http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/att.thanksgiving.weekend.focus.on.bberries/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/blackberrycurve8310-attsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AT&T dipped into Black Friday deals with word today of its Thanksgiving promo. The cell carrier promises unspecified deals on Friday itself starting from midnight but plans a major promo for each day of the weekend as well as Monday. Saturday will focus exclusively on BlackBerries and will give away the Curve 8310 or Pearl 8110 for free on a smartphone contract. Price drops are also due for the... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/att.thanksgiving.weekend.focus.on.bberries/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/samsung.go.in.first.online.newspaper.subsidy/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samsunggo-nytimes.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The New York Times today launched a unique Times Reader deal to drive its online subscriptions. Those who subscribe to a $179 one-year subscription to Times Reader get $100 removed from the price of a Samsung Go netbook bought at the same time, lowering it to $280. The Times Reader app itself will also come preloaded on the portable and will push news whenever the PC is online.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/samsung.go.in.first.online.newspaper.subsidy/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/best.buy.black.friday.deals.now.official/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/bbblackfri.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Best Buy has posted its Black Friday specials online, confirming many of the prices and deals that were seen in a leaked flyer as well as some new doorbuster deals. The new deals include a Palm Pre handset priced at $80, matching a recent sale price at Amazon, as well as a 15.6-inch HP G60 notebook powered by a 2.2GHz Intel Celeron processor priced at $197. Unlike the other deals, the HP notebook ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/best.buy.black.friday.deals.now.official/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/spotify.outs.application.for.symbian.phones/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/spotifysymbian.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Spotify on Monday launched a Symbian app for its streaming music service. Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung, among others, use the Symbian operating system in the majority of their devices, potentially opening up the service to millions of new users. Spotify Mobile is already offered for the iPhone and for Android handsets.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/spotify.outs.application.for.symbian.phones/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/samsung.updates.story.drives.with.esata.port/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samstory.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung has announced it will soon replace the existing STORY Station range with a a new STORY Station Plus external hard drive line, add a new 2TB model and update the entire range with the inclusion of an eSATA interface. Compared to the original STORY drives which only have a USB 2.0 connection, the new 3.5-inch STORY Station Plus drives have the ability to transfer data at a 3-gigabit per seco... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/samsung.updates.story.drives.with.esata.port/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/flagship.omnia.ii.due.for.vz.in.one.week/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samsungomniaii-verizon.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Verizon today finally set out a launch for the Samsung Omnia II on its network. As confirmed in a leak, the Windows Mobile 6.5 flagship will reach the carrier's stores on December 2nd and should sell for $200 on contract, though only after a $100 rebate. The new edition also brings support for Visual Voice Mail, VZ Navigator and V CAST media apps.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/flagship.omnia.ii.due.for.vz.in.one.week/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/samsung.omnia.ii.for.vz.due.early.next.month/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samsungomniaii-verizonctia.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Verizon edition of the Samsung Omnia II should at last ship in about two weeks if a leak proves accurate. Internal product info has the phone shipping with Windows Mobile 6.5 on December 2nd, contradicting rumors of a Windows Mobile 6.1 version. The Engadget document gives it an effective price of $200, albeit after a large $100 mail-in rebate and signing a two-year contract.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/samsung.omnia.ii.for.vz.due.early.next.month/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/t.mobile.complete.prepaid.packages.introduced/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/tmocomplete.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />T-Mobile on Wednesday released new T-Mobile Complete prepaid packages that include a choice of handsets smartphone and one month of talk time without an associated contract. With this move, the provider has become the first in the US to offer a prepaid BlackBerry handset, the Curve 8520.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/t.mobile.complete.prepaid.packages.introduced/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/samsung.r0.media.player.has.h264.video.support/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samr0in.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung has announced the release of its latest portable multimedia player in its home market of South Korea with the YP-R0. The device has a 2.6-inch color LCD screen and is available in two models: one with 4GB of built-in memory, the other with 8GB. Either sports a microSDHC memory card slot for adding up to 16GB of storage space.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/samsung.r0.media.player.has.h264.video.support/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/most.nokia.phones.to.use.maemo.by.2012/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nokian900-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia will abandon Symbian for all its Nseries services by 2012, the company said at a launch event for the N900. The Maemo-based smartphone is the only one of its type in Nokia's lineup so far, but the company plans to gradually phase out Symbian S60 on all its Nseries devices over time. It should eventually end in relatively mainstream devices and not just high-end flagships like the N900, whi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/most.nokia.phones.to.use.maemo.by.2012/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT