The Samsung Infuse 4G is an Android 3G smartphone that is currently available for AT&T. The Infuse 4G was unveiled all the way back at CES in Las Vegas in January and with its huge 4.5 inch display, it became one of the most anticipated smartphones for those that not only love big screens but [...]
This week we had a bunch of great smartphone and notebook reviews to keep you in tune with the latest and greatest technology. We also announced a reader meetup for June 3rd in San Francisco where you can come out for a chance to meet up with GottaBeMobile writers and other top tech blogs and influencers in [...]
The Scosche FoldIO p1 was bar none the best iPad 1 case we could find scoring that award for 2010 at Notebooks.com. The Scosche folio p2 is an updated version that fixed the on thing we didn’t like about the original – the name. That is really the biggest difference for the new iPad 2 [...]
I had the opportunity to speak with Paul Moore, senior director of mobile product management for Fujitsu America (this guy), regarding the Stylistic Q550 slate due to start shipping June 3rd. Given the wealth of information already released about this Windows 7 tablet, I figured there wasn’t much new to cover, but I learned more [...]
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The Motorola Droid X2 is another anticipated sequel for Verizon Wireless. The Droid X2 delivers a fast 1GHz Dual Core Nvidia processor and a beautiful qHD Display for $200. The biggest weakness is a lack of 4G, but even without the higher speed uploads and downloads, it is an impressive looking phone. Verizon just sent [...]
If you’re a time traveler from 2004, live in Japan and have been looking for a phone with some familiarity, Sharp’s AQUOS PHONE THE HYBRID 007SH might just be the phone you’re looking for. In all seriousness, the Sharp has unveiled this new clamshell Android phone, the first from a major manufacturer, and it will [...]
Verizon has unleashed a collection of hot new Android smartphones in the past two months including the HTC ThunderBolt, Samsung Droid Charge, HTC Incredible 2 and Motorola Droid X2 to name a few. If you have been holding out, now is a great time to get a great deal on a Verizon Wireless smartphone from [...]
If you own an iOS or Android powered device, you probably find yourself using Google Maps pretty often. In fact, 40% of Google Maps usage is through mobile devices. Well, today, Google wants to make things easier for iOS and Android owners and it has released Google Maps for mobile browsers. Now when you enter [...]
If you’re in the UK and you’ve been waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S II for Vodafone, well, the wait is finally over as the device is now up for purchase both in stores and online and Vodafone is offering up a number of ways for you to get your hands on it. Vodafone, much [...]
DropDAV is no longer going to be free. The service is an incredibly useful tool for saving documents from an iPad to DropBox cloud storage. DropDAV must think it is useful too, since it now costs $5 a month. Previously this was a freemium service where users only had to pay if they used the paid version [...]
A leaked screenshot of the Walmart inventory system shows that the 32 GB model of HP’s webOS TouchPad tablet will retail for $599 when it launches. The system also lists other TouchPad accessories, including the tablet-specific inductive charging Touchstone dock for $79.88, a Bluetooth keyboard for $69.88, and a TouchPad case for $49.88. The TouchPad [...]
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Swiftkey may be the best Android keyboard out there, so when the creators offered up a new beta this morning — and opened up the VIP program to anyone, we had to share it with you. SwiftKey is a keyboard replacement for Android that works on Android phones running Android 2.0 or higher which is a large [...]
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 8.9, which slots right in between the larger Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the smaller Galaxy Tab 7 tablets, was recently spotted in a picture with a keyboard dock. The unique thing about the Galaxy Tab 8.9′s keyboard dock is that the device works in landscape mode in the dock, rather than the [...]
Smartphones are traditionally devices which we hold close and keep a watchful eye on when we could drop them, especially around water. But what about adventurers and contractors that need a rough and tumble phone that can handle the elements including the occasional drop into a puddle or flowing stream? For these demanding users there is the Casio G’zOne Commando from Verizon [...]
Have a great idea for innovation but don’t know how to take it to market? Well, Nokia’s Invent with Nokia initiative may help you take those grand conquer the world plans and put it into action, which would turn the smartphone giant into a tech incubator. Nokia says that you’ll get paid for your ideas, [...]
Despite a promise that pre-orders of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play would only begin to ship on May 25th to coincide with the launch on May 26th, the U.S. CDMA model has already begun to ship by Verizon Wireless. A reader had sent in screenshots of his FedEx tracking to Droid-Life, which shows that the [...]
After early screenshots of the Symbian^3 Belle firmware shown on the Nokia E7 had leaked last week, we’re hearing more information about the software update that could propel Symbian forward with a more modern look and feel to make it more competitive with other touch-friendly operating systems, like iOS and Android. It turns out, according [...]
