Battery life remains a major issue for smartphones, especially 4G smartphones, but new technology being worked on at RMIT in Australia could turn your next email or text message into power for your phone. Research has already figured out a means of turning mechanical pressure, like a button press, into electricity. This is achieved with a thin [...]
If you have watched any amount of TV in the past month you will have seen an AT&T commercial featuring a lone flashmob dancer in a busy train station. The ad is designed to tell you why you need AT&T’s 4G network, but instead of delivering a funny, the ad shows that AT&T needs to [...]
OtterBox makes some fantastic cases that protect gadgets from serious hazards, but they can put a dent in your wallet. Amazon is selling the OtterBox Defender Series Case for iPhone 4 for just $18.14, which is 64% less than its $49.95 MSRP. I spotted this deal on Friday, just in time to order [...]
My time with the HTC Flyer has come to an end, and my extended live and un-live review goes with it. It’s not a perfect device by any means, but overall I found it quite good, and I see many ways it could be truly great.
It looks like applications access for Google’s Google TV platform, which runs on a modified build of Android, may be coming soon as hinted by Google’s latest actions on Android Market. Visiting the web portal for Android Market (market.android.com), users are now greeted with not just all the Android smartphones they own to which they [...]
When iOS 5 arrives this fall, the new split keyboard is one of the features that users will notice. After spending a week using the new split keyboard on the iPad 2, and comparing it to the split keyboard from SwiftKey on Android 3.0, I am a firm believer in doing it first doesn’t always [...]
Rather than wait for HTC to address the locked bootloader situation, owner AlphaRev of the Droid Incredible 2 has found a way to unlock the bootloader on the HTC-made Android smartphone. Having an unlocked bootloader will mean that custom ROMs may soon be possible and become available to owners of the Droid Incredible 2 after the [...]
At $499, the TouchPad falls right in line with the iPad 2 and Android tablets in terms of price. HP asked its Facebook fans if they’ve ordered TouchPads yet. Exactly one of HP’s 307,085 Facebook fans answered in the affirmative. Several of HP’s followers mentioned that they’re happy with their iPads. It’s a shame that [...]
The Yoobao Executive Genuine Leather Case V2 for iPad 2 is easily the best iPad 2 case I’ve seen yet. It is a nice low-profile leather folio style case that protects the iPad 2, feels good in your hands and incorporates the magnetic on/off sleep feature that Apple included in their Smart Cover. Unlike the [...]
Blurring the lines between smartphones and feature phones, Nokia will be extending its Nokia Maps, formerly Ovi Maps, to its Nokia S40 (Series 40) phone owners. While S40 devices resemble Symbian devices, those phones running the S40 interfaces aren’t considered smartphones and Nokia targets these devices towards new and emerging markets. The premise is similar [...]
Nokia has finally unveiled shipping dates for the release of its Symbian^3 Anna software update for current devices, including the Nokia N8, E7, C7, and C6 smartphones. While the software is pre-loaded on newer devices that have just begun to ship–like the Nokia X7 and Nokia E6–current flagships have to wait for Anna to hit. [...]
While Nokia had announced its first MeeGo smartphone in the form of the slate-styled Nokia N9, developers will be able to get another version of the MeeGo phone with a slide-out keyboard and some modified specs. Dubbed the Nokia N950, the developer edition with its sliding keyboard should resemble early leaks for Nokia’s MeeGo phones [...]
Nokia has now officially taken the wraps off of the N9 phone after numerous leaks and speculations. The MeeGo-powered smartphone, unlike early rumors, will feature a slate design, eschewing the sliding keyboard in favor of thinness. Referred to by codename Lankku, the Nokia N9 features a 3.9-inch curved Clear Black Display with AMOLED technology featuring [...]
It has been a long time coming but it appears that TiVo might finally be ready to roll out software for the iPhone and Android. While TiVo hasn’t confirmed anything just yet, ZatzNotFunny discovered some details in the June issue of CEPro which reveals TiVo’s plans to release apps for both operating systems in the [...]
It’s assumed that Nokia’s MeeGo powered N9 will be announced tomorrow at CommunicAsia 2011 and ahead of that launch, it has surfaced in both some press shots and a couple of leaked images showing off its touchscreen design. It looks like the N9 will be a slim, touchscreen-only device which will be powered by MeeGo [...]
By now, you probably heard that Huawei announced a tablet earlier today, the MediaPad, and that it had Android 3.2 Honeycomb aboard. That confused us and probably confused you as well. Huawei indicated that it was for 7-inch tablets but failed to elaborate. Well, ThisIsMyNext has uncovered the juicy details and it appears that Huawei [...]
When you think of BlackBerry devices you immediately go to the native email app and BlackBerry Messaging System, so when the BlackBerry PlayBook launched without the famous email app it left us scratching our heads. When RIM first confirmed the lack of a built in email app the company cited security issues which isn’t too [...]
