Engadget was tipped that Sprint is gearing up to announce an EVO View Tablet, which will further extend the carrier’s EVO lineup, which now includes the HTC EVO 4G and the HTC EVO Shift 4G. Though not much is known about the EVO View Tablet, the EVO branding perhaps suggest that the slate will be [...]
Google is promising on delivering a Google Voice app for the Motorola Xoom tablet which will be optimized for the non-phone capable tablet. As the Android 3.0 tablet does not support voice capabilities, at least not without a VoIP app and service, Google Voice will probably work like the iPad version of Google’s telephony service, [...]
First it was on Amazon.com, now the HP TouchPad has showed up on a short video from Vietnam. This is apparently the GSM version. There’s a SIM card slot but no official word on whether or not this is what will be shipping at some point later this summer. Hmm? Just curious here, but do [...]
A leaked image of a Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 smartphone was shown on WMPU. However, the UI displayed on the phone’s screen suggests that this potential XPERIA handset may be an old leaked prototype, though Sony Ericsson has been reported in recent news to be mulling a Windows Phone 7 release–the company has released [...]
Looks like things are getting closer for the HP TouchPad. The WiFi only model is now listed on Amazon but only for you to sign up for an email alert. You can’t pre-order it yet and there’s no pricing listed. Here’s the link. I picked up this info from precentral.net and that site points out [...]
Since hackers have tinkered to unlock and root the Motorola 3.0 Honeycomb tablets, developers who are looking for a bit more raw Linux power on their Motorola Xoom devices have devised a way to load the slate with the Ubuntu operating system. The way to get Ubuntu working is similar to running a virtual machine [...]
It looks like Target will join Wal-Mart, Best Buy AT&T and Verizon, as locations where you can line up to purchase an iPad on Friday, March 11. I don’t know if we’ll hear about more outlets as the week goes on, but I’m sure we’ll hear more about the how’s and why’s of ordering as [...]
I guess it is an old saw, or a cliché, or a maxim, or something, but when you’re upgrading an old system or moving to a new device a clean install is always the best way to go. I found that out this weekend when I was upgrading to a new MacBook Pro 13 inch. [...]
Saab will be using the Android operating system to power the company’s infotainment systems in its cars. The touchscreen-based console in Saab automobiles will now allow drivers–and passengers–not only control car settings like climate control, but will bring the power of Android’s apps to the automobile. Tweeting, checking in with Facebook, updating your WordPress blog, [...]
With CTIA a few shorts week away, rumors are speculating about what Sprint will launch at the trade show. The carrier had launched the HTC EVO 4G as the flagship Android 2.2 smartphone a year ago at the Spring CTIA show, and this year, the Now Network may be getting the Nexus S 4G. According [...]
While Sprint is still determining its wireless strategy–the Now Network is partnering with Clearwire to use WiMax as its 4G platform–Sprint’s president of network operations and wholesale Steve Elfman says that the company could deploy a 4G network based on the competing LTE standard by 2012 and expand that to national coverage by 2013. The [...]
After having aggressively launched a number of tablets since the beginning of the year, Asus is prepping another tablet, perhaps running the Android operating system, that will be powered by a quad-core CPU. Details are scarce at this time, but news of the Asus’s tablet plans were revealed by company CEO Jerry Chen during an [...]
A leaked slide deck from Research in Motion obtained by n4bb hints that the next-generation BlackBerry OS, called BlackBerry 7 OS, will be hitting sometime around November 2011, though at this time it’s unclear whether this will be in limited fashion as a developer preview, as an upgrade to BlackBerry 6.x devices, or on new [...]
In an effort to protect end-users from malicious apps on Android devices, Google is not only removing those apps from its app store, called Android Market, but is also removing them remotely from user devices. The Android OS-maker will use its kill switch feature to apps deemed to be malware from Android devices and will [...]
In a welcomed 180-degree change from its policy, Motorola has gone on record to now say that the company will perform the 4G LTE radio swap, which is a hardware upgrade, to upgrade the Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet to support Verizon Wireless’s faster 4G mobile broadband network. The Xoom-maker had previously said that [...]
With the release of the iPad 2 coming March 11 there are some decisions to make for potential buyers. White or Black? 16, 32 or 64GB? 3G or Wi-Fi? The first two depend on your preference and storage needs. That might be a simple question to answer for most people. The third one may be [...]
A CDMA-based 3G Motorola smartphone was seen recently at U.S. regulatory agency, the FCC, for approval. As the device lacks 4G LTE support, it rules out the possibility for the Motorola Droid Bionic. Not a lot of information is revealed via the FCC filing, but if the phone is in fact the Motorola Droid X [...]
We were at Intel’s booth at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California where we had noticed a small, portable gaming device from Razer called the Switchblade. According to the company, the Switchblade right now is still an early prototype or concept device, and Razer wouldn’t disclose any formal specs on this diminutive gaming PC other [...]
