Friday, October 7, 2011

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How To Buy A Smartphone 2011

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT


Categories: BUY.BLORGE

Smartphones are now outselling feature phones at an incredible rate. You’ll either own one or be longing to own one. But the market is moving so quickly, and the technology improving so radically, that even if you own a model of smartphone that was brand new and cutting edge just a few months ago, you [...]

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Excerpts from Isaacson’s Time feature, Jobs biography

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:40 PM PDT


Categories: MAC.BLORGE

Let the tributes flow. However, the definitive insider story delivered by the man himself into the capable hands of Walter Isaacson will ship on Monday, October 24. Until then we will have to satisfy ourselves with the available excerpts, which are short yet nonetheless rather satisfying and a fitting tease for what is sure to [...]

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EA committed to Wii U, unlike gamers

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

EA has come out in full support of the Wii U and Nintendo’s approach to the next generation of consoles. Unfortunately I see little sign of gamers having similar feelings toward the first next-gen home console to have been unveiled. It’s not that I’m seeing lots of hate directed at the Wii U; I’m seeing [...]

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Excerpts from Isaacson’s Jobs Time feature, biography

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 09:20 PM PDT


Categories: MAC.BLORGE

Let the tributes flow. However, the definitive insider story delivered by the man himself into the capable hands of Walter Isaacson will ship on Monday, October 24. Until then we will have to satisfy ourselves with the available excerpts, which are short yet nonetheless rather satisfying and fitting tease for what is sure to be [...]

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HTC Sensation XL too big to be phone, too small to be tablet – perfect for nothing

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 09:20 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

The new HTC Sensation XL looks great, sounds great, and has solid specs. But that 4.7-inch is just too damn big. Or small. Depending on your point of view. When does a phone stop being a phone and become a tablet? The HTC Sensation XL manages to reside in no-man’s land, caught between the two [...]

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How to turn off ads on the Kindle

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 07:20 AM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

If you’ve recently bought the cheaper ad-supported Kindle and now regret the decision, you can legally remove the ads. To do so you’ll simply have to pay the difference between the subsidized and full price version. The option appears to only be available on fourth-generation Kindles: in other words those released in the past few [...]

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