There is a recent speculation that the Motorola-made Droid Bionic Android smartphone for Verizon’s 4G LTE network may have been cancelled. The device is said to have heat issues related to the device’s dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset overheating and having compatibility issues with Verizon’s 4G network. Sources to Phone Arena reported that both the [...]
We usually avoid discussing politics here at GBM, but this is just ridiculous. The son of a man who’s led change in America seems determined to keep America in the stone age. Jesse Jackson Jr is blaming the loss of thousands of jobs on the iPad. The congressman rattles off a list of things that [...]
The Samsung Droid Charge will be able to serve as a mobile hotspot router to the most number of devices at 10, according to a leaked screenshot of the device’s training information. With the introduction of Android smartphones, carriers like Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and AT&T have capitalized on the ability of those devices to serve [...]
While LG was the first to come out with a concept prototype smartphone to showcase Intel’s Moblin OS–an operating system that has since been folded, merged, and combined with Nokia’s Maemo OS to create the MeeGo OS–the company has yet to release and commercial hardware to support either Moblin or MeeGo. However, a recent article [...]
Invitations have been sent for the diminutive HP Veer webOS smartphone for May 2 in Anaheim, California. Little information is known about the Veer launch party, but the three-hour event will also host hands-on training, demos, and giveaways along with appetizers. According to PreCentral, when the blog registered for the event, they were told to [...]
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If you have been curious to see what an iPad magazine looks like, this is your lucky month. The May issue of Wired is available for free thanks to a sponsorship from Adobe. You can download the Wired app from the App Store and then select the May issue from within the app. The price is free, a discount of the [...]
While it was believed that the Asus Eee Pad Slider Android Honeycomb tablet would be utilizing a dual-core ARM-based NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor at the CES unveiling, Intel had put together a page suggesting that Asus’s Android tablet would be utilizing an Atom-based CPU instead. Though the page has since been removed, Liluputing had managed [...]
In San Francisco, California at the Climate One discussion, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse unveiled Sprint’s latest eco-friendly efforts in the form of the Samsung Replenish, an eco-conscious Android smartphone. While the phone is touted as environmentally friendly, it doesn’t skimp on specs and the Samsung Replenish should be able to take on messaging devices with [...]
Sam’s Club is offering a great deal on iTunes gift cards. From now through April 24th, you can pick up a $100 iTunes gift card for $79.64, a savings of just over $20. This deal is available in store and online for Sam’s club members, and is a $15 discount off the standard Sam’s Club [...]
RCP-Technik is releasing a zoom lens for the iPhone 4. The Rollei telephoto zoom lens (site in German) mounts onto the back of the iPhone using a clasp system that grabs the phone. The lens only has manual focus, but with the large view screen it will be easier to get shots in focus so [...]
Whenever a new tablet hits the market, one of the first things people want to know is how much it will cost. That one little detail seems to have a bigger impact on the marketability of the device than anything else. If it’s too expensive, we start hearing over and over that it can’t compete [...]
“Out for Delivery” — those words are music to the ears of anyone who has ordered a new gadget online. The wait can be unbearable, but knowing where your package is, can help ease the pain. Enter Package Buddy for Android. Package Buddy will track all of your incoming and outgoing packages from FedEx, UPS, [...]
This morning in Notebooks, we have a pair of exciting Blue Label Notebooks from Best Buy, details on the release of the MSI X370, news on Windows 8 running on Flash drives and some fun Toughbook uses. The Best Buy Blue Label 3.0 notebooks have just gone up for preorder at Best Buy with some [...]
Lenovo has just posted the website for the Lenovo X220T Tablet PC. Here’s the link. It’s listed as available Summer 2011 which is just around the corner. I’ve got my hands on a review unit and plan to shoot video this weekend so if you’ve got questions post them in the comments and I’ll do [...]
The HTC Thunderbolt is a nice phone that fits easily in your pocket even with a large 4″ screen, but the back of the device is so slippery that I’ve dropped mine a few times already and almost dropped it a dozen more. When I saw the HTC Thunderbolt Armor Carbon Fiber skin from BodyGuardz I [...]
Research in Motion’s first foray into the tablet market is met with lukewarm reviews. For the company’s first tablet effort, the build quality is there—the screen is bright and vivid, the metal chassis feels solid, and the device has a reassuring weight and thickness that makes it subtle, understated yet elegant. So why aren’t reviews [...]
mSpot Movies has been in the streaming video business for a while, but they are announcing today a new membership model with discounts when compared to renting streaming video from competitors like Amazon and Apple. This is not a subscription based service like Netflix or the new Amazon video streaming service for Prime members. Instead [...]
An iOS App Store placeholder stating compatibility for the Prompt app says that the app will be compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and a mystery ‘ix.Mac.Marketing Name’ device that’s currently unknown, suggesting that the app may come to yet an unknown device that would run the iOS platform. It’s unclear what the ix.Mac device [...]