Apple’s officially launched Joint Venture, a concierge service for businesses. The Joint Venutre service is $499 per user, which might sound steep for a lot of people, but there appears to be sufficient value for busy professionals. Apple’s Joint Venture also has one important benefit that could be worth the $499 price tag alone. Joint [...]
There’s another unofficial HTC source confirming the March 10 release date of the HTC Thunderbolt, the first 4G phone announced for Verizon’s LTE network. The guys over at Android Community are pointing to SentNation for this latest tidbit in the Thunderbolt gossip. Apparently SentNation who recently had a chat with an HTC source about the [...]
On the surface, the iPad 2 seems to be an evolutionary refinement of the original tablet, which had created a $10 billion market for Apple–it’s slimmer, sleeker, and slightly smarter thanks to Apple’s official Smart Cover case for the slate. However, the experience of the iPad 2, in my opinion, is far greater than the [...]
It looks like T-Mobile USA will be expanding its G-franchise with a new smartphone that was leaked as the LG G2X. The fourth largest U.S. carrier which operates the second largest GSM network in the country already has another G product in its lineup, also from LG, in the form of the G-Slate. The G-Slate [...]
One of the many reasons Apple was able to finally jumpstart the tablet market (and stay on top of it for almost a year and counting) was their mastery of this concept of an ecosystem based device. Centralizing app distribution is huge and makes it easier for both consumers and developers, but there is also [...]
There is a report that Best Buy is going to be giving its sales staff iPads. Forbes is siting a “source with knowledge of corporate deployments” saying that the electronics store will be distributing the tablet to all of its employees in more than 1,000 stores nationwide. As an Apple partner it is not too [...]
In addition to showing off the XPERIA Play as a PlayStation-certified Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone, Sony Ericsson was also demoing the XPERIA Pro at the Game Developers Conference. The XPERIA Pro will utilize a landscape-oriented slide out keyboard, rather than the PlayStation game controller on the Play, and has a 3.7-inch rather than the 4-inch [...]
For the first time in five years I’m without a wireless modem, which means I can’t get online with one of my notebooks when I’m out of range of a fixed WiFi hotspot. I just returned my Sierra Wireless Overdrive to a Sprint store and am not on the hunt for alternatives. I first picked [...]
CTIA’s spring tradeshow, CTIA Wireless, will be coming up in a few short weeks and is scheduled for March 22-24. According to the organization’s vice president, Rob Mesirow, there will be at least a significant new tablet announcement at the tradeshow. For its part, Samsung’s press invitation to a media event at the show, which [...]
NVIDIA, makers of the mobile Tegra 2 ARM-based chipset with GeForce graphics, has confirmed that there will be a version of the Samsung Galaxy S II Android smartphone using its mobile CPU. This news was confirmed by ITTProPortal. Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S II smartphone will either ship with the company’s own Samsung Exynos dual-core CPU [...]
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Protect is a remote finder and wiper for misplaced, lost, or stolen BlackBerry smartphones that is similar to MobileMe’s Find My iPhone or other third-party security software solutions on the market today. Previously available only as a private beta, RIM is now opening BlackBerry Protect to users in North America and [...]
At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, Parrot was showing off its popular remote control plane/helicopter, which is controlled via an iOS device like the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Combined with the hardware, the company has also released a social augmented reality game for the A.R. Drone, and says that it has [...]
We caught up with Sony Ericsson at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to get some hands-on time with the company’s ‘PlayStation Phone,’ officially called the XPERIA Play. The XPERIA Play is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone that was announced at Mobile World Congress and features a slide-out PlayStation controller along with shoulder trigger [...]
Everyone has different ideas about what a tablet PC should do. Some users prefer to use it for entertainment and email. I, on the other hand, want my tablets to do pretty much everything I use a computer for. Understandably, we all have a different perspective on just how much functionality a tablet needs to [...]
Following Steve Jobs’ announcement that we are in a “post-PC” era, a lot of people have fallen over themselves to explain what that means. Unfortunately most of them never bothered to figure out what “post-PC” means, so I thought I’d supply you with an explanation that references previous discussions on the topic.
When it comes to going mobile, the iPad and iPad 2 are a lot slimmer than many notebooks and netbooks, which has led to a growing number of users turning to the iPad to replace their notebook as the go to mobile device. Over at Notebooks.com we are still pretty tied to the benefits of [...]
Here is all the important notebook, tablet and smart phone news for the past week. Obviously coverage was dominated by the iPad 2 announcement, but we have a great collection of new videos and other news to share as well. Notebook News and How To’s from Notebooks.com ASUS launched a few new gaming notebooks including naked eye 3D [...]
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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 [...]
