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	Olympus E-P1 hands-on, test shots, and mini-review It goes without saying that we’ve been pretty excited about the Olympus E-P1 (or “digital Pen”) since we first laid eyes on the prototype the company was showing off.		Microsoft’s “Pink” smartphone to be Microsoft-branded? Ready for even more rumors about Windows Mobile 7 and Microsoft’s mysterious “Pink” smartphone project? Good, cause we’ve got a few — and the first is potentially huge.
	Windows 7 Beta automatic shutdowns begin today, RC users safe until March 1st You’re not still running Windows 7 Beta are you? Tsk tsk, better get your RC build before your system starts spontaneously shutting down every 2 hours.	Other news of import Peter Rojas and Ryan Block launch gdgt — the Swiss Army knife of tech sites Best Buy-sponsored survey shows that Americans want smartphones even though they don’t understand them Video: iPhone copy and paste is a ‘pretty incredible thing’… for 1999
	Pioneer refreshes, lowers prices on its Elite receivers If you love the good stuff — and who doesn’t — then the four new receivers Pioneer has dropped into its Elite lineup might be your cup of tea.		Verizon BlackBerry Tour unboxing There’s absolutely no question it’s the best-looking CDMA BlackBerry to date and we also think you’ll be able to stop Bold owners in their tracks as you flash this thing around town.
LG introduces stylish, LED-backlit 22-inch W2286L LCD HDTV Zip.ca and CinemaNow prepping Canada’s first movie download service		Sprint matches Verizon’s pace, launching BlackBerry Tour on July 12 Nokia N97 firmware update 1.1 is live Palm to disclose UK Pre launch details next week?

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Do you understand your smartphone… really understand it? Know its moods, its wants, its desires? A survey hosted by Best Buy Mobile shows that half of people don’t, with 47 percent saying the things confuse the heck out of them, while 60 percent of those aged 35 – 49 feel that people with smartphones spend too much time working and not enough time playing Wii Sports Bowling. Those feelings of confusion and ire doesn’t stop a “sizable segment” of the rest of the 1,000 people surveyed from wanting a handset with brains, with most desiring access to the sort of apps you can’t get on dumbphones, and 14 percent of women saying that playing games was “very important” — only nine percent of men said the same. Sadly, there was no figure indicating how many people enjoy paying too much for text messages and signing their lives away on lengthy contracts.

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