3/06/2010 11:41:00 PM
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Doesn't look too bad for a $95 Android tablet, huh? Well, there's plenty more where that came from. Scattered along the main halls of CeBIT are dozens of Chinese and Taiwanese consumer electronics resellers looking to sell products to new customers, and this year they sure loaded up the suitcases with cheap Android / Windows CE tablets. For the most part all these tablets (or small smartbooks) have ARM 9 or 11 processors and 5 to 7-inch resistive touch displays. While some like the FirstView PC607V tablet (pictured above) have attractive skins on top of Windows CE, others from companies like Forsa and Huawei have gone with stock versions of Android. In truth, all of the ones we played with felt chintzy, but it was easier to lower our standards when we learned they wouldn't draw more than $150 from our wallets. We've got a hands-on video with FirstView's Android tablet after the break, but if that doesn't fill your cheap tablet needs hit the more coverage links for videos by some serious Android / ARM tablet lovers.
3/06/2010 11:39:00 PM
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The hot issue of Jaebeom’s permanent exit is still burning, however, it doesn’t seem like Taecyeon is helping to make the situation any better. Taecyeon has recently written a post to his fans to his individual fan-cafe (amazingly still up and running) about having a “new beginning”, supposedly a subtle message of his feelings in regards to the Jaebeom-controversy.
“It’s a new beginning. Shall we start it together?,” Taecyeon clearly states in his post.
Many netizens – that is, the Hottests included – have put Taecyeon under fire with speculations suggesting that the purpose of such message was to officially declare a fresh new start for 2PM, without their former-leader, Jaebeom… almost as if he has now taken the position.
3/06/2010 12:30:00 PM
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EA has already said that it was able to get 3D games up and running on webOS in a "matter of weeks" using the OS' PDK (or Plug-in Development Kit), but it looks like Palm might be ready to step things up even further at GDC next week. While any official word will have to wait until then, John Paczkowski of AllThingsD says that he's heard from sources close to the company that Palm will be now demonstrating how iPhone apps can be ported to webOS "in a matter of days," and with virtually no degradation in performance. Not much more to go on that at the moment, unfortunately, but you can be sure we'll be there at GDC to how this and anything else Palm might have in store pans out.
According to a rumor from the Wall Street Journal, Sony may be taking aim at the Apple iPhone, the Apple iPad and Microsoft’s Zune Phone Windows Phone 7 Series with two upcoming multifunction, multimedia-centric devices. Sony is reportedly developing a portable multimedia device bundled with online services that will rival the iPad. This rumored portable device will be part netbook, part e-reader, part gaming machine and will connect to the new Sony Online Service which will offer, music, movies, television episodes, and games. The bulk of the games available through the Online Service will be recycled PlayStation games and will be made available to wide range of portable and mobile devices. Sony promises to have this iPad killer in the hands of the masses sometime in 2010. The second and the smaller of the two multifunction devices is a smartphone, developed in conjunction with Ericsson, that will download and play PlayStation games. Sound familiar? It should as this idea of a PlayStation phone has been bouncing for almost three years now without any concrete evidence that the project has been moving forward. Will 2010 be the year Sony delivers the PlayStation phone and finally puts an end to this seemingly endless rumor? We hope so at this repetitive reporting is getting a bit long in the tooth.
3/06/2010 12:17:00 AM
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Ariel Lin recently accepted a beverage ad in collaboration with Jay Chou. But since Jay was busy filming “Green Hornet” at the time, they had to move the production to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Because of Jay, Ariel got a taste of Hollywood treatment for four days and three nights. Not only did they have a special chef preparing meals, she also had her own luxury car. She became another type of “J girl.”
Living in a luxury hotel, NT$50,000 a night
After nine years, Ariel and Jay collaborated for a second time. She was in Jay’s “Nunchucks” MV, but Jay’s status is very different now. He’s now a co-star of Cameron Diaz in “Green Hornet.” Because of Jay, Ariel had a taste of the so-called Hollywood treatment.
3/06/2010 12:14:00 AM
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Slowly but surely, HTC's latest trifecta of handsets is making its way westwards. After appearing on Amazon's Deutsche hub with a pre-order value of €519 ($707), the Desire has now reached the UK with an even steeper £528 ($795) price and an estimated arrival time of April 1. Let's just hope this pattern doesn't continue or we'll be looking at a four-figure sticker when this thing comes all the way Stateside. The HTC Legend is also slated for an April 1 delivery and carries a price of £400 ($602), while the HD Mini will straggle a tiny bit with an April 14 launch and a palatable £369 ($556) price. All are without contractual obligations, so it'll be interesting to see what incentives carriers can come up with to get us to jump on board.
3/06/2010 12:14:00 AM
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Charlene attended the Mulberry Spring Fashion Show as a guest and mentioned that she would like to try walking the runway at a fashion show. But she knows that her height is too short in comparison to all the professional models, like model Lynn at the event. She looks at it as a self-learning experience, but she has never thought about becoming a full-time professional model and she is satisfied with her own body. However, Lynn praised Charlene as always having a good temperament/mood and said Charlene is definitely competent to do modelling. On the topic of height, when Charlene was asked if she minds if her boyfriend is shorter than her, Charlene replied that height is not a factor in love and there are other characteristics to an individual. However, when Ronald Cheng's name is brought up, Charlene clearly states "I am currently single." When reporters asked her when she became single, Charlene did not elaborate but simply said that she is single.
The 82nd Academy Awards bring many, many unanswered questions.
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After officially releasing "Only To Fall For You" as the ending theme song for the drama "Down With Love," super girl group S.H.E has three more new songs out.
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Steve Jobs appears to have fired off a tersely worded email reply to a user in Sweeden who asked whether the WiFi-only iPad could be tethered to the iPhone: "No."
Microsoft said on Friday that it plans to finalize the code for Office 2010 next month and, as expected, it kicked off a program enabling those who buy Office 2007 in the coming months to get a free upgrade to the new version.
Having read the original many times, watched multiple films and TV series, and collected every object imaginable, I must confess that I'm an Alice whore. Here's my review of Tim Burton's sequel: I love it. But not on 3D.
Model and actress Tiffany Hsu and Ethan Ruan’s hotel incident has become a hot topic. A few days ago, through an interview with “Fashion Queen,” Tiffany revealed that when she is stressed, she will become happy again after taking a bath, “If I’m still in a bad mood, it’s okay to cry in secret!” 
Korean actor Ji Sung has been set to star in a 20 billion won blockbuster TV series titled "Kim Su-ro", according to his agency Namoo Actors.
Singer Katy Perry is among the stars whose voices will feature in a film based on the Smurfs, reports say.
Arashi (嵐)'s new single "Troublemaker" has been released on March 3rd. The song "Troublemaker" is used as the theme song of the drama "Tokujo Kabachi(特上カバチ!!)" which is on air now and is starred by Sho Sakurai (櫻井翔).