Also the "Inbetweeners" movie has become the biggest selling DVD launch for HMV ever.
Powell and Stoney were speaking at the London launch for the 2011 Fifa Women's World Cup.
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Nokia announced that the QD launch for the US will be delayed until the end of July.
Analysts had been expecting 20 million iPhones sold, but Apple blames the mid-October launch for keeping customers waiting.
Square Enix, developer of the game, is expecting a great launch for the rest of the world in 2012.
The device was the first major product launch for Apple since the latest iPhone went on sale in October.
Bank of America is betting on a digital only launch for a marketing campaign behind one of its newest products.
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The launch month for Black Ops II, however, included seven fewer days than did the launch month for Modern Warfare.
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And in another (more exciting) domain, genetics, we see BaseSpace announcing a January 2013 launch for apps for industrial biology.
Expect to see a "few more" Mobee products launch for Apple products before the end of the year and into 2011.
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It is necessary to note that a successful tablet launch for Sprint is not devoid of risks that could moderate any upside.
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In addition to the game, this fall will also see the unveiling of a massive retail launch for Angry Birds Star Wars.
The zombified DLC lands October 30th, an appropriately spooky launch for Halloween.
This has been a solid launch for Microsoft, and great critical and audience reception will likely yield huge sales for the game.
"I would say it's definitely not a must-get upgrade, and I think it has been relatively low-profile launch for a reason, " Arar said.
While the device is unlikely to receive a simultaneous worldwide release in all nations, Apple would be foolish to save the China launch for January 2013.
Dutch researchers, led by professor Mark Post of Maastricht University, are promising a high-profile launch for their synthetic hamburger by the end of the year.
Xperia Z and Xperia ZL will launch on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and will be upgraded to 4.2 shortly after launch for the latest Android user experience.
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The evening was part of the launch for the American Express and Mercedes-Benz cobranded credit and platinum cards and offered to American Express Membership Reward Program customers.
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Defying the skeptics, BlackBerry has mounted a solid launch for its new Z10 smartphones, according to RBC Capital Markets, which expects the company to ship 500, 000 units in its February quarter.
The first OUYA, set to launch for Kickstarter backers this March and at retail in June, comes with a quad-core A9 Tegra 3 that's been maxed out to 1.6GHz.
While there there are some rumors of a mid-year launch for the iPhone 5S, our guess is that this is more about testing iOS 7 before a developers seed is released.
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The system has been introduced as part of the Forth Replacement Crossing project and will be followed in the new year with a launch for the M9 and M9 spur near Kirkliston.
There are sure to be scams between now and launch for both PS4 and the new Xbox that will attempt to lure people with promises of free consoles, or even just guaranteed consoles.
As with many of its product launches Apple seeded the market with rumours of a February 2010 launch for the iPad, which is reflected in the peak of commentary around Apple and innovation then.
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The LinkedIn IPO was followed by a public market launch for Pandora, the Internet radio pioneer, which, alas, quickly sank below its IPO price on concerns about the long-term profitability potential for its business model.
Expect more announcements from Moto as it looks like you'll be able to go RED with the MOTOSLVR and MOTOKRZR on Sprint when these launch for undisclosed prices in November as well.
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The snazzy "black Xbox" seen above might look quite black and Xboxy, but we're sorry to report that it's just a developer box, plenty of which have been out since before launch for testing out pre-release games.
Indeed, Sony did do a low-key launch for the PlayStation 2 in China in January 2004, but only in two cities instead of five as originally planned, thus upsetting many distributors and gamers in the neglected regions.
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The device is the first major product launch for Apple since the latest iPhone went on sale in October, and the company needs very strong sales for each new device it sells to meet Wall Street's lofty expectations.
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