Cases for the Motorola Droid Bionic–which was at one point rumored to be among one of the early 4G LTE phone releases for Verizon Wireless–are now making it to retailer store shelves. The problem, however, is that Motorola has publicly admitted to re-designing the Droid Bionic, which may be one of a few reasons causing [...]
TV companion watching apps have been around for a while now, especially on the iPad, but for the most part users don’t get anything other than some extra that will be on YouTube the next day. Now, Shopkick will be delivering discounts to your smartphone while you watch TV. The technology is being shared with advertisers at the CW Upfront Awards [...]
Sales of the RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook appear to be exceedingly positive with some analysts estimating that the BlackBerry-maker has moved over 250,000 units of the debuting tablets in the first month of sales. Sales of the PlayBook now have surpassed Motorola’s sales of the Android 3.0 Honeycomb debut tablet, which sold the same number in [...]
Fulcrum is releasing a biometric hardware and software solution for the iPod Touch to authenticate its users via fingerprint. The accessory solution will be ideal for sensitive and critical information and could help the adoption of iOS and the iPod Touch device as a mobile computing platform in healthcare, law enforcement, and other government functions [...]
HP may be taking a page from Apple’s playbook by doling out TouchPads to its sales team for use, which would hopefully showcase webOS’s features to enterprise IT customers who may want to buy those tablets and deploy them in their own organizations. The TouchPad will be used by HP’s own sales team to communicate [...]
A webOS developer has noticed two un-announced and un-named devices pop up in his developer log files using the webOS operating system from HP, which had acquired Palm. The first device utilizes the same 1,024 X 768 screen that’s been announced for the HP TouchPad tablet, but will also come with a non-sliding keyboard. Though [...]
The estimated arrival time of Rovio’s popular Angry Birds title for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform is now delayed. Both companies say that the new launch date for the flight of Angry Birds will now by June 29th, not the anticipated March 25th launch date. Microsoft says the delay is to accommodate a better customer [...]
T-Mobile will soon be changing its policy on restocking fees, and the fees will be assessed based on the type of device you own and intend on returning. The carrier currently charges a $10 restocking fee for any device returned if a customer changes their mind. However, that will change come May 22nd when the [...]
Research in Motion’s recent firmware update released to the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet may have the ill effect of killing the tablet’s battery sooner than before the update. The device’s battery life was called into question before the tablet was even made available for public consumption, and RIM has promised a full day’s of power with [...]
After Intel had released claims that there will be four different variations of the forthcoming desktop-class Windows 8 operating system for ARM devices, and that the apps on the ARM variants aren’t compatible with each other, Microsoft is saying that its traditional x86 partner is wrong, though the Redmond, Washington software giant did not give [...]
At the Reuters Global Technology Summit, HTC has revealed its aggressive plans to tap into emerging mobile trends, including NFC technology and tablets, and share its thoughts on having Nokia as a Windows Phone 7 partner. With the tablet market, HTC says that the Flyer will be the first of many tablets that will be [...]
Apple is getting ready to complete deals with most major music labels to bring music to the cloud to rival recent offerings by Google and Amazon. The company had already signed a deal with Warner Music Group last month, according to CNET, and now is getting ready to ink its deal with Universal Music Group [...]
HTC is rumored to be working on two new Windows Phone 7 handsets at opposite ends of the spectrum with the Mango firmware update pre-loaded. The HTC Eternity will be a high-end Windows Phone 7 device while the HTC Omega will be targeted at the entry level demographic. WMPU received a tip on the new [...]
Samsung is throwing a party to celebrate the launch of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in San Francisco and you’re invited. GottaBeMobile editors and the guys behind BetaNews, IntoMobile and PhoneArena will be co-hosting the event on June 3rd in downtown San Francisco. This is your chance to go hands on with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 [...]
Right now, it’s unclear how long this teaser page for the HP TouchPad has been up for, but this is the first we’ve seen of it and so it might be the first time many of you have seen it as well. In any event, HP’s upcoming tablet device has appeared over on Best Buy’s [...]
Alright, so Android 2.3 Gingerbread has started to roll out to phones other than Google’s Nexus One and the Nexus S and it’s probably got a lot of people wondering. Will my phone be getting the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update? Well, lucky for you, we have a complete rundown of the phones that are getting [...]
Sam Gordon and a couple of friends designed a smartphone stand called The Oona and put it on Kickstarter to raise funding. In two weeks, their design has received $75,000 from 2200 backers which is $65,000 more than they had asked for. There is a reason they were able to secure so much funding for [...]
