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Canada's Bell To Launch the BlackBerry Pearl 3G For $49.95 and the Motorola DEXT For $79.95

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It looks like some more pricing details regarding two phones set to to hit Bell have just been leaked out. You can take a look at the picture above for everything you need to know. The first one is the BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100) and on the right is the Motorola DEXT which is running Android. They look like they'll be going for $49.95 and $79.95 on a 3-year contract, respectively. The DEXT should be here before the end of the week and we already know that the Pearl 3G is delayed until further notice - but it did hit the FCC recently.

[Mobile Syrup]



HTC EVO 4G Hitting Sprint On June 4th For $199.99 On Contract

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Sprint has finally announced that they'll be releasing the HTC EVO 4G on June 4th. The handset will be priced at $199.99 on a 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate and possibly just $450 contract-free. We know that the iPhone will have video-calling and it's good that the EVO 4G will have it as well. You'll be able to two-way video call with this handset over Sprint's 3G and 4G network. WiMAX (4G) will reportedly cost you an extra $10 monthly in case you're interested in that - and you should be if you're getting the phone because it's mandatory. If you're rich, you can use this handset as a hotspot for up to eight devices, but that'll cost you an extra $30 every month.

[Gizmodo, Phandroid]

Lenovo Pushing Out ThinkPad Edge 14 and 15 Notebooks On June 22 With AMD CPUs

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Another day and another slew of AMD-powered notebooks. This time they're from Lenovo and it's the ThinkPad Edge 14 and 15 notebooks. They're both starting at $549 and they'll feature similar spec sheets. They both sport AMD's Athlon II X2 P320 / Turion II X2 P520 CPU options, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 IGP integrated graphics, 4 / 6-cell battery options, and Windows 7. They'll both be available starting on June 22nd, so you can save up a bit of money if you're waiting for these.

[Engadget]

Bell Holding A Launch Party In Montreal, Canada On May 27th

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If you live in Montreal, Canada you might want to leave your schedule empty for May 27th. Bell will be holding a launch party for the HTC Legend, so it's really on the way. We don't know if this means that Bell will actually launch the handset on this day, but Boy Genius is hearing that Bell will release the handset in the first week of June.

[Boy Genius]

Verizon Launching the BlackBerry Bold 9650 "Soon"

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It looks like the BlackBerry Bold 9650 will be hitting Verizon in the very near future. This is great news for them seeing how they should try to roll this out as soon as they can. With the new and upcoming high-end devices on the way, it's like RIM is falling behind in almost every aspect. The price isn't mentioned yet, but we should know it really soon.

[Boy Genius]

Verizon Supposedly Launching the Motorola Xtreme, No Clue What It Is Yet

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Apparently, Verizon is looking to launch another Motorola handset, dubbed the Xtreme. We don't have any details about this handset and we don't even know if it'll be running Android. Nonetheless, the Shadow is pictured above. Maybe this "Xtreme" is the A955 from this morning, but that wouldn't make sense so what am I talking about.

[Engadget Mobile]

Panasonic Releases the Thick Toughbook CF-31 With Core i3 / i5 Options, Starts At $3,800

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Panasonic has just unveiled the Toughbook CF-31 notebook which looks thick enough to take a bullet. Of course, it's a rugged notebook and it's MIL-STD-810G compliant with a magnesium alloy case to protect it from drops, shock, water, and whatever else you decide to throw at it. This notebook packs Intel Core i3 / i5 CPU options, a 13.1-inch XGA LCD display, a 160GB HDD, WiFi / Bluetooth support, and integrated Intel HM55 graphics.

You can upgrade what you find inside of this notebook so that it features discrete ATI Radeon HD 5650 graphics, WiMAX, Gobi 2000 chipset, GPS support, a webcam, a backlit keyboard, a SmartCard reader, a fingerprint scanner, and locking systems for the HDD and the battery. Apparently, the battery will be able to last 10 hours on a single recharge. This notebook is now available for a low, low price of $3,800. It should hit the website anytime now.

