HP Home is offering $150 off of the HP Pavilion dv4t 14.1-inch Dual-core notebook which brings the final price down to $579 including free shipping. The Pavilion dv4t also includes 3 GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive and a free upgrade to 512MB nVidia GeForce G 105M Discrete graphics. Visit LogicBuy for more information.
Yesterday is was LG Display announcing its 19″ e-ink display, today is Nokia. According to the post on Engadget, Nokia has published a patent: Covering a “user interface, device and method for a physically flexible device,” the application details (among other things) how a flexible display might be used on a phone to do things [...]
Just a quick heads up to all your FIOS TV/Android users: You can now program FIOS TV from your Android phone.  The folks at Verizon have created FiOS Mobile. With this application users can have access to the EPG for remote scheduling capabilities, as well as integrated VOD browsing, parental controls, and a free space indicator. [...]
Here it comes. Right on schedule. The inevitable industry analysis that says Tablets are the gadget of the future and that they will sell millions this year. That’s exactly what an article in the Guardian UK is saying as they report on a Deloitte analysis with a headline featuring the “sell in their millions” part. [...]
There is news on two recent security issues we’ve reported on. First up, AT&T has supposedly corrected the issue that found Facebook users logging into other users’ accounts when using their mobile phones. More details here. While there isn’t a patch yet, Novatel is promising a fix is coming for the security hole recently discovered [...]
Our Droid was taken out for its first day in the field. Results were mixed. Reception where my wife Tanya works was not good. Streaming music over Pandora worked well enough, but calls were too garbled for her to tolerate. Will need to test further to see how much is the network and how much [...]
I think everyone who has been following Tablet PCs (not just Apple Tablet rumors but Tablet PCs) has been anxious to see what HP would do with the follow up to the Elitebook HP 2730p Tablet PC. Well, we’ve seen the first hint that it might actually be on the horizon courtesy of a post [...]
Gizmodo is running a powerful picture from a series of powerful pictures at The Big Picture from the devastation in Haiti. I’m sure it will resonate with geeks everywhere. Of course the other powerful pictures resonate on levels so deep that it is hard to put words to the emotions. It is hard to imagine [...]
My personal experience with AT&T has been so horrible recently that I’ve pretty much given up on using my iPhone 3GS as a phone. While some people have no problems at all connecting to voice and data services through the country’s largest phone service, it seems like I’ve had more dropped calls than completed calls. [...]
Those of us with Windows Mobile phones have been eagerly awaiting updates to the operating system to bring us to the current version 6.5. Â Its been a long time in coming. And if we have to wait on Windows Mobile 7, we’ll be waiting even longer. Microsoft has pushed back that date for a some [...]
As Sumocat showed us in his CES coverage, we are getting ready for an onslaught of e-readers this coming year. Â We are going to get them in every size, shape, color and price point. Â Their one common factor, screen size. Â Aside from the Kindle DX, the average e-reader display is about 6 inches. Â Well, what [...]
The tiny tablet that Dell showed off but wouldn’t commit to at CES has fallen into the hands of a hacker. Not a software hacker, but one of the hardware variety who takes the little guy apart piece by piece. Seems a tad ironic given that it was a look-no-touch showing in Vegas, but this [...]
The graphic accompanying this post will probably get really old by later tonight, much less by January 27, but it is what accompanied the invitations to Apple’s event on January 27 in San Fransisco. Of course every one is expecting the mythical Apple Tablet to be announced that day. Tea leaf and Apple Kremlinoligists are [...]
Lots of talk lately about OLED screens being something we’ll be seeing on lots of devices in the future. Certainly from what I’ve seen first hand and from what I’ve read they are pretty to look at and they do draw less energy. That said, I’ve seen a few reports lately about the Nexus One [...]
It is no secret that many of us on the GBM Team love the Novatel MiFi card. We’ve got several members who use and rely on these handy mobile hotspots in both the Verizon and Sprint flavors. Well, we’ll be keeping our eyes peeled for a firmware update, hopefully soon, after news of a security [...]
I’m a fan of the Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth headsets and have been using them for quite some time. Aliph is releasing its next generation headset called the Icon, which features what they boast as the industry’s first software platform for a Bluetooth headset, called MyTalk.
There’s no question eBook reading is on the rise and as is the case with just about every segment of the media consumption game, those who control the content are getting nervous about their bottom line and profits. Random House and other publishers are trying to hang on to their existing publishing revenue streams (hardcover, [...]
HP Home has a $200 discount on the newly announced HP TouchSmart tm2t 12-in Convertible Tablet w/ Capacitive Multi-touch Display. This Tablet allows you to interact via keyboard, finger or pen and comes with free shipping and a free upgrade to 3 GB RAM. The tm2t also has an Intel Core2Duo processor, 160 GB hard [...]
Last night I noticed on Twitter that Rob Bushway was trying out jiTouch2 on his Mac. This is a utility to add more functionality to the already touch enabled trackpads on Macs as well as to the Magic Mouse. There’s a video below the jump to show off the features, which include making it easier [...]
