Here is a pretty cool video from Vodafone in the UK that calls itself the evolution of mobile showing off mobile handsets from the early and hefty days to the revolutionary early smart phones and ending with an Android phone and the question “What’s next?” The video displays the phones using some interesting ” cutting-edge [...]
Big week in Notebooks, Tablets and Smartphones at Notebooks.com and GottaBeMobile. We’ve been busy reviewing a collection of new notebooks and have been busy rounding up all the info you need to know about the flagship phones from Verizon and are busy making our way to all the carriers. Verizon Android Smart Phone Lineup: HTC Thunderbolt Details, [...]
Yesterday, the BlackBerry Bold Touch appeared in an early hands-on, complete with a bunch of photos and today, CrackBerry got a hold of a full specification sheet for the upcoming device. Before today, we’ve had a pretty good idea about what the BlackBerry Bold Touch is all about but this little sheet clears a lot [...]
Well this just arrived. It’s the new Sprint MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot from Novatel. I ordered it right after the went on sale and I’m looking very much forward to checking it out. I’ve been a big MiFi user for quite some time with the earlier Sprint model. It works well when I travel, especially [...]
Best Buy has disputed claims that it’s in trouble with Apple over frozen iPad 2 stock saying that the units in question are being held because of an ‘upcoming promotion.’ Yesterday, there was a rumor that seemed to indicate that there was a dispute between Apple and Best Buy over the retailer’s decision to freeze [...]
Sprint is reportedly going to be announcing a new Android device called the Samsung Replenish on April 15th, a device that is going to be ‘green’ in some shape or fashion. The April 15th release date would put the phone on the shelves just in time for Earth Day 2011 on April 22nd. While there isn’t much [...]
According to a report from Droid-Life that is backed up by some evidence, a 16GB version of the Motorola Xoom could be headed to Verizon at some point in the future. The evidence is an internal screenshot from Verizon’s database that shows a 16GB version of the Honeycomb powered tablet, a device that will be [...]
So you may have heard that BlackBerry is going to be announcing an assortment of new BlackBerry devices next month at BlackBerry World. Well, BGR has gotten their hands on another one of them and this time it’s the upcoming BlackBerry Torch 2 that has received some early hands-on treatment. Right off the bat, the [...]
It wasn’t very many years ago that the vast majority of computing was done on one of two platforms – Windows or Mac OS. Linux has always enjoyed a small but loyal share of the pie as well, but new operating systems stopped appearing a long time ago with few exceptions (see Chrome OS). You [...]
If you travel overseas you know the story. Even if you have a phone that is equipped to use overseas networks you’ll pay an arm, two legs, and half of your child’s college savings to use it when you travel. And that’s if you keep the data beneath whatever plan you pay out the nose [...]
Like many I was sort of blown away when Roger Ebert started writing about the voice synthesis software that he was using with a computer to be able to speak. After a bout with cancer Ebert lost the ability to speak, but through technology that took advantage of the millions of words he had spoken [...]
According to the latest Gartner predictions, Android will be command nearly half of the smartphone market in 2012, with 49% of new smartphones sold next year to come pre-loaded with the Google operating system. The overall smartphone market will increase by 57.7% from this year’s market, with sales to reach 468 million units in 2012. [...]
Yesterday we linked to information about Apple getting a patent on technology that allows for discrete and/or capacitive buttons on the bezel of a device. We’ve heard in the past about Apple and others exploring technology to allow touch on both front and back sides of devices. In my admittedly limited experiences with Android devices, [...]
Apple may be looking to more aggressively tackle Amazon and the e-reader market with its latest patent filing for a hybrid display system that can dynamically switch between an e-ink display and an LCD display depending on the application used. The Apple system would, like its graphics options on computers, not require the intervention of [...]
Best Buy may be the latest the experience the wrath of Apple after a sales incident that will result in Apple discontinuing its iPad 2 relationship with the big box retailer. According to CrunchGear, a Best Buy employee had tipped the site alleging that Best Buy had withheld sales of the iPad 2 in stock, [...]
A video was recently spotted showing the hack work of a developer in getting Android with HTC Sense 3.0 working on the HTC HD7, which is one of the most popular Windows Phone 7 devices on the market today. The video shows that the Android port and hack works as it should, with things running [...]
While the LG G-Slate tablet will be able to capture 3D videos and images with its rear-mounted dual-lens camera, the tablet is not one with a glasses-free experience and now we’re learning that T-Mobile will be bundling 3D glasses with sales of the slate. The 3D glasses that will be bundled with the G-Slate will [...]
In the latest funding round where Kno sees a $30 million cash infusion from Intel Capital and Advance Publications, Intel will also get to license Kno’s hardware reference designs for its single- and dual-screen tablets targeted at the education market. News of the Intel licensing comes after Know had indicated that it would abandon the [...]
