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After iPhone, consumers seek handsome gadgets (Reuters)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 5:00 pm

An Apple iPhone sits on a display stand during its launch at a Singtel store in Singapore August 22<b>,</b> 2008. <b>(</b>Vivek Prakash/Reuters<b>)</b>Reuters – Fed up with ugly routers and clunky hard drives, a growing number of consumers are looking for well-designed gadgets that complement decor instead of cluttering desktops and clashing with furniture.



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Japan’s DoCoMo eyes ‘Google phone’ launch next year (AFP)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 5:00 pm

A customer looks at a demo model of the new T-Mobile G1 phone during a launch party in October 2008 in San Francisco<b>,</b> California. Japan's top carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. aims to launch next year a cellphone developed with Internet search giant Google<b>,</b> an official said Wednesday<b>,</b> a move that could counter Apple's iconic iPhone.<b>(</b>AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan<b>)</b>AFP - Japan’s top carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. aims to launch next year a cellphone developed with Internet search giant Google, an official said Wednesday, a move that could counter Apple’s iconic iPhone.



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iPhone sex: Google application baffled by British accents (AFP)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 5:00 pm

A man shows the Apple iPhone. A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents<b>,</b> leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries.<b>(</b>AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama<b>)</b>AFP - A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, a newspaper report and users said Wednesday.



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Google’s Voice-Search App Is Slow in Arriving (NewsFactor)
Posted on 11.18.08 by templeton @ 9:00 am

NewsFactor – The hype machine was churning Friday when The New York Times and others noted that Google had offered its voice-recognition technology to Apple’s iPhone before its own Android mobile platform.


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Where is Google voice-powered search? (CNET)
Posted on 11.17.08 by templeton @ 1:00 am

CNET - Reporters were put into a frenzy this week when Google announced it was set to launch version two of its mobile search application for the iPhone which included the addition of voice-powered search, allowing you skip the keyboard altogether. But now the question is, where is it?


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Google Offers Search By Voice, and iPhone Gets It First (NewsFactor)
Posted on 11.15.08 by templeton @ 5:00 pm

NewsFactor – Google is pushing its voice-recognition technology to Apple’s iPhone first, before devices running its own Android mobile platform.


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Google giving voice to iPhone Internet search (AFP)
Posted on 11.15.08 by templeton @ 5:00 pm

The new iPhone 3G is displayed at the Apple store at The Grove where it went on sale in July 2008 in Los Angeles<b>,</b> California. Google is reportedly weighing into the Internet voice search arena with a free application that lets iPhone users surf online by speaking queries.<b>(</b>AFP/Getty Images/File/Valerie Macon<b>)</b>AFP - Google is reportedly weighing into the Internet voice search arena with a free application that lets iPhone users surf online by speaking queries.



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Citrix developing XenApps and XenDesktop for the iPhone (InfoWorld)
Posted on 11.15.08 by templeton @ 5:00 pm

InfoWorld – “We expect to have it sooner rather than later,” said Chris Fleck, vice president of Solutions Development at Citrix.


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Businesses warming up to the iPhone (CNET)
Posted on 11.14.08 by templeton @ 9:00 am

CNET - Apple has captivated the general public with the iPhone, but has it convinced the business world to take the plunge?


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"Pet Earth" iPhone game champions defending the planet (AFP)
Posted on 11.14.08 by templeton @ 9:00 am

AFP - Travel-planning website GoPlanit.com has launched an iPhone game in which players shake, tap and blow on devices to defend nature on a “Pet Earth” and earn world-greening virtual trees.



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