[Electronista]

Encipher Gearing Up 7-Inch Android Tablet, Relying On the Cloud

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A company called Encipher is planning to jump on the Android tablet bandwagon. This tablet is said to heavily rely on cloud-based services and it appears to be a prototype for now. This tablet features a 7-inch touchscreen display with an 800 x 480 resolution, a VIS8505 400MHz CPU, 16GB of internal storage, 512MB of RAM, a camera, WiFi b/g / 3G connectivity, a 3.5mm headphone jack, HDMI / TV output, USB 2.0 port, an SD/MMC card slot, and Android 1.6. Thankfully, there'll be an HDMI cable in the box if it ever hits the shelves.

[Slash Gear]

Motorola A955 aka the DROID 2 Hits WiFi Alliance, Sports 802.11 b/g/n

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Although it's unconfirmed right now, the DROID 2 might have just been spotted at the WiFi Alliance. The tweet above matches with the certificate below. Whatever the Motorola A955 is it has WiFi b/g/n. If the rumours are true then this will be hitting Verizon later this year as the true and only successor to the Motorola DROID which was pretty successful. Keep in mind that the original DROID's model number was the A855.

[Phandroid]

Toshiba Updates Their Satellite Pro L650, L670, and C650 Notebooks

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Toshiba has just updated three of their current notebooks in their Satellite Pro Series. The first two are the 15.6-inch L650 and the 17.3-inch L670 notebooks. These are exactly the same except for the display sizes. Both of them sport Intel Core i3-330M / i5-430M CPU options, up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM, up to a 500GB HDD, an LED-backlit display, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 graphics, a DVD drive, Bluetooth support, and an HDMI output.

The other notebook they revealed is the Toshiba C650 which features a 15.6-inch LED-backlit display, AMD / Intel CPU options, up to 4GB of RAM, and up to a 320GB HDD.

[Pocket-Lint]

Canada's Rogers To Launch the Motorola Quench For $49.99 and $424.99 Contract-Free

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Well, so much for that inventory screenshot we saw last week that stated that the contract-free price of the Rogers Motorola Quench would be $374.99. This new leak shows that it'll be available for $49.99 on a 3-year contract and $424.99 contract-free. The other price that seems to be confirmed here is the Acer Liquid E's price on a 3-year contract which is $79.99.

[Mobile Syrup]

Verizon Pre-Orders Start Tomorrow For the LG (C710) Ally, Priced At $100

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Just like we heard yesterday, the Verizon pre-orders for the LG (C710) Ally will be kicking off tomorrow (May 13th) with the full release on May 20th. It'll be priced at $99.99 on a 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate. It's not a bad price for what you're getting, but it's sad that the spec sheet didn't live up to the expectations.

[Engadget]

Sharp Cooking Up the World's First 3D Camera For Phones, Records 720p and Could Be in the Nintendo 3DS

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Sharp seems to have cooked something up in a magical lab of theirs. They have just announced that they are working on the world's first 3D camera for phones and this camera module will actually start going into mass-production sometime later this year. No solid details are known about this small module of theirs but all you need to know for now is that it'll have 3D and 720p capabilities but who knows how well this works right now. The rumour going around is that this will be hitting the Nintendo 3DS. We'll have to wait and see what happens.

[Gizmodo]

Vietnamese Site Buys a Next-Gen iPhone Prototype, Tear It Down To Reveal A4 Chip and 16GB of Storage -- With Video!

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Somewhere in Vietnam has managed to snag themselves the next-generation iPhone - similar to Gizmodo - and they reportedly paid around $4,000 for it. Whatever legal issues they might have to deal with is all up to them but they did us a favour. There's a video of it below but you don't need to watch it right now. This model appears to be a newer prototype than the one that Gizmodo got seeing how the two screws at the bottom of the iPhone seem to be missing which, thankfully, gives it a cleaner look. This iPhone is a 16GB model and it's looking pretty official.

Update: According to Engadget, the site actually tore down the iPhone and it revealed two important things. The first thing is that there's a black "N90" text on the white sticker which is exactly what the rumoured internal codename for the next iPhone is! The other piece of great - and expected news - is that the teardown also revealed that the chip inside of the next iPhone is Apple's own A4 chip, which is similar to the chip in the iPad.



