The Verizon Thunderbolt is getting a ton of attention, not all of it good. There’s still not a clear release date for the device, despite the fact that Best Buy, the ‘exclusive’ retail partner for the Thunderbolt launch is already advertising the device in its weekly circular and has been taking pre-orders since February 6 [...]
Crowds didn’t gather at Apple stores like they did during the original rollout of the iPhone 4, but approximately a million have been sold since the device went on sale earlier this month. According to Verizon CEO Dan Mead, 60% of iPhone 4 sales were pre-orders. The Street did a little math and came up [...]
BGR had recently posted an image of what looks to be Apple’s second generation tablet computer, but sites like MacRumors and BusinessInsider are saying that the reported picture of the rear of the iPad 2 is a fake. We’ll perhaps learn soon enough as Apple is scheduled to have a press announcement on Wednesday that’s [...]
In a move to appease angry fans awaiting the delayed launch Verizon’s first 4G LTE smartphone, the HTC Thunderbolt, which runs the HTC Sense user interface on top of the Android 2.2 operating system on a single-core processor, Verizon has taken to social networking site Facebook to let eager customers know that the handset is [...]
Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha hasn’t been secretive about his love for the 7-inch form factor and the head of the Xoom-maker told an audience at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference today that other Motorola tablets will be arriving on the market before the end of the year. While Jha wasn’t explicit in [...]
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Updated: According to BGR, this is a fake photoshop job. In addition to the circulating iPad 2 rumors, speculation on the Internet has it that Apple has bigger plans for the iPhone 5 refresh, which is believed to be announced at the WWDC developer conference this June. According to 9to5 Mac, Apple may be preparing [...]
The Nook Color was launched as Barnes & Noble’s push into the color space with an Android-based e-reader touchscreen tablet, but the device has gained more versatile uses thanks to an enterprising developer community, including root access, Android 3.0 Honeycomb port, and the ability to run apps from Android Market, which was restricted by Barnes [...]
The Verizon Thunderbolt by HTC has generated a ton of consumer interest since it was announced last month. The Thunderbolt is Verizon’s first 4G phone and consumers are understandably excited to get their hands on it. Best Buy began taking reservations for the HTC Thunderbolt on February 6, which required a $50 deposit. At that [...]
While Apple is still selling the original iPad at its retail stores and Apple.com, the company has cut off retailers. This means they iPad resellers can sell what they have on their shelves, but can’t order more iPad stock. This move signals that Apple already has iPad 2 stock ready to roll out to the [...]
In a broad statement of strategy, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook reveals that Apple is looking at the possibility of delivering cheaper iPhones and will target the prepaid market. Cook says that the company “is likely to develop lower priced offerings” and that it doesn’t want to position its products as being “just for [...]
Verizon’s airing another Motorola Xoom commercial that I think is pretty good. The commercial highlights an Android version of Vendetta Online, a game that’s also available for Windows, OSX and Linux devices. The commercial shows an actor grabbing the Motorola Xoom and a spacecraft wrapping around him while he plays the game. A voiceover tells viewers about [...]
HTC is promising an Android 2.3 Gingerbread upgrade to a number of its high-end smartphones. The company says that those current Android 2.2 Froyo smartphones should see a Gingerbread update by the second quarter. Handsets affected include the HTC Desire–a variant of the original Google Nexus One, the newly launched Incredible S announced at MWC, [...]
Not only is it important to find what you’re looking for, but when you’re searching for business listings through your Google search results, it’s also important to find when places are open. According to Google, the company has refined its mobile search to filter results based on listings of businesses that are open now: In [...]
We are starting a new feature on GotteBeMobile, sharing the hottest news in Notebooks from our sister site Notebooks.com just in time for lunchtime reading. This afternoon we have a heaping helping of hands on videos, news of OS X Lion and a few other items worth checking out. First off are Notebooks.com’s first impressions [...]
If you’ve ever wished that your 5-inch Dell Streak or 4.3-inch HTC EVO 4G could be more powerful, then AdvanceTC may have a solution for you as the company is announcing that it will be bringing the full Microsoft Windows 7 desktop operating system to a 4.8-inch form factor, slotting the device between tablet and [...]
Having the ability to type is something I take for granted. So when it went away after an injury in the kitchen, I decided to take the opportunity to test out Dragon Dictate for Mac again. It had been almost 10 years since I used the Windows version of the program. I honestly didn’t expect [...]
The Nook Color, launched and envisioned by Barnes & Noble as a dedicated e-reader that happens to also run on the Android operating system, has gotten more utility and functionality thanks to an enterprising community that expands the tablet’s use far beyond what its makers had envisioned thanks in large part to that underlying Android [...]
Apple has served notice on publishers who use the iOS App Store to distribute content. You cannot sell subscriptions unless there is a link from within the app for customers to quickly and easily subscribe. Warner Crocker and Sumocat already weighed in on this issue. Here’s my question about the whole Apple model. What’s wrong [...]
