Monthly Archives: February 2008

Palm To Launch Unlocked GSM Centro In Europe

Posted on Friday, February 8, 2008 by MegaZone

Palm will be launching an unlocked GSM version of the Palm Centro in the UK on February 14th, and throughout Europe by the end of February. The GSM Centro is very much like the CDMA Centro carried by Sprint in … Continue reading →

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Buy A PS3 With A Sony Card And Save $100

Posted on Friday, February 8, 2008 by MegaZone

Dave Zatz spotted another PS3 deal from Sony. This time around you get $100 back if you apply for a new Sony Card and purchase a PS3 at any authorized retailer. Actually, if you read the fine print it looks … Continue reading →

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Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive MSRP Dropped To $129.99

Posted on Friday, February 8, 2008 by MegaZone

I’ve seen this in so many places I can’t even remember where I spotted it first yesterday. It seems Toshiba isn’t the only brand-name trying the deep-discount approach to move HD DVD products. Microsoft just slashed the MSRP on their … Continue reading →

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Trouble With Comcast TiVo?

Posted on Friday, February 8, 2008 by MegaZone

Reader John Barger contacted me earlier this week to tell me about his troubles with the Comcast TiVo software. His experience has been bad enough that he’s asking Comcast to replace his DVRs with units running the default software, and … Continue reading →

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CableLabs Ready To Test Tuning Resolver, TiVo Owners Await SDV Support

Posted on Friday, February 8, 2008 by MegaZone

Switched Digital Video (SDV) has been the bane of CableCARD users, notably owners of the TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD. SDV channels cannot be tuned by UDCP (unidirectional digital cable products) CableCARD devices, such as TiVo, as SDV requires bidirectional … Continue reading →

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