[Engadget, Mashable]

Lenovo Reportedly Working On Notebook With 3D Functionalities

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There aren't much details yet, but Digitimes is hearing that Lenovo is expected to launch a notebook with 3D capabilities in Q3 of this year. Of course, you'll need to use polarized (3D) glasses for the effect. However, Lenovo looks like they won't be using Nvidia's GeForce 3D Vision GPUs, instead they're looking to use Winstron's own technology. The picture above shows Acer's 3D notebook using Winstron's technology so just try to imagine the Lenovo logo on there.

[Digitimes]

Acer Shows Off Their M5400 and M3400 Desktop PCs, Running New AMD Phenom CPUs

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Everyone seems to be quick to launch products with AMD's new CPUs inside of them and Acer isn't going to shy away from this opportunity. They have just unveiled two desktop PCs, the Aspire M5400 and the M3400, which are highly customizable. The M5400 can use AMD's new Phenom X6 6-core CPU, while the M3400 can use the Phenom X4 quad-core CPU. They both feature up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, up to 4TB of HDD storage, and ATI's Mobility Radeon HD GPUs. They also have ATI's recently shown off Eyefinity technology so you can power six displays if you really need to.

[Pocket-Lint]

Asus' Eee Keyboard PC Finally Shipping From Amazon -- Huzzah!

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After many months of waiting Amazon is now reportedly shipping the Asus Eee Keyboard PC! It's going for $599 if you want to order one (here) and you should have already memorized the specs by now. We've been hearing about this keyboard for a long time, so nothing in there should surprise you. Not even the 5-inch multitouch capacitive display running Windows XP Home.

[Engadget]

Android-Based Samsung I5800 / I5801 Handset Spotted On Video

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A new Samsung handset has been making the rounds this morning since it has just been spotted on YouTube, thanks to HowardChui.com. What you see is said to be the upcoming Samsung I5800 / I5801 (first spotted two weeks ago) and it could get released under their Galaxy Series. The handset is said to pack a touchscreen display (240 x 400 resolution is unconfirmed), a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot, WiFi 802.11n / Bluetooth 3.0 support, 3G connectivity, and the Android 2.1 OS. It looks like it could be an inexpensive Android handset since it's sporting a similar design to their Corby line-up. Who knows when this will hit the market.



[Samsung Hub]

Acer Unveils a Bunch Of New Notebooks With AMD CPUs, Includes the Aspire 7552G

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Acer has just unveiled their latest Aspire notebook, the 7552G which sports a 17.3-inch LED-backlit display. This notebook is running on AMD's latest [quad-core] Phenom CPUs along with some ATI Mobility Radeon graphics. The notebook itself has a Blu-ray drive and an HDMI output. The full specs for all of these notebooks should be available later today or maybe in a couple of days.

Other notebooks that they showed off were the Aspire 4625, 5625, x551, and the x553, which are said to be thin and lights.

[Tech Radar]

Dell Announces New 14.1-Inch Latitude E5410 and 15.6-Inch E5510 Notebooks

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Dell has continued their unveiling of notebooks and these are the 14.1-inch Latitude E5410 and the 15.6-inch E5510. Both of these notebooks are extremely customizable so they feature CPUs anywhere from the Intel P4500 up to the Core i7-620M. They're all featuring Windows 7, optional WiMAX support, and up to 8GB of RAM. The smaller model starts at $759, while the larger model starts at $789.

[Crunch Gear]

Dell Unveils the Studio XPS 7100 Desktop PC, Packing New AMD Phenom II X6 CPU Options

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AMD has just announced their latest desktop processors and Dell appears to be first in line with their Studio XPS 7100. The base model goes for $699, but it's sporting integrated graphics which don't belong in desktop PCs. The $1,199 is definitely more favourable. It packs the new AMD Phenom II X6 1050T CPU (Engadget points out that this is comparable to the Core i5-760 CPU), ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics, and 6GB of RAM.

The even more powerful Phenom II X6 1090T will be accompanied by the ATI HD 5970 GPU and that'll be found in the Studio XPS 8100. This one won't be available until the Summer, so it's not that long of a wait.

[Engadget]