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Olympus’ E-30 fills the hole in its dSLR lineup.

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With a price gap of about $900 between the Olympus E-520 and the E-3, Olympus has long had a pretty big hole in its dSLR lineup–a hole populated by extremely popular competitors like the Nikon D90, the Canon EOS 40D, and the Canon EOS 50D. But with the announcement of the E-30, it looks like Olympus is entering the ring swinging.

First, some key specs:

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It’s true, we were less than impressed with Philips GoGear MP3 squares back when they were first released, so the announcement of the GoGear 2940 isn’t really going to shake the foundations of the universe. It’s essentially the exact same player as the previous models (MP3, WAV, and WMA playback, built-in EQ, USB 2.0 connectivity, voice recording capabilities, FM tuner) with the addition of a color OLED screen which displays album art or photos. There’s something mildly endearing about them, though, isn’t there? No details on price or availability.

Philips GoGear — now in glorious color! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s true, we were less than impressed with Philips GoGear MP3 squares back when they were first released, so the announcement of the GoGear 2940 isn’t really going to shake the foundations of the universe. It’s essentially the exact same player as the previous models (MP3, WAV, and WMA playback, built-in EQ, USB 2.0 connectivity, voice recording capabilities, FM tuner) with the addition of a color OLED screen which displays album art or photos. There’s something mildly endearing about them, though, isn’t there? No details on price or availability.

Philips GoGear — now in glorious color! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Did the announcement that T-Mobile sold 1.5 million G1 pre-orders sound a little too fantastic to be true? Information Week thought so and talked to the guy behind the astronomical number—a mathematician at The Motley Fool. Turns out that some iffy multiplication may have been involved and the number of pre-orders sold is probably closer to 200,000 to 300,000. Big, but not crazy big.

I contacted Anders Bylund, the author of the original Motley Fool article that hundreds of stories are citing. I was curious as to how he got these figures and he gave me his rationale.
He cited a Cens.com article that said, “according to industry insiders, T-Mobile is planning to order a total of between 1.5 million and 2 million units of G1 with HTC in the near future, including 400,000 to 500,000 to be sold in the fourth quarter of this year.”
Then, Bylund cited T-Mobile selling out of pre-order units, and tripling the number of phones initially available. He then tripled the 500,000 number to get 1.5 million.

Considering the iPhone, which launched in 20 different countries, only hit a million during its first weekend, we all probably should have been a little more suspicious of one phone in one country on one carrier surpassing that. The G1 looks to be a spectacular competitor, but we ought not to lose our heads rooting for its success. [Infoweek]

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If you’ve been following the new iRex reader, the 1000 series, you’ll be disappointed to know — as we were — that the high-end 1000SW will not come equipped with 3G connectivity as we previously reported. Apparently jkOnTheRun got in touch with iRex rep Loeki van der Lee after unsuccessfully searching for hard evidence on the feature, and he confirmed that the device will sport WiFi and Bluetooth, but nothing more. Honestly, based on his short responses and the information we snagged from Forbes the day before the announcement, it sounds as if plans might have changed at the last minute. Still, it won’t alter the fact that the $849 device won’t provide the same functionality as a $359 Kindle… though it does have that snazzy Wacom stylus.

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Google made the Android 1.0 SDK available today, following the announcement of the G1 phone yesterday. The 1.0 signification means it’s technically out of beta, and you can develop without fear of major changes to Android’s core programming. According to Mobile Whack, the only changes from the 0.9 release are some bug fixes and API inclusions. Download it here. [Mobile Whack]