It looks like the Verizon Wireless HTC Droid Incredible 2 Android smartphone will be launching on April 28th, if an anonymous tip to Droid Dog is to be believed. The handset has been leaked numerous times in photos, and a recent pricing leak suggests that the successor to wildly popular original Droid Incredible will be [...]
An early hands-on with the Samsung Droid Charge 4G LTE Android smartphone has recently been posted online just prior to the device’s anticipated launch within the next few weeks, if speculations prove to be correct. According to Android and Me, which had gotten this early hands-on since Verizon had initially debuted the device earlier this [...]
Yesterday Apple rolled out updates for iOS. iOS 4.3.2 seems to have improved the reporting of battery life on my iPad 2. I won’t say it has improved the battery life itself, but it has at least changed how the battery life icon reports battery life. Here’s the deal, I noticed last night things were [...]
The “Can You Hear Me Now?” Verizon spokesperson has been dropped like an AT&T phone call in San Francisco, as Verizon goes in a new direction with phone and service ads. Paul Marcarelli’s official character name was “Test Man”, but you probably knew the horn rimmed glasses wearing fellow as the guy who braved any environment [...]
Numbers, numbers, we’ve got numbers. Because you know it is all about the numbers. In an earnings call Google tossed out lots of numbers. That’s what earnings calls are all about. The one that everyone is talking about though is the number of Android App installs and the pace which those numbers are accelerating. According [...]
Sony will soon allow iOS owners of devices like the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch the ability to stream for free old movies and TV shows from the studio through the website www.Crackle.com. A specific timeline was not given as to when the iOS streaming capabilities would be implemented, but users who visited the Crackle [...]
This is a bit of a personal post mixed in with some news. Some of that news is old news, some of it is new. So, let’s cover the news part first. Earlier this year James Kendrick, founder of the blog jkOnTheRun, left that site. Earlier it had been acquired by the GigaOm network. Unless [...]
While new Android devices are shipping with massive 32GB Micro SD cards, if you have an older Android device the smaller SD card can quickly fill up. If you want to see what’s taking up all of your space without connecting to a computer, check out the Grid Size file manager, which gives you a [...]
The leaked 4G-enabled Skype app for the HTC Thunderbolt that brought video calling contains some serious vulnerabilities that exposes the user’s personal information to other apps that take advantage of this vulnerability. The exploit was first discovered and unveiled on Android Police where the site had created an app to demonstrate how this vulnerability could [...]
This morning in Notebooks we have news about the U.S. release date of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, a review of Dragon Dictate 2.0 for Mac, a timeline for when you might see USB 3.0 in more notebooks and a review of the Scosche MotorMouth II Bluetooth speaker phone and streaming device. If you have been waiting for a notebook with [...]
Apple has rolled out some iOS updates today. They supposedly address issues with FaceTime and for Verizon users address a 3G connectivity issue that seemed to suggest constant roaming on that network. Beyond that the changelog states the usual B & S fixes. (That’s bug fixes and security fixes.) The updates are compatible with the [...]
Verizon has yet to make the Motorola Droid X2 official but that hasn’t stopped the leaks from flowing through the cracks and today, the Droid X2 has shown up on video showing off its dual-core capabilities. The video gives us a pretty good look at the device and a nice glimpse at the boot up [...]
First impressions matter. Always have. Always will. Fact of life. While there are opportunities for rebounds or second acts or reboots, first impressions matter and unfortunately they last. We’ve now seen two of the big iPad competitors release their Tablets into the wild. Well, let’s back up a second, we’ve seen them release them into [...]
For the commitment-phobe smartphone buyer who’s reluctant to sign a two-year service agreement, Verizon Wireless is now discounting the full contract-free retail price of some of its most popular smartphones. The carrier is saying that the discounts may be temporary as it adjusts “pricing from time to time to address current market dynamics and to [...]
The ThinkPad X220t is the latest business class convertible tablet to arrive from Lenovo, bringing full core processors, 16 hour battery life and many other improvements in a package that weighs under 4 pounds. The X220t has a 12.5″ 1366×768 multi-touch display with a 300 Nit rating and is a semi-rugged device. We’ve tracked down what looks [...]
Microsoft has announced that a major update to its Windows Phone 7 mobile platform codenamed Mango will be arriving this Fall, and that firmware will bring not only better overall performance, but faster browsing speeds. News of the Mango update comes out of the Microsoft-hosted MIX11 conference in Las Vegas, NV. Mango will bring hardware [...]
Prior to the launch of the Samsung-made Droid Charge for Verizon Wireless’s 4G LTE network, the smartphone-maker has posted the source code for the device on its own website. Android makers are compelled by Google to release source codes to what they optimize on their devices by using the Android operating system. This way, the [...]
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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 [...]
