In a surprise move, HP has announced that it will make another batch of HP TouchPad tablets to meet the demand for a $99 tablet that doesn’t suck. Yes, you read that right, HP has discovered that people will gladly pay $99 a pop for a web connected tablet with apps, and is going to [...]
The SGSIIE4GT, aka Sprint Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, leaked out earlier in a couple of images before it’s official announcement later on tonight, images that confirmed several of its more important specifications including its massive 4.52-inch touchscreen, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and its 4G WiMax capabilities. And now, lo and behold, the full [...]
Sprint just announced that the company will hold a media event on October 7th to update journalists on Sprint’s strategy for the future. If the event timing seems familiar, it’s because October 7th is the date we expect for an iPhone 5 release. This date isn’t a set in stone iPhone 5 release date, but the Sprint [...]
The Motorola Xoom has traveled a bumpy road since it was released all the way back in February of this year. Motorola and Verizon promised it would be the first tablet with 4G LTE capabilities only to see that blow up in their face with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with LTE. [...]
The cell phone has grown (and shrank) plenty since it jumped from science fiction and spy gadgets into the hands of Zack Morris and eventually evolved into a small computer that fits in your pocket. These days we take for granted everything our phones can do and the bargain basement prices, but back in the day, Zack’s hone cost [...]
Thanks to Delkin’s Fat Gecko Mounts for the iPad 1 and 2, users can secure an iPad to just about any surface or tripod. The accessory provides hands-free use of either iPad. The plastic clasps hold the iPad with a 1/4-20 female tripod adapter that connects to various styles of Delkin mounts or other standard [...]
While Samsung and Sprint probably were hoping to keep their device under wraps until tonight’s announcement, it appears that the device which they will be announcing, the Samsung Galaxy S II aka Epic 4G Touch has been revealed by Samsung ahead of time. Android Central has uncovered a series of official looking images that not [...]
Today is a good day to be a Galaxy S owner on U.S. Cellular as the carrier has announced that Android 2.3 Gingerbread is now available for the Samsung Mesmerize. That’s right. If you head here, you can download the update and get the new software immediately. No need to wait for it to roll [...]
Canadian carrier Rogers, just a day after Samsung announced the handset, has confirmed that the 4G LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy S II will be headed to its network at some point in the future. Obviously, that is fantastic news for those of you who are looking to get a phone on Rogers’ ever [...]
Remember the Motorola Droid Pro? You know, one of Motorola’s Droid phones that is still waiting for its official upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread here in the United States? Well, it never launched outside the United States but all of that has changed today as Motorola has announced that the Motorola PRO+ will be headed [...]
Police in Grand Prairie, Texas are warning local citizens about a scam that involves a hussle so transparently a hussle that I’m surprised this has become a problem. I guess one should never underestimate how gullible people can be, especially when it comes to getting Apple products at rock bottom prices. The scam, as reported by [...]
If there was ever a sign that the Motorola Droid Bionic is officially on the way, it’s these photos from The Droid Guy that show off the Droid Bionic’s webtop accessories popping up at a Verizon store. September 8th is not yet the confirmed release date for the Droid Bionic but now that actual, physical [...]
Wacom. Tablet PC folks love Wacom digitizers and actually prefer them over the competition. Artists love Wacom’s digital tablets for sketching. Maybe there will be something new to love Wacom for with the announcement of the Inkling Digital Sketching System. What we’re looking at here is a pen and receiver that allows you to capture [...]
As much as certain former CEOs touted the idea that we’re in a Post-PC world, anyone who has ever tried to use their mobile device as a productivity tool will tell you that PCs are still very much a necessity. Especially if documents rule your working life. Printing from mobile devices isn’t as easy, seamless, [...]
If you’re one of those people who think thinner is better when it comes to phones, this news is for you. According to The Nikkei, a Japanese business daily, NEC Casio Mobile is going to bring the Medias N-04C to the U.S. market following great sales in Japan. The Android handset has one big claim [...]
HP’s Todd Bradley is apparently doing damage control in the Far East with a number of HP’s partners following HP’s big announcements recently. He’s telling Reuters (and presumably the partners) that even if HP spins off its PC business that it could be a profitable venture, saying “a standalone company could and will do what’s [...]
It’s no secret that iOS 5 will arrive on devices this fall, including the iPhone 5, but exactly what iOS 5 will allow developers to do as they master the new system is still up in the air. For example, we don’t know if app developers will be able to make apps that put widgets [...]
Remember the good old days of spinning Sonic through level after level of bulbous bad guys? If you look back on those days with a smile, it’s about to get bigger. Sonic the Hedgehog is coming to iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices in the near future. Sega is remastering and updating Sonic CD, yep [...]
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iTunes Match is set to launch alongside iOS 5 and the iPhone 5 this fall, and we are now learning more about how the iTunes Match service will work, including the ability to stream music. Yes, Apple has finally launched a streaming music service, and it is coming to your iPhone and iPad in weeks. Back when [...]
