Canon to enter mirrorless camera market from September

A logo of Canon Inc is pictured at the 3D and Virtual Reality Expo in Tokyo June 20, 2012. The expo which showcases the latest technology will be held until June 22. Credit: Reuters/Yuriko NakaoTOKYO | Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:38am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc said on Monday it would sell its first mirrorless camera from mid-September in a bid to tap a growing market for small, interchangeable-lens cameras that rival Nikon Corp entered last year. Canon will manufacture 100,000 of the cameras a month, the company said in a statement. Mirrorless ...

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Powered by Blogger. Facebook Pageviews Nokia Lumia 900 vs. HTC Titan II vs. Samsung Focus 2: AT&T's Windows Phones Go Head-to-Head-to-Head

So for those that are looking for a Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango) experience with a little 4G LTE flavor, which of these three phones is the best choice? We compare the build, performance, display, camera, and battery life of the phones in this breakdown to determine which one comes out on top. Build Admittedly, this is a tough category to judge objectively, as it's almost entirely a matter of preference. On the one hand, you've got to give points to Nokia for trying something very new and different with the bizarre build of the Lumia 900....

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Nokia Has 'Something Amazing' on the Way in September

Nokia's partnership with Microsoft may not have produced any resounding success yet, but it appears that the Finnish company may still have something up its sleeve. Come September 7, Nokia promises to unveil something "amazing" to its customers. Photos of a sign outside a currently-closed Nokia store in Helsinki have surfaced on MyNokiaBlog, telling customers "Something amazing is coming," with the September 7 date next to it. There...

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Apple heads into choppy waters as new iPhone awaited

A man shows a photograph he took on his iPhone of an Apple store in Beijing June 6, 2012. Credit: Reuters/David GrayBy Poornima GuptaSAN FRANCISCO | Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:06am EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc faces an unusual phenomenon when reporting earnings this time around: low expectations. Few are expecting the world's most valuable technology company -- which surpasses Wall Street expectations with near regularity -- to deliver a bumper quarter once more on Tuesday. The main reason: consumers holding out for the new iPhone. Apple ...

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Youku, Tudou shares fall on China content crackdown

n">(Reuters) - Shares of online video companies Youku.com Inc and Tudou Holdings Ltd fell on what some analysts said was a reaction to a planned crackdown by the Chinese government on what it considers to be inappropriate content. China plans to target material on websites, including pornographic and violent videos, according to media reports. Youku's shares were down 6 percent at $17.86 in early afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange, while Tudou was down 9 percent at $26.67 on the Nasdaq. Youku does not have much exposure to...

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Samsung Galaxy S III Lands at U.S. Cellular

With the past few weeks bringing the Samsung Galaxy S III to Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile consumers, it looks like the smartphone is now available to U.S. Cellular customers too, as the device is now available for purchase online. The Galaxy S III from U.S. Cellular is essentially identical to the version offered by the larger carriers. It runs the same Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, is equipped with Samsung's own TouchWiz flavor, and features an 8 megapixel camera on the back. Packing a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm...

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No Samsung Galaxy S III Has Spontaneously Exploded

Facebook logos on a computer screen are seen in this photo illustration taken in Lavigny May 16, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Valentin Flauraud By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:36pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A judge recused herself from overseeing a privacy lawsuit against Facebook over the social networking service's "Sponsored Stories" feature, one day before she was set to hold a hearing on a proposed settlement. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, federal court did not provide a reason for the recusal in a brief...

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