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Announcing the Brighthand Mobile Film Festival
PUBLISHED: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The TechnologyGuide.com editorial staff is pleased to announce a festival which will showcase some of the most creative made-for-mobile content. Entries can be submitted in a variety of categories, and winners will be screened at next month's CTIA Wireless tradeshow.

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Dell's Android-Powered Mini-Tablet Could Be a Serious Rival for the iPad
PUBLISHED: 2/22/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
The Apple iPad has garnered a great deal of attention, but Dell is working on a device that will offer many of the same features in a more pocketable design. The Mini 5 will run Google's Android OS on a 1 GHz processor and sport a 5-inch touchscreen.
FULL STORY (5,546 Reads) | DISCUSSION (25 Replies)

Study Predicts Smartbook Surge, 1.3 Billion Mobile Internet Subscribers by 2014
PUBLISHED: 2/12/2010  BY: Jamison Cush
Smartbooks and Mobile Internet Devices will experience a compound annual growth rate of 176%, shipping 63 million units in 2014, according to a new report from Research and Markets. These devices are expected to eat into the smartphone market.
FULL STORY (1,248 Reads) | DISCUSSION (13 Replies)

SDXC Will Replace SDHC, Offer Up to 2 Terabytes of Data Storage
PUBLISHED: 2/8/2010  BY: Jamison Cush
In the very near future, users will be able to store more than 100 HD movies on a single SD card, movies they can then watch on their smartphone. That data requires 2 TB of storage, which is equal to 64 of the largest SDHC cards (32 GB) currently available.
FULL STORY (3,276 Reads) | DISCUSSION (24 Replies)

iSlate and iPhone OS 4.0 Unveiling Expected on Jan. 27
PUBLISHED: 1/18/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
Apple has confirmed earlier rumors by announcing a press event for the end of this month. It's not saying what's going to be unveiled, but numerous unconfirmed reports say it's going to be a tablet computer and a new version of the iPhone OS to run on it.
FULL STORY (5,181 Reads) | DISCUSSION (10 Replies)

Nokia N900 Review
PUBLISHED: 1/18/2010  BY: Antoine Wright
The Nokia N900 is a new smartphone with a WVGA screen, sliding keyboard, and a wide array of other high-end features. Antoine Wright gives his detailed impressions of Nokia's latest Maemo Linux device.
FULL STORY (13,848 Reads) | DISCUSSION (8 Replies)

Apple Very Optimistic About the iSlate: Has Ordered 10 Million Units
PUBLISHED: 12/31/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
According to an industry insider in China, Apple's first tablet computer will have a webcam and a 10.1-inch touchscreen, and will act like both a netbook and an e-book reader. Apple is apparently quite optimistic: it plans to have millions of these devices produced next year.
FULL STORY (24,633 Reads) | DISCUSSION (27 Replies)

Apple's Tablet Could Be Called the iSlate, Have a 10-Inch Screen
PUBLISHED: 12/28/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
In the last few days, there has been a flurry of unconfirmed reports about Apple's plans to release a tablet computer. The latest of these reveals the name -- the iSlate -- and help confirm earlier rumors that it will have a 10-inch touchscreen.
FULL STORY (9,282 Reads) | DISCUSSION (22 Replies)

Steve Jobs Is Reportedly Pleased with Apple's Latest Tablet Design
PUBLISHED: 12/27/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
According to a long series of leaks and rumors, Apple has been toying with making a tablet-shaped computer for years. However, no one at the company could come with with a design that CEO Steve Jobs liked, and therefore the project never got a green light. That has reportedly changed.
FULL STORY (6,288 Reads) | DISCUSSION (0 Replies)

Apple's Super-Size iPhone Could Debut this Spring
PUBLISHED: 12/9/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
A market analyst has gone out on a limb to predict that Apple will introduce a large tablet computer this spring. Rumors of this device have been circulating for months, but the wait may be over before too much longer.
FULL STORY (5,177 Reads) | DISCUSSION (3 Replies)

Google's gPhone Supposedly Confirmed
PUBLISHED: 12/1/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The rumors that Google plans to release a phone under its own name continue, with the latest unconfirmed report promising that prototypes will soon be at this company's headquarters. Not surprisingly, this will supposedly run an upcoming version of the Android OS.
FULL STORY (2,232 Reads) | DISCUSSION (4 Replies)

New Beta of Palm OS Emulator for Nokia Internet Tablets Released
PUBLISHED: 11/30/2009  BY: Antoine Wright
The most recent beta of the Palm OS emulator for Nokia Internet Tablets was set to expire, but Access Co. Ltd. has released a new one. This has no new other features, however.
FULL STORY (1,510 Reads) | DISCUSSION (8 Replies)

Google Making Wi-Fi Free in Airports Across the U.S. this Holiday Season
PUBLISHED: 11/10/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Google Inc. has just announced that it is working with airports across the U.S. as well as several hotspot providers to offer free Wi-Fi as a holiday gift. Free access is already available, and will last into January.
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