The gaming industry tends to upgrade equipment in seven year cycles. 2001 was the last full upgrade cycle.
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The big question, however, is whether Apple will choose to release a full upgrade (like the iPhone 3, 4 or 5) or simply enhance the existing model (similar to the iPhone 3GS and 4S).
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Separately, the board decided that it will switch to a rolling release model, in which users won't have to do a full system upgrade to take advantage of major OS updates.
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This is possibly best thought of as a very big Experia phone with no screen and a one-second battery life, with the option to upgrade to a full PS3 experience.
Nissan also plans to upgrade the engine in its Titan full-size pickup truck and seek to double that vehicle's U.S. sales, he said.
As Daily Tech points out, this seems to suggest that any Vista upgrade DVD can function as a full retail copy of Vista, although it would also seem to be something that Microsoft could put the kibosh on pretty quickly, so you may not want to lose sight of that copy of your old OS just yet.
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The upgrade also allows consumers to enjoy the full benefits of the Android Gingerbread platform including Google Talk with Video Chat.
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It is understood that firm low-risk plans and costs have been provided to the Navy to upgrade the three Zumwalt-class ships to full BMD capability.
After the sudden and unexplained disappearance of the "PlayStation Phone" from the Android 4.0 upgrade list yesterday, Sony has followed it up with a full confirmation accompanied by the usual explanation.
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So far it's four friends from The iLife blog keeping each other company, with plans to upgrade one of the crew's original iPhones (for that attractive full subsidy price).
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