It looks like Amazon has begun shipping a Dell device before Dell itself as the Dell Streak 7 Wi-Fi only version has begun shipping in the United States for a pretty cool price tag of $380. The Wi-Fi only model of the Dell Streak 7 has been up for pre-order since the end of March [...]
Back in January, CNN released their Android application for Android 3.0 Honeycomb meaning it wasn’t available to Android phone owners. However, today, CNN has pushed out a handset compatible version of their app which can be found on the Android Market. In order to use the application, you’ll need to be running Android 2.1 Éclair [...]
It appears that AT&T has begun to roll out the highly anticipated NoDo update to Windows Phone 7 owners as a couple of owners on XDA-Dev forums have confirmed that their Samsung Focus has received the official update. There had been some speculation that the update might not arrive until the end of April after [...]
At a UK event showcasing a selection of Windows PCs called The Collection, Pocket-Lint spoke to Microsoft’s UK managing director Ashley Highfield who put the skids on talk that Microsoft was jumping into the tablet market… not counting the tablets at The Collection… maybe.
Motorola has confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that the released date of the Motorola Droid Bionic has been pushed back beyond the anticipated Q2 window as the company looks to make improvements to the device that was just recently rumored to be canceled. While recent speculation about the cause for the delay/cancelation rested on [...]
While the Sony Xperia Arc has been announced for various countries around the world, Sony Ericsson has been suspiciously quiet about a United States release date, that is, until today when it’s official blog confirmed plans to bring it to the shores of the U.S. sometime this summer. In a post on the SE Product [...]
While we still have no idea if the NFL is going to have a season, the NFL Draft will still take place and Verizon has confirmed partnered with the NFL to bring exclusive live coverage of the Draft to Android devices. If you don’t already have it, the Draft is going to be covered on [...]
DaCast is announcing live video streaming on Facebook. DaCast is a self streaming service which lets users not only live stream video like Ustream or Justin TV, but also helps users make money doing so. Users who are signed up for the DaCast service can stream their content by providing a link to their DaCast [...]
In some news that should be familiar to Samsung Galaxy S owners, Google has decided to ‘temporarily suspend’ the Galaxy S Gingerbread update that began rolling out last weekend to device owners in the United Kingdom. Vodafone has gone ahead and confirmed that Google has stopped the roll out of Android 2.3 because of what [...]
Catching you up on Notebooks, we have a look at some new notebooks available for purchase and our first impressions of the Toshiba Satellite E305 Blue Label notebook. New Notebooks for April 2011: ThinkPad X220 – Editor’s Choice Award winner goes on sale MSI CR640 and CX640 – 2nd Gen Core i3 powered notebooks available [...]
Evernote for Android just got a major upgrade, bringing new organizational tools, sharing on social media, collaboration, security, a new widget and more. In short, this is an Evernote for Android upgrade you don’t want to skip. The new Evernote for Android includes the following features: Mobile Collaboration – If one user is a premium [...]
Dell Small Business is offering a Dell Vostro 3500 with Multitouch display for $859 after an instant $196 discount and includes free 3-5 day shipping and 1 year of next business day on site service. The Dell Vostro 3500 multitouch comes with a 2.53GHz Intel Core i5 processor with TurboBoost, 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive and [...]
If you are constantly sharing images with others using Gmail, you may want to stop attaching images and start inserting them right into your email. This is allows you to write some text, insert your image and write more text. Not only does it look nicer, it is easier for users to see your images [...]
If you are experiencing slow or inaccurate GPS locking on the HTC Thunderbolt, there is a free app that can help you get a GPS lock quicker. This is for users of stock HTC Thunderbolt phones or rooted phones. While there is reportedly a new HTC Thunderbolt firmware that should help with getting a GPS [...]
In a tweet, T-Mobile USA has confirmed the availability and pricing of its LG-made G-Slate, which runs the Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system on an 8.9-inch display utilizing NVIDIA’s dual-core Tegra 2 mobile processor. According to T-Mobile, the G-Slate will be released on April 20th with a price tag of $529.99. Unlike the 7-inch form [...]
Texas Instruments is making its Qi-compatible wireless charging chips smaller. According to the company, the chips are 80 percent smaller than the current generation chipsets and this would help to make wireless charging a feature on various consumer electronic devices, including smartphones, digital cameras, portable gaming consoles, tablets, and other gadgets. Here are some of [...]
Facebook has updated its social networking app for the Android platform, which is now available as a free download or upgrade to version 1.5.3, that brings a number of improvements, new features, and bug fixes. Chief among the features of the new version 1.5.3 is the abulity to tag friends in status updates. Now, you [...]
