Even though Verizon has yet to make an official announcement, the HTC Droid Incredible 2 has shown up in Best Buy’s Buyers Guide for May with the words ‘Coming Soon’ plastered over it meaning we should see the Droid Incredible 2 hit shelves very, very soon. Right next to the recently announced 4G LTE enabled [...]
While the carrier has yet to officially announce the HTC Droid Incredible 2, a successor to the popular Droid Incredible, Verizon Wireless retail stores have begun to receive shipments of retail boxes and demo units of the Android-powered smartphone, which will operate on the carrier’s 3G CDMA/EV-DO network. The retail box is a white box [...]
Ahead of the official launch date of the Droid Charge on April 28th, official accessories for the Samsung-made, Droid-branded 4G LTE Android smartphone have begun showing up at Verizon Wireless stores. Those accessories include a multimedia dock, a car mount, and also a holster and case combo with a kickstand. The Droid Charge multimedia dock [...]
The Acer Iconia Tab A500 Android 3.0 Honeycomb is now available through retailer Best Buy in the U.S. for the price of $450, making it one of the more affordable Honeycomb tablets on the market today. The dual-core Tegra 2-powered slate is cheaper than the $600 price tag of the WiFi-only Motorola Xoom; however, unlike [...]
Come this Wednesday, the lustful wishing for the white iPhone 4, which has been the white elephant in the room, will come to an end as Best Buy will be selling the paler model for both Verizon and AT&T. A leaked inventory system screen shot was obtained by popular gadget blog BGR and shows that [...]
Former friend, now foe, Samsung has filed a lawsuit against Apple following Apple’s lawsuit against the Korean giant for patent infringement. The suit, however, isn’t directly in response to Apple’s lawsuit, which alleges Samsung had infringed on the design and OS look of its products with the Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets. Instead, Samsung’s [...]
For a couple of years my oldest son begged me for an iPhone. I finally gave in and now, after almost a year, he wants an Android phone. So I asked him why. He said that they are just better. I needed more concrete reasons, so I challenged him. If he could give me some [...]
Research in Motion has just updated the BlackBerry Podcast application, now at version 1.5, which can be found on the BlackBerry app store called BlackBerry App World. The new app version provides several enhancements, including: Addition of a preview or play option while the podcast is downloading Web podcast searching with integrated Google® search Improved [...]
As we shared earlier, the Nook Color has a new update. We installed it and want to show you the update in a hands on video. The biggest improvement is the app store which will allow you to choose from 139 apps at the start. The app store has some interesting things, like Pulse News [...]
In an email to a Skype customer inquiry, video chat service Skype hinted that the company’s video chat app for Verizon Wireless is completed or near completion and that the app would be delivered directly from Verizon Wireless. The two companies had announced a close partnership at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year where [...]
Computer maker Dell is hedging its bet on the mobility space with tablets and smartphones as venues for growth into the future. An optimistic Michael Dell had sat down with the Wall Street Journal to reveal his insights and thoughts about the changing and evolving PC market into what rival Apple has called the post-PC [...]
AT&T has announced a Remote Mobility Zone, a trio of portable cell towers that are being offered to business owners and government agencies to help during disasters and emergencies. Remote Mobility Zone is small enough to fit inside of a suitcase and it can be deployed in under 30 minutes at which point it can [...]
The iPad 2 is complemented by the Smart Cover, but that leaves the back of the iPad vulnerable to scratches and can be a bit difficult to grip for some users. We have looked at numerous ways to protect the back of the iPad 2, and now we have another method of protection – the [...]
It looks like the pieces that make up the HTC Doubleshot, a dual-core smartphone that is rumored to be coming to T-Mobile, are coming together as another two specifications have seemingly been confirmed. According to a user agent profile found by Pocketnow, the HTC Doubleshot is going to be coming with some fresh baked Android [...]
As expected we are seeing a slew of iPad 2 cases, but few are like the ZooGue iPad 2 Case Genius Black Leather case because it has the built-in sleep wake function that the Apple Smart Cover employs. This feature uses magnets to automatically wakes the iPad 2 from sleep mode when the case is [...]
According to TMoNews, there is a strong possibility that the BlackBerry Touch aka BlackBerry Monza will be hitting T-Mobile’s airwaves at the end of June with speculation resting on June 29th as the launch date. We had heard just a short time ago that RIM would only announce one device next month at the BlackBerry [...]
M.I.C. Gadget has posted two interesting photos today which apparently show a device that the website calls the iPhone ‘4S’, a version of the iPhone that Apple has apparently been giving to game developers in preparation for the iPhone 5. There is also a possibility that the photos we see here, if they are real [...]
