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For some people, the holidays go hand in hand with gingerbread, in the form of houses or cookie-cutter men. This year, you can add smart phones - specifically, the Nexus S, the first device running the freshest version of Google's Android operating software, Gingerbread.Developed by Google Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., the phone has a cool curved glass screen, back- and front-facing cameras

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LG Electronics today unveiled the LG Optimus 2X, the world’s first smartphone with a dual-core processor. Along with more powerful multimedia features, the LG Optimus 2X’s high-performance Tegra 2 processor makes for faster, smoother web browsing and applications and lets users multitask with virtually no screen lag.“Dual-core technology is the next leap forward in mobile technology so this is

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Internet giant Google unveiled its second branded smartphone on Monday, the "Nexus S" made by South Korea's Samsung.Google said the Nexus S, which comes nearly a year after the Nexus One, which was a critical success if not a huge commercial hit, is powered by the latest version of Google's Android mobile operating system, "Gingerbread."Google vice president of engineering Andy Rubin said the

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt talks about the Google Chrome operating system in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez(AP) -- It's taking longer than Google Inc. anticipated to deliver a new operating system designed to make computers run faster.After more than a year building a much-anticipated system around its Chrome Web browser, Google announced Tuesday that the first

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A man reads comics on a Kindle-style tablet called Wink at the EC Media International Private Limited office in Bangalore. The Indian government won headlines around the world when it unveiled a prototype 35-US dollar tablet computer in July, but questions are now growing over whether the project is just a pipe dream.The Indian government won headlines around the world when it unveiled a

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A Sony employee displays 'Reader' electronic books in Tokyo on December 10. Sony and Sharp upped the rivalry stakes in the heated e-reader and tablet market with the head-to-head launch on Friday of their latest devices in Japan, along with tens of thousands of e-book titles.Sony and Sharp upped the rivalry stakes in the heated e-reader and tablet market with the head-to-head launch on Friday of

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A customer tries out Apple's iPad in a shop in Berlin. Yearning for a gadget that was bigger than a smartphone but smaller than a laptop made tablet computing a defining trend for 2010.Yearning for an Internet-linked gadget bigger than a smartphone but smaller than a laptop merged with always-connected lifestyles to make tablet computing a defining trend for 2010.The iPad launched in April by

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December 1, 2010 By David Sarno TABLETS VS. LAPTOPS: So your laptop is getting old: Should you buy a new one or change horses and try out one of these tablet computers?That all depends on what you want to do with it.It's still the case that laptops and smaller netbook computers are tuned for production - word processing, e-mailing, number-crunching, more complicated tasks that often require a

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The Barnes & Noble NookColor, left, and an Apple iPad are shown in this photograph, in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)(AP) -- When Barnes & Noble Inc. began to sell its first electronic reading device, the Nook, a year ago, I found it as welcome as a bookcase landing on my toe. It was a terrible design - slow, confusing and buggy.The successor, the Nookcolor,

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The BlackBerry PlayBook is pictured in September 2010. Shares in Research In Motion surged on Wall Street on Wednesday after the chief executive of the company behind the BlackBerry said its upcoming tablet computer would cost below 500 dollars.Shares in Research In Motion surged on Wall Street on Wednesday after the chief executive of the company behind the BlackBerry said its upcoming tablet

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Kno Inc., a California company making a digital textbook reader for students, announced on Tuesday it would begin shipping the tablet computer by the end of the year.Kno, which has received funding from Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm launched by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, said its 14.1-inch (35.8-centimeter) single screen tablet will cost 599 dollars.The

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This product image provided by Parrot, shows the AR.Drone. Parrot, a company known more for its Bluetooth hands-free car speakerphones, has launched a small, unmanned aircraft that can be controlled using an iPhone or another of Apple Inc.'s Wi-Fi-enabled gadgets, including the iPod Touch and the iPad.(AP Photo/Parrot) NO SALES(AP) -- You can pretty much do anything with your iPhone these days -