According to Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone 5 will be a modest update from the iPhone 4 and will sport the same basic design when it will be unveiled in September this year. At this point, it’s unclear how accurate Kuo’s predictions will be, but he did accurately predict the specs of the iPad [...]
The HTC Thunderbolt may be one of the hottest phones on market, but that doesn’t mean that Verizon’s first 4G LTE phone isn’t without issues. Early users have reported battery life issues, problems switching between 3G and 4G as well as others. The good news is that HTC and Verizon seem to be working on [...]
With Samsung having just recently announced its own internally-made 1 GHz dual-core Exynos–codenamed Orion–processor, that chipset may soon seem dated given that the company has recently publicly commented that it hopes to release a 2 GHz dual-core smartphone in 2012. While NVIDIA was the first to market with a 1 GHz dual-core CPU based on [...]
The Motorola Xoom, the first Android 3.0 tablet, may see a debut on yet another U.S. carrier, US Cellular. Initially announced and released for Verizon Wireless with a 3G radio to be upgraded in the future to a 4G LTE radio, the CDMA tablet has been rumored to be coming to Sprint in a 4G [...]
It looks like Asus may be suffering from the same plight as Apple as its tablet has been sold out and the company is having a hard time meeting initial demand. Early production batches of the Eee Pad Transformer, which were offered up for sale in the UK on April 6th, have been sold out [...]
OGT is preparing to launch its own Android tablet that will boast a number of industry-leading features to differentiate itself from the plethora of Android tablets that have launched or are launching soon. The device will pack a 1 GHz processor in a slim 7 mm profile and will come in either 16 GB or [...]
Verizon Wireless has gone ahead and announced its own 3G/4G MiFi portable mobile hotspot unit made by Novatel. The unit was initially shown at the Consumer Electronics Show this year and now Verizon has gone ahead and made the device available for $100 with a two-year contract with discounts and rebates and $270 sans any [...]
Microsoft’s Photosynth is a cool App/Service. It allows you to take a spherical, panoramic photo view of a room or a location and view it on the web. Up until today it has only been available on the web but now it is available for a certain mobile device platform. Don’t think that means WP7. [...]
An acquaintance of mine received a new tablet the other day and when I asked him how it felt, the first thing he said was that it was intuitive, slick and way too heavy. Great for jotting down notes, but not so great for actually carrying around and getting things done. Right now, we’re in [...]
It’s a competitive world alright when it comes to mobile gadgets. So much so that it seems the players aren’t content to duke it out in the marketplace, they feel this machismo urge to do so in court. It seems like everybody is suing everybody over some patent or IP or something or the other. [...]
The Kyocera Echo is a new Android smartphone has two displays and allows users to choose how they want to use them. The Kyocera Echo won our best multitasking/simultasking smartphone award at CTIA 2011 and is now available for purchase at your local Sprint store. We have all of the information you need about this [...]
I love it when an App I use everyday adds new features. That happened with Dropbox, which overnight updated its iOS App to version 1.4. In case you don’t know Dropbox is the unofficial official iOS file transfer App for the iOS platform. It allows you to move files between multiple devices (not just iOS) [...]
It is tax day and across the nation there are a collection of sighs of exhaustion and running around from people who have waited to the last minute to get their taxes done. Well, if you are one of these people, stop running around, get your iPhone, iPad or laptop out and file for an automatic 6 [...]
This looks like a real boon for students who are sight impaired. Arizona State students created a solution using OneNote that will make it easier for students who have difficulty reading notes on boards at the head of a classroom. They call their system Note-Taker. It involves a camera that can be controlled via gestures [...]
First, let’s dispense with the killer thing. Whenever a company makes an announcement of a product (or there is speculation that they will) those who use keyboards for a living are quick to hit the macro that spits out text calling it a possible killer, with the reigning champion in that category being the one [...]
Ah, the dreaded stylus. Yes, that horrible input device that actually lets you write something legible on a capacitive screen without using your fingers. We’ve covered quite a few styli here that work with the iPad and other capacitive screens, but for various reasons they all seem to leave us wanting. Well, maybe Wacom might [...]
My short answer to the question James Kendrick raised and that headline’s this post is yes. My medium answer is yes, for the moment. My longer answer follows. If you’re looking for hardware innovation in smartphones, tablets, computers, etc… in the short term you’re going to be looking further down the road. Just like I [...]
Incipio is bringing its Feather case to support the iPad 2, which will also be compatible with Apple’s magnetic Smart Cover. The Smart feather iPad 2 case provides users with additional protection for the rear and sides of the Apple-made tablet. Cutouts for the case give users access to the necessary ports and also allow [...]
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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 [...]
