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The high-tech (and rather unique) Volkswagen factory located in Dresden Germany
While we often talk in terms of mobile tech and related gadgets, we do love a nice car. Especially a Volkswagen. More to the point, the new (and super high tech) Volkswagen factory that is located in Dresden Germany. And before anyone thinks that by watching the above video you are going to see some more »
Grooveshark is forced to block German users
Grooveshark is no stranger to disputes over copyright and license fees, but today the service had to actually take itself down in Germany. Starting today German Grooveshark users who try to use the service will get a message saying that they can’t access it from their country. The issue for Grooveshark is license fees instated more »
Toshiba’s 55-inch glasses-free 3DTV goes on sale this December
Toshiba is no stranger to glasses-free 3D televisions. It started to release glasses-free 3DTVs with smaller screens in Japan in December 2010. Unfortunately, those televisions didn’t sell so well due to their price. That’s not stopping Toshiba from releasing a much larger 3DTV this December in Germany. Other European countries will get this television at a later date.
Facebook’s “like” button is illegal in Germany
Who would have thought a little button could cause so much animosity? Facebook’s “like” button, something that can be found on just about any website you visit, is no longer allowed in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. A German data protection center employee named Thilo Weichert says the button violates privacy laws of Germany and the European Union as a whole.
Qualcomm Germany confirms the HTC Sensation will feature a Dual-Core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor
It looks like Qualcomm has let some details out of the bag a bit earlier than they should have. Yup, the not only confirmed the existence of the HTC Pyramid, but we now know that the handset is going to be called the HTC Sensation and that it will be powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz more »
HP Veer webOS smartphone will arrive with O2 Germany in May
Albert Fetsch of O2 Germany has recently sent out the latest news via Twitter and thanks to the magic of Google Translate, we were able to learn that the HP Veer is going to be released with O2 Germany in May. Nächstes #Smartphone mit #webOS: #HP #Veer voraussichtlich ab Mai bei #Telefónica #o2 Germany. (Nachfolger more »
HTC 7 Pro Windows Phone 7 smartphone appears with O2 Germany, tipped for January release
We knew the official word on the HTC 7 Pro was sometime early next year, and it looks like O2 Germany is going to make that happen. The handset has recently been listed on the company website showing an “voraussichtlich lieferbar ab” (expected to be available from) timeframe of January. Unfortunately nothing more specific than more »
webOS 1.4.5 currently rolling out to Europe & Canada, those in US still waiting for news
It looks like Palm users in Europe are in the process of getting the latest webOS update. This will bring Pre and Pixi users up to version 1.4.5. As for who has been updated, so far that list is still fairly small — O2 customers in Germany. Otherwise it appears as of O2 users in more »
Neofonie WePad gets some time in front of the camera [Videos]
The Neofonie WePad was recently shown off during a press event in Germany, and judging from the videos that came out of the event — it looks like this may be a tablet worth considering. Without offering any spoilers, the tablet is running Linux and we still have yet to learn a price and official more »
Palm confirms GSM Palm Pre release date, available as of October 13
In a short but sweet post on the Official Palm Blog, we now have official confirmation on the GSM Palm Pre. Unfortunately for anyone here in the US, that little bit of news does not offer anything for us to get excited about because the Pre will be heading to the UK, Ireland, and Germany more »
