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Acer 10-inch netbook will be released in February 2009 [Netbook]

Despite the fact that the Acer joined the netbook game later than the ASUS, Acer’s Aspire One was the best selling netbook of the year 2008. Digitimes is now reporting that Acer will soon be coming out with a netbook with 10-inch screen. It will be manufactured by Compal Electronics and will be available in 3 colors: black, white and red. The 10-inch Acer Aspire One will be available in February 2009 at a competitive price of $399.

The original Aspire one was also launched at $399. Whether it would come with built-in mobile broadband is still unknown. Also, it would be great if the Acer engineers are able to squeeze in the 10-inch display in the original Acer Aspire one’s body. There is a lot of free space around the screen, which can be used to put in a 10-inch display. I hope they use the same chassis and keep the size as compact as possible.

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Developers only: Use GPS And Web Maps For Location-Aware Apps [Windows Mobile]

Windows Mobile provides many interfaces and capabilities that can help keep the device informed about its environment—where it is, whether it has a signal, how much of a signal, and so on. But how can these features be used in your applications? The most prominent and arguably useful of these capabilities is location awareness. This should enable you to create location-aware applications, ranging from the rather obvious satellite navigation program to the much more sophisticated task list that will be discussed here.

This article will look at the issues involved with using this capability and the additional code you need to write to develop useful applications. In this article, I will discuss the mobile application development environment and utilities, and show you how to build a location-aware task list application that can remind you of a task when and where it’s appropriate.

Read the full article here

[MSmobiles]

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HTC Touch HD Manila on HTC DIAMOND – [Windows Mobile]

xboxmod has ported the HTC TOUCH HD’s manila to the HTC DIAMOND. The Touch HD’s manila has some nice enhancements like ability to display weather of upcoming days; more information on contacts tab, inclusion of stock tab and ability to change the arrangement of tabs.

Directions to install:

  • close Manila (Uncheck touchflo 3D from today)
  • install XBmod HD MANILA.cab INTO DEVICE NOT INTERNAL STORAGE
  • install attached FIX v5.cab
  • reboot
  • wait until manila boot

Get the required files from this post at xda-devs

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Circuit City liquidates

The second largest retail chain in US, Circuit City announced today that it will seek Bankruptcy Court approval to begin the process to liquidate the assets of the company.

“We are extremely disappointed by this outcome. The company had been in continuous negotiations regarding a going concern transaction. Regrettably for the more than 30,000 employees of Circuit City and our loyal customers, we were unable to reach an agreement with our creditors and lenders to structure a going-concern transaction in the limited timeframe available, and so this is the only possible path for our company,” said James A. Marcum, vice chairman and acting president and chief executive officer for Circuit City Stores, Inc.

The company does not anticipate any value will remain from the bankruptcy estate for the holders of the company’s common equity, although this will be determined in the continuing bankruptcy proceedings.

Read the official statement here

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Motorola MotoSurf A3100 goes on sale [Windows Mobile]

Motorola MotoSurf A3100 was planned to made available in the Q1 this year. But, it has already gone on sale in Taiwan, just mere 9 days after it’s announcement! Motorola MotoSurf is powered by Qualcomm 7201A processor clocked at 528MHz processor. It has a 2.8″ QVGA display, 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM, 3MP auto-focus camera, aGPS and 1170mAh battery.

It may not the the most powerful phone in the market, but it is certainly better than the old Motorola’s Windows Mobile handsets. It is priced at NT$15,900 (€363/$477/£325) and comes without a contract, which means you can pop-in any GSM SIM card and you are ready to go.If you live in Taiwan, you already place the order here

[fudzilla]