It’s been awhile since we last heard from the Samsung Infuse 4G, CES in fact, but it has finally shown some signs of life in the form of a Walmart advertisement that indicates that the device will be headed to Walmart and thus, AT&T, at some point next month. Sadly, the ad gives no specific [...]
This Is My Next, the home of several former Engadget editors, is reporting that the iPhone 5 might actually be a completely redesigned iPhone instead of an upgraded iPhone 4 like many recent reports have indicated. The report states that the iPhone 5 could in fact be a device much different than the current iPhone [...]
HTC has gone ahead and posted a sign up page for its upcoming device, the HTC Sensation, its freshly announced dual-core handset which recently was rumored to be coming out on June 8th. If you head here, you’ll be able to sign up and follow along with all of the official news that the company [...]
Just got word that the ARMOR X10gx rugged Tablet PC is now certified for the Sprint 3G network. While built-in mobile connectivity is falling out of fashion due to mobile hotspot and phone tethering, not many of those devices are designed to take a beating. For reliability in harsh environments, on-board connectivity in a tough [...]
Best Buy has announced that it will begin taking pre-orders for the HTC Flyer Wi-Fi only tablet starting April 24th. Best Buy declined to give a specific release date for the device and only gave a spring release window which we had heard before. When the Wi-Fi HTC Flyer finally launches, it’s going to cost [...]
We had heard earlier this month that Apple was going to launch the white iPhone 4 by the end of April and now, we finally have a possible launch date with evidence pointing to April 27th as the day the unicorn of smartphones might finally become real. A report from iPhoneClub in the Netherlands claims [...]
Another upcoming member of the Droid family, the Motorola Droid X2, has shown up in its first official press shots today and it looks like the Droid X2 is going to be called the Droid X^2. We’ve already seen the Droid X2 show up in pictures, appeared on video and we already have a very [...]
According to a report from Droid-Life, Motorola is prepping two NVIDIA Tegra 3 smartphones, codenamed Bullet and Jet, for a potential launch in Q1 of 2012. Before you read into this too much, be warned, the rumor is nothing more than that, a rumor. However, it’s certainly something to keep us excited over the next [...]
According to a report that’s backed with evidence, Sprint and RIM will be launching the BlackBerry PlayBook, in Wi-Fi only flavor, on May 8th. The evidence is an internal document that was snagged by SpanTechular and it indicates that May 8th is the day that the recently released BlackBerry PlayBook will be out and available [...]
Back on March 27th, Sprint started offering instant rebates in place of mail-in rebates and said that the promotion would be a temporary one. Well, it looks like we finally have a date that instant rebates will end and that day appears to be May 7th. According to evidence brought to the surface by SpanTechular, [...]
In a filing to the FCC explaining why it wants to buy T-Mobile, AT&T states that its network wasn’t ready for the iPhone when it launched back in 2007 and that the merger will help to ease the strains that the company’s network has faced for 4 years. In the filing to the FCC, AT&T [...]
This past week was a big one, with iPhone tracking news and a collection of other big news. We’ve condensed the hottest topics in smartphones, tablets and notebooks into this post so you can get caught up before the weekend. Perhaps one of the biggest stories this week was the iPhone tracking story which our own Warner Crocker [...]
According to a report from BGR, the BlackBerry Bold Touch apparently will be the only device that RIM launches at next month’s BlackBerry World meaning the BlackBerry Touch (Monza/Monaco) and BlackBerry Curve Touch may not show up after all. This, if true, is a huge disappointment for consumers that were looking forward to the Curve [...]
The folks at Phatware who create WritePad for the iPad (and other platforms) have recently updated WritePad for the iPad to version 5. Listening to their users, they have added synchronization with Evernote as the big feature in this update. For those who may be coming to WritePad for the first time, it is a [...]
One of the issues that we’re always following here is how the carriers are dealing with pricing and caps. We’ve seen it move from a re-defining of the English language, when unlimited meant unlimited and then it meant 5GB. While some of that is still going on, at least now we’re seeing things spelled out [...]
Ahead of the launch of the much hyped and speculated Amazon-branded Android tablet hardware, the online retail giant has announced the availability of a new Android tablet-specific app of its Kindle e-reading software for Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets. The latest version of Kindle for Android includes an integrated immersive shopping experience tailored for tablets, a [...]
Warner had talked about an iOS app used as a teleprompter and a tool for actors to rehearse and memorize lines, I discovered in Los Angeles, California at an outdoors shooting of the entertainment news show Extra, the iPad was used by production crew to help actors with their lines. The entertainment news show was [...]
Motorola Defy owners will be happy to know that they have officially joined the Android 2.2 club today as T-Mobile and Motorola have finally made the update available to anxious owners. While the update is indeed rolling out OTA, there is a way to install the update right now if you so wish. If you [...]