In spite of its newfound partnership with Microsoft for upcoming Nokia-branded Windows Phone 7 smartphones, the Finnish phone-maker isn’t abandoning its Symbian platform and had shown off an updated user interface to its Symbian^3-powered Nokia N8 flagship smartphone at MWC. As part of the UI overhaul, Nokia will be adding a thin drop down status [...]
Despite early comments by Verizon Wireless’s executives that 4G LTE Apple products will be coming to the carrier in due time, plans for a 4G iPhone and iPad on the carrier’s next-generation faster mobile broadband network may be hampered by an earlier agreement between Verizon Wireless and Google according to a report citing legal reasons [...]
A recently leaked inventory listing on Verizon Wireless’s internal system shows that the carrier is poised to carry the Droid Incredible 2, the successor to the popular Droid Incredible made by HTC. Given that HTC had recently announced a larger screen Incredible S, there is speculation that the Incredible S may arrive on the U.S. [...]
High-end PC veteran and current Microsoft GM of System Experience, Entertainment Rahul Sood suggests every executive in the PC industry should use a MacBook in a Facebook post yesterday. That’s not a bad idea in my book and could perhaps teach some valuable lessons. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Rahul Sood’s resume, [...]
Motorola released a TV commercial for the Motorola Xoom that will introduce the product to the masses. It looks to be an effective ad, but it does leave some room for improvement. The Xoom ads starts off with an actor holding a laptop that he folds into a Xoom. A voiceover confidently states that the [...]
The HTC Thunderbolt was announced during a Verizon press conference at CES 2011 way back on January 8th. No firm HTC Thunderbolt release date has been mentioned by Verizon or HTC, even though Best Buy began taking reservations on February 6. The latest word is that the HTC Thunderbolt will be released on March 4…or [...]
The BlackBerry Playbook will support Android Apps according to a a RIM rep who walked MobileMondayRio through the device during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Video overviews of the device or nothing new considering we first saw the Playbook back in September. But there’s something new about this one. A few seconds into the above [...]
Last week I posted about the difficulties I was having with the Jawbone ICON and ERA Bluetooth headsets. After posting that I got an email from a Jawbone tech offering to help. We had a good conversation and he offered me a solution that solved the connection woes. (To see the problems I was having [...]
While the white iPhone 4 is still not available for sale, a recent part leak from an iPhone and iPad repair site sent to 9to5 Mac suggests that Apple’s second-generation tablet will be also available in white. The part leak shows the front screen with a white bezel area around where the black display is [...]
After months of leaks and speculations, HTC has formally announced the HTC Merge, a handset along the lines of the T-Mobile G2 and the Sprint HTC EVO Shift 4G in the U.S. The device, however, will be geared towards CDMA networks, like those operated by Sprint and Verizon Wireless, and will be a world phone [...]
It’s no secret that Apple has some of the best industrial designs in the business, so I decided to shoot a series of beauty shots of my new MacBook Pro. I’m in the midst of writing a full MacBook Pro Review over at Notebooks.com, where I’ll post even more pictures, but I thought the those [...]
The best tech commercial I saw during the 83rd Academy Awards last night wasn’t for a tech company at all, but for a car. While the ad doesn’t mention the deal directly, each Hyundai Equus comes with a ‘free’ iPad in lieu of a manual printed on dead trees. The ad closes by telling the [...]
The Xoom is one new gadget I can’t put down. As I wrote in part 1 of my Motorola Xoom review, it feels a lot like unwrapping a beta product when you buy a Xoom since it was rushed out the door, but it’s an addictive device. I took it out of the house for [...]
Several people have pointed out that the Verizon version of the iPhone 4 suffers from the same antenna issue we saw on the AT&T iPhone 4, but Consumer Reports did some scientific testing to prove the issue in its lab. The Verizon iPhone 4 has a redesigned antenna layout, but it’s still recommended to use [...]
The Oscars are just hours away, which is when most Academy Awards fans will simply turn on the TV and watch whatever the show’s producers decide to show them. But there is a way to see much more of the awards show thanks to the Oscar Backstage Pass app, which is available for iPod Touch, [...]
Dr. Dre is saved by doctors using the HP Pre3, HP Touchpad and an HP Envy Beats Edition notebook in his latest music video, which also stars rapper Eminem. This is the latest example of how HP’s injecting itself in popular culture. While Apple may be the most recognizable tech brand in popular TV shows and [...]
Apple’s done a fantastic job attracting pro and amateur developers to the iOS ecosystem. There’s also no shortage of Android developers, though it’s still proving a challenge to get people to pay for Android apps at the same rate as iOS users. So what’s RIM doing leading up to the release of the long-awaited Playbook [...]
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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 [...]
