Apple’s next-generation iPhone could utilize a touchscreen display from Hitachi Displays that will work with gloves and other insulators, meaning non-conductive surfaces, in addition to fingertips. The problem with the current generation iPhone is that it requires finger contact, and won’t work with gloves–for users in colder environments, stylus or pens, and other materials, but [...]
Adobe has just posted an update to Adobe Flash 10.1, which has in the past allowed for select Android 2.2 Froyo devices to run and display Flash content in the browser. The new update, according to Android SPIN, is said to bring Adobe Flash 10.1 Mobile compatibilities to Android 2.3, hinting at the fact that [...]
Verizon just started running a new TV ad promoting its iPad and MiFi bundles. We aren’t used to seeing the United State’s largest wireless carrier promoting Apple products, so it’s interesting to see how Verizon’s positioning the pairing. In the commercial, Verizon shows an iPad user sitting in a living room. Of course, he has [...]
There are a number of screen display alternatives to LCD that is vying for the limelight, including Pixel Qi and Mirasol, both of which promises video, color, and sunlight readability in addition to long battery life when compared to LCD. In addition, there’s also E Ink Holdings, which is responsible for the E Ink screen [...]
My friend over at the Genghis Kent blog has informed me that he had ordered the HP Slate 500, a full Windows 7 tablet with an 8.9-inch display and an active digitizer pen. The blog notes that despite the order being placed on the first day that the Slate has been available for sale, HP [...]
While we had reported that Skyfire had legitimately made it to Apple’s iPhone App Store to bring a little taste of Adobe Flash for iOS users, there may be another illegitimate, unofficial way to do get Flash on your phone. My friend David Gasior had sent me a link that Google Android 2.2.1 has officially [...]
Dylan F. Tweney at Wired’s Gadget Lab has proclaimed “A Tablet Plus a Feature Phone Would Be Mobile Bliss”. I don’t know about that, but yeah, I agree a phone + tablet combo is a pretty good idea, and I’m not just saying that because it’s my idea (okay, maybe I am).
As the new Macbook Air gets to reviewers and users, it’s become clear that Apple has made a real breakthrough here. No, it’s not the slimness. Nor is it the responsiveness. It’s the battery life. Not that it lasts particularly long, but that their battery life estimates are proving highly accurate.
Remember Glassgate? Ryan Block of GDGT caused a stir by reporting that Apple was so concerned about bits of dirt and dust scratching the glass back on the iPhone 4 that it had created a secret lab to test the issue out. Apple had suspended the sale of slide on cases because the scratches or [...]
The case of the ZTE Peel Case for U.S. CDMA carrier presents an interesting proposition for onlookers of Apple’s iPhone but reluctant to commit either to AT&T or a two-year contract. With the ZTE Peel, a case with an integrated CDMA radio, owners of Apple’s iPod Touch–which has been described as an iPhone without the [...]
Today, Google announced an app for Windows Phone 7. I am sure there will be more to the app in the future, but for now, the app is as simple as it sounds. It’s just a Google search app. Not really that exciting to me. Searching with Google on your Windows Phone 7 device just [...]
I have been toying with my HTC HD7 nonstop since Friday. So far, 3 applications have impressed me the most. Facebook, Twitter, IMDB, and other free apps are really well done, but these 3 apps are apps that I was very excited to find on Windows Phone 7. I had said over and over, before [...]
The snooping extension for Firefox, Firesheep, continues to draw focus and concern. We reported on Fireshepherd, an extension that would allow you to escape those prying eyes earlier and it looks like other solutions are becoming available as well. One such solution is BlackShepherd. Yes, it is a Firefox extension that detects Firesheep and lets [...]
The Kno Tablet is quickly becoming famous for all the pictures of its dual screens. Aimed squarely at the educational market, Kno is announcing that the Tablet will ship by the end of December in limited quantities for those who pre-order beginning today. Don’t go running to hit that pre-order switch just yet though, because [...]
Opera Mobile 10.1 is now available for Android users in beta format via Android Market, the official applications storefront for Android users. While Opera Mini has been available for Android for quite some time now, Opera Mobile offers a more complete browsing environment with text and graphics that are natively rendered on Android devices rather [...]
Motorola’s Droid Pro will launch come this November 18th but will be available for pre-sale starting November 9th for $180 on a two-year agreement after a $100 mail-in rebate will be targeted directly at Research in Motion and its enterprise grasp with its BlackBerry smartphones. The Android-powered Droid Pro will come with profiles, a pretty [...]
AT&T has just expanded its smartphone selection today by announcing that the Motorola Bravo and Flipside are now available and on sale. The Bravo, seen as a more higher-end Android 2.1 device with the MOTO BLUR user interface, will retail for $130. The device features a 3.7-inch touchscreen with FWVGA resolution and could be seen [...]
