If you live in and around the San Francisco Bay Area and you love free stuff and us here at GBM, you’ll be happy to know that more tickets and more prizes have been added to the reader meetup we are helping Samsung host on June 3rd here in the city by the bay. Samsung [...]
Earlier this month, T-Mobile brought back free and unlimited Wi-Fi calling for phones that support UMA. Awesome, expect they neglected to offer details regarding roaming charges when using phones outside of the United States. Today though, we finally have some clarity regarding T-Mobile’s international roaming policy in regards to the new Wi-Fi calling feature and [...]
Earlier today, T-Mobile admitted that their new dual-core device, the LG-made G2x had software issues and that both companies were working on a fix for them. Turns out, that fix very well could be the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update that the carrier announced will be rolling out sometime this summer. The announcement came in the [...]
In addition to announcing that five markets will be going live with 4G LTE, as opposed to 4G HSPA+, this summer, AT&T also announced some more details about how its acquisition of carrier T-Mobile will impact that carrier’s customers. In the announcement, an AT&T executive says that the carrier will be combining the 2G GSM [...]
Back on May 12th, Netflix rolled out their Android application to thunderous applause from some smartphone owners and a loud chorus of boos from others. You see, it has only been available for a select few Android devices with Netflix promising support for more in the future. Well, the company has made good on its [...]
Today is a big day for those that love gaming on their phone because the ultimate gaming phone has just hit the shores of the U.S. in the form of the Sony Xperia Play for Verizon. If you’re thinking about buying this phone, you’ll probably want to snag the best deal, and we’re thinking that [...]
While a number of mysterious HTC phones have popped up lately for other providers like the HTC Holiday and HTC Lead for AT&T, HTC Doubleshot for T-Mobile and the HTC Kingdom for Sprint, it’s not shocking to see a mystery phone appear front and center for Verizon, a phone that is currently called the Mecha [...]
While we had suspicions of U.S. Cellular’s plans for the HTC Merge, the carrier has come clean today and announced that the long awaited debut of the Android smartphone will indeed take place in five days time on May 31st. In a message on their Facebook page, U.S. Cellular confirmed the release date of the [...]
Yesterday, stock of the T-Mobile G2x vanished at T-Mobile. Rumor had it, T-Mobile had pulled it off shelves due to quality issues. Well, according to T-Mobile, the phone is actually out of stock due to high demand, but there are in fact issues plaguing the G2x that it is working on fixing. In a statement [...]
Today during a press conference in New York City, Google announced its long awaited mobile payment service plans and introduced both Google Wallet and Google Offers with trials for Google Wallet beginning immediately and trials for Google Offers have arrived for folks in New York City and Portland, Oregon. Since the debut of the Nexus [...]
A new study of how Americans work shows that as we have made the move to desk jobs we have become less active, leading to obesity and other health issues. The study found that 80% of jobs are classified as sedentary, compared to 50% in 1960. At the heart of the issue is a drop in [...]
A recent arrest in Muncie, Indiana could have widespread implications on the types of apps that you carry on your smartphone, which is beginning to appear more common these days as prices come down and iPhone and Droid cachet are at an all-time high. With Apple promoting that ‘there’s an app for that,’ you may [...]
Nokia is gearing up to launch its first portfolio of smartphones running Microsoft’s revamped Windows Phone 7 operating system pre-loaded with the Mango software update. The latest leak reveals that Nokia will be launching at least two phones, one with a touchscreen-only form factor, and another with a keyboard. News of this latest rumor comes [...]
Despite an early good start to its debut tablet, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Playbook may be reaching a point where sales are plateauing, if not tapering off. Predictions of the latest sales number come from Wedbush Securities analyst Scott Sutherland, who believes that sales figure for the tablet will be no more than 450,000 units [...]
Nokia, which already operates the luxury Vertu line that rivals high-end Swiss-made watches in price and craftsmanship, is creating a high-value Nokia C7 spin-off as the Nokia Oro. The Nokia C7, pegged as a flagship consumer Symbian^3 smartphone for its affordable price-tag and more modest fixed-focus camera than the flagship Nokia N8, will be gaining [...]
Though Microsoft had announced the next update to its Windows Phone 7 platform earlier this week, boasting more Bing services and over 500 new features, the switch to use Nokia Maps to power Bing Maps won’t happen in Mango. In an interview with Phonescoop, Microsoft’s Greg Sullivan says that more work will be needed to [...]
Those not willing to spend a few hundred dollars to get the creme de la creme of Sprint’s high-end line, which may include the EVO 3D and the rumored Motorola Photon 4G, may be pleased to hear that the carrier is working with Samsung on an Android smartphone bearing the model number SPH-D600. Images have [...]