Amazon has alerted us to a huge sale that they are going to be having on Verizon’s only current 4G LTE offering, the HTC ThunderBolt, which will be on sale starting midnight tonight for a mere $130 with a new two-year contract. This is the lowest price that anyone has offered the HTC ThunderBolt for [...]
Let’s call it short memories. The Interweb is jumping up and down this afternoon reporting and re-reporting a Reuters story that Apple will beat Google to the punch in terms of offering a cloud based music streaming service. At least that’s what the headlines and the leads all say. Scroll down the story a bit [...]
A couple days ago, there was a rumor that a Lenovo insider had revealed company plans to release a 23” tablet by the end of 2011 for home use. At first, it sounded like a joke, but then it popped up on a handful of sites and you started to wonder, could this be real? [...]
Back in December, Google announced that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread would follow Android 2.2 Froyo as the next operating system coming to Android OS smartphones. As of today, April 21st, there are only 3 phones that currently boast official Gingerbread leaving many device owners to wonder: Am I going to be getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread? [...]
iMacs aren’t mobile news. But an iMac plays into my mobile lifestyle. How? Well when I’m at my desk at the office I use an iMac for my heavy lifting on a daily basis. It’s there for me when I need to log in remotely. It’s there when I need to work locally. It’s where [...]
Earlier today Verizon Wireless announced the latest addition to the Droid family of handsets the Samsung Droid Charge, a device that has now shown up in its very first and also very eerie teaser video. The teaser video is meant to not only hype the Droid Charge’s landing here in the United States on April [...]
During its earnings conference call earlier today, Verizon’s CFO Fran Shammo confirmed that Verizon’s next version of the iPhone will be a device with global capabilities. While most of the call was focused on sales numbers (the company activated 2.2 million iPhones and sold 250,000 HTC ThunderBolt’s in the first two weeks), the company also [...]
During yesterday’s earnings call, Apple’s COO Tim Cook announced that the company was going to be launching the iPad 2 in 13 more countries starting next week. The tidbit managed to slip by as most of the focus rested on Apple’s record breaking iPhone sales numbers for Q2 of 2011 which represented a 113 percent [...]
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The HTC Thunderbolt is a pretty amazing phone, but the first 4G LTE phone on Verizon’s network has at least one major issue — it can drain a standard battery in 4 hours while browsing in a 4G network area. While many will see their Thunderbolt last longer, since they won’t be browsing the web [...]
Verizon has just made the Samsung Droid Charge official and the carrier will be offering the 4G LTE enabled device for a whopping $299 on contract once April 28th rolls around. While the Droid Charge was announced back at CES, it was done so without an official name, release date or price attached to it. [...]
There was a nasty little rumor floating around yesterday that indicated that ASUS’ Android 3.0 Honeycomb powered Eee Pad Transformer tablet was delayed until June. Well, that rumor has been debunked as the Eee Pad Transformer has been confirmed for a April 26th launch. We had seen the Eee Pad Transformer pop up at Best [...]
The iPhone 5 must have 4G if Apple hopes to keep geeks from switching in the near term and consumers from following over the next year or so. While not everyone ‘needs’ 4G, geeks are early adopters and shine a light on what mainstream consumers will or won’t buy in the coming months. From what [...]
Yesterday we posted about the fact that the Apple iPhone tracks data and keeps it in a hidden file on the phone itself as well as in the backup files that are created when you sync your phone to whatever device you sync it with. As I said then some were pretty upset about this [...]
With Earth Day around the corner, we wanted to share a few easy ways to find an electronics recycler near you. By this time, you are likely familiar with online gadget recyclers like Gazelle.com which will pay you for old electronics, but sometimes you just want to take some old gear to a local place for recycling. We’ve rounded up [...]
The revelation that Apple logs iPhone and iPad users’ movements has caused a fire storm. Privacy advocates, consumers and even politicians are crying foul, but this shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. In fact, every iPhone and iPad 3G user has given Apple permission to track their movements. Most likely, Apple’s primary reason [...]
Here’s a quick video look at the BlackBerry PlayBook. The web browser baked into the PlayBook is pretty nice and responsive. The $499 BlackBerry tablet just went on sale and RIM sent one over for review. In this video you can see that the PlayBook does indeed display GottaBeMobile.com very well. If I scroll super [...]
Verizon released unit sales numbers as part of its first quarter financial report. The company sold 260,000 HTC Thunderbolts in just two weeks. Verizon’s sold 500,000 4G devices in total, with the remainder of that number being 4G USB modems and wireless hotspots. By comparison, Verizon sold 2.2 million iPhones during the first quarter of [...]
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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 [...]
