Sprint had been expected to announce their version of the Motorola Xoom back at CTIA but the announcement never came. Well, it looks like an announcement is imminent because cases for the device have begun showing up at Sprint retail locations nationwide. BGR has put up a couple bits of evidence all but make Sprint’s [...]
Amazon is now selling the cheapest version of its wildly popular Kindle for just $114. The Kindle with Special Offers is nearly identical to the WiFi-only Kindle, which sells for $139. The $25 price difference is being covered by sponsors, who will serve ads on the device in the form of sponsored screensavers and small ads on [...]
My favorite iPad apps end up on my iPad 2′s home screen and dock. Interestingly, my home screen has only changed slightly now that I have the 3G iPad 2. For more iPad 2 Apps, check out The Best iPad 2 Apps for May 2011 Of the apps below there are only a few that [...]
For all of you HTC ThunderBolt owners out there who have been waiting to get Skype With Video, today is your lucky day because Skype with video capabilities is now available for consumption. For those of you with other devices like the Droid Incredible or the Motorola Xoom, this download won’t work. It looks like [...]
T-Mobile is currently offering one of their HSPA+ compatible phones, the myTouch 4G, for free on a new two-year contract or the addition of a new line on a current account. The deal is for any of the four color variants T-Mobile currently offers which include Red, Plum, White, and Black. Unfortunately, for those looking [...]
Flying cars have been a symbol of the future for decades. The Maverick flying car will soon hit the market and it’s designed to be as easy to fly as it is to drive a car with an automatic transmission. It’s primarily designed for humanitarian missions, but the guys at I-TEC are going to be [...]
At long last, the BlackBerry Bold Touch has moved from still pictures to the big screen as it has shown up in its very first video today. While the Bold Touch has previously leaked out in photos, this is the first time it has been seen on video. Unfortunately, it’s a mere 24 second clip [...]
One in five iPhone owners in the United Kingdom are “constantly overdrawn” according to a study published at the Daily Mail. Only ten percent of all people in the UK fall into that banking category. One possible conclusion is that Apple customers may have expensive tastes but don’t have the money to match. By comparison, [...]
After forecasts of several global catastrophes brought about by war, climate change, pestilence, economic turmoil and essentially mankind’s insistence on being stupid that would leave the world without the capacity to generate electricity or any other source of power except through the use of fire, analysts are now predicting that today’s supposedly burgeoning Tablet market, [...]
HARMAN is releasing a new set of AirPlay enabled speakers under the JBL name which allow users to stream audio wirelessly using Apple AirPlay technology. The JBL On Air Wireless AirPlay speaker dock supports wireless streaming and has a dock for charging and playing audio. The JBL On Air Wireless AirPlay speaker dock will give wireless AirPlay [...]
According to a note from Avian Securities, production of Apple’s iPhone 5 might not begin until September which means the device should hit shelves around the end of this year with a release date that could possibly fall into 2012. There has been much speculation about whether or not the next iPhone would be out [...]
While it should come as no surprise that the HTC EVO 4G and the HTC ThunderBolt would be getting Gingerbread at some point, the news that it will be coming before the end of June should certainly come as a pleasant revelation. According to a report from UnwiredView, the HTC ThunderBolt will be getting the [...]
Samsung has confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy S II will be hitting carriers in the United Kingdom on May 1st and it will be arriving with that 1.2GHz dual-core processor that it was rumored to be packing last week and it will also include Android 2.3. This should come as good news to those who [...]
They say the single most important thing in retail is location. I found some truth to that with the tablets at my local Best Buy last week, highlighted by the abysmal placement of the Motorola Xoom, but contradicted by the in-store tablet usage I saw.
Verizon’s Droid Incredible 2 is, as of right now, the worst kept secret in the smartphone world as a leaked internal document has essentially confirmed some of the key new features of the upcoming device including a front facing camera and global capabilities. While there had been good speculation that the Droid Incredible 2 would [...]
Twenty-eight percent of all tablet users do not use a desktop or laptop as their main computer. They use the tablet instead. This is according to a survey by AdMob posted at Beta News. The survey included 1,430 tablet owners. Seventy-seven percent said they used their desktop or notebook computer less than they did before [...]
There is a new tablet in the works that is designed with productivity in mind. It is called the m • pad and is designed by Volker Hübner of Germany. It has a 15.6″ OLED display with multi-touch and a pressure-sensitive stylus. There seem to be ports for USB, Ethernet and Firewire, according to Slashgear. The dimensions are 430x280x25mm. [...]
I’ve been noticing this over the last five or six days. I have a Smart Cover attached to my iPad 2. It’s of the leather variety. It seems to do the trick nicely in terms of covering the screen. But as the smartly covered iPad 2 goes in and out of my bag I’m noticing [...]