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A 3G version of the Kindle e-reader, pictured in the hand of Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos, is being snapped up on China's grey market as it has an extra special advantage for customers -- it automatically leaps the so-called "Great Firewall" of state web censorship.Amazon's Kindle 3G e-reader is being snapped up on China's grey market as it has an extra special advantage for customers -- it

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Hewlett-Packard unveiled a Windows-powered touchscreen tablet computer aimed at professionals, the latest entry into a growing market dominated by Apple's iPad.Hewlett-Packard unveiled a Windows-powered touchscreen tablet computer on Friday aimed at professionals, the latest entry into a growing market dominated by Apple's iPad.The "HP Slate 500," which features an 8.9-inch (22.6-centimeter)

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In this Oct. 18, 2010 photo, an Associated Press reporter holds the he AT&T HTC Surround, top, and the AT&T Samsung Surround in San Francisco, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)When it comes to smart phones, Microsoft is itching to get back in the game. Microsoft was sick of watching consumers flock to Apple's iPhone and smart phones running Google's Android software as its own

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Gianfranco Lanci, President of Taiwanese computer vendor Acer speaks during a Global Press Conference in Madrid 2007. Taiwan's Acer Inc, the world's second biggest PC vendor, said Wednesday it will unveil its first tablet computer next month amid strong demand for the gadget.Taiwan's Acer Inc, the world's second biggest PC vendor, said Wednesday it will unveil its first tablet computer next

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In this Oct. 20, 2010 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about the new Apple Macbook Air laptop at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, file)(AP) -- The first MacBook Air laptop hit the catwalk in 2008 as an elegant but somewhat impractical statement about how far Apple would go to make the thinnest laptop ever. It wasn't very powerful, had a short battery life and

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Thousands of iPhone users were late to work, after a bug in the software meant the device's alarm clock feature failed to adjust to Daylight Saving Time.Scores of British iPhone 4 users said they were late for work on Monday after a software bug meant the alarm on the Apple device failed to adjust when the country's clocks changed.Hundreds of angry comments were posted on microblogging website

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Amazon's Kindle 3GJamie Groves has doubled his reading - up to more than 40 books a year - since he began downloading e-books on his Kindle.Sandra Hines calls her Nook her "best Mother's Day present ever," after initially worrying, "It wouldn't feel like I was reading a real book."Liz Jones used to buy a book every few months until she began reading on her iPod Touch. Now she's downloading a

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt speaks at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Google Inc. is taking another stab at designing a game-changing mobile phone, this time by including a built-in payment system that could eventually enable the devices to replace credit cards.The new phone got a brief preview Monday when Google CEO Eric Schmidt took the stage to

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An Associated Press reporter demonstrates the Samsung Galaxy Tab during a product review in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)(AP) -- When Apple released the iPad in April, it set a high bar for tablet computers. The first real competitor has arrived in Samsung's Galaxy Tab.With a screen that measures 7 inches diagonally, two shorter than the iPad, the Tab is good - but

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Guests play with the new Apple iPad during an Apple Special Event in San Francisco, California, in January 2010. Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system Monday bringing multitasking, folders, a unified inbox and wireless printing to the iPad.Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system Monday bringing multitasking, folders, a unified inbox and

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I didn't dwell a lot on the MacBook Air when Apple first unveiled it in January 2008. Its thin profile and light weight were definitely impressive. But with an $1,800 price tag for the base model, slow processors, only an 80-gigabyte hard drive and no DVD drive, the notebook was too expensive, too underpowered and too limited to get me too excited.So when rumors surfaced that Apple planned a new

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With the launch of the Windows Phone 7 platform, Microsoft is entering a smartphone race that started in earnest more than three years ago.So, what did it learn in those years on the sidelines?Quite a bit, apparently.The first three WP7 handsets - the HTC Surround and Samsung Focus from AT&T Wireless and the HTC HD7 from T-Mobile - will be available Monday for a $200 price tag.I've spent a

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More than eight months after the release of the Apple iPad, fans of Google's Android mobile operating system finally have a contender in the race for tablet supremacy. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is just the first in an avalanche of Android tablets planned for release in the winter months. The Galaxy Tab is much smaller than the iPad, with just a 7-inch screen. That makes it a breeze to hold with

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