Kevin Tofel and Engadget are reporting that RIM will be launching a 4G version of the RIM Playbook Tablet “this summer.” Interesting news on a number of fronts. First, as Xavier posted, folks are getting their hands on the device, so it does indeed exist. Second, Kevin is reporting that this seems to be a [...]
Apple has released an update to OSX now numbered 10.6.6 that includes access to the Mac App Store. This was due today so no great surprise. There are supposedly over 1000 Apps (or are these applications?) available for download. I don’t know yet, as I’m on the road and make a habit of not doing [...]
Our friend Avram Piltch got to spend some quality time with the BlackBerry PlayBook at CES 2011. The PlayBook isn’t expected to start selling for a few more months and RIM’s been relatively shy, keeping the PlayBook behind glass at trade shows more often than not. Avram wrote up his impressions after spending some time [...]
Motion Computing’s CL900 Tablet PC might look like a consumer slate at first glance at first glance, but the device is all business. The docking station and accessory module look sharp and will help businesses adapt the CL900 to their needs and working environment. In these photos you can see how the CL900 might be [...]
NEC had a prototype of the LT-W on hand in Las Vegas at an event last night. The device is comprised of a pair of 7″ resistive-touch displays and runs on Android. The mobile OS has been customized to work with the dual display setup. On the back of the left display is a 3MP [...]
Windows Phone 7 users can now enjoy reading Amazon Kindle books as Amazon has now made its Kindle App available for that platform. If you don’t know the drill on this, you’ve been hiding in some old library stacks somewhere during the last year or so. The Kindle App allows you to purchase books from [...]
Falling somewhere between “we all knew it was coming” and “we better announce this before we announce our new Tablets so we can sell a few” Samsung has officially announced the WiFi only version of the Galaxy Tab. The carrier supported versions have obviously been a hit so far and it looks like there were [...]
Well, it’s official. Motorola will be rolling out its Honeycomb Tablet, already known as the Xoom, sometime in Q1 of 2011. What wasn’t known that the initial roll out on Verizon will be 3G with an update available in Q2 to soak in all that 4G goodness yet to come. The Xoom will feature a [...]
Well there was some speculation that HTC might be making T-Mobile’s G-Slate Android Tablet but it looks like LG is going to be behind the hardware. Announced to today as the T-Mobile G-Slate with Google, it is also touted as being the first 4G Android Powered Tablet. I’m guessing we’ll hear much more about this [...]
I guess it is everybody into the water or Olly Olly Oxen Free when it comes to Tablets at CES 2011. Panasonic is apparently trying to get into the game with an Android Tablet, that I believe is to compliment its web connected Viera TVs. Think of this as more of a companion or large [...]
Leaving expensive gadgets in hotel rooms can be stressful. While I’ve never had a gadget go missing from a hotel room, I always worry that a bad guy will swipe anything that I leave out. I was pleasantly surprised by the safes in our hotel rooms at the Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas. They’re large [...]
Our friends from SCOTTEVEST and Gear Diary are teaming up to support the The Haiti Plunge, an organization that’s aiding those who are still suffering from last year’s earthquake. Specifically, the organization is taking steps to build a medical clinic. While the Haiti earthquake is a distant memory for those of us focused on the latest [...]
Speck is making its CandyShell line of cases more functional with the introduction of the CandyShell View and CandyShell Card. While there’s no shortage of iPhone case models these days, these two perform a trick each. The CandyShell View has a spring-loaded kickstand that hides away when not in use. The kickstand can prop the [...]
Bowers & Wilkins introduced the Zeppelin Air at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. This new iPod speaker is compatible with Apple Airplay, which means users will be able to stream and control music wirelessly from the comfort of any iPad, iPhone, Mac or PC. The Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air has five discrete amplifiers and [...]
Hey, remember when I said the Android Marketplace needs gift cards and the various Android app stores should work together on a universal acceptance format? Well, forget it. Amazon just dropped that idea in the toilet with the announcement of their own Amazon Appstore for Android, and I sincerely doubt they’ll give up their own [...]
It looks like with the slew of Android slates that are promised here at CES from various phone and PC manufacturers, including Asus, MSI, Lenovo, Motorola, Samsung, LG, and others, Google is finally showing off what Android 3.0 Honeycomb will look like. Honeycomb was previously thought to be Android 2.4 according to some speculations, but [...]
It seems like mobile devices with sliding keyboards (I’m not talking smart or super phones here) are popular this year. Samsung is unveiling the Sliding PC 7 series which is kinda sorta a Netbook/Mobile PC/Tablet mix or mutt. The 7 series will be running Windows 7. The 10.1 display has a capacitive touch screen with [...]
Well, whadda ya know. Microsoft has just dropped a press release officially announcing that the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip (SoC) architecture including ARM-based systems from NVidia, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments. This will all get highlighted in tonight’s keynote speech, and the press release indicates that we will see a [...]