There’s no doubt that Google’s Android is a serious threat for the both Apple’s iOS and RIM’s Blackberry OS. However, while Android is becoming more and more ubiquitous, it still faces several challenges when it comes to dealing with developers. A recent study by Baird suggests that while most respondents are still writing apps for Android, [...]
Nokia is now offloading the hosting of its Ovi Mail services from its own servers to Yahoo!’s servers and platform. The move is being positioned by Nokia as being more beneficial to consumers of the free Ovi Mail services as it delivers a faster, richer mail experiences, integration with Chat, and also access to other [...]
Similar to the discrete gesture areas on webOS smartphones like the HP Palm Pre, an Apple patent shows that the iPhone-maker is looking to embed dynamic buttons, gestures, and actions into the unusued bezel area surrounding the touchscreen smartphone. In the patent application, Apple intends to use the area as a secondary display with electro-luminescence technology. Apple [...]
In a split 3-2 vote, the FCC approved a new rule that mandates AT&T and Verizon Wireless to open up their networks to rival carriers and their customers to foster better data roaming agreements. The move, heralded by smaller and rural carriers, was bitterly opposed by AT&T and Verizon. The rules essentially extended roaming agreements [...]
One of the features–other than the amazing camera–that I love about my Nokia N8 is the ability to quickly glance at the time and date even when the phone is in idle without having to turn on the display thanks to the beautiful analog or digital clock on the Symbian^3 standby screen. It’s like carrying [...]
Back in September, AT&T launched the TerreStar GENUS Windows Satellite Phone, a device that combines both AT&T’s network and also gets service using satellite connectivity via TerreStar’s GMR-1 3G satellite network. That means that the phone can get service anywhere in the United States, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands within 200 miles of [...]
Gadget University has gotten a hold of some documents that indicate that Verizon is planning on discontinuing one year contracts effective April 17th. So, what’s the reason for the switch? According to Verizon, it’s because there hasn’t been a high demand for 1-year contracts with the prices only offering a small discount over the full [...]
I picked up my first Android phone a couple of weeks ago after using iPhones for almost four years. I still count my iPhone 4 as my primary mobile phone, but Android is definitely growing on me. Below are the top 10 things I love about my ThunderBolt and why I’m using my Android phone a [...]
Pocketnow has posted some images of what is most certainly the HTC Droid Incredible 2, it’s definitely the same device we saw leak out in a bunch of images earlier today.It looks like Verizon’s upcoming successor to the original Droid Incredible is going to be a Droid branded device after all. There has been a [...]
Barnes & Noble is seeking apps for its upcoming Nook Color app store, which has been rumored to be launching sometime this month. The device has already become a favorite for its price and hackability. “Rooting” a Nook turns it into an inexpensive Android tablet capable of downloading and installing Android Marketplace apps as well [...]
Just days after tutorial videos of BlackBerry 6.1 for the BlackBerry Bold Touch leaked out on YouTube comes a nice little preview of the device courtesy of BGR, complete with photos and some thoughts about the phone itself. There device you see here is one of RIM’s biggest launches of 201 and it’s a phone [...]
Some are surprised by this and some seem not to be. I’m in the latter camp. Google is apparently working on a Tablet version of Chrome OS. CNet is reporting that some details in the Chrome OS source code point to some Tablet (read touch) optimized features such as a virtual keyboard and a new [...]
While we’re waiting on Verizon to officially announce the Incredible 2, Android Central has managed to get some spy shots of the upcoming device that show off everything from the HTC keyboard to that form factor that owners of the previous Droid Incredible will froth over. From the photos, it’s easy to tell that the [...]
Samsung has confirmed through their Electronics Twitter account that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S II is in fact not delayed globally and it will still launch in some markets at an unspecified date in April. Yesterday, there were two rumors regarding the Galaxy S II. The first, it was getting a bump in processor speed [...]
T-Mobile has announced via Twitter that the upcoming Samsung-made Sidekick 4G will be hitting shelves on April 20th for a mere $99 when paired with a new two-year contract and an unlimited data plan. The official announcement comes after Radio Shack essentially ruined T-Mobile’s announcement by revealing that that April 20th would in fact be [...]
BGR is reporting that the next version of iOS software, iOS 4.3.2, will be released by Apple in about two weeks. If true, the new software would come just a little over a month from Apple’s latest release, iOS 4.3.1, which came out on March 25th. Specific details about iOS 4.3.2 are few and far [...]
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The HTC Thunderbolt it just the latest amazing Android device to arrive on a major carrier. With the upcoming launch of the Motorola Droid Bionic, Samsung Droid Charge, Sony XPERIA PLAY and others, Android is about to be gracing the smart phones of a lot of new users. If you are new to Android, we [...]
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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 [...]