Enterprise BlackBerry users who are eyeing the BlackBerry 9780 should take a look at Tracy and Matt detailed review of the device, which will be headed State-side later this month. The Bold 9780 is an evolution of the original BlackBerry 9700 and has the design of its predecessor while adding more memory and a freshened [...]
Chinese clone-maker E-Stary has received a lot of attention today for its 11.6-inch MacBook Air clone, though the design and device leaves a lot to be desired. Labelled the E-Stary HY118, the clone is essentially a glorified netbook running on Windows 7 stuffed into a chubby silver body and slapped with an Apple logo. The [...]
Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced that the Samsung Continuum will join the carrier’s Galaxy S lineup, which so far includes the Verizon Wireless Samsung Fascinate, with a unique secondary display. The Continuum comprises of a 3.4-inch main display with capacitive touch buttons just below the main display and a smaller 1.8-inch capacitive touchscreen ticker [...]
Updated: Sorry, the fix is proving unreliable. As shown in the photo, it worked fine yesterday after the initial install, but it isn’t connecting today, tested with multiple routers.
Given the rather abrupt announcement of the transfer of Symbian development duties from the Symbian Foundation to Nokia this morning, Finnish smartphone maker Nokia is reassuring everyone that it’s still committed to Symbian, and more particularly Symbian^3. Following the launch of the Nokia N8 smartphone, Nokia’s first Symbian^3 phone which has a slate-style form factor, [...]
Nokia’s new head Stephen Elop is sending a strong message that the Finnish phone maker is still very much committed to its Symbian roots despite the rising popularity of competing open source OS Android. The company now manages two smartphone operating systems–MeeGo and Symbian. In fact, Nokia will now take over Symbian development functions from [...]
A notebook modification that makes a Toshiba Satellite more portable and flight-friendly to fit airplane tray tables actually takes on style cues from some Tablet PCs. Notably, the device hacked by renowned Benjamin J. Heckendorn with its swiveling screen over the keyboard concept looks familiar to the recently released Dell Inspiron Duo, but the style [...]
This is a less than scientific browser test over WiFi using the iPhone 4, myTouch 4G, and the HTC HD7. We have 3 devices and 3 operating systems. Who will win? Before you watch the video, the phones brightness settings were set to auto. I noticed after the video that the iPhone 4′s screen was [...]
Here’s a good 10 minute interview with Microsoft’s Andrew Brown that goes over some general direction of Windows Phone 7 and digs in pretty deep into how updates will work with it. Andrew was my MVP lead for a time when I was a Windows Mobile MVP. The audio levels of the video are low, [...]
Despite canceling a feature phone body with a smartphone brain in the enV Touch 2, Verizon Wireless is getting aggressive on its Android smartphone lineup by offering the newly announced LG Vortex for free on a two-year service agreement. Verizon’s LG Vortex looks to be a branded edition of LG’s Optimus series smartphones, which target [...]
I’ve got one of these on order and I continue my experiments in stylus comparisons for the iPad, but in the meantime you might want to check out Josh Smith’s review of the HardCandy Stylus on our sister site, Notebooks.com. A couple of things to mention here (again before getting my hands on one). First, [...]
Tablet/Slate devices seem perfectly suited to children and there are tons of stories about children using iPads and other devices with touch interfaces. I don’t think we’ve yet seen a Tablet/Slate device targeted at children. That’s going to change with The Fable, a new 7 inch slate being launched by Isabella Products in a partnership [...]
Friday, I grabbed the HTC myTouch 4G, an Android 2.2 phone from T-Mobile. The hardware is absofreakinglutely sexy. It’s one of the best feeling smart phones I have used hands down. It’s ultra-thin, but doesn’t feel fragile. The screen is beautiful and HTC Sense makes 2.2 even funner to use than it already is. In [...]
So, if you’re getting ready for some air travel for the holidays and not looking forward to paying extra baggage fees, being frisked or X-rayed at security checkpoints, agonizing whether or not your new MB Air or iPad have to come out of the bag to be screened, then maybe Google as a small tonic [...]
Evernote for Android received a well needed update today, bumping up to Evernote 2.0. The new version of Android is a big update to the Android version of Evernote which has been functional, but somewhat stale for a while now. The update isn’t just cosmetic, though you’ll notice the improved homescreen right away; it also brings about [...]
I don’t exactly know why you have to download an extra app to get what I feel like should be included in the Xbox Live experience out of the box, but I did it and show you in a video. The integration is pretty cool too. This video is the 1st in a series of [...]
In addition to the Palm Pre 2 running on webOS 2.0, which is more of a refinement of the original Palm Pre with an updated processor and Gorilla Glass screen, PreCentral is reporting that HP Palm is showing that the new venture is committed to the webOS platform with four additional codenamed devices. The codenames, [...]
We’ve seen Barnes & Noble announce a Nook with a color screen for its eBook Reader, but that’s an LCD display. Color e-Ink screens are the development that everyone is looking down the road for. Well, it looks like we might be seeing the first iteration of that. Although Amazon and Sony are still not [...]
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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 [...]
