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We’re not going to lie — BGR definitely has its perks. One of them is that our pals from FedEx drop off a lot of packages at our office doors and today was no exception. Although it’s a Saturday, the FedEx truck just pulled up and handed us one heavy ass box (12lbs of heavy). [...]

Earlier this week, news broke about the new sharing policy for applications purchased on the upcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile. The source article cites a new policy which potentially allows a customer to install purchased apps on up to five phones; theoretically allowing the customer to share purchased applications with four friends and/or family members. [...]

Circuit City closed its doors earlier this year following a last ditch effort to stay afloat that just didn’t pan out. Some, such as the 35,000 or so people left without a job, were pretty sad to see the company go — there isn’t much competition these days as far as brick and mortar electronics [...]

Another day, another up and coming BlackBerry spotted in the wild. Today’s device is the BlackBerry Curve 8530, codenamed Aries. A CDMA variant of the T-Mobile bound Curve 8520 Gemini, the Aries features the same QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, dedicated media keys, microSD support, rubberized body, metal battery door and oh so nice optical [...]

Messaging phones are hotter than Hansel right now and apparently Mobiado is targeting nouveau riche as the next demographic to jump on the bandwagon. BlackBerry Bold? T-Mobile G1? Even the HTC Touch Pro2? No respectable heir would be caught dead stepping out of his G Class with one of those pauper phones. Enter the upcoming [...]

As the Palm Pre fiiiiiiiiinally nears launch, there has been plenty of talk with regards to supply and demand lately. Is the Pre going to be as popular as everyone thinks? Did production issues prevent Palm from having enough units ready for launch? Are Palm and Sprint shorting deliveries to help ensure a sellout? Here [...]

Acer has launched the LT3000 11.6-inch wide netbook in the Japanese market. The netbook has a 1366×768 resolution display, a 1.33 GHz Intel Atom Z520 processor, a 1GB of RAM, 160GB of HDD and US15W chipset. Other features including three USB 2.0 ports, IEEE 802.11 b/g wireless LAN, Bluetooth 2.0, a 3MP webcam and Windows [...]

Here is a Qosmio netbook that was touched by a fragment of the All Spark cube that turns it into a robotic alien lifeform. The netbook doesn’t necessarily work, the body serves as a 4-port USB hub. It comes with four USB 2.0 ports on the front and a fake image of the Windows XP [...]

ASUS has added a new model to its Eee PC range with the introduction of ASUS Eee PC 1000HV. This mini laptop is equipped with a 10-inch 1024 x 600 display, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 processor, an ATI Radeon HD 3450 graphics with 256MB of memory, a 1.3MP webcam, a 1GB of RAM, a [...]

The DC204A3 is a new netbook from Onkyo that is powered by an Intel Atom N270 CPU with an Intel 945GSE Esxpress, a 1GB of RAM, and a 10.1-inch LCD with a 1024×600 resolution. Other features include WiFi, a webcam, and a 32GB SSD. The netbook will be sold in Japan for 49,800 Yen ($450). [...]