This is quickly becoming viral and is worth sharing and watching a bunch of times. T-Mobile’s commercial called Welcome Back features an A Capella welcome home in an aiport. No instruments were used. It is just fun. Enjoy.
It’s Halloween weekend here in the US and though the official day of Halloween is Sunday, many communities are doing trick or treating on Saturday and I imagine tonight kicks off a range of parties as well. It’s a fun time, full of pranks, full of tricks, with hopefully some treats thrown in for the [...]
The band Atomic Tom got a lot of attention when its members swapped their instruments for iPhones. Reggie Watts, a musician and comedian, is now in on the iPhone act and put together a nice demonstration of how the iPhone can be used as a performance and content creation device. In a live appearance on [...]
This morning I posted a link to Dwight Silverman’s excellent article on Firesheep, the Firefox add-in that allows someone to follow you around on the Internet if you’re on an unsecured WiFi hotspot. Now, I’m posting a link to another good piece, this one from James Kendrick, on FireShepherd, which is an application that basically [...]
Finally, after more than a decade of living near Washington DC, someone’s holding a rally with a message I can get behind. Sure, I’ve attended rallies in the past, but that was primarily for the experience. This time I actually care, and I’m prepping my gear to show it.
In what is essentially an article on Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg and his recent activities as he approaches retirement age, Fortune at CNNMoney.com “confirms” Verizon will start offering the iPhone early next year.
OK. I think this is finally it. We’ve been getting teased by the weather off and on for a few weeks now. Woke up to a cold chill in the air this morning that I think is saying that we’ve finally hit autumn temperatures heading into winter. Of course that’s a relative thing depending on [...]
Firesheep is a new dirty word in many eyes around the Internet. Firesheep is a Firefox extension that allows a snooper to relatively easy get into anyone’s browsing sessions on a public WiFi hotspot. Think of your favorite coffee shop. Dwight Silverman has a nice write up on this here. The story he recounts is [...]
Verizon Wireless has another hot Android phone in thier lineup, it’s called the Samsung Fascinate. This one has been out a couple months now, but it’s still worth taking a look at. The Fascinate is part of Samsung’s new Galaxy S lineup of phones which offers the same core features as similar phones on the [...]
Gizmodo has a report that says the newly announced Nook Color eBook Reader that is Android 2.1 at its core might actually have what it takes to be a Tablet/Slate. The key here is what you use a Tablet/Slate for. But then that’s the key for all of these iPad wannabes and the iPad itself. [...]
This isn’t just any Bluetooth keyboard, this is one sold by a… camera company. What? This keyboard caught my eye though, it has hotkeys to select websites. Sure, you could type E B A Y . C O M easy enough, but why not just use a hotkey right?
FusionGarage, the company that created a lot of fuss and quite a bit of unintentional entertainment with its JooJoo Tablet, also previously known as the TechCrunch Tablet, looks to be following that old maxim, “if at first you don’t succeed….” Well, you know the rest. On the company blog, called good joojoo, (I’m not making [...]
Well, that didn’t take long. When I saw that Chris Davies had a Viewsonic Viewpad 7 on hand and knew he also had a Galaxy Tab from Samsung, I figured a comparison post was soon to make its debut. And sure enough it has. Although it doesn’t go completely in depth, (he just got his [...]
Microsoft apparently demoed the Kindle App for Windows Phone 7 today at PDC and Amazon is out of the chute with a press release telling the world that Amazon will have the first eBook Reader App on Windows Phone 7. Soon. As in “coming soon.” Amazon is nothing if not relentless in getting its software [...]
Anandtech has a killer review of Windows Phone 7 up and they have run plenty of tests. One that really stands out is their battery tests. The battery life varied depending on the screen type. The LG Optimus 7 proved the best in their tests while the “Super Amoled” screen of the Samsung Focus did [...]
Most folks have heard of Eye-Fi. It’s a service that, using an SD card allows you to quickly upload pictures from your digital camera to your online photo sites. Eye-Fi has even branched out to include an iPhone App as well. It is a handy service if you’re connected and there are a variety of [...]
The Viewsonic ViewPad 7 is one of those Android Tablet/Slates that got quite a few folks excited after the IFA conference earlier this year, and although it hasn’t hit the states yet, it is rolling out in Europe. Chris Davies of Slashgear has his hands on one of the devices and has put some video [...]
Everybody is used to iFixit’s tear downs of new devices, but I’m guessing they aren’t going to do one for the Tega v2 Slate. Not to worry. Steve “Chippy” Paine decided to open up a defective Tega v2 Slate and do the autopsy himself. You might want to check out the pics on his site [...]
Apple’s attempts at selling a white iPhone 4 have been, well, more than curious. Lots of white iPhones were in the press room when the iPhone 4 was announced. In fact most of the pictures we saw from that press scrum were of the white iPhone. Then when sales began it was announced that there [...]
There’s rumor of a disturbance in the force wafting around the Internets today. Stacy Higginbotham of GigaOm is reporting that European sources are saying Apple is working with SIM-card maker Gemalto to create a special SIM card that would work with any carrier. The big speculation that is building around that story is that this [...]
