From Htcyou: 20,000…that is how many fans attend most sold out arena concerts, NHL hockey games (in Canada anyway), and NBA matches. 20,000 is also the number of Nexus One smartphones sold in its first week. Because of this unexpectedly low figure, T-Mobile has dropped the upgrade price from $379 to $279 for subscribers with data plans. The few folks who have actually paid the original upgrade amount are being reimbursed $100. More »

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It is estimated that up to about 10% of the population cannot see the so-called 3D images that companies have been boasting about at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. CNN correspondent Rafe Needleman investigated the matter, asking about the relatively large population of viewers that would not be able to view the 3D technology. Needleman notes that oddly, “none of the HDTV manufacturing companies I reached out to could provide a direct comment on this topic” (CNN.com). More »

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From Htcyou: iFixit is always at the forefront of disassembling new high-tech toys - especially Apple gear - and at the prices that it charges for replacement parts, it can afford to tear apart expensive gadgets. For those of you who are wondering what the internals of the Nexus One look like, this is your answer. More »

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past week, you know that the small country of Haiti was struck with a terrible 7.0 magnitude Earthquake. The country is in shambles and as one citizen puts it, “water is the currency now.” The death toll keeps on rising and this grief stricken country is doing everything that it can to help the estimated thousands of people still buried underneath the rubble. More »

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With the release of Verizon’s “Droid” device comes the start of a new smartphone revolution. 2010 will no doubt see a large influx in the number of Android OS based phones being introduced into the market. Here’s a list of recently released and upcoming Android phones: More »

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From Htcyou: No, smartphone owners are not being attacked by Greeks, but by trojans that mimic what dialler scams did back in the 56K modem days. “Swapi.B” is a pervasive trojan, which masks as a video file or some harmless program. Usually, the trojan is downloaded from pornographic sites. Once run, Swapi.B sends out premium SMS messages, and the smartphone user is nailed with a hefty long distance/premium text message charge. Crooks once used this con to prey on unsuspecting modem users back in the late 1990s. More »

Nuvo has just released its own version of a “prenatal care device.” The Ritmo Advanced Pregnancy Sound System is a sporty looking device that straps around the abdominal area and presses four speakers to the belly, allowing for sound to penetrate through to the developing child inside. More »

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From Htcyou: When Google bought out a small programming company that made applications for phones, it was commencing a grand plan: to set up the Open Handset Alliance and to power smartphones with the Android operating system. After Google acquired Android Inc., everything was set in motion for the search engine giant to develop its own open source OS based on Linux. On October 21st 2008, Google unleashed Android 1.0 to the public. More »

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From Htcyou: HTC’s entire Android based smartphones line-up for America presently includes the Droid Eris, T-Mobile G1, myTouch 3G, Hero, and the Nexus One:

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From Htcyou: HTC has been one of the fastest growing technology companies over the past three years, yet much of the public in the western world knows little about this Taiwanese firm. As 2010 moves along, HTC’s relative obscurity will be replaced by recognition and acclaim. Formerly just an original design manufacturer (ODM), which supplied handheld devices like PDAs and smartphones to big name clients, HTC officially launched its own branded smartphone in 2006 with the Blackberry-like Excalibur. In 2007, HTC released its preemptive counter to the iPhone, the Touch (Windows Mobile 6), which was generally criticized for its poor TouchFLO UI, mediocre screen, and lack of 3G. Years later, after significant maturity, together with Google and its Android operating system, HTC is preparing to compete against the established smartphone hierarchy in North America. More »

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The Zumobi Network brings us a nifty little application that allows Xbox 360 users to view an simplified version of their Xbox Dashboard. Once logged in with your gamertag the app analyzes your game activity and displays your reputation, gamerscore, last played games, and recently unlocked achievements. Details on your friends are also available. Aside from personal stats, the mini-Dashboard has categories in News, Community, Videos, and the Dew Tour. More »

Jinra’s Jet Scooter would surely tremble in fear before the sheer power and beauty of this 197 foot Egyptian designed yacht. Not only is it beautifully designed, but this yacht also has a hydrogen diesel-electric motor allowing the craft to travel about 13,000 nautical miles at a speed of ten knots or about twelve miles per hour (for everyone else, about nineteen kilometers per hour). This low-resistance designed vessel is sure to make you look like the coolest cat around. More »

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Continued from part one… Although CCFL backlit LCDs cannot match plasma for black levels, the best LED LCDs have some tricks to compensate for the technology’s inherent weakness. Local dimming allows LEDs to adjust individual lights (which illuminate parts of the screen rather than the entirety of it) to different levels of brightness. Side-lit LEDs and CCFL bulbs cannot accomplish this and suffer poorer blacks and lower contrast as a result. Still, ignoring the numbers, I purport that the best plasma displays produce deeper and better blacks than the best LED LCDs. More »

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