If you are looking to get a new smartphone and you have been holding out for a fantastic deal, well, T-Mobile’s offer for the myTouch 4G might be the deal that you have been searching for. Through May 5th, T-Mobile is offering the myTouch 4G for free on a new two year contract or for [...]
Whenever there is a big news story, there will shortly follow a series of stories that talk about how the big news is being covered/disseminated/spread around by social media and technology we employ and enjoy in our everyday lives. It’s as if an entire new cycle of coverage for any big story has been created. [...]
This morning we have a collection of news from Notebooks including a review of the $550 Samsung RV511 notebook with a lot of features, measurements, benefits and examples of Standing desks, an AMD ultraportable roundup and an interesting look at which method consumers prefer to get online while on the go. The standing desk is something that everyone should give a [...]
Attention Nexus One owners. If you’re looking to get Android 2.3.4 on your phone this moment (who likes waiting for OTA updates?), then there is an easy manual installation process that you can follow to get it up and running right now. Last week, Google announced that Android 2.3.4 would roll out to the Nexus [...]
Well, when you run a contest and ask for folks to send you a doodle or sketch to enter you certainly open things up for some interesting entries. Our five winners (selected at random from all those who submitted) sent in the entries below and we’re grateful for their submissions. We’re also grateful to the [...]
An Amazon Tablet has seemed inevitable for quite some time and rumors and analysis have been saying that Amazon is the company that might actually have a shot at chipping into Apple’s runaway lead in the Tablet market. Now there’s word from Digitimes that Quanta has received orders for the Tablet and that it will [...]
You knew it was coming. Or at least you should have known. It appears Google is bowing to carrier demands and removing Apps from the Marketplace that allow you to tether that smartphone up to other devices. You can still tether using carrier plans, but there’s no more free ride. According to reports, if you [...]
Given Motorola’s recent confirmation that it would be bringing the Laptop Dock accessory to more smartphones in the future and the company’s CEO stating that the Droid Bionic will be delayed and will be launching with a new form factor, it begs the question if these two separate statements may in fact be correlated with [...]
With news that U.S. carrier AT&T and Samsung are hosting a press event in New York City on May 5th with product demos and speeches, it’s still unclear what the event may host. A couple possible devices that could come out of the event would either be an AT&T-compatible Samsung-made, Google-branded Nexus 4G smartphone or [...]
BlackBerry Balance is now released with the goal of helping enterprise users merge theircorporate and personal smartphones into one single, unified BlackBerry device. The app’s purpose is to help users maintain a secure smartphone while still allowing for the more playful and fun things to do on your phone–like accessing Gmail and Facebook apps–possible without [...]
The good news is that early adopters of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can now BBM their BFFs to their heart’s content. The bad news, however, is that BlackBerry Messenger on the PlayBook is not a native app and requires a BlackBerry smartphone to be tethered over Bluetooth to the PlayBook in a process called BlackBerry [...]
T-Mobile had promised that an operating system update to take the Android 2.2 handset up to Android 2.3 Gingerbread will be forthcoming, and it looks like that may happen soon as Gingerbread was seen running on a G2X. This is my next caught an early glimpse of the Gingerbread build for the handset, and it [...]
Apple will apparently release iOS 4.3.3 to iDevices at some point within the next few weeks, an update that will apparently fix that location tracking bug that has been the talk of the town over the past few days. Apple promised last week that it would be bringing a fix to the tracking bug and [...]
Despite early mixed reviews for Research in Motion’s first foray into the tablet space, the PlayBook slate is doing well in terms of sales according to retail partner Best Buy. Though Best Buy did not release any early sales figure for the tablet, the retailer did say, “To date, we have far exceeded those expectations and [...]
I have to be honest, despite a background in political science–which was the basis of my undergraduate studies–I am horrible at keeping up to date with breaking non-tech news; as a technology blogger, I already have a hard enough time as it is writing about and staying in the loop with gadget releases so even [...]
How important is it to turn in your old cellular phone for recycling? How does your mobile phone usage and behavior impact the world at large? And are you aware that you are in fact carrying hazardous waste everyday in your pocket, purse, or bag? These were some of the questions that were asked, answered, [...]
In addition to the other BlackBerry announcements that came this morning, RIM also introduced its latest and greatest operating system, BlackBerry 7, which will launch on the new BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 aka BlackBerry Bold Touch at some point this year. BlackBerry 7, originally known as BlackBerry 6.1, is going offer some upgrades including HTML 5 [...]
T-Mobile has announced that the recently unveiled BlackBerry Bold 9900 aka BlackBerry Bold Touch will be headed to its network at some point later this year. If all goes according to plan, later this year likely means sometime this summer. Shortly after the announcement from RIM at BlackBerry World, T-Mobile tweeted that the BlackBerry 9900 [...]
