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CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
HTC CEO Peter Chou spoke at a symposium in Tokyo yesterday where he raised the projected shipment of Touch Diamond devices from two million to three million citing that it would only take seven months to sell three million units. The original Touch took roughly 11 months to sell three million handsets and Chou believes [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
FujiFilm will start selling its newest digital camera, the FinePix Z200fd, in Japan on June 7th (MSRP: $390). It comes with a 10-megapixel sensor, a 5x optical zoom lens and a 2.7-inch LCD screen. SD/SDHC and xD cards are supported. The Z200fd boasts an ISO range from 64 to 1,600. One function distinguishing the new FujiFilm [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
The dreadful economy has led to an increase in the number of inexpensive picture tube TVs sold. Likewise, sales of LCDs and plasmas—”dude check out my flat screen”—have flatlined. I guess people value eating and paying the rent/mortgage more than watching “My Name is Earl” in HD. These numbers come from DisplaySearch, a research outfit that [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
N-Gage fan web site All About N-Gage is reporting that games purchased through Nokia’s gaming service are locked to one particular phone and can't be transferred to a new device should you lose or break your old one. The process for purchasing a game involves downloading a feature-limited demo and then paying to unlock the [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Last week marked the 25th anniversary of the G-Shock watch. We’ve all been around long enough to recognize the ruggedness and durability of these watches. They're built like tanks and last a long time. I’ve got a handful in my stable of time pieces that I’ve collected over the years and I’ll continue to collect [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Unless that coin-looking object is actually a manhole cover on 500th Street, the new CMOS camera module on its left is pretty tiny — the world's smallest, in fact. Ah, indeed it is, according to SlashPhone. “The camera module has a size of only 9.5 x 9.5 x 6.6mm and support auto focus for better [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Don't be alarmed, but video game and movie downloads will soon carry age ratings in the UK. The Cousins, worried that such downloads are completely unregulated and unlabeled, will apply the new ratings to video-on-demand and other network services. The ratings will be handled by the British Board of Film Classification, the same organization that [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Believe it or not, that's a turntable up there. Designed by German outfit Montegiro, Lusso, as it's known, is marketed more like a European sports car than a pice of DJ equipment. “Luxury is…. having time for the essential things of life.” “Luxury is… to allow oneself extravagances.” “Luxury is… to expect just more.” And [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
While Japan still awaits the arrival of a 3G iPhone, Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo today announced the Prada phone from LG will be on sale in Japan as early as June 1st. Japanese buyers can choose whether to pay a lump sum which is supposed to be “a little less than $960″ or by installments. [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
There aren't exactly any details at the moment to back up this claim, but the UK’s Playstation magazine, PSM3, is promising an in-depth preview along with screenshots according to CVG. No word on when the popular Take-Two title will be available for the Sony platform, but, as usual, we’ll keep a lookout for you PS3 [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
“We’ll take the time to get the product right.” You wanna know why Apple’s designs are so lauded, why they make so many competitor’s products look like junk? It's because of the mentality expressed in the above quote. Apple cares. More specifically, senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive cares. His works include the iMac [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Wooden mousepad, very fetching Wall-climbing attack droids on their way Simpsons ride opens at Universal Studios Hollywood Last call for Polaroid instant film - better move fast Munny Figures: Because speakers are people, too Prague CrunchNetwork Meet-up: Tomorrow
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
We posted the video yesterday, which I’ve reposted, and today Activision made it official. A few key things from the press release for Guitar Hero World Tour include downloadable content for the Wii, wireless instruments and a redesigned guitar. Full release after the break. Activision Unveils Guitar Hero(R) World Tour - the Definitive Rock [...]
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
That silly Indiana Jones movie comes out today, and there’s no shortage of merchandise (read: junk) on which you can waste your money. Case in point: a “Crystal Skull Adventure Projector,” which projects some two-bit slide show of “exciting archeological discoveries,” as narrated by Indy himself. I have never seen an Indiana Jones movie. Should this [...]
