Amazon introduced Prime Instant Videos today, a new Prime benefit that allows members to watch more than 5,000 movies and TV shows for free. Amazon typically rents or sells videos via its Instant Video service. Existing Prime customers may or may not be able to watch all of the free movies and TV shows however. [...]
According to a FCC bureau, Verizon failed to connect 10,000 emergency calls in the Washington suburbs during a storm on January 26. While the majority of 911 calls aren’t life or death, it’s safe to bet that quite a few Verizon wireless customers under distress were more than frustrated. The FCC is asking Verizon to investigate [...]
Wirefly, a wireless reseller, unboxed a Motorola Xoom on camera today. We came away impressed by the Motorola Xoom when we played with it at CES 2011. Motorola’s new tablet will launch later this week for $599.99 with a Verizon subsidy. The big news with the Motorola Xoom is that it ships with Honeycomb, the [...]
Motorola’s giving away special edition XOOM tablets in Hollywood on Saturday, but your name needs to be on a pretty exclusive list to score one. Select Oscar nominees will receive a free limited edition gold Motorola XOOM enclosed in a leather case. The plain old XOOM goes on sale this Thursday, but those of us [...]
In addition to being able to buy the first Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet, the Motorola Xoom, contract-free for $799.99, Verizon Wireless will also be offering a subsidized version of the Flash-enabled tablet to customers. The Motorola Xoom will be available for consumer purchase beginning on February 24th. With a two-year contract, the Xoom will be [...]
We had previously reported that Microsoft is rolling out a small maintenance update over the air (OTA) to Windows Phone 7 users, however issues related to the update is prompting the mobile OS-maker to advise users to hold off on performing the update if they haven’t already done so. While the current update doesn’t add [...]
After Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet reported that Windows 8 could arrive sooner than we expect, there has been some chatter on the Internet that the next-generation desktop Windows operating system could arrive on tablets with better touch support along with compatibility with ARM-based processors, a feature that CEO Steve Ballmer had announced during the [...]
Waterfield Designs produces some top-notch gadget cases and its latest models for the Galaxy Tab look like they’re no exception. There are a total of five Waterfield Designs cases that will fit the Galaxy Tab. The SlipCase for the Galaxy Tab looks like a smart bet for those looking for a compact case. The SlipCase is $29 [...]
MyAssist is a service that I recommend to just about everyone that complains about not having enough hours in the day. Unfortunately, few people take my advice to use the personal assistance service that ends up paying for itself several times over and freeing up countless hours of my life for me to do more [...]
All Things D is reporting that Apple will hold an event on March 2nd in San Francisco to launch the second generation iPad. The timing of the event negates earlier reports that the iPad 2 would be delayed until this fall. While invites haven’t gone out yet, Kara Swisher cites sources ‘close to the situation’. [...]
Amazon.com is selling the Motorola Atrix 4G Android phone for $149.99, which is $50 less than buying direct from AT&T. The price is good for new customers, those adding a line and existing AT&T customers who are eligible for an upgrade. As we pointed out earlier, there are some price discrepancies, with some customers being quoted different [...]
Verizon Wireless has just aired a new commercial for the HTC Thunderbolt 4G, a single-core Android smartphone with a 4.3-inch display as an HTC EVO 4G competitor on rival Sprint’s network. The commercial airing suggests that the HTC Thunderbolt 4G’s launch may be coming soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBWEFxpA7B0 At the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, Verizon [...]
Sprint’s Kyocera Android tablet may not be the lone dual-screen consumer tablet for too long as Sony is rumored to be working on its own dual-screen Android tablet with the codename of S2. According to Engadget, the S2, unlike the S1, may not be a Playstation Certified device, as Sony is looking to position the [...]
A study by IHS states that the Android Market grew by 861% in 2010. Of course most of that can be attributed to the surge in Android device sales, but the growth of Android app sales isn’t as impressive as it might sound. While Android rivals iOS in terms of device sales, the Android market [...]
The Microsoft Windows Phone 7 NoDo update, which is said to bring copy and paste functionality that was absent at the platform’s debut late last year, is already showing up in some shipping devices. According to WPCentral, retail units of the Dell Venue Pro in India are now being delivered with the NoDo update pre-installed. [...]
The Motorola Xoom, which will usher in an era of Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets, will launch without Adobe Flash support. However, according to the Verizon teaser page for the Android 3.0 tablet, the Xoom will be getting its dose of Adobe Flash in Spring 2011, or shortly after the slate’s launch. In the past at [...]
Now that the Motorola Xoom is announced and will soon hit the shelves at retail outlets we will see if people are willing to pay a price premium for an Android tablet. Our guess is they won’t. So why doesn’t Motorola undercut Apple, the current tablet sales trendsetter? Most observers are saying that the $500 [...]