Two years ago, Amazon was on top of the world. Their Kindle device had just released a second version and was sweeping the nation’s media circuit with stories about glare free reading, epic battery life, and the ability to carry thousands of books. When the iPad was announced, one of the most discussed features was [...]
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer, which we saw initially at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, was obtained by a lucky YouTuber who unboxed the the slim tablet. The tablet, which is sold separate from its transforming notebook dock, is slim and runs on Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet operating system. With a 10.1-inch [...]
After failing to conquer the iPad and iOS with Adobe Flash, Adobe’s plans for Photoshop will help to leverage Apple’s consumer tablet as a useful input tool and extension of a computer’s display when working with Photoshop on a desktop. While not quite the standalone content creation tablet app that we’ve seen before, the Photoshop [...]
Not only are developers tackling tablets, but they are also tackling games on touchscreen devices in a big way according to a recent survey (PDF download link). EraThink is hoping to combine the two in a portable form factor with its EraPalm device, which will compete with devices like the Razor Switchblade concept and the [...]
With the anticipated launch of the Samsung-branded Droid Charge soon, a device that was merely known as the Samsung 4G LTE Android smartphone at the CES unveiling of Verizon’s 4G consumer device lineup, a new accessory was leaked out. A tipster had sent Engadget a photo of a box for a multimedia dock for the [...]
Google had just acquired Pushlife, a mobile music startup founded by a former Research in Motion employee, for $25 million. The company had developed technology that would allow users to synchronize a non-Apple device with iTunes as well as offered carrier a way to develop apps to combine a user’s music collection with songs in [...]
With a 10.1-inch display, the Tegra 2-powered Acer Iconia Tab A500 in WiFi-only edition may prove to be a worthy and more affordable alternative to Motorola’s WiFi Xoom tablet sporting Google’s Honeycomb operating system. The Iconia Tab is now available for pre-order through Best Buy in the United States and will go on sale come [...]
A new beta BlackBerry app called BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing helps to simplify the process of dialing into a conference calls with access codes. The app integrates nicely with the native BlackBerry calendar and once the scheduled conference call is to happen, users can hit the ‘join now’ button and be automatically patched into the conference [...]
The Apple iPad will dominate the tablet market for a few more years, according to Gartner analysts. A release from the research firm says that because of the iPad, Apple will dominate the tablet space till at least 2015 when compared to other tablet operating systems. The other operating systems include Android, MeeGo which is [...]
It’s Tax Time. If you haven’t filed your 2010 taxes yet you have until April 18th this year, which means an extra 3 days to find all those deductions and fill out form after form. Luckily, there are a collection of tools, apps and services that will make last minute taxes a breeze for most [...]
Amazon.com is selling the HTC Thunderbolt for just $174.99 with free two-day shipping. This price includes free two-day shipping and most buyers won’t have to pay tax up front.This is the best deal on the Thunderbolt at the moment. The HTC Thunderbolt has an MSRP of $599.99, but you’ll only need to pay that if [...]
Apple has confirmed to Mobilized that it is indeed investigating 3G connectivity issues with Verizon’s version of the iPad 2. In a statement, the company said: We are aware that a small number of iPad 2 customers have experienced connectivity issues with the Verizon 3G network and we are investigating it. Apple’s response comes after [...]
For those of you looking to get a dual-core Android phone on the cheap, look no further than the amazing deal with Amazon has going on for AT&T’s Motorola Atrix 4G which is on sale for a mere $50 with free shipping. Of course, that price will come at the cost of a new two-year [...]
According to both a tipster and HTC, the T-Mobile G2 is slated to receive the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update at some point in Q2 which means that G2 owners should see the update by the beginning of summer. The G2 is the successor to the first Android device, the G1, and it arrived on T-Mobile’s [...]
Last week we saw a Verizon roadmap expose the possible release dates of a multitude of upcoming Verizon smartphones and today, an updated roadmap has leaked out showing off the updated release dates of the HTC Droid Incredible 2 and the Samsung Droid Charge. The Samsung Droid Charge had previously been rumored to be out [...]
Don’t look now Verizon Samsung Fascinate owners but it looks like Virgin Mobile’s Samsung Intercept is going to be beating your device to the Android 2.2 Froyo update. According to texts being sent to device owners, Virgin Mobile fully expects the update to be rolling out starting April 11th. The message states: The Froyo Update [...]
While we had heard that the HTC Trophy and thus, Windows Phone 7 would be launching on Verizon at some point in April, it looks like the launch of the device and Microsoft’s latest and greatest software has been pushed back to May. One quick look at the special offer that Verizon has made available [...]
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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 [...]
