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Mitsubishi Electric has pulled the wraps off a new TFT LCD screen that is aimed at the mobile TV market and more. The screen is compact and has a HD resolution making it ideal for video screens in cars and in other uses. The 9-inch screen is set to land on December 1 and as of now, no products that [...]

NEC's tablet plans have crossed over into their consumer line-up, with the 7-inch Cloud Communicator getting a rebrand as the NEC Smartia. Specifications for the Smartia are unchanged – you still get Android 2.1 on a WVGA resistive touchscreen, for instance – but the UI has been tweaked and there's the Andronavi app store. Unfortunately, NEC is being rather too [...]

Boxee has pushed out the first firmware update for the Boxee Box by D-Link, v1.0.1.16319. The full changelist is after the cut, but highlights include the addition of .mkv with header compression support together with WiFi fixes, networking sharing fixes and smoother Blu-ray content playback. Although the Boxee Box automatically checks for updates daily, it's also possible to prompt an [...]

T-Mobile USA has apparently pulled its free messaging add-on for contract users of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The bonus had offered free unlimited text, picture and video messaging from the 7-inch Android slate when T-Mobile initially offered it earlier this month. Unfortunately, that option has now disappeared from the carrier's checkout process. In doing so, T-Mobile has lost one of [...]