At Mobile World Congress, VMware was demonstrating its virtualization technology on an Android smartphone, which allows multiple smartphone operating systems to be run simultaneously at the same time, not to be confused with a dual-boot solution that boots into either operating system separately. This will allow users to have their personal smartphone also serve as [...]
SCOTTEVEST (SeV) started off with making fleece vests and jackets several years ago and has since diversified its product offerings. The SeV Expedition is my most recent outerwear purchase and it came with some unexpected features that outdoorsmen and law enforcement officers will appreciate. So why did I buy the SeV Expedition jacket? I like [...]
In an email leaked to Slashgear, Nokia has announced that members of their Launchpad application development program will get an E7 smartphone. That’s right, you get an E7, you get an E7, everyone gets an E7! (And by “everyone” I mean, everyone who is a Launchpad member.) But wait, there’s more!
Another week is behind us which means another week of tech news and reviews to keep up on. We’ve rounded up the most popular news, how tos and reviews of the week from Notebooks.com and GottaBeMobile to make sure that you know what’s happening in the world of notebooks, tablets and smartphones. Hot News from [...]
While news of a Sony tablet has been quiet, the company may be looking towards Android 3.0 Honeycomb and leveraging its experience with gaming through its PlayStation brand in differentiating itself from other Android-based tablets. The strategy, which is codenamed the Sony S1 according to Engadget, would help the Japanese consumer electronics giant avoid commoditization [...]
According to Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Holt, when it comes to tablets, Microsoft could be “closer to competitive than some realize”. Unfortunately, that’s not saying a lot. In fact, it’s actually a little depressing.
Despite rumors of a smaller, cheaper iPhone, lovingly dubbed the iPhone Nano, the New York Times is reporting that Apple is not pursuing plans to release a smaller iPhone model. Rather, the Cupertino, California Mac- and iPhone-maker may be more aggressive in its plans to drop prices on previous generation models–right now, the iPhone 3GS [...]
At Mobile World Congress, Fujitsu showed off two dual-screen phone concepts, that can be used as a ‘tablet’ with both screens. Interest in dual-screen devices have grown since Sprint had introduced the Kyocera Echo as that class of device not only provides more screen area in a compact form factor when folded into a single [...]
The Onlive Game System is a pretty cool device. It is a cross between the Roku box and a gaming console in that you can play games but they stream over the Internet instead of running locally from a game disc. We give it an unboxing in this short video. After just a quick test [...]
Google has developed a movie editing software for Android 3.0 Honeycomb called Movie Studio, though at this time it isn’t clear if the app will come pre-installed on upcoming Android Honeycomb tablets like the Motorola Xoom. On the go movie editing through Movie Studio looks smooth and simple, which would give Android a competitive edge [...]
The Chinese will see the Lenovo LePad Tablet in March. The rest of the world will wait for June, which is when Lenovo is now confirming that the intriguing hybrid Tablet will launch in other markets. Although Lenovo isn’t saying which other markets that might be just yet. Nor is Lenovo talking specifically about price [...]
Prior to the official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S II Android smartphone, there were rumors that Samsung may use another company’s CPU to power its own flagship Android device, and now there is news that there may be a second version of the smartphone. The NFC-equipped smartphone will come with either a Samsung Exynos [...]
At the San Francisco, California 4G launch event today, Sprint and representatives from the San Francisco 49ers 8 to 80 Zone foundation, founded by 49ers stars Steve Young and Jerry Rice, announced that the ‘Now Network’ carrier will be donating a number of 3G/4G multi-mode USB modems and technical expertise to the East Palo Alto [...]
My fried Avram Piltch and I were chatting by Skype the other day and we were talking about how ridiculous some of their names are. Avram is quite a wordsmith and wrote an opinion piece that is based almost entirely off smartphones’ names. If you think some of these names are bad, just wait for [...]
It looks like we now have new release dates for Motorola’s flagship phone and its new Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablet. The new AT&T report indicates that the Motorola Atrix 4G will go on sale starting on February 22, which is arriving sooner than previously anticipated. A few days ago, AT&T reps at a corporate-owned AT&T [...]
Though AT&T has been quiet about Apple in the past when it held an exclusivity with the iPhone for the U.S. market, the carrier had lashed out at Apple at Mobile World Congress over policies about the App Store now that its exclusivity period has ended. The carrier’s CEO Randall Stephenson says that customers should [...]
There is speculation that T-Mobile USA may be offering the new Android 2.4-powered HTC Flyer tablet with its tablet-revamped HTC Sense user interface the the updated HTC Incredible S smartphone that now houses a larger 4-inch display. The models that were being introduced in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress come with support for T-Mobile USA’s [...]
T-Mobile announced two budget Android handsets in the form of the T-Mobile Move and the Samsung Galaxy Mini, both cheaper alternatives to the Galaxy S 4G. The devices will land in the UK but will eventually make it over to the U.S. market to join the Optimus T and other smartphones in the entry-level segment. [...]
