of common terms used in the book, information on the authors and common locations referenced in the book, and more. To view Book Extras from within a book, customers simply tap the top of the screen to bring up the toolbar, tap the menu button and select "Book Extras."
- Archive of Personal Documents: Customers' personal documents will be stored in the Amazon Cloud and available for re-download at any time from the Documents tab on Kindle Fire. Just as with Kindle books, Whispersync will automatically sync notes, highlights and last page read for personal documents.
- Print Replica Textbooks: Students can buy thousands of print replica textbooks to read on their Kindle Fire and save up to 60% off the list price of the print textbook. Print replica textbooks maintain the rich formatting, color and layout of the print editions, with features including notes and highlights, zoom and pan, linked table of contents, real page numbers and whispersync of notes, highlights and last page read.
- Reading View for Amazon Silk: There is a seemingly endless array of interesting and engaging content available on the Internet. Sometimes, unfortunately, that business article, blog post, or sports recap you clicked on is surrounded by a host of competing material. With Reading View on Silk, the content that you're interested in is elevated above the clutter. When invoked by the customer, Silk will load the body of the page in a reading-optimized, single screen view (even for multi-page articles). The full page is still available in the background, allowing the reader to easily toggle back to a traditional view to see other interesting features on the page.
- Movie Rentals: The rental period for movie rentals that are downloaded to Kindle Fire now starts when a customer starts watching the movie, rather than when a customer starts downloading the movie.
- Additional Enhancements: This update will also bring some of the features customers have requested, including faster re-connect of Wi-Fi after Kindle Fire has been asleep, and general performance enhancements.
The update is currently available from Amazon, but if you're rooted you'll be pleased to know you can maintain root if you follow directions at the XDA link below. For the rest of us, hit the jump for installation instructions.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Facebook Foul-Ups: Consumer Complaints About Businesses Get Slow or No Responses