Leaked images of a new, unannounced Symbian^3 smartphone shows that Nokia may be looking to refresh its entry-level Symbian lineup with a device that may be launched as the Nokia N5. The Nokia N5, as was leaked, has a slate-style form factor with a 3.2-inch display, the Symbian Anna software update pre-loaded, and a 5-megapixel [...]
Apparatus may sound like an odd name for an app, but once you start building and solving physics based puzzles you’ll understand why Bithack bestowed the name Apparatus on this app. The puzzle solving fun is free in the Amazon App Store today only, a drop of $1.50 on amazon and $2 cheaper than on [...]
We’re getting closer and closer to the release of the HP TouchPad. Due to hit store shelves this Friday, we’re already seeing that some Walmart and Best Buy locations may be setting out demo units a bit early. So, I’m curious. How many of you are interested in the webOS TouchPad and are thinking of [...]
After targeting the BlackBery Bold demographics with its Motorola XPRT for Sprint, the duo will now be targeting the lower-end BlackBerry Curve demographics with a cheaper Android smartphone sporting a similar front-facing full QWERTY keyboard for thumb typers. Hoping to cure the consumer crackberry addiction, this leaked handset comes with lower-end specs. The leaked image [...]
Nokia, which had been modestly conservative with its CPU clock speeds in the past due to the efficient nature of Symbian in resource requirements, is making an aggressive play in the Symbian arena with regards to specs. A leaked data sheet reveals 4 new, unannounced Symabian^3 smartphones–Cindy, Fate, Helen, and Zeta–all of which sport the [...]
The camera on your Android smartphone can easily deliver spectacular shots on par with many point and shoot cameras. While the camera app will vary from phone to phone, you can always upgrade to a better camera app to take your Android photography skills to the next level. Next time you go out for a photography walk [...]
While quite a few adults–3 percent–own both an e-reader device and a tablet, within the last six months e-reader adoption has outpaced tablet adoption according to the latest study by Pew Internet research. From November 2010 to May 2011, the number of American adults who own an e-reader has doubled to 12 percent from 6 [...]
MoviePass is a new movie-going and movie watching service that takes your movie experience to the cinematic big screen. Like Netflix’s subscription service for entertainment, MoviePass, now in beta, will allow users to pay a $50 per month fee to watch as many movies as they want each month in select theaters. Currently, the service [...]
While there has been ongoing speculation that Apple could be adding Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) as a second SoC chip manufacturer in addition to Samsung for its future, next-generation ARM-based A6 chip, a new rumor has it that the iPhone- and iPad-maker may be severing ties with Samsung in favor of giving TSMC full [...]
If you’re itching to get some hands-on time with HP‘s first webOS tablet, the TouchPad, prior to the device’s July 1st availability, you can do so as a number of retailers have now installed working demo and display units. According to PreCentral, several Walmart and Best Buy locations have been spotted as to installing display [...]
Third-party accessory-maker Case-Mate is releasing a $300 iPhone 4 bumper-style case that is machined from a solid chunk of titanium. The metal, which is found on aircrafts, expensive cars, and American Express Black Card charge cards, is durable, strong, while still being lightweight. While the case design is fashioned to look like Apple’s own rubber [...]
T-Mobile has finally made the oft-leaked myTouch 4G Slide official tonight announcing that the phone will be out at some point in July with the usual smartphone price tag of $199 on a new two-year contract. Earlier today, the myTouch 4G Slide leaked out in official photos which seemed to signal that an announcement might [...]
While Best Buy began offering pre-orders for Virgin Mobile’s highly anticipated Motorola Triumph last week, we were still unclear as to when the phone would actually arrive. Well, it turns out, that very same pre-order has confirmed that rumored July 19th release date which means you can go ahead and circle it on the calender. [...]
Back at the end of April, Fring released its new and improved application that brought group video chatting to the iPhone and to Android. Now, the company has brought the same feature along with their iPad application that was launched to the App Store today. The application is currently free and offers cross-platform compatibility which [...]
It appears that Verizon and Samsung are prepping an Android device with a QWERTY keyboard for release at some point in the future because photos of said device have appeared in the wild. What you see here is Samsung’s SCH-i405 QWERTY slider which is extremely similar to Sprint’s Samsung Epic 4G. It just received its [...]
According to Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore, Apple will be releasing not one but two iPhone models when September rolls around. The first, the oft-rumored iPhone 5. The second? A pre-paid iPhone, which could be that “iPhone 4S” that we’ve seen lurking around, which will keep the same design as the iPhone 4. Whitmore states [...]
We’ve seen the upcoming T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide caught in the wild not once but twice and today we finally have some official photos that got caught in the netting. CellPhoneSignal has managed to gather some official images of the device that was previously known as the HTC Doubleshot and one that recently passed through [...]
