Apple has asked retail store locations to get their staff in shape for a big fall season, possibly to get ready for an influx of iPhone 5 customers. The iPhone 5 is expected to launch this fall with iOS 5. Based on new information about Apple store hires, it is possible that we could see [...]
With Apple devices taking off in popularity (even in China), people of all different levels of experience find themselves asking questions about what their devices can and can’t do. Even the experts with years of experience sometimes find themselves being surprised by something that their iGadget can do. We compiled our list of Top Five [...]
Take a minute and think about the last website or service you used which isn’t trying to deliver a personalized service. Still thinking? It’s hard to find a popular service that isn’t trying to add personalization. Mark Johnson, CEO of Zite, compares the, “explosion of personalization,” to the huge boom in search which took place not [...]
For those who are unwilling to shell out the $200 asking price for the HTC Sensation 4G with a two-year contract with T-Mobile, Target may be able to sweeten the deal with a sale on the device. The retailer will be offering the device for just $100 with a two-year contract for one of HTC’s [...]
Ahead of the launch of the next-generation iPhone hardware from Apple, U.S. wireless carrier Verizon Wireless is now offering discounts on iPhone 4 cases and accessories at its retail stores. PhoneArena sources say that the carrier is now phasing out inventory of iPhone 4 accessories. While it is largely believed that the next generation iPhone, [...]
First, let’s get over or wallow in the whole man purse/bag thing. Go ahead. The rest of the post will be here when you get back. OK, now that you’re back, I think I’ve discovered a very good choice for a small gadget bag to tote the current crop of Tablets around in. It’s called [...]
The folks over at Retrevo have given us perhaps the best evidence of what we’ve been saying for a while now. The site’s study shows us that Amazon’s tablet has the potential to do things that previous Android tablets haven’t been able to do thus far – like sell. The surveys covered several categories, and [...]
Leaked images of the HTC Bliss–or what we lovingly refer to as the ‘Droidette’–smartphone have begun to surface. The HTC Bliss is a codename for a smartphone that HTC and Verizon are rumored to be developing that would target the female demographics. The HTC Bliss will be an Android smartphone that will be targeted at [...]
Microsoft has updated its OneNote for the iPhone App to version 1.2. There are supposedly a number of improvements the most notable of them being the addition of a Search Function and the ability to share notes on Skydrive. There is still no viewing of any Ink Notes you might have in your synced up [...]
New York City railway commuters had better get ready for some serious congestion on iPhone and iPad launch days. The Apple Store in Grand Central Station, which is expected to be approved later this week by the MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) has been detailed – and Photoshopped – by the Wall Street Journal. While yet [...]
While the Droid Bionic is slated to arrive sometime this summer as the flagship 4G LTE Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless, its manufacturer Motorola may also be preparing to launch a variant of the smartphone on rival carrier AT&T. The phone would slot in on AT&T’s lineup as a more advanced model of the Motorola [...]
I reviewed the iHome iDM12 Rechargeable Bluetooth Speaker earlier this spring. The iDM12 provides good truly wireless sound for hours thanks to a battery recharged through your USB port. It connects to your Bluetooth enabled audio device like a smartphone or computer filling a small room with sound. The charging cable also includes an auxiliary stereo jack [...]
Ahead of the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE tablet on Verizon Wireless, the carrier is dropping the price of its debut Honeycomb tablet, the Motorola Xoom, to a more palatable $599.99 sans contract, though activation is required. The Xoom with built-in mobile broadband support was launched at $799, a price that [...]
Cloud access to personal files and media is heating up as HomePipe announced today the addition of many new features to their Android app intended to secure your data as you access it over the Internet and share it with others in what the founder called a new way to make a “mix tape”. The [...]
Additional details about the HTC Omega smartphone was leaked and now the next-generation Windows Phone 7 device is believed to be launched with Microsoft’s Mango software update as a second-generation phone. The device is said to be the successor to the HTC 7 Mozart, and will have a smaller 3.8-inch display rather than the larger [...]
The recently leaked HTC Ruby smartphone may be headed to T-Mobile, though at this time it’s still unclear whether the release will be for the carrier’s international arm or if it’s for the U.S. market. A closer Flickr image uncovered by pocketnow of the smartphone was found that shows the HTC Ruby and part of [...]
It seems like it was just last week that Apple released iOS 4.3.4, which patched the exploit that allowed the iPad 2 (and all other iOS devices) to be jailbroken. Actually, it was just last week. Well, Apple wasted no time issuing another update, this one bringing it up to 4.3.5 for most devices. The [...]
We still have absolutely no idea when the very official BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 will be coming out but it appears that that’s not going to stop RIM from announcing new handsets as a tweet from the company’s official account has indicated that that very thing will happen at some point tomorrow. So, what might get [...]
