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Sanyo Taho rugged phone launched on Sprint for $100 only

Sanyo has a rugged phone known as Taho which has been launched on Sprint. The Sanyo Taho comes in clamshell form factor, it’s not only rugged but it’s also waterproof which can be submerged in water to a depth of 1 meter for up to 30 minutes.

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IDEO C60 Redux turntable plays RFID music cards

Today, music players come in the forms of tiny gadgets such as your iPod or MP3 player, but some people would still prefer music players to come in big size, such as the vinyl player or turntable found in the old days. That’s why the C60 Redux has been made by a group of IDEO designers.

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Gigabyte Gsmart Rola, a dual-SIM Android Froyo phone

Gigabyte has an Android 2.2 Froyo handset, known as Gsmart Rola, which will be launched by the company soon. The Gsmart Rola offers dual SIM capability and is a mid to entry-level smartphone that has a 3.2-inch WQVGA resistive touchscreen display.

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Nimbuzz 2.0.2 delivers HD voice call quality on your Android device

The latest version of Nimbuzz, 2.0.2 has been made available for your Android phone. The Nimbuzz 2.0.2 offers up to HD quality voice calls on your Android device. The Nimbuzz relies on a new peer-to-peer calling system and combines with HD voice codec from Global IP Solutions (GIPS) to enable HD voice calls on Android.

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Toshiba develops glasses-free 3D display that follows your viewing angles

A number of companies have been aggressively improving their 3D display technologies. What they’re working on are no further than 3D displays that require no 3D glasses. Except Toshiba, which wants to be more advanced in 3D display technology. It’s now working on a new 3D display which is not only glasses-free but is able to adjust itself to follow the viewing angle of the viewer.

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Motorola Android Honeycomb tablet now shows a Verizon-branding

The Motorola Android Honeycomb tablet was just briefly shown off by Google’s Andy Rubin with very few details. Fortunately, a tipster of Engadget had given them some images showing a clear Verizon branding carried by this Android Honeycomb tablet.

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Samsung outs SHW-A170K, the first NFC smartphone in Korea

Samsung has released the first NFC (Near Field Communication) smartphone for the Korea market, which is known as the Samsung SHW-A170K. The NFC feature of this phone allows you to make basic payments of purchases via the “SHOW Touch” NFC services, which will be available at counters at subways, buses, taxis and convenience stores.

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Acer beTouch E140 Android Froyo phone officially announced in UK

We told you about the Acer beTouch E140 Android Froyo smartphone a few weeks ago. The handset has now been announced in the UK officially. The beTouch E140 runs Android 2.2 Froyo OS and has a 2.8-inch QVGA display.

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Motorola Android Honeycomb tablet with a dual-core 3D processor

The latest Android tablet of Motorola is said to be coming next year, running the latest Android 3.0 HoneyComb OS. The news was revealed by the founder of Android, Andy Rubin to the media at the Dive Into Mobile event.

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Toshiba Regza Phone IS04 to launch next week

Toshiba is prepping the launch of its Android 2.1 smartphone called the Toshiba Regza Phone IS04 in Japan next week. The Toshiba Regza Phone IS04 is available in two colors and packs a 4-inch 854 x 480 touchscreen display.

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