New details about the Motorola Droid X2 leak reveal that the device will be positioned as a high-end handset that slots in right under the dual-core Droid Bionic, also by Motorola, on Verizon’s network as an incremental evolutionary upgrade to the original Droid X. According to Engadget, the 4.3-inch handset will retain its WVGA resolution [...]
Dell’s smartphones and tablet plans for 2011 were leaked in two slides to Smartphone Experts sites Android Central and WPCentral, which reveals additional hardware and devices from the company. In addition to firmware updates scheduled for Spring of this year for the Windows Phone 7 Venue Pro, the company is set to release a next-generation [...]
For those who balk at Samsung’s Galaxy S tablet pricing, the Huawei S7 Slim may be a good low-cost alternative, which the manufacturer has promised to be at just under $300 when it will be released. Those at MWC have noted that the Slim moniker is very befitting of the name as the device is [...]
Though the S7 Slim may be a great device for users on a budget, power users may find the Huawei S7 Pro a more fitting device. While the S7 Slim offers a capacitive touchscreen display in a slim 7-inch form factor, the S7 Pro provides better, improved specs in a similar chassis. The S7 Pro [...]
Rumors of a digital locker service for Apple’s MobileMe service has been persistent, but according to Cult of Mac, the online service will get a major overhaul to bring additional social features that will compete against Foursquare, Gowalla, Facebook, and Ustream. Some of the features that Cult of Mac is reporting includes: Live video streaming [...]
In addition to tablets, and hybrid form factors such as the Motorola Atrix 4G smartphone with its optional laptop dock, users who need a lightweight content consumption netbook can turn to NEC, which was showing off its Android smartbook in the form of the NEC TouchNote, a 7-inch clamshell device with a nearly full-sized keyboard, [...]
If you’re looking for an e-reader tablet alternative that can render color videos and photos while still offering excellent outdoors readability, the ZTE Light 2 Android tablet can make for a great 7-inch companion device for e-bibliophiles. The ZTE Light 2 uses the same Pixel Qi display employed by the larger 10-inch Notion Ink Adam [...]
While the U.S. has been late to the mobile payment game, essentially using a smartphone as a digital wallet to pay for goods as an alternative to credit cards and carrying around a physical wallet, hardware-makers are now pursuing a technology called Near Field Communications, or NFC, which would enable to the concept to become [...]
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha is justifying the price premium of the Verizon-supported Motorola Xoom tablet at $800, which is $70 more than the comparable iPad with 32 GB storage, as being fit due to the Android 3.0 tablet’s inclusion of the faster 4G LTE protocol for mobile broadband [...]
Microsoft has released its Windows Phone 7 Connector software, which has now existed beta, on the Mac App Store, which will allow users of the company’s Windows Phone 7 platform and Zune devices to synchronize multimedia content from their iTunes library to the Microsoft-powered devices. The Windows Phone 7 Connector will also allow users to [...]
Google’s Android Engineering Director Dave Burke revealed some of Google’s plans for the Android operating system that will come after Android 3.0 Honeycomb in an interview with Phonescoop. The next version, dubbed Ice Cream–though there are rumors that it may be called Ice Cream Sandwich, will be the first version of the Android operating system [...]
After losing out on iPhone exclusivity, U.S. carrier AT&T may be turning the bulk of its attention on Android with an aggressive push to launch at least a dozen devices in 2011. The carrier announced that HTC’s two Facebook-centric phones running on the Android OS–the HTC Cha Cha and HTC Salsa–will be appearing in its [...]
HTC’s first Android tablet, the HTC Flyer, which has been rumored for some time, is debuting at Mobile World Congress with Android 2.4, which will also be called Gingerbread like Android 2.3, and not the Android 3.0 version that is debuting on the recent crops of slate such as the Motorola Xoom and the LG [...]
As if hackles weren’t already raised on this issue, The Business Insider is reporting that Netflix is getting a pass, allowing them to continue without including in-app subscription purchases in their iOS app. Special treatment or part of an existing deal?
A smarter way to marry paper notes and the digital world was introduced in Japan. A stationery company called King Jim is producing pads of paper designed to be photographed by iPhones with a system to crop and order the images as notes.
It looks like Samsung is continuing its push into the portable music player (PMP) market that has been dominated by Apple’s iPod and with players such as Microsoft’s Zune. After releasing the Galaxy Player last year as a Samsung Galaxy S sans phone–like how the iPod Touch is an iPhone without the phone feature–the Korean [...]
Pocket-lint caught up with Rovio Mobile in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress and learned that the company is developing some new versions of its best-selling game. Angry Birds will be coming soon to Windows Phone 7, which may end up helping Microsoft move more units. Angry Birds will also be revamped for 3D handheld devices. [...]
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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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