Josh had received his invitation for Google Music and had given his brief hands-on impressions earlier this morning, and it appears that while invites to the masses has already started rolling out for the service, Google may be giving preferential treatment to Xoom owners. While I had signed up for the Google Music service, still [...]
Earlier today, Verizon finally made the long awaited successor to the original Motorola Droid X, the Motorola Droid X2, official and announced that it would go on sale online tomorrow and in stores in May 26th. However, if you don’t want to get it online, it looks like numerous retail locations will have the device [...]
For those of you who own an Android device and frequently find yourselves using PayPal’s app will be delighted to know that the company has released an updated version of its Android application that brings along two welcomed upgrades. PayPal’s update brings along two major features. The first, you are now able to add the [...]
I had recently stopped by an AT&T corporate-owned retail store to check out the recent crop of phones and accessories, and on my visit I found that most of AT&T’s Android-based smartphone come pre-loaded with a looping video tutorial that highlights the features of the devices; when a user interacts with the phone and touches [...]
Yesterday, Google confirmed that it had not yet completed shoring up a security flaw with Android that made it easy to access user names and passwords over non-encrypted Wi-Fi networks. Fortunately, the company has acted fast and has rolled out an update, server side that will apparently cover all Android users. In a statement to [...]
Virgin Mobile USA has announced today that it is bringing back its $20 no contract plan for the devices that fall under its Broadband2Go offerings. The new $20 plan is now available along with the usual $10 and $50 plans that customers are accustomed to by now. The $10 plan will get you 10 days [...]
Yesterday, Fujitsu announced the follow-up to their T900 convertible, the Lifebook T901 Tablet PC. While it is a straightforward spec-bump in many respects, there are a few notable changes, including five-finger gesture support and optional NVIDIA Optimus graphics.
According to Nielsen numbers, only 1 in 20 people in the US currently owns a tablet of any kind. With all the hype some might think that ownership of tablets is pretty wide-spread. Looking at the Nielsen survey of 12,000 adults in the United States, one might conclude that tablets are in fact just over [...]
In a bit of bad news, a few days ago, it became apparent that some HTC ThunderBolt owners were dealing with random reboot issues after installing an update for the device. It looks like those cloudy skies are clearing up though as Verizon has confirmed that it and HTC are working on a solution to [...]
Last we heard from the Dell Streak Pro, it had just got its name and also had some of its specifications leak out. Today, some new information about Dell’s upcoming tablet has leaked out that paints a vivid picture of what we’re going to see at some point this summer. The Dell Streak Pro is [...]
It’s no secret that the Honeycomb-powered ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is hard to find in the United States. It’s sold out virtually everywhere. Well, if you’ve been hankering for one, you should know that ASUS isn’t just sitting around twiddling its thumbs. In fact, in a statement, the company has made it known that the [...]
For those of you who didn’t get your hands on one of those shiny limited edition Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets given out at Google I/O, you’ll be happy to know that the non-limited edition versions have just gone up for pre-order at J&R. The pricing of the device is at was originally announced by [...]
Yesterday, an extensive T-Mobile 2011 roadmap leaked out and one of the phones on it was the HTC Bresson which was a completely unknown device at the time. Details about the device, it’s a smartphone, have now surfaced and it’s going to be a Windows Phone 7 powered handset with, wait for it, a 16MP [...]
We know that the Samsung Exhibit 4G will be hitting T-Mobile on June 8th. We also know what’s going to be on board the Exhibit when it arrives. However, up until today, we haven’t known exactly what the Exhibit 4G would look like. Pictures of the upcoming device have leaked today revealing a device that [...]
Google launched the Google Music Beta, an online storage space for up to 20,000 songs, web player and Android App, at Google I/O last week. WE just got access to the service and have started to put the cloud music service through its paces. Google Music is currently in an invite only beta, which you [...]
The Google Music Beta has just launched, asking you to upload all the music files you keep on your computer to the cloud so that you can access them from almost any Internet connected device. At first, a cloud music service for your own media sounds like a great idea, I know it sounded awesome [...]
Verizon has just announced that the Motorola Droid X2 dual core Android smartphone will be available online tomorrow May 19th and in stores on May 26th alongside the Sony Xperia Play. The Motorola Droid X2 will be available for $199 with a two year contract. The Motorola Droid X2 is a much awaited followup to [...]
At the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, Microsoft had announced that it will be porting its Windows operating system to run on ARM chipsets, but the company’s largest chipmaker partner isn’t concerned about the prospect of Windows on ARM because Windows 8 can’t run legacy applications, crucial to businesses. According to Intel’s Renée James, Windows [...]
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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 [...]
