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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play may be headed to Verizon

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If you're looking for reasons not to jump on the Verizon iPhone bandwagon, here's a pretty compelling, albeit unconfirmed, one: the Xperia Play may be headed to Big Red as well. In comparing Sony Ericsson's thumb-friendly Android handset to the iPhone 4, Wirefly has listed VZW as the carrier for the Play. This is the first we've really heard of a US provider for the phone, though we'd hardly be surprised if Sony Ericsson opts to spam it out to all four major networks. It did as much in the UK, where every single operator will try to sell you one in April, and we don't see why that strategy should change on US soil. The Xperia Play will be announced in full this Sunday, February 13th, when we might just learn more about its global availability... if we're really polite and wear our PlayStation T-shirts, presumably.

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Date Published: Feb 09, 2011 - 9:14 am

Is Sony's Xperia Play All Thumbs?

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The gaming world was still waiting to hear more details about Sony's Next Generation Portable, the successor to its current PlayStation Portable handheld gaming system, when all of the sudden the company up and confirmed another rumored gaming device. The Xperia Play looks to be the official name of what many had already dubbed the "PlayStation phone."

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98 Incredible Photos of Levitation [Photography]

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Man can fly, but he can't yet levitate. Maybe that's why these 98 photos of levitation—using Photoshop only to remove the strings—are so striking. More »

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The Best of Gizmodo Today [Video]

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Olympus SZ-10 and 3D VR-330 superzooms announced alongside entry-level VG-110

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What's your preference for getting up close to the action? 18x wide 28-504mm or 12.5x super-wide 24-300mm optical zoom? If it's the former then Olympus just announced its $249.99 (ships in March) SZ-10 ultra-zoomer pictured above, with 14 megapixel 1/2.3-inch CCD sensor, 3-inch LCD, TruPic III+ image processing, and Eye-Fi Card support. Otherwise, Oly's new £159.99 3D VR-330 for Europe dials back the zoom to 12.5x and and forgoes the newer image processing of the SZ-10 while boasting the same 14 megapixel sensor. Both cameras pack dual-image stabilization, 720p video capture, HDMI-out (with CEC support so that it works with your TV's existing remote control), and a dynamic "3D mode" that instructs you to pan and shoot a second image that will be combined into a .MPO file suitable for playback on a 3D display. The VR-330 is also available without the 3D mode as the $199.99 VR-320 which ships Stateside in February. Bringing up the rear is an entry-level $89.99 VG-110 with 12 mega...

ComScore Says You Don?t Got Mail: Web Email Usage Declines, 59% Among Teens!

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In introducing his messaging platform last November Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said one of the primary motivations behind product strategy was that teenagers have given up on email, "High school kids don?t use email, they use SMS a lot. People want lighter weight things like SMS and IM to message each other." A comScore study on 2010 digital trends reinforces Zuckerberg's claim.  It's inevitable: As innovative social messaging platforms like Facebook and Twitter continue to dominate our online time, email begins its steady decline. Total web email usage was down 8% in the past year (YOY), with a whopping 59% decline in use among people between the ages of 12-17. Cue Matt Drudge -style alarm.

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Fujifilm's X100 Camera Is All Leica-y, in Both Looks and Price [Cameras]

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Fujifilm is cashing in on the retro camera/photgraphy craze that's overtaken cameraphones and Facebook over the last year and it's manifested itself in the form of the X100. The 12.3-megapixel camera takes most of its styling cues from the Leica line of shooters, right down to the switch on the front. More »

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Is Apple Drifting to the Wrong Path?

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History is filled with stories of companies that dominated their segment and then either fell from that high spot or fell off the map. RCA is probably the best example of a firm that went from dominance to obsolescence because, in its case, it played chicken with the U.S. government and lost. A lot of us think the iPad is unstoppable, but just because you believe in a thing doesn't mean that thing is true.

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Google Exec Released By Egyptian Government [Egypt]

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The Google exec that was being held by the Egyptian government, Wael Ghonim, was just released. He's been posting to his Twitter account, if you're interested. [NYT] More »

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LA Cops Seize $10 Million Worth of Fake iPhones, iPods, and More [True Crime]

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Look at them all: iPods and iPhones of every color and every generation. It's a king's ransom of iProducts—except every single one of them is a fake. More »

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iPad Haters Should Probably Steer Clear of The Plaza Hotel [Video]

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Allergic to iPad? Do not stay at The Plaza Hotel in New York City! Every room has one, you see, and the entire 5-star stay would most likely be ruined by your sour mood! More »

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Canon Rebel T3i: The DSLR Revolution Will Still Be Video [Video]

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Inch by inch, model by model, Canon is slowly dragging the DSLR toward its destiny: a full-fledged photo-video hybrid camera. We're not there yet, but the $800 T3i brings shooters a bit closer with a video-centric swivel out screen. More »

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Save The Money: Groupon?s Super Bowl Ads May Spark Faux Outrage

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Well, Groupon certainly isn't afraid of rustling a few feathers. The red-hot group buying site has just posted its celeb-laden Super Bowl ads, and they've taken to poking fun at global crises like dwindling whale populations and deforestation. They're a little weird, and likely to spark waves of debate and plenty of extra publicity. Groupon rival LivingSocial will be running a Super Bowl ad as well, that reportedly tells the story of a LivingSocial addict ? Groupon poked fun at this with its own rejected" ad. Guess whose commercials people will be talking about at the water cooler tomorrow? And while some people won't like the joke, Groupon isn't being mean-spirited about it: its Save The Money site has offers for a variety of charity organizations. For example, making a $15 donation to GreenPeace will score you $15 in Groupon Credit (it's essentially a free donation on your part).HON HAI PRECISION IND HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES INVEN...

Date Published: Feb 07, 2011 - 5:14 am

Nokia reportedly planning 'organizational changes,' mobile phones exec on the outs

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Looks like Capital Markets Day is shaping up to be quite the barnburner for Nokia. In the wake of news that Microsoft and Nokia may have some sort of tie-up in the works, Germany weekly Wirtschaftswoche is reporting that newly appointed CEO Stephen Elop will be bidding adieu to a number of high-ranking officials. Citing "company sources," the paper stated that Mary T. McDowell, a bigwig in the mobile phones unit, as well as Niklas Savander, the manager of the markets unit, could be on the outs. Moreover, Kai Oistamo (Chief Development Officer) and Tero Ojanpera, the manager responsible for services and mobile solutions, may also be enjoying their final weekends as Nokia employees. It's all part of a monumental strategy shift, and if it all pans out, it'll be Elop's first major move since taking over as CEO last September. Of course, Anssi Vanjoki more or less left on his own accord, and the company has essentially forged ahead with little to no change since. We're told that Nokia has h...

These Soldiers Don't Need Invisibility Technology [Video]

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Watch very closely as the camera pans around this landscape and try to locate the horde of soldiers—twenty? thirty?—hiding in plain sight. Apparently, some people in the military need no stinking magic cloaking technology to become invisible. [Thanks Karl!] More »

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