Virtual Machines are a great innovation and on the OSX platform the battle between vendors VMWare and Parallels is one that is fun to watch. Each keeps upping the ante and by and large the users benefit. Several months ago, Parallels offered up an iOS App that allowed users to access their VM’s on iPhones [...]
Say what you will about Samsung execs talking too much out of school, but you have to say that it keeps them in the press. As do the teases that Samsung likes to give us every now and then. Heading into CTIA, Samsung is showing off some teaser pics to whet the appetites of those [...]
The iPad 2 goes on sale this Friday and a lot of people are debating whether or not to buy one. Countless people have asked me whether they should buy one and which model they should get. In this guide I’ll try my best to lay out the reasons why you may or may not [...]
HP”s new CEO Leo Apotheker is making some big and bold statements as he works to take control of HP’s future. Saying that HP has “lost its soul,” Apotheker says that come 2012 HP will include WebOS on every HP PC. He’s not looking at it as a replacement for Windows, but rather something that [...]
The ViewSonic ViewPad press release crossed the wires today with a photo that shows the device running OSX. The tablet runs a pair of operating systems, but OSX isn’t one of them. Perhaps the company’s graphic artist was being a bit lazy and figured any screen capture would do and simply took a shot of [...]
Steven Colbert made fun of the iPad 2 on last night’s program. Colbert is a card-carrying fan, but he thinks the excitement over the iPad 2 is a bit overblown. Here’s his take on what he calls the “disturbing images” in the news last week that I’m trying to ignore..that cannot be unseen. The Colbert [...]
Droid Life has gotten its hands on a Verizon document that seems to indicate that the thunderbolt will not be released until after the iPad 2 launches. If you are hoping to buy an HTC Thunderbolt soon, don’t hold your breath. The HTC Thunderbolt was originally announced at CES 2011, but Verizon has yet to [...]
As the iOS platform currently doesn’t support Flash, developers who are using Flash tools to create ads are locked out of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPads. Given the popularity of those devices, Adobe is looking to still capitalize on that market by helping Flash developers convert their Flash content to the iOS platform via [...]
Developers have found a way to port Android 3.0 Honeycomb’s music streaming app developed by Google onto rooted Android smartphones. The service allows users to copy music stored locally on their smartphone onto the cloud and stream it back to their phone, eliminating the need for plentiful local storage to access a growing music library. [...]
Despite its refined elegance, the iOS platform–used by the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch-has a jarring notifications system with its pop-up notification box that demands your attention no matter what app you’re in. Developers who didn’t want to have their iOS experiences interrupted with Apple’s notification scheme have created a mock up to show a [...]
The OneNote 2010 has issued an update that fixes some OCR and Search issues. Here’s the relevant excerpt from the blog post: A non-security update for OneNote 2010 32-bit/64-bit Editions was also released. This update provides fixes associated with displaying search results, fixes to optical character recognition (OCR), indexing, and displaying of inserted documents. Additional [...]
Just five short months since its official announcement, the ViewSonic ViewPad 10 running both Windows 7 and Android 1.6 is coming to North America. Okay, five months isn’t really that short a span of time. How not short? We’ve had reviews posted since October.
While Nokia has had trouble making headway in the highly competitive U.S. smartphone market, the company may be set to launch its latest Symbian smartphone prior to a Windows Phone 7 device in the States. T-Mobile USA may be slated to pick up the Nokia C7, a consumer-centric edition of a phone that’s similar to [...]
If you’re an Android (2.2+) or iOS 4 user, you can now use Google’s Instant Previews feature, provided that you do your search from www.google.com. Unfortunately you can’t get this unless you go to www.google.com, as it isn’t available through the Google’s iOS mobile App as of yet. Essentially the feature lets you scroll through [...]
Lenovo announced two new additions to the Lenovo ThinkPad X series today. We’ve already taken a look at the Lenovo X220 convertible tablet, but we also wanted to share our first impressions of the ThinkPad X220 ultraportable. Update: Check out our Full ThinkPad X220 Review – Editor’s Choice Award Winner We’ve posted a complete overview of the [...]
It’s been no big secret that Amazon is planning on using its huge digital experience to launch its own proprietary applications marketplace for Android to rival the native Google Android Market. In the past, the problem with Android Market is that Google’s DRM policies–which helps to protect apps from piracy–were weak and is among the [...]
The latest research data by comScore shows that Google’s Android is now the dominant mobile smartphone platform for the U.S. market, beating out incumbent Research in Motion with the BlackBerry platform for the first time. However, while Android as a whole may be growing, its market share is divided among many players, including Motorola, HTC, [...]
I blogged about this the last time there was an iOS update but it is probably a good reminder to do it again given the rumors circulating that iOS 4.3 may come today. If not, it will certainly be here later this week when the iPad 2 is released. Keep in mind that iOS 4.3 [...]
