Verizon Wireless currently sells seven Windows Mobile Smartphones handhelds (new, non-refurbished): they are the Samsung Saga, HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch Pro, Samsung Omnia, SMT5800, HTC Ozone and XV6900 (HTC Touch). 

With the exception of one, the Samsung Saga, all are now currently being sold by the wireless carrier for $99 or less.  This price requires a two-year service agreement, is after online discounts and does not require any type of mail in rebate.

This move has likely been taken to clear out inventory for upcoming handsets.  Each of these devices are currently available from the Verizon Wireless Web Store.

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Google is virtually synonymous with search. So much so in fact that the company has little need to advertise. Not all sales pitches are quite as easy as selling Google ads, however. Getting businesses to buy Google’s online suite of office applications is taking a bit more work. To help spread the word about its online suite of office applications, Google is leasing billboards along major highways in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston this month. Google’s bundle of business applications sells for $50

The Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there’s the Wireless Access Point. Second, there’s also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch. Finally, the Router function ties it all together. This deal ends 8/04/09 at 12:00pm ET.

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On Friday, Mozilla answered the billionth download request for Firefox and launched its latest viral marketing effort. To be celebrate one billion Firefox download, they opened www.onebillionplusyou.com today, which acts as a hub of information concerning the billionth download of Firefox.

This is a monumental event Firefox has come a long way since its debut in November 2004, thanks to the amazing Firefox community. Volunteers from all over the world contribute to the coding, testing and spreading of Firefox to communities across the globe. Firefox 3.5 shipped in 75 languages more than any other browser.

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple's board of directors, a position he has held since August 2006. In a statement released today, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said Schmidt's effectiveness as a board member would be diminished as Google enters more of Apple's “core business.” Jobs said the decision was mutual.

“Eric's effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings due to potential conflicts of interest,” Jobs said in a statement. In May, Schmidt said he was not considering resigning from Apple's board of directors despite an inquiry by federal regulators into whether the companies' close relationship violates antitrust laws.

Active Media Products today released two new videos that demonstrate how to install the company's own SaberTooth brand of netbook SSDs into Dell Mini 9 and Asus Eee PC 900, 900A and 901 netbooks. The videos are decent and the same installation procedure works on other model SSDs, so check them out if you are wanting to upgrade the factory drive. The Dell Mini 9 upgrade video can be seen here:

“Most people buy netbooks for affordability and functionality. But when they discover how slow the performance is they immediately want to upgrade. Our 3-minute tutorial videos teach netbook owners step-by-step how to install a SaberTooth SSD into popular netbooks. Most Mini 9 and Eee PC users don't realize how easy it is to turbo charge their netbooks.” stated Jerry Thomson, Active Media Products' vice president of sales.

Thecus Technology is always pushing the boundaries of what people expect in NAS storage. Constantly innovating, Thecus has released a number of world firsts, and today, Thecus is proud to announce another one: the N8800SAS the worlds first rackmount NAS to feature SAS hard disk support for blistering data performance.

Engineered for businesses looking for a high performance yet cost-effective storage platform, the N8800SAS is a 2U rackmount NAS that features a bevy of cutting-edge technologies. Headlining is its ability to accommodate up to eight SATA or SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) hard disks. With the N8800SAS, enterprise users can enjoy the speed and reliability of SAS at a fraction of the cost of competing rackmount solutions. At its core, the N8800SAS features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB of DDR2 memory for snappy system response and more concurrent connections. And for even more storage capacity, the N8800SAS is stackable with other N8800SAS units, allowing companies to easy expand their storage at any time.

The Plantronics Voyager PRO is said to be one of the best noise-canceling Bluetooth headsets available on the market today. With two noise-canceling mics on a boom, an adaptive 20-band equalizer, and three layers of WindSmart technology it might really be the best noise-canceling headsets! Read on to find out if your callers will hear every word spoken despite the noise around you or if you'll be yelling like the buffoon you see at airports. You all know that is what you are thinking when you see someone yelling in a loud place and wearing a Bluetooth device.

There are a bunch of great Bluetooth headsets on the market today with the Aliph Jawbone, BlueAnt Z9i, and the Plantronics Discovery 925 leading the way. From my perspective, the Plantronics Voyager PRO should be considered by anyone who wants one of the best sounding Bluetooth headsets on the market. The DSP is certainly dialed into reducing background noise and excels in almost all noisy environments…

Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn drove quietly out of the Japanese automaker's soon-to-open headquarters Sunday in the first public viewing of its new zero-emission vehicle. It was the first time the external design was shown of Nissan Motor Co.'s environmentally friendly electric automobile, set to go on sale in Japan, the U.S. and Europe next year. The blue hatchback had a sporty design and a recharging opening in the front.

Nissan has promised that the Leaf, which goes into mass-production as a global model in 2012, will be about the same price as a gas-engine car such as the 1.5 million yen ($15,000) Tiida, which sells abroad as the Versa, starting at about $10,000. Ghosn drove out on stage with former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sitting next to him, and with a Yokohama governor and mayor in the rear seats.
“This car represents a real breakthrough,” Ghosn told reporters and guests at a showroom in the new headquarters.