HP’s Touchpad isn’t the only summer Tablet now available for pre-order. Amazon looks to be accepting pre-orders for Toshiba’s . You know the one, it has all the bells and whistles (USB, HDMI, SD slot, dual speakers, dual cameras) that some other Tablets leave out of the mix. It’s running Android 3.1 on NVidia’s Tegra [...]
Panasonic has announced an enterprise-grade Toughbook Android tablet that that will feature a 10.1-inch display and will be on the market for businesses at some point later this year. The Toughbook tablet will bring a secure, durable and functional device to professionals that work in an environment where those attributes are needed on an electronic [...]
It’s been a few weeks since we have heard about tired data plans coming to Verizon, but once again we are hearing that Verizon will end unlimited data plans. This is often followed up with readers asking if they should upgrade to a new phone now, in order to lock in an unlimited data plan. [...]
If you’re a little weary about getting an EVO smartphone with 3D and want don’t mind getting an older member of the EVO family, then you probably want to look at the deals that Amazon and Wirefly have up for the EVO 4G ahead of the HTC EVO 3D’s launch on Sprint. It’s not shocking [...]
Huawei today announced its 7-inch Honeycomb tablet, dubbed MediaPad, that will apparently come with a yet to be release version of Google’ s tablet software, Android Honeycomb 3.2. The tablet will likely be the first 7-inch tablet to run Android 3.x and according to the company, Android 3.2 is the same as Android 3.1 only [...]
Are you a social media addict? Do you love the idea of owning an HTC-made device with a QWERTY design? Are you on AT&T? If you answered yes to all of those questions then you probably will be thrilled to know that the HTC ChaCha, a smartphone with a dedicated Facebook button is headed to [...]
Today we’ve gotten a better look at a device that is supposedly the upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Duo which may or may not be the first Sony smartphone with a dual-core processor on board. The photo which apparently comes from some sort of marketing material doesn’t confirm that fact but what it does confirm is [...]
Over the weekend the Motorola Droid 3 and the Motorola Xoom LTE were both added to Verizon’s MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) list which means that launches for both could be just around the corner. There have been plenty of signs that a Droid 3 launch is imminent. First, we had heard July 7th as a [...]
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Gingerbread update had been rumored for Q2 or Q3 and today, those rumors can be put to rest. SE has confirmed on its blog that the Xperia X10′s boost up to Android 2.3 will arrive at the beginning of August. There is some bad news afoot through. Sony has made [...]
We have known that July 6th is the day that the free 4G LTE mobile hotspot promotion will end. We have also heard that July 7th is the rumored release date of the Motorola Droid 3. Well, you can add another possible big release to the 7th as a report from Droid-Life indicates that tiered [...]
It’s been a long time since HP debuted its webOS tablet, the HP TouchPad, at its event in San Francisco but we are slowly but surely getting closer to its July 1st launch date where it will hit shelves across the U.S. nationwide.And if you just can’t wait until July 1st to nab this thing, [...]
Today is June 20th and you know what that means right, HTC EVO 4G owners? It means that Sprint, as we learned a couple of days ago, has begun pushing out an update that fixes a host of things including a fix for that nasty SMS bug as well restoring compatibility with Netflix. It’s currently [...]
Very, very interesting. TUAW is reporting that Nuance, the makers of Dragon Naturally Speaking, has acquired the note taking App, Noterize. Given that Nuance is the supposed apple of Apple’s eye when it comes to stepping up voice and speech recognition in iOS this makes for an intriguing chapter in the mystery about this that [...]
This is the third is a series of posts that encompass an email conversation with a GBM reader about Tablet PCs and Tablets. The reader has given me permission to post the conversation but wishes to remain anonymous. You can find the first two parts of the conversation here and here. Warner, Thanks for [...]
Sharing video taken from the HTC Flyer is all well and good, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t share video of the device as well. In this InkShow, I run through the special pen features of the Flyer. Yes, it’s an InkShow that shows ink! Plus: bonus commentary.
It’s unclear if Verizon’s 4G LTE network is down, but at least in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, various 4G devices–MiFi mobile hotspot routers, a few 4G LTE Android smartphones, and a USB modem–refused to connect to Verizon’s 4G LTE network, indicating that there may be network issues at least in the San Francisco [...]
This isn’t the first time that T-Mobile’s upcoming myTouch 4G Slide has been caught in the wild but these photos are certainly clearer and prettier than the last leak and will give you a great look at what will likely be the Magenta carrier’s next big release. The pictures don’t reveal too much but do [...]
The Boy Genius Report is linking to a DigiTimes report that some handset vendors and ODMs are backing away from the supposedly burgeoning Tablet market and seeking some shelter by focusing on the 4 and 5 inch handset market. Honeycomb 3.1 is starting to roll out and some reviewers are finding news ways to say [...]
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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 [...]
