Now that the iPad 2 has been sold out on launch weekend, and checks to several Apple-owned retail stores in the San Francisco, California Bay Area location reveal that all stocks were depleted as of Monday afternoon, Apple store employees are advising potential iPad 2 buyers to come early on Tuesday. A few stores said [...]
Ouch. If you’re looking to order a new iPad 2 from Apple, you’re looking at a month away from having one in your hands. Apple is now showing that shipping for all models is now at 4-5 weeks. Overwhelming demand? Supply constraints? Who really knows at this point. Bottom line is that there is now [...]
Microsoft has announced that the final version (until the updates begin) of Internet Explorer 9 is now available for download. The talking points focus on four areas: Fast, Clean, Trusted, and Interoperable. I know many readers have been using the various pre-final versions of IE9, and I know quite few more folks have basically abandoned [...]
Are you ready for 4G LTE to hit HTC’s Android smartphone? If you are and are itching to grab an HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon Wireless is featuring a page on its website for you to track thunder and is promoting it on its homepage. The device is expected to launch on St. Patrick’s Day in the U.S. [...]
There are some people who think we’re entering a tablet bubble – that analysts are pushing growth too hard and that people don’t yet know what they will do with their tablets. And to be honest, I’m still someone who needs three devices to get my work done and most people when surveyed admit they [...]
After months of confirmation and speculations, T-Mobile USA finally resurrects the Sidekick brand to announce the Android-powered Samsung-made Sidekick 4G, doing away with proprietary data servers managed by Microsoft through that company’s acquisition of Danger, provider of the Danger OS on the original Sidekicks of yore. The new Samsung-made Sidekick will be powered by Samsung’s [...]
I stopped by my local Best Buy for some nostalgia, remembering the joyous and magical experience of waiting in line for my iPad 2. Well, actually I was returning something I had purchased previously. The store’s customer sales representative recognized my Packers jacket and asked how I was enjoying my iPad. I told him about [...]
Verizon is offering free calling and messaging to Japan for most of its customers through April 10. The move is an attempt to make it easier for friends and family to communicate with those affected by the earthquake and Japan. Verizon is partnering with non-profits to make it easy for Verizon Wireless customers to donate [...]
Wirefly has posted a HTC Thunderbolt product page that stresses an important feature that’s missing from the Verizon iPhone 4 and other 3G phones on the network. The Verizon Thunderbolt by HTC will be the first to support simultaneous voice and data use, whether in 3G or 4G LTE coverage areas. This is great news [...]
I guess this shouldn’t really come as a surprise to anybody who has been paying attention. Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft will stop releasing new versions of the Zune hardware. Instead the focus will move towards the Zune software on Windows Phone 7. I’ve never had a Zune but quite a few folks I know [...]
With the iPad 2 selling out over the weekend and late comers longing for their Apple fix, Apple is going to open some stores early on Tuesday, March 15. Those who show up early will get a chance to buy up to two iPad 2 units. This reported by Apple Insider after being tipped off [...]
Majek Pictures, makers of the iPhone 4-shot action series Goldilocks, put the iPad 2 and iMovie to the test, shooting episode 9 of the series on the iPhone 4 as before. This time they edited it on the iPad 2 using the new iMovie editing app from Apple. The result is pretty impressive. They didn’t [...]
Anandtech, known for doing great performance benchmarks of tech, put the iPad 2, Motorola Xoom and original iPad through a battery of tests and found that the iPad 2 blows the socks off the other two entries. As part of their comprehensive review, they tested the tablets and found that the iPad 2 is more [...]
My nephew is all of five years old and like a lot of kids his age, he can use an iPad without any assistance. His dad owns an iPhone 4 and so he is used to iOS and apps, but it still amazes me that kids his age are right at home with the iPad. [...]
We hope you spent the morning digesting our massive iPad 2 review, but now let’s give you a little notebook news to get you through the afternoon. We don’t have any new notebooks to share, but the good news is that the looks and sound of new notebooks is getting better and we look at why the iPad [...]
Feeling left out of the party now that we had reported earlier that Sound Man Car Audio had created a custom car mount for the iPad 2 for the Ford F150, which looks like the tablet was a stock option for the truck? Well, one Motorola Xoom owner decided to create his own custom dash [...]
For just $5 and a huge download, owners of a Mac and iPad or other iOS devices with iOS 4.3 installed can enable the four or five finger gestures. The gestures add a lot to the user experience and almost feel magical. The benefit is the user can close any app and return to the [...]
The HTC Thunderbolt’s release date is a moving target, but that’s not stopping Best Buy from taking pre-orders. I’ve been standing on the Android smartphone sidelines and have decided to buy a Thunderbolt as soon as it’s released…whenever that may be. I forked over $50 to get my name on the list at the local [...]
