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To The Readers: A word about IE8 and LaptopMemo (UPDATED: We’re Good!)

February 5

As far as my research can tell, IE8 is one of the most popular web browsers around. Who doesn’t know that? It also happens to be the one that doesn’t support proper web standards. And since LaptopMemo does, it looks, well, crappy. Chrome, Safari, and Firefox work like a dream on LaptopMemo, and because of that I will not be recoding the site for use on Internet Explorer 8 until a solution can be found. IE is nearly unusable, and if you try to use it, it’s a hopeless experience. So I would suggest you switch your browser, so that not only you can enjoy LaptopMemo to its fullest extent but other tech sites as well. Thanks.

UPDATE: Well, if you use IE8, you can tell that everything works now.

Leaked Goldmine of Lenovo Laptops for CES Come Ashore

January 3

“What were we supposed to do at CES again?

“Launch these new Lenovo laptops, that’s what”.

“Can I publish it now?”

“No, no! Don’t do it yet, or else they’ll find out!”

“Oops.”

Too late. In the gallery below, here are all the Lenovo laptops that were scheduled for a CES release. Looks like someone at Lenovo hit the Publish button too early. Some of the laptops in the leaked pages include: the ThinkPad Edge, T410s, W510, and others. [Via Engadget]

Mark the Spot: Tell AT&T where they fail in service

December 7

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AT&T has released a new app for you to download, and it’s free: It’s called “Mark the Spot. It basically tells AT&T where their coverage sucks, and what they need to improve -- from data errors, bad signals, dropped calls, and everything else that AT&T is famous for. Expect a hurricane of reports on network failure, in different areas. See, there’s even an app for telling AT&T they suck. There’s an app for that too. [iTunes]

Samsung Behold II Review

December 6

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The Samsung Behold II is a disappointing smartphone. From the looks, buttons, interface, and even the screen, the Behold II needs tons of improvements. And it was this close to being a great contender against Android phones like the Droid and HTC Hero. It’s talent wasted.

Barnes & Noble’s Nook shipments pushed back to Jan. 15th

December 4

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Once again the Nook is delayed. This time the shipping date for the nook is (supposedly) January 15th, and according to an anonymous tipster at Engadget, Nooks will not be available at Barnes & Noble stores till after Christmas.

[Via Engadget]

Palm Pre falls to $80 on Amazon, Pixi falls to its death

November 19

The Palm Pixi is probably the most unliked smartphone of all time. And it deserves that title; but to make things worse (for it), Amazon has chopped to price of the Palm Pre to $80, and get this -- no activation fee. Now give me just one reason to buy a Pixi for $25 on Amazon when the data plans are almost the same, and the Pre has no activation fee into the bargain. Things really do look bad for the Pixi.

via Amazon

BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) hit worldwide

November 17

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BIS or the BlackBerry Internet Service has been having problems since last night, on a worldwide scale. Which means that everything that has to do with the Internet is not possible if you’re having problems, something that’s been reported everywhere. So how was it for you?

Verizon’s response to AT&T’s lawsuit: “the truth hurts”. It does.

November 16

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This is the true declaration of war between AT&T and Verizon Wireless. As many of you have heard, AT&T filed a lawsuit against Verizon claiming that Verizon’s “There’s a Map for That” ad misleads customers into thinking AT&T’s 3G coverage sucks, which is actually true. In return, Verizon released 3 more ads mocking AT&T once again. Now things have reached boiling point, and here’s Verizon’s introduction:

AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon’s “There’s A Map For That” advertisements are untrue; AT&T sued because Verizon’s ads are true and the truth hurts.

The truth does hurt, and that’s probably hurting AT&T right now. Here’s another part of the legal docs that Big Red filed:

In the final analysis, AT&T seeks emergency relief because Verizon’s side-by-side, apples-to-apples comparison of its own 3G coverage with AT&T’s confirms what the marketplace has been saying for months: AT&T failed to invest adequately in the necessary infrastructure to expand its 3G coverage to support its growth in smartphone business, and the usefulness of its service to smartphone users has suffered accordingly.

Verizon looks like they are thinking alot about the consumer from the above statement. Check out all 53 documents over at Engadget.

[via Engadget]