Sony’s reworking its retail experience and is kicking things off in Los Angeles. The new stores are brighter and a more open layout than the old ‘Sony Style’ stores. Sony will showcase its full product selection at the store, including VAIO PCs, TVs and DSLRs. Sony is the only PC retailer to showcase its computers [...]
If analysis from BTIG Research analyst Walter Piecyk is correct, sales of Verizon’s first LTE smartphone, the HTC ThunderBolt, are outpacing those of the Verizon iPhone 4 at many Verizon stores. The data is based on calls that Piecyk and his team put into 150 Verizon stores in 22 of the United States’ biggest cities [...]
HTC has posted the first official preview video of the upcoming Android 2.3 powered tablet device, the HTC Flyer. This is the first official video of the Flyer, a device that was introduced back in February at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The preview takes us on a tour through the main features of the [...]
BGR has scored some hands-on time with an upcoming device from BlackBerry, codenamed Monaco / Monza, that will apparently launch as the BlackBerry Touch and will be the heir to the original Storm series of devices. The last we heard of the Monaco was back in late January when it surfaced in a series of [...]
Ahead of Apple’s announcement regarding its iPad 2 sales figures, eBay has released its statistics (via CNET) that showcase two weeks of iPad 2 sales on its website. Over the past two weeks, the website has moved almost 12,000 iPad 2’s with 65 percent of its sales coming from the United States as opposed to [...]
According to a report from Engadget, Sprint is gearing up to take a huge chunk off the price of their Android 2.2-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab. Evidence suggests that Sprint will be chopping the price down to a measly $199.99 with a new two-year contract, a full $100 off the current asking price of $299.99. The [...]
Good news for Android users and OneNote fans. MobileNoter 1.1 SE now allows you to use Drobox to sync your OneNote files instead of having to use the MobileNoter sync service or via WiFi. This means there are two versions of MobieNoter for Android. The SE version works with .one files directly and doesn’t require [...]
That was quick, but then that’s how these things go. Shortly after Netbooknews.de posted that they had seen a page up for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer at Best Buy, that web page is no longer there. (yep the link at the moment is a 404). We linked to that info earlier. Certainly we’re all [...]
According to a report from Frandroid, the HTC Pyramid will be headed to French carrier SFR by the ‘end of May.’ This news of course comes right after HTC announced that it would be hosting an event on April 12th to unveil ‘what’s next’, leading many to believe that the company would be announcing the [...]
Droid-Life has gathered some intel, information supported by hard evidence we might add, that indicates that Verizon’s upcoming Samsung Droid Charge and HTC Droid Incredible 2 could be price at $299 and $199 respectively. While this leaked chart indicates these will be the Minimum Advertised Prices for these devices, it would be pretty shocking to [...]
HTC has sent out invites, to Engadget at the very least, to an event taking place on April 12th in London setting up a possible launch of the very much rumored but very much real HTC Pyramid which is expected to be T-Mobile’s version of the HTC EVO 3D. The invite doesn’t reveal anything other [...]
ASUS’s Eee Pad Transformer has landed on Best Buy’s website and the retail outlet lists the device as ‘coming soon’ with a price tag of $399. This of course comes after yesterday when the Eee Pad Transformer finally got official pricing and a release date for the United Kingdom with the Tegra 2 powered tablet [...]
Two big announcements in the same week that major marketing honchos are stepping down. What gives? Who really knows and it could be that both Mich Matthews of Microsoft and Allison Johnson of Apple are just ready to move on. In any case as this continue to be topsy turvy in the tech world, we’re [...]
In a statement today, Sony Ericsson confirmed that due to shipping issues, the upcoming PlayStation Phone aka Sony Xperia PLAY will be missing tomorrow’s launch date for Vodafone and Three in the United Kingdom and won’t be available until next week at the earliest. This news comes on the heels of a previous delay with [...]
In an exclusive interview with ASUS product management specialist Julie Cheng, TechRadar reports that the company is receiving requests for tablets running Windows 7 and plans to continue offering the OS as part of their line of tablets. Oh good, because I thought they might want to flush their deal with Microsoft on the EP121 [...]
Good news in Notebooks, Samsung notebooks are not shipping with keyloggers installed, MSI has started shipping Sandy Bridge gaming notebooks again and we have a ton of online storage deals to celebrate World Backup Day. We also have some news about Windows 8, and when you might expect to see a Windows 8 beta. There was an [...]
Amazon’s new Cloud Player and Drive service for storing and streaming music is a great way to back up your music and stream it to almost any computer. There is an Android application for playing music on those devices. But for now iOS devices are not supported. But there is a way to play one [...]