Last month when Nokia and Microsoft had jointly announced a new partnership that will result in Nokia’s adoption of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform on the phone-maker’s hardware, there were speculations that Nokia’s love affair was created due to money, and a lot of money at that being thrown from Microsoft to the world’s largest [...]
Most users will probably have heard of check in services, like Foursquare and Facebook Places, that allow users to broadcast their location and hip lifestyle to friends and the Internet, but a new type of ‘Check Out’ service will allow users to review and recommend locations, businesses, restaurants, and bars to friends and others on [...]
While Microsoft may be multi-tasking to deliver Windows Phone 7 updates, bring CDMA Windows Phone 7 support, and ink a partnership with Nokia, an update to the platform, codenamed Mango, that is scheduled to bring a slew of features to the new mobile platform may not make it in 2011 and could slip to 2012. [...]
I’ve mentioned before how the surge of iPad accessories, specifically stands, has left me with mixed feeling. Well, the emotion churn has started up again with news that an ingenious stand called PadPivot has secured more than $100,000 in pledges through Kickstarter – ten times their goal. Time for me to sign up too (perhaps [...]
The Motorola Xoom is the first Android 3.0 and is strong enough to give us a glimpse into the future of Android tablets, but unfortunately the future isn’t quite here yet. After buying the device a couple of weeks ago the honeymoon is over and I’m going to get my $799 back from Verizon. As [...]
While Cricket didn’t land an Apple deal to offer an iPhone 4 on its regional network, the regional CDMA carrier isn’t one to shy away from capitalizing on Verizon’s Apple deal to re-flash a Verizon Wireless CDMA iPhone 4 to make that device compatible with its own network, based on the same technology rather than [...]
Google Maps with Navigation, currently a beta product, provides turn-by-turn voice guided instructions to Android smartphone users and now the service will help calculate routes by taking into consideration traffic data. The new feature doesn’t require any setting changes or any action from the user, according to the Google Maps blog. All users would need [...]
Take this as speculation but Boy Genius Report is saying that iOS 4.3 will be released at 10AM PT time today. Who knows if that’s true or not. The post also says that the Personal Hotspot feature that has been reported as limiting connections to three devices can go up to five but it is [...]
While my experience with the tegra 2 dual-core powered Atrix 4G has been a positive one so far–I’ve been using it as my daily driver for the past few weeks–the handset does have glaring glitch that may force me to carry a secondary back-up phone. In three separate instances over the past week while in [...]
Now that Android smartphone-makers have conquered the consumer-centric market with large glossy touchscreens, Samsung is following Motorola’s lead by targeting enterprise customers with the Galaxy Pro, an Android-powered handset with a front-facing QWERTY keyboard that will aid in messaging and composing longer emails. Unlike the more vanilla nature of Motorola’s customizations through the widgets-based UI [...]
Now that we know that the Apple iPad 2 will be available at Walmart, Target, and Best Buy in addition to Apple Stores on Friday, March 11, some might be wondering whether these retail partners will get a jump on Apple and start selling iPads when they open. We have confirmed that they will not. [...]
While others are going small in the new tablet era, Lenovo is going big with their refreshed, redesigned ThinkPad X220 line. Not in size, but in power. With Intel Core i7 processors and extended batteries offering up to 16 hours of runtime, the ThinkPad X220 Tablet convertible Tablet PC is a powerhouse, yet still starts [...]
In addition to the rumored Nexus S 4G and EVO Flyer Tablet, Sprint could be launching an EVO 3D smartphone as a successor to its flagship HTC EVO 4G Android smartphone on the Now Network. The original HTC EVO 4G was launched at the Spring CTIA last year, making the wireless industry trade show later [...]
Metro PCS has been running ads for the past year or so featuring two characters that spend most of the time portraying Indian stereotypes and a little bit of time talking about phone services. Ranjit and Chad have thick Indian accents and do a wonderful job of making Indians looking like morons. While some might [...]
Throwing folks in a tizzy, HP CTO Phil McKinney recently showed off a gadget called a “MetaWatch” (previously misquoted as “Metal Watch”) as an example of the direction mobile computing was headed. Quickly, McKinney took to his blog to clear up the concept of the MetaWatch and give credit to Fossil for putting it together.
Best Buy’s weekly circular ad has three nice phones on its back cover. Unfortunately, the HTC Thunderbolt, perhaps the most desired out of the three, still isn’t available and Verizon still hasn’t announced an official release date for the 4G LTE phone. Best Buy is still advertising the $299.99 on-contract price. The HTC Thunderbolt is [...]
Amazon.com has posted a product page for the HP TouchPad. The page is pretty sparse at the moment, just listing specs and asking if you’d like to receive alerts when the device is actually for sale. There’s no HP TouchPad pricing or availability information at Amazon.com yet and I don’t think this indicates that the [...]
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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 [...]