AT&T announced it’s 5th Annual developer summit yesterday. Good news for those headed out to Vegas for CES 2011, you can knock out two birds with one flight. The two events will work great together, they are both in Vegas and the Summit is the day before the show. Unless you are headed to Pepcom’s [...]
T-Mobile is working to beat Verizon and Sprint to the punch on the Samsung Galaxy Tab release, announcing that it will be on sale beginning November 10. That’s one day ahead of Verizon and four days ahead of Sprint. Unfortunately for comparison shoppers, T-Mobile hasn’t announced pricing or plans yet, so you’ll have to wait [...]
Say what you want about the debate about open (Android) vs closed (iOS). Pick a side, desecrate a dictionary, throw another Gingerbread man in the oven. Say what you want about the merits, or lack thereof, of having Android available in all of its flavors for Tablet manufacturers to choose from. It really doesn’t matter [...]
I’m a big fan of MyAssist, a virtual personal assistance service that’s saved me countless hours over the past year. I’ve raved about MyAssist (review here), which has helped me plan vacations, my wedding anniversary, shop for gifts and track down hard to find items. When I tell people about this wonderful service, the most [...]
Well that didn’t take long. But maybe it will be a short trip. I predicted awhile back that at some point in the great Tablet/Slate race we’d see these devices at places like Walgreens and CVS priced below $100. Guess what? According to the Boy Genius Report, Walgreens is going to be selling the Maylong [...]
The year was 2010. The eReader wars had heated up to boiling. e-ink devices were deployed by numerous factions, big and small. Everyone expected Amazon to be the one to up the ante, but they weren’t. Barnes & Noble launched first. The war changed that day – everything changed – that day when they went [...]
No surprise that Acer is trying to edge its way into the Tablet/Slate game. The only question was when. Well, that’s not the only question, but it is the only one answered today. Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci is saying that November 22 is the launch date with prices between $299 to $699. The first question [...]
I sure hope this megascoop that Engadget posted turns out to be fake. We can always wait until Gizmodo finds one in a bar though or we can just take the word of Joshua Topolsky. Either way, it sure is ugly. I guess it could be possible that the images uncovered by Engadget are not [...]
It used to be that white defined Apple. Their MacBooks were a very attractive glossy white and the old click wheel iPods. You could spot an Apple product from a mile away. Lately, it seems that everything is going towards brush aluminum. The original iPhone, which I still think is the best looking of all [...]
T-Mobile will officially support tethering and turning your smartphone into a Wi-Fi hotspot beginning next week. The Tethering and Wi-Fi Share Add-On will cost $14.99. That’s on top of the $19.95 or higher mobile data plan,available for both Post-paid and Flex Pay customers. Data used via tethering or Wi-Fi will count against T-Mobile’s 5GB soft cap. Once [...]
A major new update for Evernote for Windows has been announced, and its cup is spilling over with improvements. I’ve been playing around with a preview version for a couple of days. Haven’t gotten to all the new stuff yet, but I like what I’m seeing so far.
Uh, oh. This won’t sit well. Looks like the Mississinawa Valley School District in Darke County, Ohio is going to use the Internet so that students can still do work when snow and ice cause schools to be canceled. I’m not sure if this is the first case of this, but it is the first [...]
Research in Motion’s PR folks sent over a longer video demo of the BlackBerry PlayBook being shown off at Adobe MAX. This video shows the BlackBerry PlayBook being used to view MRI images, viewing media in Adobe Air apps and playing Flash videos on YouTube. This is the first time that RIM has shown a [...]
Amazon is touting a major top to bottom rewrite of Amazon.com built especially for shopping on the iPad. The new App is called Windowshop. The idea is basically to bring you all the functionality of Amazon’s website but in an iPad App optimized for the touch experience. The organization approach appears to rely on a [...]
What a contrast. Android has been around a few more days than “Windows Phone 7″ though. I wonder if anyone has ever added up how many Pocket PC and Windows Mobile apps are out there. I’d be willing to bet that it’s quite an impressive number. Unfortunately, those apps were never assembled in a single [...]
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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 [...]
The Next Nexus: What It Needs to Stay Ahead of the Pack
Late last year, Google and Samsung released the third rendition of the Nexus smartphone. The first of course was the HTC-made Nexus One which arrived in 2010 to great fan fare. Then, in late part of 2010, the Samsung-made Nexus S launched which eventually became available in two variants, the regular Nexus S and the [...]
Nokia Responds to Alleged 3-Inch ‘Tablet’ Leaks
When Nokia took the stage in New York City with carrier partner T-Mobile USA, various news outlets were reporting that Nokia was either working on a 3-inch tablet or media player. Right now, the company says that the information that was reported earlier was all a misunderstanding by various hopeful blogs. The device that was [...]
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
If you have a Kindle Fire, then you owe it to yourself to take a look at the beautiful Kindle Fire Keeper, a case from Pad & Quill. Pad & Quill cases protect your iPad, eBook reader, computer or iPhone with a touch of class giving users a classic book-like experience even though they’re holding a very [...]
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 [...]