Routers are those necessary things that we all have to have to enjoy WiFi in some form or fashion. If you’re like me these are the kinds of necessary gadgets that you spend time on researching, by the best you can afford, and then forget about them until they cause trouble or die or you [...]
If you were disappointed that the iPad 2 gained video mirroring but only through HDMI (and you know who you are), a couple of techies have the DIY solution for you: a wireless video mirroring system that requires no internal hacking.
After recent rumors that Research in Motion would be porting its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) messaging app to the iPhone, the BlackBerry-maker is denying that such a move will happen at this time. At present, RIM doesn’t have plans to take BBM to the iOS platform so there will not be any cross-platform messaging. BBM is [...]
Further moving the iPad from content consumption to production device, Adobe has unveiled its latest efforts in bringing Photoshop to the iOS tablet, giving photographers more image editing controls. Photoshop for iPad will bring more features and controls to photo editing on the mobile tablet than the current Photoshop Express title. Photography Bay shows some [...]
Those of you thinking about picking up T-Mobile’s version of the Nokia C7 (the Nokia Astound) or Sprint’s unique dual-screened Android device (the Kyocera Echo) are in luck because Wirefly has posted lengthy unboxing videos of the duo. The T-Mobile Nokia Astound will be arriving on April 6th and it will a Symbian^3 powered device [...]
Microsoft Advertising (I know, I’m still getting used to reading those words together too) has posted a couple of case studies promoting the money part-time and amateur developers can make with ads in their Windows Phone 7 apps. The key, it seems, is sheer volume.
Mini Microscope is an attachment for the iPhone 4 that will allow you to use your Apple smartphone to conduct science experiments. The attachment comes with a 60X zoom lens and dual-LED lights to turn your iPhone 4 into a mini microscope that can come in handy for those who are working in the field. [...]
Tired of the stale Android UI or aren’t happy with what device-makers are slapping onto Android? SPB Shell 3D may be the solution for those looking to jazz up their device’s user interfaces. As its name implies, SPB Shell 3D offers a 3D user interface through a rotating carousel–sort of similar to what we’ve seen [...]
After being an exclusive free title to debut the Amazon Appstore, Rovio’s Angry Birds Rio is now available on Google’s native Android Market app store. The game, unlike the version offered by rival Amazon Appstore, will feature apps, but will be available as a free download to consumers. If you’d like the ad-free version, you [...]
Users on AT&T’s HSPA+ networks and devices, such as the recently launched HTC Inspire 4G and the Motorola Atrix 4G, can finally experience real 4G speeds come this April according to an AT&T spokesperson. Speaking in regards to AT&T’s controversial position on not enabling full 4G high speed uploads on devices that advertise such capabilities [...]
Given Apple’s economy of scale even in a pre-Japan tsunami environment, the company already has huge component advantages based on the sheer volume of flash memory, glass, and high resolution displays that it orders for its iPhones, iPods, and iPads. However, given that many of these parts are in high demand and are in short [...]
Google has officially ended support for the square-shaped QR codes used to contain additional information that users can look up through the company’s Google Places portal. The search giant has deemed that QR codes were not as effective as the company had originally envisioned, and the move could be seen as paving way for a greater [...]
Google may not be just standardizing the experience of Android 3.0 Honeycomb on tablets, but the Android software-maker may be looking to create a standard for the ARM-based processor that is used on those tablets according to the latest reports. How Google hopes to approach this is still unclear, but developers are said to be [...]
While the Lenovo LePad–which may be known in the U.S. as the Skylight tablet–won’t be shipping until June, Lenovo CEO Yang Tuanqing is letting people know that a LePad 2 will be slimmer than the original and will be arriving just a few months after that in the Fall. LePad is already currently shipping in China [...]
BusinessWeek says that all is not so cozy in the land of Android. Apparently Google is taking steps to deal with fragmentation issues by tightening up on its enforcement of some of its rules for implementing Android. Some of Google’s partners are concerned enough about this that they’ve been talking to the Justice Department about [...]
Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci has resigned effective immediately apparently over differences with Acers’s board over the future directions of the company. Chairman J.T. Wang will take the CEO spot. The press release mentions some interesting phrases like “invest cautiously” and different views on “scale, growth, customer value creation, brand position enhancement, and on resource allocation [...]
Microsoft has gone ahead and updated their “Where’s my phone update?” page, which now indicates that testing for both the pre-NoDO and the NoDo updates on AT&T Windows Phone 7 devices will end sometime in early April. Once the testing is complete, the February and March updates will be moved into scheduling mode, which means [...]
Sprint and Samsung have alerted the world that their upcoming Nexus S 4G, a WiMax version of the original Nexus S that came out in December, is now available for pre-order. Over at Sprint’s Nexus S splash page, there is a little bubble announcing the fact that the upcoming device is available for order at [...]
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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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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 [...]
