Nuviphone: Garmin unveils a cellphone

Garmin has just announced what Engadget calls an "iPhone-like" smartphone - the nuviphone. The smartphone is a quad-band HSDPA device, equipped with WiFi, Bluetooth, full Web Browser, PIM, and - you guessed it - GPS functions. It'll run off of ...

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Isuzu leaves the U.S. market… who cares

   
Isuzu has officially decided it is abandoning the North American market, and discontinuing sales of its i-Series pickup and Ascender SUV. Isuzu has an exclusive installation deal with XM Satellite Radio. The status of their partnership is unknown, but it's a pretty good ...

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RIAA wants you to pay $1.5 million for sharing an album

The RIAA isn't satisfied with those already bloated statutory damages in file-sharing lawsuits, now they want you to pay an incredible $1.5 million for a ten-track album. See, the problem is those ...

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Maroon 5 takes over XM

Pop-rock band Maroon 5 will be taking over XM Satellite Radio’s hits countdown channel Top 20 on 20 this Friday. And to make the screaming masses happy, they'll even perform a song or two. The group is dropping by XM's studios to play some ...

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Jack Johnson interview/performance on Sirius

Platinum selling singer-songwriter Jack Johnson will sit down for an intimate interview on Sirius Satellite Radio to discuss his upcoming album Sleep Through The Static. Johnson will share with listeners his inspiration for the album, and discusses other topics like his life as ...

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Georgetown Partners calls A La Carte a “fairytail”

Georgetown Partners, the minority-owned company that wants 20% of satellite radio infrastructure handed over to them, has filed comments with the FCC calling the Sirius-XM proposed A La Carte pricing a "fairytail." "The Sirius-XM 'A La Carte' offerings are ...

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HD Radio Alliance opposes merger, cries “waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

The HD Digital Radio Alliance has filed a comment with the FCC officially opposing the Sirius-XM merger... oddly enough, taking a seemingly opposite stance to the company behind HD Radio's technology, iBiquity. The organization stated it's opposition to the ...

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Caribbean Series on XM, makes starving baseball fans less hungry

For those baseball fans who are starving for games during the long, cold winter months - next week you'll have something to stave off that hunger, at least for a little while. That's because XM will be broadcasting the 2008 Caribbean Series ...

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