Dell’s New ‘Studio’ Brand
Dell introduced "Studio," a new consumer product line designed for self-expression and creative living. Studio products are highly expressive and personalized - inside and out – combining aesthetics and technology into a fresh approach to hi-def mobile lifestyles. "People seeking stunning design, brilliant colors, and innovative new technology find inspiration in Dell’s new Studio brand," said Michael Tatelman, vice president of Dell consumer sales and marketing worldwide. "These products are built for today’s digital nomad based on the millions of conversations we have every year on dell.com, Ideastorm and community forums. With Dell Studio we’re answering the call for personalization, connectivity and simplicity."
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T-Mobile To Launch US$10 Home Phone Service
T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced a groundbreaking new home phone service that enables customers to make unlimited nationwide calls from their home phone for just $10 per month. Beginning July 2, T-Mobile will breathe new life and value into the home phone by launching nationwide T-Mobile @Home. The service allows customers to keep their home phone number, ditch their high phone bill and save money by adding their home phone line to their T-Mobile service.
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Motorola And Kodak Launches MOTOZINE ZN5
Motorola, a leader in wireless communications, and Kodak, the world’s foremost imaging innovator, announced MOTOZINE ZN5, the first product combining world-class innovation from both companies. The MOTOZINE ZN5 combines a high-quality phone and camera experience to help content-craving consumers seize inspiration and share the content they create and love with the world.
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Hertz Slashes Refueling Prices
Hertz, the number one airport car rental brand in the U.S., announced the launch of an innovative Refueling Program that provides travelers with valuable time and dollar savings while on the road and eliminates a key "hassle factor" associated with car rentals.
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Mazda Hybrid Gains Government Approval For Road Testing in Japan
Mazda Motor Corporation received permission from Japan’s Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) to test the Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid minivan on public roads. Mazda’s newest hydrogen rotary engine vehicle features a hybrid system that increases the vehicle’s power by 40 percent and doubles the hydrogen fuel range to 200 kilometers. Mazda aims to complete the road trials and start commercial leasing in Japan during fiscal year 2008. The Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is the world’s first hydrogen hybrid car with a dual-fuel system that enables the car to run on either hydrogen or gasoline.
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Samsung Instinct Available Exclusively From Sprint
Sprint announced pricing for Instinct, a new wireless device that offers consumers an industry-leading user experience by combining full touch-screen functionality with the fast speeds available on the largest national mobile broadband network. When the device launches on June 20, it will cost just $129.99 with a two-year contract after a US$100 mail-in rebate.
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Starbucks To Open Stores In European Travel Markets
Starbucks Coffee Company and SSP, a leader in beverage and food concessions for travelers in Europe, today announced a strategic licensing partnership to open more than 150 Starbucks stores in prime travel channels in key European markets within the next three years.
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United Airlines Adds iPod & iPhone Connectivity
United guests may now reach cruising altitude with a new, personalized in-flight entertainment system. United is the first U.S. carrier to offer iPod and iPhone connectivity to its in-flight entertainment system, enabling customers to enjoy their individual content on a 15.4-inch personal television, all while the iPod or iPhone charges.
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AOL Wins Coveted Apple Design Award
AOL announced that the company was recognized with an Apple Design Award for the development of AOL Radio for iPhone. The AOL developed application was highlighted during the "iPhone Developer Showcase" portion of the annual awards ceremony last night at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco and won the award for "Best Entertainment Application".
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Macy's Partners With Rolling Stone To Offer Magazine's Edition Tees
Macy's and Rolling Stone magazine announced the exclusive launch of a series of collectors' edition t-shirts featuring famous Rolling Stone covers to honor the legendary music magazine's strong cultural influence throughout its 40-year history. Now available at select Macy's and on macys.com, the collectors' edition shirts will feature a selection of individual covers from the Rolling Stone archives, including world-famous artists like The Beatles (Issue 46, November 15, 1969) and Jimi Hendrix (Issue 809, April 1, 1999).
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Sales At Mercedes-Benz Up 10 Percent Since Beginning Of The Year
The Mercedes-Benz Cars division - with the brands Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart, and Maybach - sold a total of 111,100 vehicles in May 2008, a decrease of four percent from the 116,000 units sold in May 2007. Unit sales over the first five months of the year rose ten percent at the division, however, reaching the new record level of 548,800 vehicles (January-May 2007: 500,500).
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HP Launches Voodoo Envy 133: Thinner Than Apple Air
HP today announced a new portfolio of Voodoo-branded computing devices targeted at the growing segment of consumers who demand products that combine luxurious quality, personalized styling and unmatched technology innovation. The first two in the portfolio – the powerful Voodoo Omen desktop and the ultra-mobile Voodoo Envy 133 notebook – were unveiled at the HP Connecting Your World event.
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Apple Introduces The New iPhone 3G
Apple introduced the new iPhone 3G, combining all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK. In the US the new iPhone 3G is priced at a stunning $199 for the 8GB model, and just $299 for the 16GB model. iPhone 3G will be available in more than 70 countries later this year, beginning with customer availability in 22 countries—Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US—on July 11.
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Japan's First Watch Show, TWF To Be Launched In 2009
Reed Exhibitions Japan has announced the launch of a brand new show dedicated entirely to watches early next year. This decision was made based on the success of "Watch World", a watch zone which was newly created for last year's International Jewellery Tokyo (IJT), Japan's largest jewellery fair, to accommodate the needs of the growing Japanese watch market. At the previous Watch World, many exhibitors reported great results through successful business onsite.
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Sir Elton John's Grand Pianos For Sale At Bonhams
A beautiful Steinway Grand piano that Elton John played for many rehearsals and celebrity singalongs at his Windsor home will be auctioned in the Entertainment sale at Bonhams in Knightsbridge on Wednesday 18 June. Kiki Dee, Take That and the late Paula Yates were among the many stars who sang along to it.
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Porsche Shows Strong Development In North America
Despite the rather sluggish economy, Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, once again achieved a good sales result in the USA and Canada in May 2008. Out of the total number of vehicles delivered to the region of 3,004 units in the month under report, 2,796 went to the USA and 208 to Canada. While this is a decrease overall in North America of 17 per cent year-on-year, the previous year’s figure was the highest sales figure in May ever achieved by Porsche in North America.
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Bulgari Presents The New Diagono Watch Collection
The name inspired by the ancient Greek work "agòn," competition, evokes a sporty style. Diagono was born 20 years ago from a simple, essential concept: perceiving movement an instant before it occurs, sensing all its force and anticipating its tension. Like the Discobolos of Myron, which inspired it, its design represents the essence of dynamic, modern style, as realized with a balanced, mechanical technique and no shortcuts.
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