The Voltaic Spark Tablet case is a solar powered iPad case made of recycled soda bottles and packs enough solar panels to charge an iPad with 10 hours of sunlight and deliver one hour of video playback for one hour in the sun. The Spark Tablet case generates 8.0 Watts of solar power in the [...]
HTC has announced that it will be bringing its HTC EVO 3D smartphone to Europe at some point this July, another sign that Sprint no longer has an iron grip on the EVO name. The device that is setting sail next month is the exact same device as the American version except the European model [...]
We still have no idea if Apple is going to be releasing a new iPhone this fall but if it does in fact hit shelves, it’s going to face some serious competition. One phone that will certainly give it a run for its money is the Samsung Galaxy S II which apparently getting a boost [...]
So, it’s lunch time and I thought before I headed out to grab a bite that I would check to see if any podcasts I listened to had updated. I also thought I’d check to see if any iOS Apps had an update. Sure enough there were updates in both cases. The podcasts came in [...]
July 7th is fast approaching and there are obviously still some questions out there about then new data plans that Verizon plans to introduce that day. One of those questions, proposed by current 3G device owners, seems to have been answered by Verizon support. If the rep read the question correctly then it seems 3g [...]
It’s not a lengthy session but the Samsung Droid Charge’s video preview that appeared today will give you a quick look at the update that still has no time frame and one that has yet to leak out to owners. In the video, you’ll not only see Gingerbread running on Samsung’s 4G LTE device, but [...]
Samsung may be the manufacturer behind the next Google Nexus device. The Google Nexus Prime may be the first Android smartphone running Android 4.0 - Ice Cream Sandwich. Google has not officially announced the next Nexus smartphone, but rumors point to numerous Nexus branded devices — possibly lining up for a launch of several Ice Cream [...]
Your MacBook Air can already read eBooks, but with a handy screen orientation app you can flip your MacBook Air on its side for a more booklike reading experience. The MacBook Air or MacBook Pro 13 may look awkward while held in portrait mode, but if you are sitting in a big comfy chair the portrait orientation [...]
We spend time with the Motion Computing CL900 slate. It has multi-touch, digital ink, and up to eight hours battery life in a small, light slate. Does it live up to it’s potential as the perfect companion in the office, on the road, and sitting on the couch?
Fujitsu’s TH40, the company’s answer to the Samsung Slider 7 shown at CES, is now postponed indefinitely without much explanations. The company is only citing development delays as the cause of the problem, but it’s unclear what these delays entail. The Fujitsu TH40 is another form factor for a netvertible with a tablet touchscreen on [...]
Imerj has teamed with Frog Design to create a dual-screen phone that expands so that you can either multitask–with an app on each screen–or use as a tablet combining both screens into one with a small bezel separating the displays. The concept’s been done before via Sprint’s Kyocera Echo with limited success and Sony’s releasing [...]
It’s time for ThunderBolt owners to throw down their wires and pick up a Qi certified wireless charging battery cover for our favorite battery munching 4G LTE smartphone. After much waiting and a several online spottings Verizon stores are now beginning to get stock of the HTC ThunderBolt Wireless Charging Battery Cover, available for the [...]
A leaked AT&T document suggests that Apple’s iPhone 5 may in fact come with LTE-compatible radios as part of the carrier’s second stage of LTE deployment. The leaked document was created earlier this year and indicates that AT&T hopes to get its LTE smartphones ready by ‘phase 2′ of its network deployment, which includes ‘LTE [...]
Ahead of the rumored MacBook Air refresh that will give Apple’s ultra-portable notebooks Intel Sandy Bridge guts, the lightweight laptops are scarce at Best Buy. According to online reports at Electronista, the systems are said to be ‘not available for shipping; at Best Buy’s online portal, and retail stores are running low on stock. However, [...]
The web is full of places to help you find your answers to home projects and help you save big on home repair and DIY projects, but even the mobile sites can’t compare to iPhone apps that deliver tools, tips and guides for home repair, redecorating and DIY projects. 10 iPhone Apps for DIY, Redecorating [...]
While hopeful Gingerbread users of the Thunderbolt are waiting anxiously for not only a software patch that would fix the random rebooting issues as well as deliver the latest Android 2.3 version, called Gingerbread, an HTC rep confirms that the next software update will bring both features and is coming soon. In a letter to [...]
Tablets are meant to be touched there’s no question about that. The user experiences is all about touching, pinching, and zooming on the screen. But if you’re one of those folks who actually prefer your Tablet to do some writing on, that requires a keyboard of some type. Now, Tablets come with a virtual keyboard [...]
Users and developers are reporting several new features and changes that went live with the recent release of iOS 5 beta 2 for developers. The update, which is available to registered developers officially and unofficially to hackers and tinkerers, clock in at 817 MB and is not an OTA update at this time, unfortunately. 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 [...]