RIM has announced that Facebook for the BlackBerry PlayBook will be coming later on this month with a host of features that should make PlayBook owners with a mean social networking habit very excited. The application is going to be an optimized addition for the PlayBook tablet meaning the device will likely see a dedicated [...]
Food trucks and pop-up restaurants are apparently The cool places to eat in San Francisco and Evernote has posted a highlight about how Rice Paper Scissors, a Vietnamese Pop up restaurant, is using Evernote to manage their business. Even if you aren’t preparing delicious Vietnamese food, the short video below highlights a few ways you can [...]
According to Verizon’s 2011 winter consumer guide (seriously), the BlackBerry PlayBook will be headed to the network ‘soon.’ This is of course great news for folks who were downtrodden after Verizon indicated that it was still evaluating whether or not the PlayBook would show up on the network. When it’s going to show up exactly [...]
This morning, RIM introduced the BlackBerry Bold Touch at its BlackBerry World conference. The device, which had been expected for quite some time, will officially be known as the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the BlackBerry Bold 9930. The specs on the device are precisely what we knew them to be. The BlackBerry 9900/9930 will feature [...]
HTC ThunderBolt owners will be happy to hear that Verizon has announced that an update will be rolling out to the device tomorrow, an update that will bring several welcomed improvements and bug fixes. The update apparently will be rolling out OTA but it looks like Big Red will offer the ability to manually install [...]
Sprint’s HTC EVO 3D is apparently up for pre-order at Best Buy stores this very moment only the retailer wants to stay hush hush about the whole affair which means you apparently won’t be able to pre-order one unless you march in there and ask. Android Central has come across an internal memo that indicates [...]
SquareTrade’s PR firm sent over a video of a BlackBerry PlayBook drop test. Not surprisingly, the PlayBook’s display shatters after being dropped onto a concrete surface repeatedly. I’m all for educational videos, but anyone stupid enough to let the above video influence their purchasing decision deserves a busted tablet.
Looking for an amazing deal on a new smartphone? Well, then you should probably have a look at the deal Radio Shack is offering on the T-Mobile G2x, a phone that was just released on April 20th and will only cost you a mere $100. The deal applies to new customers signing up for a [...]
According to a report from WinRumors, the launch of the HTC Trophy on Verizon is imminent and it could come as soon as this Thursday, May 5th. If true, this would be a dream come true for those that have been waiting for months for Microsoft’s software to show up on Big Red. We had [...]
Over the weekend, Apple’s senior vice president Phil Schiller sent a Twitter Direct Message to a 9to5Mac reader stating very plainly that the white iPhone 4 is not thicker than the black version of the device and that the reader should not “believe all the junk that you read.” Today, Consumer Reports has posted some [...]
ASUS’ wildly popular Android 3.0-powered tablet, the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, is apparently experiencing shipping delays because the company is only able to ship 10,000 devices per month due to hardware shortages. According to sources of the German website Netbooknews.de, the shortages are due to the Taiwanese company not having enough components to meet demand [...]
Amidst all the hullabaloo about Apple tracking your location data comes word of an App from State Farm called Driver Feedback App that grades you on your driving habits using the GPS and accelerometer. State Farm swears up and down that it doesn’t collect any of the data. But the App does give you a [...]
OK, the world knows that I think that iPhones, iPads, and other Tablets are great Stall Surfing devices. Heck, we’re even starting to see analysts track statistics about those who use the devices in the loo. But, I think this is the first time that I’ve seen an ad (with video mind you) of a [...]
The Apple Blossom Festival is an annual spring event here in Winchester, VA. We just experienced this year’s rite of spring these past few days. The entire town shuts down for 3 or 4 days for parties, parades, parties, events, parties, celebrities, parties, and well, parties. The downtown walking mall is turned into a giant [...]
Smartphones don’t need to come with contracts and expensive data plans, thanks to the growing number fo prepaid smartphone options from national carriers like Virgin Mobile, Verizon and T-Mobile as well as smaller carriers like US Cellular, Metro PCS and Boost Mobile. PrePaid vs. Contract Phones: It used to be that in order to ditch [...]
Best Buy has done a great job capturing the consumer mindshare, and wallet-share, over the past few years, but Staples is about to dive in full force in an attempt to become the go to retail location for tablets. As this week’s ad for Staples suggests, you can go into a local Staples location and [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
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When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
Ballistic Tough Jacket iPad Case Review: Serious Protection at a Bargain
Ballistic Cases compete with companies like Otterbox to offer more protection than a typical iPad case. The Ballistic Tough Jacket iPad Case for the New iPad and iPad 2 shields your iPad from accidents at a a better price than Otterbox. The Ballistic Tough Jacket uses three layers of shielding on the back, extra absorption on [...]
