USB analyst Maynard Um has raised his firm’s predictions for Apple iPad sales during 2011. Um believes Apple could sell as many as 28 million units during 2011, and believes that its sales could impact notebooks PC sales, but not necessarily Apple’s own notebooks. “We see a limited threat from competition and raise our calendar 2011 iPad unit forecasts to 28 million, which we believe could still be conservative.” Samsung recently announced Galaxy Tab Android tablet in Berlin, Germany which will also retail in the United States this year.
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MasterCard launched a BlackBerry application for its MoneySend service today. MoneySend, similar to PayPal, now lets Blackberry users pay from or request payment to their MoneySend accounts.
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NJ Transit is running a 90-day trial on some of its trains in which it is creating “quiet cars,” in which riders are discouraged from placing phone calls, among other noise-creating actions.
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Kau-Fu Lee, the former Google China president, has launched two new projects of his own in China. One is an operating system based upon Android, dubbed Tapas, that will launch in the coming weeks on new handsets. The second is a media distribution platform for Android smartphones that has already made its debut.
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Preorders for the N8, Nokia’s latest flagship smartphone, began on Nokia’s U.K. web store today. The device offers a 12 megapixel camera with LED flash, a large 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen with a 640 x 360 resolution, an FM radio, GPS, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, and more. The N8 is priced at
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In a statement detailing its new Kids Are Free family talk plans, T-Mobile USA also revealed that its Samsung Vibrant, an Android powered Galaxy S smartphone, is now available as part of a buy-one-get-one-free promotion. Customers who purchase a Samsung Vibrant will receive a second Vibrant for free after a $50 mail-in-rebate and with another two-year service agreement. For more information on the Samsung Vibrant, read our full review.
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The BlackBerry Curve 3G for T-Mobile USA is basically a Curve 8520 that with a 3G upgrade. The phone features a QVGA resolution display, an optical trackpad controller, and a 2 megapixel camera and it is available in either gray or purple color schemes.
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Today T-Mobile introduced its new Kids Are Free family plans. Under the new terms, existing and new T-Mobile customers who sign up for a new family plan between now and November 2, 2010, won’t have to pay the monthly additional line fee on up to three additional lines of their family plan until 2012. That means lines 3-5 are free until 2012, and they share the pooled family talk minutes.
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RIM, via its Twitter account, has officially announced that its BlackBerry App World application store front is now home to over 10,000 applications. While that’s a milestone, it’s still a far cry from the 250,000 applications available in the Apple iTunes App Store, and the over 70,000 applications available for Android smartphones.
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Today Verizon Wireless launched the Samsung Fascinate, an Android powered Galaxy S smartphone. Verizon Wireless is currently offering a buy-one-get-one deal if you purchase the Fascinate online. The phone is priced at $199.99 with a 2-year contract and a $100 instant rebate. The deal is limited to one per order. For more information on the Fascinate, check out our video review of the Samsung Fascinate for Verizon.
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