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Blackberry E-mail Goes Blank
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News, Handhelds, Misc. Tech,
Research in Motion has so far denied comment when asked about its massive e-mail service outage that occurred on thousands of users’ Blackberries in North America. Experts believe that the crash, which took place Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, is a technical problem that still has some glitches.
TD Newcrest analyst Chris Umiastowski stated, “RIM won’t tell us what caused the problem, although they do tell us they know what caused it. We were told to expect a technical explanation to come out shortly.”
We know how addictive e-mail is and how we feel when occasionally we are denied access, and our sympathies go out to those “CrackBerry” addicts that had to suffer through the brief withdrawal.
Read More 
| Yahoo
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Bejeweled to Shine Even Brighter
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News, Handhelds, Video Games,
If you are totally addicted to the Bejeweled original or its second edition, EA Mobile and PopCap Games are planning to introduce updated versions of the game later this year. They will have enhanced graphics and audio effects, and will allow for multi-player access in North America. According to their data, the puzzle game has been a top-10 seller since EA purchased the title in 2001. Originally developed for Internet play, the title has been expanded to include cell phones, PDAs, PMPs, in-flight systems, and video game consoles. Just don’t let us catch you playing Bejeweled when you are stuck in rush hour or we might want to challenge you to a showdown.
Read More | PopCap
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Google To Acquire DoubleClick
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Handhelds, Internet, Portable Audio / Video,
Google has announced that it will be paying $3.1 billion to purchase DoubleClick, giving them even more status as king of the Internet. The New York based company provides corporate banners in richer graphics, which is currently about half of all online marketing. At this point, Yahoo has been the forerunner in that field. This means that instead of seeing boring old Google text ads that want us to spend our money when searching around the Web, we will be able to view garish ones that will probably be twice as irritating. It also allows us to look forward to their future expansion into print, radio, video, mobile and television ad markets. Happy, happy, joy, joy.
Read More | Reuters
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Online Poll Reveals Top Ten Road Rage Tracks
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Handhelds, Internet, Transportation, Video Games, Videos,
In order to promote the launch of their new video game “Burnout Dominator,” Electronic Arts has teamed up with AOL to offer an online poll asking what music gives people road rage. At present, over 1,700 voters have responded with tracks such as Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run,” Meatloaf’s “Bat out of Hell,” and Feeder’s “Buck Rogers.” The game is available for PS2 and PSP for $39.99. We don’t know why the Hoff’s “Jump In My Car” didn’t make the top ten because, quite frankly, that pushes us over the edge.
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England School to Use PSP as An Educational Tool
Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Handhelds, Video Games,
If you’re a gamer, you know that Sony’s Playstation Portable has an incredible amount of uses: UMD movies, music player, photo viewer, homebrew,
internet access, and, oh yeah, video games. Well, instructors at Holyhead Secondary School in Birmingham, England are about to test a new use: teaching aid. Over the past 2 months, Holyhead teachers have been learning how to create podcasts, download media, upload pupils’ schoolwork, and more with the PSP. Lorna Diprose, whose departure from Sony Marketing to teach French at Holyhead led to this test run, feels the PSP is “...just like a mini-computer…you can use it to tailor-make lessons for pupils who need support or stretching.” The PSPs start their new job right after Easter break and will last until the end of the school year.
Read More | BBC News via Joystiq
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Sony Drops Price on PSP
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Handhelds, Video Games,
It’s finally official. After rumors as far back as last August, Sony Company Entertainment America has announced a price drop on its PSP, from $199.99 to $169.99 in honor of it’s second anniversary of existence. The company claims that 25 million units were sold worldwide in 2006, with over a million being bought in December alone.
SCEA also says that “Daxter” and “The Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror” will soon be available for the game system at a MSRP of $19.99, as part of its “greatest hits” collection. Future titles will include “God of War,” “SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs,” and “Ratchet and Clank.”
Read More | Sony
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Daylight Savings Time May Still Affect Electronics
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Handhelds, Misc. Tech, PC / Laptop,
Since we last reported how to prepare for Daylight Savings Time, Gary Beach, publisher of CIO Magazine, said there were very few problems. But we are not quite out of the DST woods yet. There may still be a mini-Y2K this Sunday night, when those who didn’t upgrade may find themselves off-kilter. If you have an older computer or other electronic device, keep a close watch, for it may still change by an hour. If you are starting to get a bit panicky, contact the manufacturer of your device, and don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Read More | USA Today
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Paul Notzold has created TXTual Healing with large speech bubbles projected on flat surfaces such as walls outside an art gallery. They are arranged near windows and doors and participants are encouraged to SMS dialogue with the bubbles after they receive a flyer with a cell phone number and instructions. It is even possible to direct responses to specific ones with the users’ own bubbles.
Going one step further, there are also images inside the gallery such as “One of You Will Betray Me,” which allows the audience to create dialogue on an image of The Last Supper. Currently on display at the Contemporary Museum of Baltimore, check out this demo, then contact Mr. Notzol for his future travel schedule.
Read More | Paul Notzold
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Sony Enters the Portable Video Player War with the NW-A800
Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Handhelds, Music, Portable Audio / Video,
We get a little teary-eyed when we reminisce to “back in the day”—when it was all about the Sony Walkman (and those orange earpuffs!) for portable music listening. Apparently Sony is also tired of its old-school status, as it has just introduced the NW-A800, it’s new MP3/video Walkman. The slim device sports a 2” color screen, and supports MPEG-4 video files. You can easily download video to the NW-A800, using it’s drag ‘n’ drop feature. And one of the player’s best features is its battery life: up to 30 hours for music and 8 hours for video…take that, iPod! Plus, if your own video and music collection isn’t enough, visit the Sony Connect download site to buy some more. The NW-A800 will be available in Europe in April, in sizes ranging from 2GB to 8GB, which frankly, we think is a little small. The price for the 8GB will be £199, approximately $400 USD. Hopefully the prices will be less when the NW-A800 arrives in the US.
Read More | Sony
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Download To Cell Phone Without Internet Connection
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Handhelds, Internet, Movies, Music, Portable Audio / Video,
We have just discovered ShoZu, a free service that allows you to send and receive audio and video without the aid of a computer. Subscribe to the Zucasts you like, i.e. music videos, pod casts, or celebrity photos, push a button, and there it is. No endless menus or Internet connection needed. Currently there are 24 cell phone companies compatible with ShoZu and they claim more models are being added daily. Although the service is free, you will have to check with your network provider to see if you can get a flat rate fee, since this has the potential of being quite pricey.
Read More | ShoZu
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