Verizon removed any doubt about its future plans related to the iPad 2 a few days ago, when it launched a teaser page confirming that the tablet would be available in the carrier’s stores on March 11. The iPad’s EVDO-equipped 3G model should reach the stores together with the Wi-Fi and HSPA 3G models. It is expected that the stores will join in offering a special 5PM release.

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Sony confirmed a few days ago that shipments of PlayStation 3 game consoles had been seized in the Netherlands by custom officers, following a court injunction. As a consequence of LG winning the case, which said the console had violated patents held by the electronics maker from South Korea with its Blu-ray drive, a Dutch court decided an import ban for ten days and therefore tens of thousands of consoles have been seized. A technology-sharing agreement between Sony and LG has not been renewed by the former after expiring three years ago, Reuters sources said.

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An avalanche of accessories has followed the iPad 2 launch and among them a whole range of new cases made by Targus, Marware, iSkin and Case-Mate. The new range of cases for the iPad 2 made by Case-Mate includes the Simple ($35), Pop! ($50), Leo ($100), Versant ($40), Gelli ($30) and Venture ($50). All of them are listed to come soon and include cases from the minimalist style of the Simple to a complete executive solution as in the Leo.

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Apple could have more than ten million iPads shipped, during a quarter, this spring, for the first time, as part suppliers said. The company is on track to deliver 6.5 million devices before April, of which two or even three million should be iPad 2, but is expected to double the quantity in the spring to ten or twelve million iPad 2 tablets. Shipments during the first half of this year are supposed to reach 21.5 million to a maximum of 24 million tablets, as insiders of Digitimes estimated

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Microsoft and Google, in a quite unexpected case of cooperation, launched a lawsuit which attempts to shut down patent troll GeoTag.

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Belkin is a long-time accessory maker for Mac and has recently unveiled the new lineup of iPad 2 cases and stands specifically designed for the thinner and lighter model. However, some cases will also be compatible with the original iPad. Two of the new designed models are stands only, but the other cases are made in the traditional folio-style that offers several positioning options

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Microsoft’s schedule on long term for Windows 8 tablets was partially unveiled by a leak a few days ago. According to this source, a public beta version of Windows 8 would be ready at the end of this year, while a final version of the operating system should be ready in nearly another year, just in time for the next year’s “back-to-school” moment

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Roadmap leak says Windows 8 would be ready in late summer 2012

Samsung’s executive vice president for mobile Lee Don-joo said a few days ago that the company may rethink its strategy related to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 once the iPad 2 was launched. The Korean company had projected to charge a premium over the original model of Galaxy Tab, which costs now as much as a larger 3G iPad

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Samsung may cut prices for Galaxy Tab 10.1, due to iPad 2 panic

Multiple sources claimed a few days ago that Apple was in talks with labels for an already requested deal which would allow users to download an iTunes song they have purchased as many times as they want.

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Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s chief, at the recent Game Developers Conference talk, launched an attack against the iPhone and Android for their effect on gaming. He did not explicitly mention Google or Apple by name but was very critical and said that gaming for them was strictly incidental and they did not have any motivation to keep gaming value up. As about 92 percent of all the games on these platforms are free, they risk taking important income out of the 3DS and DSi businesses

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