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BlackBerry avoiding touchscreen bandwagon

News Balsillie added: "While you're asking if there's going to be a touch device, why not ask if there's going to be a flip? Has there ever been a successful flip smart phone? The new BlackBerry Bold may have been touted as an 'iPhone killer' despite...

Tags: keyboard, iphone, blackberry, flip

15 May 2008, 9:37

Photos: Inside the iPod touch

News After slipping out the Wi-Fi antenna connections, we can flip over the main circuit board of the iPod touch. The circled chips help the iPod touch determine which way the device is oriented so the screen can flip between horizontal and vertical.

Tags: fi, battery, wi fi, clip

4 December 2007, 11:15

Linux spreads through Motorola phone lineup

News The A895 is a flip-phone design that uses a version of Linux from MontaVista Software, said Cheryln Chin, vice president for Motorola mobile phone marketing. Motorola announced a new step this week in its plan to remake most of its mobile phone...

4 July 2005, 9:46

Vodafone speeds up to super-3G

News HSDPA) network to a speed of 7.2Mbps -- all operators currently offer only a maximum speed of 3.6Mbps -- but it will also be the first UK operator to turn on high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), the flip-side to HSDPA, that makes it faster to...

Tags: modem, functionality, usb, upgrade

12 November 2007, 10:16

Vista delay a boon for Mac sales

News Apple is the one clear beneficiary of the flip in Vista," said Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray. If there's one company that stands to benefit from the delay of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, it's Apple, analysts have said.

24 March 2006, 9:13

Robots go to war -- against each other

News Before the three-minute timer is up, Megabyte's wedged edge manages to flip the boxy Biohazard over and, like an upturned tortoise, the match is over for Biohazard. On one side of the arena, looking deceptively innocuous, sits Megabyte, a several...

14 November 2005, 10:30

Samsung unveils largest flexible LCD ever

News Philips and start-up E Ink are promoting a display in which black-and-white microcapsules embedded in a screen flip to create words. Samsung has created a flexible LCD screen that measures 178mm (7 inches) diagonally, another technology that may...

29 November 2005, 9:04

Photos: Reinventing the scroll wheel

News The wheel lets users adjust the volume or flip channels in the middle of typing an instant message. A recent visit by CNET.co.uk's sister site, News.com, to Synaptics' headquarters in Santa Clara, California, turned up several notable concept...

23 August 2006, 11:01

Intel and Microsoft endorse HD DVD

News Among them: HD DVD requires that films may be copied to a consumer's hard drive, making it easier for people to send them around home networks; HD DVD supports standard DVD recordings on the flip side of the disc, letting people sell hybrid discs...

27 September 2005, 11:28

News.blog: Acer reels in E-Ten deal

News Instead, it went for a relative unknown (outside of China), that is likely far cheaper but, more importantly, one that specifically makes smart phones, rather than flip phones and their ilk. Continuing its spending spree, Acer announced on Monday...

Tags: laptops, phones, pocket pc, segment

4 March 2008, 9:22

Gates brings it home for Microsoft

News Another of the new PCs is an all-in-one from HP that features a flip-up LCD touchscreen. The digital living room is taking many forms, and Microsoft is hoping to have a place in all of them. In his annual address to the Consumer Electronics Show in...

8 January 2007, 11:00

Photos: How to survive a Humvee rollover

News Alejandro Cosme sits in the driver's seat and prepares for a 180-degree flip. Among the dangers faced by the coalition ground troops in Iraq, some of the most pernicious are roadside bombs that target moving vehicles.

Tags: training, story, department, army

12 November 2007, 10:11

When 'digital bullying' goes too far

News It's a potential flip side of the digital lifestyle: children who make themselves accessible to parents and friends via phone, game console or other always-on gadgets also open themselves up to unwanted communication.

23 June 2005, 11:09

GM drives Hummer-branded laptop

News Both computers have a flip-out LED light to illuminate the screen and help users work in low-light conditions. General Motors is expected to announce a new laptop next week that's styled after its popular Hummer multi-terrain vehicles.

31 August 2005, 10:23

Gates shows off Vista in CES speech

News A look at VistaAmong the new graphics abilities in Vista that Microsoft showed off was Flip 3D, a tool for easily shifting among multiple open windows and the Windows Vista Sidebar, which runs in the corner of the screen and includes RSS feeds...

5 January 2006, 11:27