According to a report from Ericsson ConsumerLab, 35% of smartphone owners load applications on their device before getting out of bed in the morning. The results of the study are the culmination of an examination of internet usage in the United States, Europe and Japan and are, as the report points out, a ”sign that [...]
Misery loves company, or so they saying goes. Frankly, I’d prefer to be in solitude instead of having WiFi issues on iOS devices. Last week Apple pushed out an update to its iOS operating system (4.3.3) that was meant to quash the location database “bug.” Well, apparently users are seeing some issues with WiFi and [...]
Motorola may have told Xoom Wi-Fi owners yesterday that the Android 3.1 Honeycomb update would start rolling out in the ‘next several weeks’, but in a strange turn of events, it appears that the update has already begun to roll out. A bunch of evidence from Wi-Fi Xoom owners has surfaced over at Droid-Life and [...]
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Almost half a year ago, yes it’s been that long, Verizon showed off a collection of high end – high speed – 4G LTE smartphones at CES 2011. Now, in the middle of May, we only have one 4G LTE smartphone available on store shelves. The Samsung Droid Charge was supposed to be released by now, [...]
Remember the Samsung Droid Charge? It was a 4G LTE smartphone from Verizon that was supposed to launch on April 28th only to have Big Red postpone that release date indefinitely due to still unknown reasons. Speculation about the delay has rested on it having something to do with the 4G LTE outage that the [...]
It appears that Verizon finally got its act together as the carrier has finally released the long awaited HTC ThunderBolt update that was delayed indefinitely because of unknown issues. Verizon originally announced that the OTA update would begin to roll out starting May 4th, however soon after, the carrier delayed it and put up a [...]
Facebook hired a PR firm to pitch anti-Google articles in publications. It’s no surprise that Facebook went and hired Burson-Marsteller to spin some news, but the agency’s tactics smell pretty bad. I have a love/hate relationship with PR folks. I’m married to a PR person, who used to work for Burson-Marsteller and who now works [...]
According to a film company, which tweeted that it is working on a film promo with Nokia on a MeeGo-powered N950, the oft-rumored Nokia N9 may be launched as the Nokia N950 smartphone this summer. Film company Arguelles tweeted, “This week #Arguelles began filming #Nokia spot in @ArguellesPics. For the new ‘Nokia N950′ touch screen [...]
In addition to some of the more publicized features of the Android 3.1 OS update announced by Google at I/O and the OS’s support for hardware-accelerated Adobe Flash 10.2 videos, the new version of Honeycomb will also bear support for FLAC. FLAC, which stands for free Lossless Audio Codec, is an audio file format, similar [...]
Motion Computing is now taking orders for the CL900 Tablet PC and expects to begin shipping units out to customers within four weeks. The 10.1″ slate runs Windows 7 and has some durability features, including Gorilla Glass. We first saw the Motion Computing CL900 back at CES 2011. The device looked pretty solid, but it [...]
A tipster to The Nokia Blog says that Nokia is gearing up to introduce a MeeGo-based device to developers in June, about a few weeks after the MeeGo Conference happening later this month in San Francisco, California. If true, it’s unclear as to why the device will not be released to hopeful MeeGo developers at [...]
At Google I/O, the big news coming out of Android 3.1 Honeycomb is that the tablet edition of Android would support re-sizable and scalable widgets to take up as much or as little screen real estate as a user desire, and it looks like that feature may be headed to a Nokia-made Symbian smartphone in [...]
Watching the announcements streaming out of Google this week, I could not help but notice a certain trend. There were a slew of accessory devices and gadget applications shown off in what is unofficially being called “Android Everywhere”. They’ve bolstered their offerings with music streaming and movie rentals. They seem intent on breathing new life [...]
Taking on the HTC EVO 3D, Sharp will be providing Japanese residents a 3D-capable smartphone in the form of the Aquos Android phone. Curiously, though as Sharp is the maker of the EVO 3D’s qHD glasses-free 3D display, the Aquos phone actually ships sans 3D screen. It does however have the same qHD resolution display [...]
The recent Senate hearing related to user privacy and tracking information related to smartphones yielded more questions and shows a more confused American government where technology and civil rights are concerned than gave answers. The hearing, called by U.S. Senator Al Franken, was to discuss what cell phone users’ rights are and how that relates [...]
Yesterday’s Google announcement about Chromebooks still looks like a game changer this morning. Even with more to learn about what this will mean I think that will still hold but some questions are emerging even as we pick up more info. Details about the Chromebook pricing are becoming clearer. Engadget has a report on some [...]
We had last glimpsed the Lenovo LePad tablet at CES where the device came with a unique U1 dock that turns the Android Honeycomb tablet into a Windows 7, Intel Core i5-powered laptop, and now there is speculation that the LePad will launch outside of China under Lenovo’s consumer-centric IdeaPad moniker as the IdeaPad Tablet [...]
