Tag: discontinue
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Norway To Shut Off FM Radio By 2017
Norway are to become the first country to shut down FM radio. The technology is apparently just too outdated for Norway to stand anymore, and therefore by 2017 the country will be fully FM free, instead using Digital Audio broadcast, or DAB radio as their default broadcasting method. The Norwegian Ministry Of Culture decided that […]
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Acer To Join Samsung In Closing Netbook – Cost-Cutting Taiwan Co. Will Focus On High-End Tech
Taiwanese co. Acer is following in the footsteps of neighbouring Korean’s Samsung in ceasing production of Netbooks – but Acer’s motivation is in an attempt to save the company’s struggling profits. Acer is infamously struggling on a financial level which is the reason for their axing of the Aspire Netbook range to focus on higher-end […]
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Samsung Shutting the Lid on Netbooks for Good in 2012?
Samsung Netbooks look to be on the way out in 2012, following declining interest after 4 years in service. The Netbook came about as a smaller, lightweight and cost effective alternative to the Notebook in 2007. From a number of manufacturers with sizes ranging from 5” up to 12” and supporting operating systems for Linux […]
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No Siri for iPhone 4 – More proof that Apple is done with 4th gen gadget?
After reporting yesterday that Canadian network TELUS will not be restocking its original iPhone 4 16GB model after the current supply is depleted, an outspoken blogger at Apple has said that voice command software Siri will not become available on last season’s iPhone 4 – thus further backing the idea that fifth generation iPhone 4S […]
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Fifth Gen iPhone 4S to become standard – Apple to retire iPhone 4 when stocks are depleted?
Is Apple set to stop making or supplying its iPhone 4, after recently launching the upgraded iPhone 4S? Canadian network TELUS has pulled future stocks of the smartphone’s 16GB original black version as of December 3rd – leading the tech community to ask the question of is it time for the previous model to be […]
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Our thoughts on Apple ending iPod Shuffle and iPod Classic lines
It would seem that Apple are set to pull the plug on a couple of its beloved family members to make way for the more spritely iPod Touch and Nano to carry on the legacy. It has been reported that the iPod Classic and the iPod Shuffle are both set to be killed off in […]
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Apple October 4th event: iPod Classic and iPod Shuffle set for the chop?
Rumour has it that Apple will lose half the iPod stable as they announce the iPhone 5
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Microsoft offers free Windows Phone tools to developers following death of WebOS
Microsoft’s Senior Director of Windows Phone 7 has reached out to HP developers, whose WebOS platform has recently gone down in flames. Offering a new avenue for operating system tinkerers and giving them the tools to create new applications for the mobile OS, soon to be launching its ‘Mango’ update on Nokia, Samsung and HTC […]