Right on schedule. Just hours before Steve Ballmer takes the stage at CES 2011 for the big keynote speech that most are expecting to contain some teases about Windows 8 (or whatever the next version will be dubbed) rumors are starting to bounce around the Interwebs. First up is Mosh, code name for a tile-based [...]
When the iPhone 4 launched, Apple made a huge deal about the stainless steel band that wraps around the device, but unfortunately because the external antenna isn’t coated, your skin, when held over the antenna, interferes with the reception of your iPhone. That issue, dubbed lovingly by the press as Antennagate, was considered one of [...]
One of the Tablets I’ve been anxious to hear news about from CES 2011 is the Notion Ink Adam. Notion Ink has been teasing and promoting for some time now. They’ve taken some hits because no one has seen any real device other than promotional videos and there had been whispers of “vaporware.” They had [...]
I’m trying to eliminate as much paper as possible from my life to get more organized. The ScanSnap S1300 has been instrumental in that endeavor, but it’s not quite as mobile as I’d like and rarely leaves my desk. Enter The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100, a scanner that shares many of the same usability features with [...]
Already got an iPad tablet that will suffice for your e-reading pleasure and not aching to shell out money for Barnes & Noble’s customized and curated Android e-reader tablet dubbed the Nook Color? That’s okay, especially if you have kids as the bookseller has just announced that its children’s books are now being made available [...]
Fujitsu has informally announced details for its pair of tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show. While a formal announcement was not made, the company did announce some details to its Windows 7 slate, which unlike previous Tablet PC models, will be powered by an Atom-based Oak Trail processor. The 10.1-inch WinTel tablet is slated for [...]
The Enspert Identity Tab E301 is listed as coming soon on the company’s webpage as it has now debuted at CES. According to Netbook News, the Enspert Identity Tab will Stateside and will be available for purchase starting this month in three varieties. The 1 GHz-powered Android 2.3 Gingerbread slate with a 7-inch display will [...]
At the Consumer Electronics Show, Viliv has just taken the wraps off its Android and Windows tablets. The slate computing devices have been known through an earlier leak, but now they are official. There are two Android slates and 1 Windows tablet. viliv X7 Android Tablet Longest battery life powered 7 inch Android Samsung Cortex [...]
We had mentioned that LG is set to announce its line of smart appliances, which are Internet-connected appliances that are connected to your home’s WiFi network. These appliances, powered by the company’s THINQ technology, can be remotely controlled via your smartphone. At the LG press event this morning, we had a chance to capture some [...]
CES 2011 has really just officially kicked off but as always quite a bit of the big news has kicked off before the kick off. I may be premature here, but on the Tablet front (which is a big part of our beat after all) it looks like we are seeing a theme emerge that [...]
Acer today announced at CES that its ICONIA Tab A500 will be a 4G LTE tablet that will debut on Verizon Wireless’s nascent 4G network. The gaming and mobile-centric 10.1-inch slate will run Android OS and have a user interface layer on top called Acer UI 4.5. It will support HD playback and comes with [...]
We caught some quick video footage of LG’s press conference of the Optimus Black and Optimus 2X smartphone announcements. LG has stated during its press announcement today that its tablets will be debuting at another event tomorrow at the Consumer Electronics Show; LG’s tablets are widely believed to be called the Optimus Pad. The Optimus [...]
Lost amid the Christmas clutter there seems to have been some clarity on exactly what we can call 4G here in the US. I suppose that’s a good thing since exactly what is and what isn’t 4G has been the subject of many blog posts, debates, and marketing mayhem. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the [...]
After the Samsung Infuse 4G and Motorola Atrix 4G, AT&T’s HSPA+ network rollout continues with the HTC Inspire 4G with HTC Sense, which should square off with Sprint’s EVO 4G with its large screen. The Sense-enabled handset comes with a number of HTC innovations, including the ability to ring loudly when inside a bag or [...]
At the AT&T Developer Summit at the Consumer Electronics Show, AT&T is announcing yet another smartphone in addition to the Samsung Infuse 4G that will grace its 4G HSPA+ network. The carrier announced that the Motorola Atrix 4G will be the world’s most powerful smartphone with its NVIDIA dual-core Tegra 2 CPU; that device had [...]
AT&T is now joining rival carriers Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, and Sprint in announcing a 4G smartphone for its network. The carrier is going big with its Samsung Infuse 4G Android smartphone announcement, which is a Galaxy S series variant that will join the Captivate on AT&T’s network. Not a lot of details are available at [...]
LG is one of the companies coming out with a Tablet (and many other consumer based products) at CES 2011 and it is holding its press conference early this morning CES time. At the event LG announced that it will announce a Tablet. But not today. Tomorrow. In the meantime those there on the site [...]
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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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