If you’re looking to nab a new Android phone and you could care less about the upcoming Motorola Droid Bionic or Samsung Galaxy S II, then you might want to have a look at two deals that are going on right now for the HTC Sensation 4G on T-Mobile and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play [...]
Well, whadda ya know? Looks like Google made the necessary changes to its Google Books App for Apple’s App Store obeying Apple’s rules about in-App purchasing and subscriptions. You’ll notice that like Amazon and Barnes & Noble’s Nook App, an updated version is now available in the App Store. I am still wondering this from [...]
For those of you that aren’t satisfied with AT&T’s current crop of Android phones and have no interest in the upcoming LG Thrill 4G, you’ll be delighted to know that Ma Bell has another interesting little Android number that is supposedly going to be out in the coming months. BGR has snapped up an image [...]
Apple fever isn’t exclusive to the US and Europe. China – yes, the same China in which those brilliantly fake Apple stores popped up – is just crazy about Apple. They’re so crazy about Cupertino that (as the New York Times reports) the four official retail stores Apple currently has in China can’t keep up [...]
Those of you who have been waiting for the AT&T version of the Nexus S to go on sale are now in luck because Best Buy is now exclusively offering the device for $100 on a new two year contract. Unlike Sprint’s 4G-enabled version of the device, the Nexus S 4G, AT&T’s device will be [...]
We had heard awhile back that a launch of the official Facebook app for the iPad, something that Apple tablet owners have been craving for quite sometime, was finally on the horizon. And then, when Facebook announced that it was announcing something awesome at the end of June, we got excited. Well, it’s not late [...]
Worried that your HTC Inspire 4G wouldn’t be getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread? Or maybe you thought that your Samsung Infuse 4G would never get the sweet taste of an upgrade to Gingerbread? Well my friends, I have some good news for you as AT&T has announced that all Android post-paid smartphones released in 2011 will [...]
Last week, Radio Shack began taking pre-orders for AT&T’s version of the LG Optimus 3D, the LG Thrill 4G, a device that it will eventually charge $80 for. Along with that information came a possible release date of August 7th. Well, today, AT&T confirmed the pricing of the LG Thrill 4G – $100 – and [...]
If you try to connect your Verizon MiFi, USB modem or other 3G and 4G access device to your Mac with OS X Lion on it, you’re in for disappointment. The VZAccess Manager is not compatible with OS X Lion, and Verizon has no firm date on when an update will be available. Thankfully, you can work [...]
We’ve already heard that Verizon is expecting the iPhone 5 to launch this fall and today’s news comes from the competition as BGR is reporting that AT&T has begun making preparations for the launch of the iPhone 5/iPhone 4S at some point during the middle of September. According to the report, AT&T has begun sending [...]
The latest iPad ad from Apple premiered this weekend reminding us that, “We’ll Always,” want to do the things we love and that the iPad is the perfect device to help us do them, even if the way we do them will, “never be the same.” According to Apple, the new ad shows that, “We’ll [...]
If you were paying attention awhile back, Apple made it pretty plain that they wanted a piece of your pie if you allowed purchases in your Application to link externally through a web page. At the time Apple served notice, many wondered what would happen for eBook reading Apps like the Kindle, Nook, Google Books, [...]
LG Display, which has been a strong partner to Apple in launching the Retina Display on the iPhone 4 as well as procuring iPad display panels, will be making its display technology available to other manufacturers soon. This could potentially lead to Retina Display-powered Android smartphones in the near future, with 960 X 640 resolution [...]
T-Mobile had begun alerting customers and users pf the Android-powered Samsung-made Sidekick 4G that will provide some improvements to the device, though the update isn’t actually a new iteration or version of the Android operating system. As such, T-Mobile still advises customers to accept this maintenance update release as it will fix bugs and improve [...]
Motorola and AT&T are now unleashing the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the dual-core Atrix 4G. The HSPA+ smartphone can now decode 1080p video files, though those videos will be played at scaled down resolution on the phone itself as the 4-inch qHD display of the Atrix can only support 960 X 540 pixels. The [...]
Touchscreen keyboards, despite the iPhone’s best-in-class auto-correction and adaptive keys, are still hard to type on, but IBM is hoping to lessen the pain for Blackberry users, who rely on RIM’s excellent thumb keys, to make the switch with a new patent filing for adaptive key controls. IBM’s patent filing with the USPTO reveals a [...]
Today’s iPod Touch is the lesser sibling of the iPhone, eschewing the more expensive device’s cellular radios and GPS functionality, but iOS 5 reveals clues that the iPod Touch will come with a cellular radio and GPS toggle switches. Rumors of a 3G-enabled iPod Touch without voice capabilities, like the 3G-enabled iPad, have been going [...]
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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 [...]
