Divided by console, the Xbox 360 version had 1.22 million pre-orders, the PlayStation 3 version had 550K pre-orders, and the PC version had 204K pre-orders.
On Feb. 25, 2010, I posted a piece to the pre-Forbes version of this blog.
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Well, they probably had a pre-release version of one of these Aptus-II 12s from Leaf.
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For the past week, I've been testing a pre-release version of Flipboard for iPhone.
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Meanwhile, the analyst writes that he continues to expect Apple to launch a smaller, pre-paid version of the phone in 2012.
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The pre-release version will be playable for the duration of the event.
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Holt notes that the company issued a pre-beta version of Office 15 in January, with a more streamlined user interface and touch-0centric features.
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Aside from the difference in notifications, the downloadable APK differs from the First's pre-loaded version in that no Google search bar sits upon the top of Home's app menu.
We'd already gotten the official word that H.264 support was included in Windows 7, but a tipster has lead us to believe that the pre-beta version of Windows 7 also includes native support for DivX.
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We won't lie, we were a little bitter when TiVo snubbed us and didn't offer us a pre-release version of the Series3 for review, we mean even our brothers at Engadget got one to play with.
Performance-wise, the winner is a pre-release version of Tower Technology's TowerJ compiler, which generates a native executable from pure Java code that runs almost 25 percent faster than the fastest Java interpreter, even when the interpreter has a just-in-time compiler.
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The folks there got their hands on a pre-release version of the system, loaded with a Core 2 Extreme QX6850 processor factory overclocked to 3.67GHz, 4GB of Corsair dual channel DDR2-8500 RAM, and two GeForce 8800 Ultra cards running in SLI mode, among other desirable specs.
Though we were originally told in January that we could expect Android and iOS versions of the browser sometime this month, representatives at the company's booth at MWC noted that what we're seeing is actually a pre-beta version and the final product is "coming soon" with no specific timetable given.
From information derived from their beta version, pre-launch, they were seeing impressively high engagement and open rate, with over 80% of email recipients opening up the email on a daily basis.
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The 1997 version was pre-legislative and, in effect, consultative.
So, the other day, as a remarkably distinguished member of the international media, I had the opportunity to play a pre-release trial version of the new "SimCity, " thus making it a five-star weekend.
For comparison, the Bill committee had 28 sessions on the original, pre-paused, version of the Bill, running through February and March, considering 300 amendments and holding more than a hundred votes along the way.
The firm's UK site says it has sold out of pre-orders for the 32GB version of the device, which runs the RT version of Windows 8.
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But that is perfectly adequate to run the customised version of Linux that comes pre-installed on it, along with a suite of software, including Open Office.
Some webOS developers were irritated that HP did not upgrade the U.S. versions of the Pre and Pre Plus with the 2.0 version of webOS when the platform was updated last fall.
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Pre-orders and pricing for the international version pf the iPad will start May 10.
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The new browser, available in Arabic, English, and a French version in development, will be pre-installed and available via download on Android devices across Orange's African footprint in 2013.
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The languid Windies captain, resplendent in lime green sunglasses, gave his side a pre-match rallying cry, or his version of one, but it was the Sri Lankans who looked better equipped, with their big guns firing.
All of three run on the Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition operating system and come with the new mobile version of Windows Media Player 10 pre-installed (but you can use it to listen to stuff besides Joss Stone).
He assembled 22 of the former Winton children in one of the pre-war carriages for a scene in his new version of the story.
Figuring out how to evaluate pre-exercised options is to engage in the accounting version of medieval debates over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
We could create an updated version of the world gold standard system of the pre-1914 era.
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Customers who buy the Xperia ion through Best Buy will receive a deluxe version of Maroon 5's new album Overexposed pre-loaded on their phone.
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So could a low-cost version of the iPhone designed to work optimally in the pre-pay market.
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