Since I am new around here, I wanted to get to know our readership a little better. I know most of you are into Tablets and other mobile PC solutions, but being a smart phone addict comes with the territory. I am sure it’s become quite apparent that I am a smart phone addict too. [...]
Mary-Jo Foley at ZDNet reports that the Microsoft Research team behind Manual Deskterity is presenting the white paper on their work on Simultaneous Pen + Touch at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. As you may recall but likely have forgotten, the team released a video preview of their work back in [...]
I’m sure the rookies among us will cite this as more anti-Ballmer rhetoric, but is it our fault the Big Ballmer says crazy $#!%? For instance, in an interview, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer claims Android isn’t free? Why? Because vendors pay Microsoft a licensing fee.
Verizon has a new trade-in program, providing customers an easy way to dispose of their old mobile phones. The mobile carrier has an online tool that will calculate the trade in value of your old mobile phone. Unfortunately, there’s a big cost for convenience since Verizon isn’t offering customers fair values for their phones. Customers [...]
This evening I followed a link to YouTube from a retweet from James Kendrick. It’s a video from HTC that shows a time line of their innovation. I somehow missed this one during my 6 months off. Don’t laugh at some of the devices shown in the video, I know some of you had them [...]
Engadget has got the goods once again. This time they have some more photos of the HTC HD7, which we assume is the 3rd coming of the HTC HD just skipping 4 numbers in the naming scheme to honor Windows Phone 7. In one of the photos, the start screen is customized in hot pink [...]
There have been plenty of rumors and plenty of speculation on when and where Windows Phone 7 will launch. To be honest, we know it’s coming and the guess work has pretty much be removed with all these leaks. The hype of Windows Phone 7 has turned these dates and location leaks into pretty hot [...]
Now this is a large settlement and a great gesture, but they shouldn’t have billed these customers in the 1st place. It’s kind of like a company leaving off a few hours on your paycheck. You have to fight to get it and sometimes it can take weeks to months, but when the company overpays [...]
If you are a excited about the Galaxy Tab and want to be notified when new information about T-Mobile’s version, you might want to head over to T-Mobile to get signed up early. They have a sign-up for you to get information when it becomes available.
I just got an email from one of our college-aged readers, calling out me and the GBM staff for making the Microsoft chief look stupid. He was apparently distraught that we’d dare put a picture of Steve Ballmer on the home page with his tongue hanging out. Kids these days….I guess they’re just too young [...]
Here’s a video for all of our European friends who complain that GBM is too U.S. centric. This is a video of the Samsung Galaxy Tab being unboxed, with commentary in Italian. I have no clue what our Italian geek friend is saying, but our few thousand Italian readers might appreciate it. via Google News via CrunchGear via Netbooknews.it [...]
Joanna Stern of Engadget got her hands on the Netbook Navigator Nav 9, which is possibly the Windows 7 slate that Steve Ballmer said had shipped the other day. But is it proof that Windows 7 is “ready” for slates or is it proof to the contrary?
I don’t really have to say much here, Billshrink.com’s infographic tells it all itself. The info is a tad outdated, but interesting nonetheless. I feel obligated to warn you that this is the biggest infographic I have ever seen, but it’s a very interesting read.
Microsoft has a lot of catching up to do in the mobile space and the company’s board of directors decided to give CEO Steve Ballmer a kick in the rear…sort of. The board gave Ballmer only half of his expected salary, cutting a check for just $670,000. The reason he didn’t get the entire $1.34 [...]
For those of you interested in the TEGA v2, but concerned about getting one outside of Australia, home of Tegatech, the company has announced it will be available in North America, Europe, Australia & New Zealand on October 12th.
Toshiba France has released several promo videos of its FOLIO 100. The 10.1″ multi-touch slate is built with NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 technology and runs Android 2.2. We saw the FOLIO 100 on video for the first time early last month. Here’s an overview of the FOLIO 100. And here’s a look at Toshiba’s Market Place [...]
Just a quick note, update and word of thanks here. Many GBM readers have been following my mother’s battle with cancer since last December. She finally completed her journey Thursday morning September 30 at 2:39AM. I and my sisters were with her when the end came. It was both a heart rending and beautiful moment. [...]
Is your data safe? With so many people using smart phones now, it’s only a matter of time before evil deeds begin to unravel. We trust our smart phones with so much private, sensitive info about our lives. We have all our friends and families contact data in there, many have their credit cards and [...]
There is no secret that AT&T is one of Microsoft’s biggest launch partners for Windows Phone 7, but exclusive? That is what is being reported by the Wall Street Journal today. The article details information from “people familiar with the launch plans” as well as rehashing how Microsoft has lost half of it’s market share [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
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Ballistic Tough Jacket iPad Case Review: Serious Protection at a Bargain
Ballistic Cases compete with companies like Otterbox to offer more protection than a typical iPad case. The Ballistic Tough Jacket iPad Case for the New iPad and iPad 2 shields your iPad from accidents at a a better price than Otterbox. The Ballistic Tough Jacket uses three layers of shielding on the back, extra absorption on [...]
