Samsung plans larger batteries for their 2012 smartphones

Smartphones these days certainly do not last anywhere as near as our feature phones back in the day. Heck, our feature phones back then could last a couple of days and even up to a week without need a recharge, but then again our smartphones these days does a lot more for us than our feature phones did in the day. . Either way, in an interview with Samsung done by CNET, Samsung's vice president, Kevin Packingham, revealed the company's plans for bigger batteries on their 2012 range of smartphones.

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Sony Dot Switch teased

Sony released a video clip that previews how a future feature would function, calling it “Dot Switch”, and you can view said video after the jump. In just 30 seconds, Sony showed off how a pair of hands is able to take advantage of a free Xperia handset in order to trigger different devices, ranging from a gramophone to a large screen TV. The video remains rather cryptic, and no matter how much one peers into the crystal ball, nothing comes out of it other than a hazy disposition.



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NewVoiceMedia Feature Focus: Case-Based Routing

ContactWorld for Salesforce benefits the customer-driven service desk17 January, 2012: Customers calling the service or help desk using ContactWorld for Salesforce from NewVoiceMedia will now receive an even better level of service. The new case-based routing feature (a dynamic call-routing option) allows customers to quickly re-engage with the support agent or engineer that was handling their case rather than the generic support team.

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The Pirate Bay to stop hosting torrents to save bandwidths

The Pirate Bay has announced that it will stop hosting torrents and announced the first move towards a torrent-free Pirate Bay today. The company said via blog post that it had made the decision not to host torrent files a long time ago and that going forward magnet links will be the default option on the site. TBP explained that the reasoning behind the decision was that magnets ‘are now good enough to use' and not as easy to block as torrent files. Additionally, the Pirate Bay highlights how much bandwidth they will save with the switch.
“Hey all!

Quite some time ago we decided to not host torrent files anymore.

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Yet another rumor surfaces about a RIM sale

FOX Business reports that shares of Research In Motion climbed nearly 4-percent on Thursday after rumors surfaced about the company hiring investment bank Goldman Sachs to “explore strategic options.”. This is the fourth time since September 2011 that RIM stocks have jumped due to a possible sale. The first jump took place after reports about a possible purchase by activist investor Carl Icahn surfaced, and then jumped again just one week later after the company reportedly hired an investment bank.
RIM shares then jumped again back in December after Reuters claimed that Amazon and other potential buyers were considering a bid.

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Two Sony Xperia phones leaked, are they the Nypon and Kumquat?

With Mobile World Congress just around the corner, you can be sure that Sony, having shed the “Ericsson” part for their smartphone range, has something up their sleeves – with the Xperia S (see our demo) being the most recent model to be announced at the recently concluded CES in Las Vegas. Two more Xperia smartphones have photobombed a group photo, where the larger model at the bottom should probably be the Xperia Nypon, which will be powered by a NovaThor U8500 chipset, sporting a 4″ qHD Reality display and an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video recording capability.

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Teclast C550P Full HD PMP

Teclast has added another Full HD PMP to its range called the C550P. The device offers a 5.0-inch 480 x 272 touchscreen display, an 8GB of storage, a microSD card slot, an e-book reader, a voice recorder, TTS voice reading function, OTG function, a TV-out and supports up to 1080p Full HD video playback. The C550P is priced at 299 Yuan (about $47).

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