Sprint is teasing an HTC Windows Phone 7 device for Thursday, which is widely believed to be the CDMA variant of the HTC 7 Pro, a device with a sliding-tilting screen mechanism in landscape mode. According to Sprint’s original Twitter message, the carrier urges users to check back in on Thursday, February 24th, to find [...]
With the wide availability and highly anticipated launch of the Motorola Atrix 4G on AT&T on Tuesday, February 21, 2011, as a flagship Android smartphone, the smartphone is bound to attract a lot of attention. However, the way that AT&T is handling pricing and sales of the device, it’s caveat emptor as checks with a [...]
Creating realistic art on the Apple iPad just got easier thanks to the availability of the Nomad Brush for the iPad. The brush is a capacitive stylus with an actual brush on the end to allow artists to make lifelike brush strokes in painting apps. It is created with capacitive fibers making the tip feel [...]
Amazon released a new Kindle commercial that primarily focuses on its anti-glare display, which is much easier to read outdoors than text on an iPad. That’s certainly a fair point, but I think the real advantage the Kindle has over the iPad, and other devices that share a similar form factor, is its price of [...]
Contrary to what was reported before that the HTC Inspire 4G does not support high speed uploading, known as HSUPA, on AT&T’s 4G HSPA+ network, it seems that the device does have hardware support but either AT&T or HTC had removed the software support for the capability on the handset. Various forum members on Howard [...]
Motion Computing has just released an update to its enterprise-targeted C5 line of tablets in the form of the C5v, which brings a lower cost Intel Core i3 option to the slate. Previous models of the C5 line use the Intel Core i5 or i7 processor, and the addition of Core i3 support will provide [...]
At Mobile World Congress, Sony Ericsson’s prototype tablet was on display but gained little attention due to the clunky design. The tablet in question shows the Sony Ericsson branding. However, unlike modern high-end Android tablets with flush screen, the image of the tablet shows a non-flush display, meaning that the screen sits lower than the [...]
Myriad’s Alien Dalvik is a Java virtual machine that allows Android apps to run on a foreign platform. Similar to virtualization technology that doesn’t require the native environment, like Wine which allows Windows programs to run on Linux and OS X sans a virtualized copy of the Windows operating system, Alien Dalvik will allow Android [...]
Ixonos is looking to bring windows–not Microsoft Windows–to the Android user interface, with the aim of bringing better multi- and parallel-tasking support inside the mobile operating system. The innovation brought by Ixonos would allow users to manipulate a second app inside a windows on top of the main Android app window, so for instance a [...]
Although the HTC Inspire 4G, introduced in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show, debuted as a 4G HSPA+ handset for U.S. carrier AT&T, the device will not allow users to enjoy high speed upload speeds denoted by the HSUPA protocol. The device is made to support AT&T’s 14.4 Mbps theoretic download speed network, though [...]
Thanks in part to Microsoft and Nokia reaching an agreement to have the former’s mobile operating system powering the latter’s hardware design, Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop is saying that low-cost smartphones with the Windows Phone 7 operating system will be coming to the market very soon. In response to questions surrounding a low-cost handset from [...]
I’ve been a big fan of Aliph’s Jawbone Bluetooth headsets for quite some time. As my wife and I have been packing up the house for our move across town, I discovered quite a few older models of the various Jawbone headsets dating back quite some time. What always attracted me to the Jawbone brand [...]
Over the weekend, news leaked of Apple preparing a larger iPod Touch to compete with low end tablets that offer a smaller screen size than the iPad’s 10” display. This comes after Steve Jobs has stated a that a 7” tablet isn’t the same as a true tablet in a 10” model. Add to that [...]
The folks over at MIC Gadget have received a new leather case, which is said to accommodate Apple’s second-generation iPad, which is still unannounced and unreleased though often rumored. Though the screen resolution of the next iPad revision is still being disputed by various Internet pundits, the screen size is said to be the same–about [...]
Kara Swisher of All Things Digital is reporting that Kno is having second thoughts about getting into the Tablet hardware biz and is in fact in talks with at least two companies to sell of that part of its business. Kno is the company that has been touting an all in one education solution featuring [...]
How much, or how little, should a Tablet cost? I remember early 2010 before the iPad turned into something more than a longstanding rumor. A lot of people were interested to see what Apple could do to jumpstart a tablet PC industry that to date had only drawn interest from a handful of tech enthusiasts. Sleek [...]
Although Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has shunned the idea of a 7-inch tablet form factor, noting that the display size was too small to do much useful work, the Cupertino, California iPad-maker is, however, said to be experimenting with tablets with a smaller form factor. Hot off of the rumor mill is speculation that Apple [...]
Now that Nokia has signed up with Microsoft to utilize the Windows Phone 7 operating system, Intel is still pushing ahead with the MeeGo operating system. According to the latest report from Reuters, Intel is blaming the decision for Nokia to shy away from its joint MeeGo collaboration due to financial incentives being offered by [...]
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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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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 [...]