It looks like webOS may find a new foster parent in Samsung as HP still has yet to figure out what it wants to do with its $1.2 billion acquisition when it had bought Palm, according to new speculations brought forth by DigiTimes. More recently Samsung has also been rumored to be taking a keen [...]
In addition to soon being available in white for Radio Shack, the HTC EVO 3D for Sprint’s Now Network may also be coming in purple at some point in the future as a Best Buy exclusive. The flagship smartphone is currently available in black, but once it gets a purple coating, the purple will be [...]
A Samsung-made smartphone is going through the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) for certification right now with the model number SCH-i515 showing that it will be a ‘CDMA phone with Bluetooth wireless technology.’ The filing with the Bluetooth SIG is to certify the Bluetooth radio, and not for overall wireless radio certifications like an FCC [...]
Toshiba, which has launched its debut Android Honeycomb Thrive tablet, is looking to expand its tablet market share by introducing a new model soon that’s sleeker and slimmer according to leaked reports. While the Thrive is an affordable Android tablet with a number of connectivity features and ports, adaptive display that upscales images and videos, [...]
Nokia, which had recently announced that it would change its smartphone naming convention to a three-digit number where the higher the hundreds digit would indicate a better, more feature-rich phone. However, in light of Nokia’s new branding efforts for its smartphone, it looks like the company wants a more catchy, memorable name for its Windows [...]
Smartphone benchmarking app NenaMark has revealed that a device has tested using its services with the following specs from Samsung: 4G LTE network connectivity, a 1280 X 720 display, Android Gingerbread, and dual-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon CPU with Adreno 220 graphics. Not much else is revealed about the handset, but as it is running Gingerbread [...]
Scott Peterson, developer of the Windows Phone app ‘I’m a WP7,’ has noticed a new Nokia device name showing up as the Nokia 703. The 703 should be a mid-range device that will slot in under the 800 and 900 series smartphones made by Nokia, but above the 500 and 600 series devices. It’s unclear [...]
For those who managed to snag an HP TouchPad tablet on the cheap when HP offered a fire sale on its remaining inventory, you can now edit documents on your slate thanks to a software update to the webOS QuickOffice HD application that comes pre-loaded on the device. With the update, users can edit and [...]
It’s official, folks. It’s finally official. After pre-orders for AT&T’s version of the LG Optimus 3D, the LG Thrill 4G, began at Radio Shack on the 22nd of July, we assumed that a launch couldn’t be too far off in the distance. Turns out, it took AT&T well over a month to make the official [...]
Many of you have a big decision coming up as far as a new smartphone is concerned. Will it be the mysterious Samsung Droid Prime aka Google Nexus Prime aka Samsung Stratosphere Aka Who Knows? Will it be the highly anticipated iPhone 5 which I covered in a similar roundup last week? Or will it [...]
If you love diagrams and want to know what the LG Revolution 2 might look like, the FCC has you covered with a collection of sketches for the LG VS920. The LG VS920 waltzed through the FCC this week showing off Verizon 4G LTE connectivity and plenty of reasons to think that this is the [...]
AT&T is finally rolling out a real 4G network, which has just gone live in Chicago. This time around, AT&T doesn’t need to pretend that adding 4G means the same thing on any carrier, and can actually call the advanced network 4G LTE. The first speed tests are showing up online come via Boy Genius Reports, and [...]
Just a short time ago, the HTC EVO 3D got its bootloader unlock tool courtesy of HTC. That left owners of T-Mobile’s HTC Sensation 4G downright jealous, I’m sure. Well, today, those that were seething with jealousy won’t be anymore as HTC has added more HTC Sensation models to the list of compatible devices which [...]
If you’ve been looking for a new quality smartphone and you could care less about 4G LTE or the upcoming array of Android handsets – Nexus Prime, Droid Bionic, HTC Vigor – to name a few, then you might want to have a look at the deal that Wirefly is offering up for the HTC [...]
We’re pretty sure the upcoming HTC Bliss, a phone that is apparently aimed towards women, will be arriving with HTC’s latest version of its Sense UI. Just a short time ago we saw some photos of the revamped UI but those photos have nothing on a lengthy preview video of the new software from XDA.cn [...]
So you’re going to get the iPhone 5 when it is expected to launch in October. Unlike past iPhone launches, this time around you may have many more choices. If the rumors come true, the iPhone 5 will arrive on AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time. This is a departure from past iPhone launches [...]
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If you’re looking for a great bluetooth headset, but you don’t want to spend $100 on a high-end headset, the Plantronics Marque M-155 bluetooth headset. Plantronics makes a number of headsets, including the Plantronics Voyager HD, which we gave a Best of 2011 Award, but not everyone is willing to wear the larger headset out [...]