I’ve said it once, I can’t say it enough: whether a particular wireless phone service works for you depends greatly on your geographical location. I don’t care if AT&T is the fastest, or if Verizon Wireless has the widest coverage. What I care about is whether a particular service works where I live. Yet, sucker [...]
My wife is a fan of the show Project Runway. She noticed that on the first episode of the new season that HP was a sponsor and that the hopeful fashion designers were using Tablet PCs from HP to do their drawings and sketches. When I returned home earlier this evening, she showed me the [...]
I started this post earlier today while sitting in a hospital with my mother who is suffering from lung cancer. My two sisters were out visiting long term and skilled care facilities and having conversations with various hospice services. Mom was sleeping comfortably. This process had been going on for two days as we continue [...]
Combine the name recognition of netbooks with the hype surrounding tablets and you’ll get Netbook Navigator, “an exclusive specialty online retailer of top-of-the-line Mobile Internet Devices, with a core focus on wireless touch screen Tablet Netbooks.” Look, they even managed to sneak in “MID” into their tag line. Always nice to have a resource for [...]
I’d like to extend a warm welcome to Amy Zunk, the latest GBM team member. She’s been helping out at Notebooks.com for the past couple of months and it became clear during CES 2010 that it’d be great to have her share her insight on mobile tech here at GottaBeMobile. She did a fantastic job [...]
Just when you thought you’d seen everything when it comes to security issues with Facebook, AT&T comes along and makes it worse. In a story from Associated Press: A Georgia mother and her two daughters logged onto Facebook from mobile phones last weekend and wound up in a startling place: strangers’ accounts with full access [...]
At $780, the DigitalRise X9 is hardly a steal compared to a netbook, yet the guys selling it have the audacity to call it “cheap” and also “The First Multi-Touch 3G Tablet PC Out of Asia!” Possibly true if you’re only counting slates, but I know Lenovo offers both in their X200 and they are [...]
Anyone who didn’t see this coming, including the folks at Gawker Media, has to be considered naive at best. As we reported yesterday, Gawker Media offered a bounty for pictures, video, and info of the Apple Tablet via ValleyWag. It didn’t take Apple’s lawyers long to issue a cease and desist, which they did. They [...]
Lenovo is offering 23% off of the just released Lenovo ThinkPad T410s 14″ notebook with Core i5 processor bringing the price down to $1,399 and includes free shipping. This notebook weighs under 4 pounds and includes nVIDIA switchable graphics, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive and can be configured with a multi-touch display. Visit [...]
Last night I shared a link to the Red Cross, which is collecting donations via SMS for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. I was very glad to hear that the Red Cross has raised more than $1.2 Million via its SMS campaign in a single day. That’s very impressive considering they did it $10 at [...]
The people of Haiti are going through some unimaginable pain and suffering. While many of us are stressing out over missing drivers and poor 3G service, Haitians are doing their best to just survive. If you don’t yet have a sense of the devastation, I suggest watching the AP report in the embedded YouTube player [...]
As impressive as some of the devices shown at CES were, it was clear to me, if Apple does announce a tablet as expected, they won’t have to worry about competition for a while. It wasn’t just that Dell and HP were showing nameless, possibly vaporous prototypes (Dell wouldn’t even commit to theirs ever being [...]
After running through what worked and what didn’t, the next thing I pondered was what I would change and what I’d do to improve it next time (assuming Xavier re-extends the invite and I forget how beat down tired I felt).
Waiting to board the plane home, half dazed from an exhausting week, I looked back at the week, thinking about my mobile setup at what worked and what didn’t. Here’s what I came up with.
One thing Xavier emphasized repeatedly to our team of CES newbies is to introduce ourselves to our fellow bloggers. Best advise he could have given because it was easily the highlight of the trip.
I just received word from @LionelatDell and @BillatDell that Windows 7 drivers for the Latitude XT are being posted today, this includes functional N-Trig digitizer drivers. Direct link to Windows 7 N-trig drivers: 32 bit: http://bit.ly/5uRRce, 64 bit: http://bit.ly/4SNW46 As of this writing, they are not there yet. I understand they are working on adding [...]
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Droid RAZR MAXX First Impressions and Unboxing Video
The Droid RAZR is just months old, but Motorola has already seen fit to introduce another mmber to the RAZR family, the Droid RAZR MAXX. The Droid RAZR (review) was known for a super thin design and Kevlar back, but it lacked in the battery life department. We saw 11-12 hours of battery life in [...]
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Pad & Quill Octavo iPad Case 2 Looks Great but is Bulky
The Pad & Quill Octavo case for the iPad 2 is a leather bound case that looks great on the iPad 2. This case is crafted with care and you can tell that when you pick it up. Pad & Quill is known for producing high quality cases that protect your tablet, computer or iPhone with [...]
Pad & Quill Fire Keeper: A Beautiful Kindle Fire Case
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id America Gasket iPhone Case Review
iPhone cases are a dime a dozen, but now and then I see one that stands out. Enter the Gasket iPhone case from id America. The id America Gasket case is a brushed aluminum iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S case that looks absolutely stunning. The machined case is inspired by the head gasket you’d find inside a [...]