A leaked screen capture of a computer inventory system may have revealed Sprint’s tentative plans to launch its flagship Android smartphone, the HTC EVO 3D, on or around June 4th. The smartphone was announced initially following intense leaks and rumors at the CTIA tradeshow a few months ago in Orlando, Florida as the successor to [...]
HP has posted a cover for the TouchPad webOS tablet online, which shows that the cover can be folded onto itself to be used as a stand for typing and using the tablet at an angle. The usage paradigm is similar to Apple’s iPad 2 Smart Cover w here that cover can also be folded [...]
One of the biggest drawbacks behind storing your music in the cloud through services like Amazon Cloud Drive and Google’s new Google Music is that after you spend time to search for the song file you had uploaded, it takes a few seconds to buffer before your tune starts piping through your speakers. Not so [...]
Best Buy has announced that the HTC Flyer Wi-Fi will be headed to its shelves starting May 22nd which just so happens to be this Sunday. The device has been up for pre-order through Best Buy for $499 since April 24th and after nearly a month of waiting, the Flyer will finally arrive in physical [...]
Last month, Verizon’s CFO Fran Shammo confirmed that the next incarnation of Verizon’s iPhone will be a world phone. Today, in addition to confirming that family data plans were in his company’s future, Shammo reaffirmed the notion that the iPhone 4S/iPhone 5 would be a world phone and that the Verizon version would arrive at [...]
Much like Verizon did with the HTC ThunderBolt, Motorola has posted a ton of video guides for the newly released Motorola Droid X2 that went up for sale online today and will officially arrive in stores on May 26th. These videos are absolutely essential for those of you that are thinking about making the Motorola [...]
Novatel has announced that its Expedite E362 LTE module is the first embedded LTE module to get approved for use on Verizon’s 4G LTE network which means that it could very well be the card that brings the Motorola Xoom 4G LTE support. The Expedite E362 has a bunch of interesting features including backwards compatibility [...]
Reuters is reporting that Verizon Wireless will eliminate unlimited data plans for smartphones and tablets and bring in tiered data pricing at some point this summer. The carrier also plans to add family data plans sometime in the future as well. The information comes from a top executive at Verizon Communications and it’s a sign [...]
Verizon is continuing to light up more and more cities in the United States with its 4G LTE service and today, it announced that nine more cities have now been given the green light and five markets have been given expanded coverage. If you live in any of these cities, 4G LTE is now available [...]
AT&T has just announced, via Facebook, that the HTC HD7S with Windows Phone 7 will be arriving on its network on June 5th and it will sell for a cool $199 with a new two year contract with Ma Bell. Before today’s announcement, the HTC HD7S was an exclusive device to T-Mobile but no longer [...]
One of the biggest faults of the HTC ThunderBolt is its horrible battery life. Luckily, there is a way to solve that issue in the form of the ThunderBolt’s official HTC 2750mAh Extended Battery. However, it’s a tough accessory to find. Amazon and Verizon, at least online, are both sold out of the Extended Battery [...]
Just mere days after it’s official release, Amazon has dropped the price of the 4G LTE enabled Samsung Droid Charge down from its original $250 price tag to a more familiar price tag of $200. If you want to get Verizon’s second 4G LTE smartphone at that price, you’re going to have to sign over [...]
The highly anticipated HTC Sensation has arrived across the pond in the UK on Vodafone which means that those that pre-ordered over the last couple of weeks should start seeing their orders arrive very soon. Here’s how it all breaks down. The HTC Sensation is actually available for free if you sign up for a [...]
After a long wait littered with twists and turns, Windows Phone 7 and the HTC Trophy are finally, officially, headed to Verizon’s network on May 26th. Yes folks, Verizon will finally be getting Microsoft’s software, months after its three biggest competitors, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile launched it. And guess what, the first piece of hardware [...]
In an interview with the BBC about his philanthropic work, Microsoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates was asked about something non-philathropic: living in a post-PC era of smartphones and tablets. His response? Well, let’s just say it wasn’t a surprise.
A class action lawsuit is alleging that AT&T is systematically overcharging customers on data usage. After running tests, the lawyers behind the suit say that on almost every transaction there is an over charge. In addition, as a part of their testing, they found that a brand new iPhone, that had just about everything that [...]
After having announced its acquisition of Liquavista for the company’s electrowetting display technology earlier this year, we haven’t heard from Samsung until now. The company had recently shown off its electrowetting display at the SID show, and there is speculation that electrowetting may beat Mirasol to the market in the evolving display market. Electrowetting is [...]
Rovio has announced a new milestone for its popular Angry Birds franchise, which is available on many mobile platforms. The game has now reached 200 million downloads and is available as both a paid app and a free version in various app stores. The game is available on Symbian, Android, iOS, Playstation, and more recently [...]
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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 [...]