Last week, we saw the first official images of the upcoming and still unannounced Motorola Droid X2. Well, Pocketnow has kindly put together some a comparison using those photos that show the form factor differences between the original Droid X and the Droid X2. One thing you’ll notice in the photos is that there isn’t [...]
Too often when we get poor customer service, we have no real recourse, but after months of a Time Warner HD issue I found help via the Time Warner Cable Help account on Twitter, which is on track to fix my HD cable pixelation and slating problem. We’ve called Time Warner support and have had [...]
T-Mobile has confirmed that their newly released LG-made G2x smartphone will be receiving its Android 2.3 Gingerbread update in the very near future which will bring it up to speed from the Android 2.2 Froyo that it currently runs. The tweet from T-Mobile’s official Twitter account has confirmed that Gingerbread is “coming soon” to the [...]
If you are trying to go paperless, one of the biggest challenges will be digitizing the paper that people still send you all the time. I’ve found that the built in webcam in most notebooks is good enough to handle basic capture of letters and paper I receive. Evernote makes it easy to capture right to your [...]
You might have missed this over the holiday weekend, so here’s your chance. The good folks at Phatware have given us five codes to give away a free copy of WritePad for the iPad. We’ve got a contest going and we’ve gotten some entries in already. WritePad for the iPad is a great App for [...]
Have you ever wanted to stream audio from your computer to the home theater system across your house? Sure, you can get dedicated systems to do this, but if you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad all you need is WiFi2HiFi, a $4 app that turns your iOS device into a receiver for your [...]
Below is a picture of a white iPhone 4 and it is running on T-Mobile. Boy Genius got pictures of a prototype. We now know that a white iPhone is finally coming. Boy Genius says that this iPhone 4 is powered by a “test version of Apple’s iOS” with some special apps that are not [...]
The Nook Color eReader is also a nice Tablet that has made headway against the Kindle thanks to the inclusion of a color screen and a web browser. Now, the nook Color has another way to standout in a crowded eReader market – Apps. The long-awaited Nook Color app update has been released and delivers Android 2.2, [...]
Quite a story here on several levels. First, I’m always amazed to read that folks don’t secure their WiFi connections with a password. Second, the ramifications of that obviously came crashing down on this poor fellow in a rather ugly way. Fed up with trying to secure his home WiFi network, the guy in question [...]
This is welcome news. Rob Bushway, one of the founders of GBM is returning to tech blogging after a long hiatus. No, he’s not coming back here officially to the pages of GottaBeMobile, which I know will be a disappointment to many. Instead, Rob is blogging on his site, RobBushway.com. Rob always has insights and [...]
Let’s say you are a world-class film maker and you are about to meet the leader of the free world. You might want to catch the moment on video for your own personal memories and even to share with fans of your work. At the very least you will want to get a high quality [...]
The Scosche solBat II Solar Powered Backup Battery and Charger is an environmentally friendly solar powered battery that charges small devices with USB cables. It is a handy battery backup for those times when you need a little extra juice. It won’t charge everything. , but in a pinch it does provide an extra boost [...]
The Engadget expats who blogging up a storm at This is My Next… until their new venture debuts this fall seem to like breaking exclusives. Now whether or not these exclusives are the real deal or not we’ll all have to play wait and see. After dropping news on an iPhone 5 design change that [...]
Viper, which makes an app and the required hardware to remotely start, lock, and arm your car with your smartphone, has teamed up with Alarm.com to let smartphone users also manage their home security system remotely. The app, which is downloadable right now, is in version 2.2. To switch between controlling your car or your [...]
Acer, still trying to develop its mobile strategy as it expects its PC shipments to decline due to the emerging and competitive tablet and mobile market, has formed the Acer Touch Business Group to tackle the challenges of mobility. Acer Touch BG will be headed by Acer corporate president Jim Wong and Simon Hwuang, head [...]
Select users have been noticing that the newly launched LG G2X Android smartphone for T-Mobile USA with a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor is suffering from either random reboots or freezes. Users who have experienced the problem were able to take their devices into T-Mobile where the carrier was able to swap out the device [...]
However you choose to celebrate the Easter Weekend, we at GottaBeMobile.com hope you enjoy it. Hopefully you’ll take the time to unplug and get away from it all. Unless of course you’re using your gadgets to take pictures and video of whatever you’re doing to celebrate. Peace.
Until today, it had been unknown as to whether Dell’s upcoming 10-inch Android tablet would fall into its Streak line of devices. Well, that question has been answered by a leaked document that says that the device’s name will be, drum roll, the Dell Streak Pro. That’s right, this summer, Dell will be releasing a [...]
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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 [...]
