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Motorola DROID Bionic Press Shots Revealed, Shows Its Thickness

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<img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="238" mce_src="http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3601/droidbionicpressshot154.jpg" src="http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3601/droidbionicpressshot154.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="droid-bionic-press-shot1" width="324" />In other news today the Droid Bionic has been canceled… No not really but I thought it was worth a try. What we are seeing today though is a few new details and photos of the Bionic. These are actually press release images but its nice to finally see something other than a blurrycam shot by someone hiding their name and details. These new pictures also show us a glimpse of what to expect regarding the size, shape, and thickness of the upcoming Bionic.</div>
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We are starting to feel the launch date approach, not to mention something has slipped or leaked regarding the Bionic almost daily for a while now. Check out the official Bionic teaser trailer here, or even a full video rundown on the phone in this video. Along with the press shots we also have a Bionic and Droid X2 image to compare thickness.</div>
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Seen in the image above the Bionic is a bit chunky compared to the Droid X2 but then that is only a render and we won’t know for sure until we have them both in are hands, and I assure you that will be soon. The Bionic does have a dual-core CPU and 4G LTE inside as well as what we are hearing to be a pretty large battery so that could explain some of the size differences. We did see some battery usage images leak but for now I’m taking those with a grain of salt. Either way I just want this phone to arrive already so I can enjoy it, review it, and possibly move on to bigger and better things. Droid HD or HTC Vigor anyone?</div>
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Motorola DROID Bionic Press Shots Revealed, Shows Its Thickness

In other news today the Droid Bionic has been canceled… No not really but I thought it was worth a try. What we are seeing today though ...

The Apple Store is down (Updated)

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Everybody's favorite yellow sticky is back in action, as Apple's online store is down and has been for a while now. It's the wee hours of Friday morning in the United States, so it's not out of the question that we might see updates to some of Apple's gear; the Mac Pro is notably overdue for an update at this point. However, with it being this late in the week, don't be surprised or disappointed if the store is down for mere maintenance.</div>
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We'll update this post later on once the store comes back up and note changes, if any.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Update:</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The store is back up, but I haven't noticed anything different. If you see something I missed, let us know in the comments or send us feedback.</div>
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The Apple Store is down (Updated)

Everybody's favorite yellow sticky is back in action, as Apple's online store is down and has been for a while now. It's th...

North Carolina town goes paperless, embraces iPads

<br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter" height="135" src="http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8141/usingipadatwork.jpg" width="279" /></p><br/>The town of Cornelius, NC has launched a new program designed to cut down on paper use in the town's government facilities, and the linchpin of this program is none other than Apple's tablet, the iPad. According to the local Herald Weekly paper, the town passed out iPad 2s to commissioners at a recent board meeting, and plans to use the devices for sharing agenda packets, budget information, and everything else you need to run a small town, without printing any of it out.<br/><br/>The whole plan seems surprisingly well thought out -- the town actually ran a trial of the program with just three iPads, and the paperless agenda plan has been set up for quite a while now. It was relatively cheap, too -- the town has only spent $5200 on the iPads (not counting some document sharing software previously purchased), and fully expects to make that money right back up in saved time and paper costs.<br/><br/>Pretty impressive move, and of course this means the town commissioners also get to use Apple's magical and revolutionary device during meetings (though they should probably keep the Angry Birds off of government property, just in case). We've seen iPads used in a professional setting before to great effect, and here's another situation where Apple's product is not only better for a few reasons, but actually cheaper as well.

North Carolina town goes paperless, embraces iPads

The town of Cornelius, NC has launched a new program designed to cut down on paper use in the town's government facilities, and the linc...