The Nokia N9, which is a MeeGo-powered smartphone, had previously been rumored to come with a landscape-oriented tilting keyboard and screen mechanism similar to the Symbian^3-powered Nokia E7 handset, though recent rumors are mixed on what the final shape of the device will be. Regardless, it seems that we’ll know soon enough–at least by June [...]
It is becoming a truism in the tech sector that if you can’t find a survey or statistics to back up your theory, just wait a day or so and one will surface. Maybe that’s the case here, maybe not. For awhile now we’ve been hearing how the iPad has been putting a hurt on [...]
Despite having been an early backer of HTML5 with Android and its Chrome OS and browser, Google’s use of Adobe Flash technology to deliver movie rentals may be seen by some as contradictory to supporting open web technologies like HTML5 and its own WebM standard. At the Google I/O developer conference when Google had announced [...]
While the HTC Merge is already available on Alltel, it looks like Verizon is finally going to be getting in on the non-4G fun as it looks like Big Red will be launching the phone through 3rd party retailers starting tomorrow, May 12th. The company has yet to come right out and confirm anything but [...]
Dummy units of the upcoming Motorola Droid X2 have begun to arrive at Costco which means that Verizon could very well be making some sort of announcement regarding the device in the not-so-distant future. It’s no secret that Verizon is preparing to launch a successor to the original Droid X. We’ve seen it on video, [...]
Today, Twitter announced that it has started rolling out a new web app for mobile devices – both Android and iPhone – that can be found when going to Twitter.com in your favorite mobile browser. Twitter believes that the web app will provide a consistent experience for mobile Twitter users especially for those that don’t [...]
The second day of Google I/O at the Moscone Center in San Francisco was a departure from the Android-centric day that took place yesterday. Today, Google’s focus was on Chrome. Chrome the operating system and Chrome the browser. And what conference wouldn’t be complete without some sort of Angry Birds announcement. Below, you’ll find the [...]
Only a week into my experiment of seeing if an avowed iPhone user can be satisfied with an Android phone, my Samsung Fascinate began to exhibit some pretty strange behavior. So I returned it thinking I would just replace it with the same model or get a nicer phone, since I’m enjoying using the Android [...]
If you’ve got a deep bank account and can’t wait until June 8th, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, is currently available on Craigslist for a mere $1000 with a Verizon Mobile Hotspot thrown in for free for good measure. Now, we should say that this is not a normal Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet. In fact, [...]
Last week we reported on a rumor that Apple would be ditching Intel processors for the competing ARM processors, a move similar to the Apple’s jump from PowerPC processors to Intel in 2006. The rumor was met with some som skepticism, but not completely ruled out as it would have provided Apple with something the company loves [...]
AT&T’s upcoming HP Veer 4G , which will be coming out on May 15th, will be available for free from Best Buy with pre-orders for the upcoming webOS smartphone starting today at physical Best Buy retail locations. If you were intrigued by the device but didn’t want to fork over the $100 to get it, [...]
It appears that the current stable of Android 3.0 (and Android 3.1) Honeycomb tablets will be joined by yet another device at the end of this month with the Viewsonic 7x rumored to be ready for an uveiling on May 31st at Computex in Taipei. If true, the Viewsonic 7x would be the first 7-inch [...]
If you’ve been on the fence about getting or holding out for a Samsung Galaxy S II, this might just be the video that puts you over to its side as Pocketnow has posted a video showing the Galaxy S II blowing away all-comers in a web browser speed test. The tests were done over [...]
Adam already laid out the hardware specs for Google’s ChromeBooks that are going to be available next month. But there’s more than just hardware running a browser going on here. In fact, it looks like Google is actually quite serious about pushing the “all you need is the web” Chrome OS concept. I say that [...]
Today at the second day of Google I/O, Google announced two models of Chrome OS powered Chromebooks made by Samsung and Acer, which will be available to consumers around the world starting June 15th. The announcement is the culmination of the CR-48 pilot program that was launched last year at Google’s Chrome OS event in [...]
Remember the BlackBerry Touch (Monaco/Monza)? You know, the phone that RIM was supposedly going to announce at BlackBerry World and then supposedly wasn’t and then didn’t? Well, it has shown up in a new photo today showing off its non-QWERTY roots. We’ve seen the BlackBerry Touch 9860 show up in front of the camera before [...]
While Google I/O was all about the phones and tablets yesterday, we expect to hear news about the Google Chrome OS project including official confirmation of Chrome notebook rentals which will likely start at $20 a month for students. In other notebook news, we have a closer look at the ThinkPad X1 which will launch on May 17th with a super [...]
Somewhere I’m thinking Rupert Murdoch might be contemplating moving his corporate offices to Belgium. A few days ago the Belgian Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that essentially says Google infringes copyright by linking to Belgian newspapers, and thus denies them revenue. Essentially Google needs to remove links from any of the papers [...]
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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 [...]
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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
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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 [...]