While Verizon Wireless will begin to start pushing out its Droid X Gingerbread updates in waves to users starting tomorrow, May 27th, users who don’t receive notification to download and install the update right away would have to wait a week to manually pull the update from their smartphones. The option to manually update the [...]
In what could be the Maginot line of screen sizes, Android 3.0 Honeycomb may mark the distinction between 7-inch and smaller tablets versus tablets of 8-inch and larger. The latest victim to fall outside of the safety of Honeycomb’s Maginot line may be Acer, whose 7-inch Iconia A100 tablet is reported to be delayed until [...]
The latest video posted by Nokia online detailing some of the features of its silver Nokia N8 flagship–which is among my favorite phones and one that I carry daily–reveals icons and features from the forthcoming Symbian^3 software update, also known as PR 2.0 or Symbian Anna informally. The video is part of the Nokia Care [...]
Despite new OEMs and vendors being added as Windows Phone 7 partners, creating increased competition, HTC, one of Microsoft’s long-time partner since the Pocket PC days, remains committed to the platform. Echoing a sentiment that the company had made at the Reuters Global Technology Summit, HTC CEO Peter Chou says, ”We are very committed to Windows [...]
HTC’s flagship 4G LTE tablet, the rumored and leaked HTC Puccini, will enter mass production next month and would launch sometime this summer on AT&T’s nascent 4G LTE network. AT&T is expected to launch LTE in 5 cities this summer, and the carrier is stating that its network speeds will be comparable to some of [...]
If you’re looking to get your hands on a smartphone for cheap and you want that cheap smartphone to be on T-Mobile, well look no further than T-Mobile’s web only sale for the G2 and Sidekick 4G that lasts from 9PM-3AM PST tonight and has both phones listed for free. Of course, in order to [...]
It appears that BlockBuster’s new application for Verizon’s Samsung Droid Charge is blocking rooted users and preventing them from accessing movies. This comes just a few days after it became apparent that Google’s new movie rental feature through the Android Marketplace was inaccessible to rooted Motorola Xoom owners. Xoom owners trying to rent movies through [...]
While Microsoft didn’t detail it yesterday at its Mango event in New York City, the company today revealed its plans to bring forth a web-based Windows Phone Marketplace with the arrival of Windows Phone 7.1 aka Mango later this year. In a post on Microsoft’s Windows Phone Developer Blog, Senior Director of the Windows Phone [...]
Google has announced and released the latest and greatest version of Google Maps for Android bringing the software up to version 5.5. The new edition brings several new features including new check-in and rating buttons for Place pages. The update intends to make it easier to check in at places, rate those places and to [...]
HTC and Verizon are well aware of the random reboot issues that have been plaguing the HTC ThunderBolt since it was updated earlier this month. In fact, it appears that Verizon is on the verge of releasing a fix for the issues as its apparently ready and will head to Verizon employess with ThunderBolt’s first [...]
For those of you anxious to get your hands on the non-limited edition version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, you will be happy to know that your tablet will be coming with the latest version of Android Honeycomb, Android 3.1, when it arrives on June 8th. Samsung has announced via Facebook and Twitter that [...]
It appears that the LG-made T-Mobile G2x has been pulled from shelves, at least at T-Mobile.com, and it might be due to quality issues that have been plaguing the device since its launch back at the end of April. TMoNews has discovered that the G2x has disappeared from T-Mobile’s website and it’s probably not because [...]
You know the saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?” Well, Motorola and Verizon apparently had that phrase posted all over their offices when mulling over ideas for the successor to the original Motorola Droid X because the Motorola Droid X2 is a splitting image of its older brother. Beneath the hood though, the [...]
Motorola and Sprint have begun sending out invitations for a press event that the companies will be hosting on June 9th in New York City. And while the contents of the event are unknown, we suspect that it might have something to do with the newly rumored Motorola Photon 4G. While the invitations don’t say [...]
Wirefly has some of the greatest deals around, with discounts of $50 to $170 off the 2 year contract pricing direct from major carriers like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile; but these good deals come with a catch — an additional early termination fee of $300 for smart phones if you cancel your contract in the first 6 [...]
AT&T has announced that it will be bringing its 4G LTE network to five markets this summer, a list that includes major metropolitan areas but leaves out New York City and San Francisco. The carrier had announced that it would be rolling out 4G LTE starting sometime this fall and now we finally have the [...]
Verizon has finally coughed up the goods for their third 4G LTE smartphone, the LG Revolution, which will be coming out tomorrow May 26th with a price tag of $250, just like we knew it was going to. The release date and price of the LG Revolution had been clear for quite awhile and we [...]
The wait is finally over as Verizon has confirmed that the Motorola Droid X Android 2.3 Gingerbread update will be rolling out starting this Friday, May 27th. The official roll out comes after some controversy, plenty of leaks and of course, after a long wait. It appears that the Gingerbread update will roll out in [...]
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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 [...]