As we had previously reported, T-Mobile has gone ahead and taken the wraps off of the carrier’s new webConnect mobile broadband data packages, which will be compatible with USB modems, tablets, and mobile broadband routers like the MiFi when those devices launch. Pricing seems to be the same as the rumored leaks from the past, [...]
For those who had the patience to wait for the white edition of Apple’s flagship iPhone 4, the phone will be coming in Spring according to Apple’s most recent prior PR announcement and a recent tweet by Apple executive Phil Schiller on Twitter. Schiller writes that the “white iPhone will be available this spring,” and [...]
It looks like the HTC Incredible S, which was announced at Mobile World Congress, will be making its appearance Stateside as the Verizon Wireless HTC Incredible 2. The largest U.S. carrier had carried the original HTC Incredible as part of its Droid brand. Based on the specs and leaks on AndroidSPIN, it appears that Verizon [...]
It looks like some early adopters of the iPad 2 have noticed that Apple’s second-generation tablet has two issues that are related to the display. The first issue is that on select units of the iPad 2, there are yellow spots underneath the display. Fortunately, though, this issue is non-major and will resolve itself in [...]
Furthering Apple’s refusal to compete based on solely on specs, the iPad 2′s A5 processor, which integrates Imagination Technologies’ SGX543 graphics cores, is reported to have dynamically changing clock speed. Steve Jobs mentioned that the A5 chip is capable of delivering up to twice the processing power and up to 9 times the graphics power [...]
Slashgear is linking to a post on PreCentral that says the HP TouchPad will start at $499 for a 16GB model and $599 for a 32GB model when they are released in June. At least we think it will be June. That certainly puts it in line with the iPad 2. The info comes from [...]
The good folks at AndroidHD have put together a 12 minute video of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 that is due shortly. Not surprisingly it shows off most of the sexy stuff pretty well and if you’re interested in an Android Honeycomb Tablet (not just the 10 inch version of the Tab) is well worth [...]
The WiFi-only edition of Samsung’s 7-inch Android 2.2 Froyo tablet with the company’s proprietary TouchWiz UI is slated to come on April 4th with a price tag of $400 according to a leak. The tablet, which is smaller than the iPad–about half the size of the display area of the iPad, will cost about $100 [...]
Samsung’s second generation flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S II, was recently spotted at the FCC awaiting U.S. regulatory approval. The updated flagship, which sports a dual-core processor from either NVIDIA or Samsung, was initially launched at Mobile World Congress last month in Barcelona, Spain. The model being seen at the FCC is also referred [...]
The Motorola Xoom, which is currently available only through Verizon Wireless in the U.S. with integrated 3G that will get upgraded to 4G LTE support, will also be coming soon with a $600 WiFi-only version, a full $200 cheaper than the Verizon edition. That model, which eschews any mobile broadband wireless support, will retain all [...]
Developers have already managed to jailbreak the iPad 2, though at this point a date for a public release of the jailbreak solution is not yet available for consumers who have adopted Apple’s second-generation tablet. The process of jailbreaking, which opens up the tablet and the iOS operating system environment to functions and capabilities beyond [...]
Tablets with integrated GPS by way of the 3G or 4G modem on WiFi + 3G models are great tools for navigation, thanks to their larger screens. Additionally, as Apple’s iPad 2 also comes with integrated storage, wireless broadband access thanks to integrated AT&T or Verizon 3G, and a plethora of apps, its versatility as [...]
Hulu Plus, a staple of the few streaming video apps on iOS, is coming soon to select Android devices. Though a specific launch date wasn’t specified, Engadget reported that one of its readers had spotted the Hulu Plus service on a Google Samsung Nexus S smartphone, which runs Android 2.3. The image found on Hulu’s [...]
Despite rumors of a false start for a Google-developed social network called Circles, the Mountain View, California-based search giant is denying that Circles is launching, at least not at the South by Southwest Interactive digital conference in Austin, Texas this week. In an interview with All Things D, Google’s Chris Messina, who’s closely associated with [...]
The iPad 2 has arrived. Our iPad 2 Review will show you what’s new, how the iPad 2 compares to the iPad, how the iPad 2 performs and most importantly help you decide if the iPad 2 is the right tablet for you. The Apple iPad 2 is a 1.3 pound tablet computer from Apple [...]
Piper Jaffrey analyst Gene Munster maintains his estimate that approximately 400,000-500,000 iPad 2 tablets were sold this launch weekend. Munster says that of those sold, 70% of Apple’s second generation tablets were sold to new customers who did not previously own a first-generation iPad, meaning that only 30% of customers were repeat buyers. The survey [...]
A leaked document obtained by Android Central reveals some important dates for some highly coveted device launches on Verizon Wireless, which includes the Thunderbolt, a 4G LTE smartphone, 2 mobile hotspot routers compatible with the carrier’s 4G network, and a Windows Phone 7 device made by HTC. According to the document, the HTC Thunderbolt is [...]
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