As Old Media continues to try to come to grips with New Media and all that the digital world means or will mean there are bound to be some endeavors launched like this pilot program from the Philadelphia Media Network. Essentially this is an Android Tablet bundled up with content from three digital publications on [...]
The list of live TV streaming apps just increased with the addition of NBC, TNT and TBS. Last week NBC threw its hat in the streaming ring with an app that will stream a collection of 28 of its shows to your iPad, including favorites like The Office and 30 Rock. In addition TNT and [...]
Ford and Spotify demonstrated exactly how what I’d like to have in my car at the TechCrunch Hackathon. Using Ford’s SYNC API, Spotify was able to integrate its iOS app into a Ford’s SYNC demo unit. Spotify is a music service that streams music on demand. Like competitors Pandora and Slacker, you can search by [...]
Last week, the Motorola Droid Bionic launched to great fanfare. And, as expected, the launch was backed by an extensive ad campaign complete with the usual Droid flair. I had high hopes for Verizon’s Droid Bionic ad campaign but to be honest, I think the commercials have landed flat on their face. They don’t make [...]
Remember the Motorola Photon 4G for Sprint? Well, it’s not a Sprint exclusive any longer as U.S. Cellular has announced that it will be launching it as the Motorola Electrify later this month for $199 with a new two-year contract. That price will come after a $100 mail-in rebate. So, for those of you that [...]
Another BlackBerry 7 device has leaked out today courtesy of BGR and the BlackBerry Bold 9790 is pretty much a combination of the recently released BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the BlackBerry Bold 9700. This updated version of the Bold 9700 features a 1.2GHz processor, NFC support, 8GB of internal storage, a 5 megapixel camera, and [...]
When Samsung and T-Mobile announced the Magenta carrier’s version of the Galaxy S II back in August, they left out some important details, details like a release date and features. AT&T and Sprint‘s versions both got the full rundown while T-Mobile customers were completely left in the dark. Of course, as we’ve speculated, this isn’t [...]
In addition to announcing its first Windows Phone Mango handsets, AT&T also confirmed that it will be rolling out the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update to its current portfolio of Windows Phones, a list that includes the Samsung Focus, the LG Quantum, the HTC Surround, and the HTC HD7S. All four, according to AT&T, will [...]
If you have been waiting for AT&T to announce its first new devices coming with the upcoming Windows Phone 7.5 Mango software from Microsoft, well, then probably want to prep the champagne for this evening because Ma Bell has indeed announced three upcoming Windows Phone Mango handsets which include the recently announced HTC TITAN, the [...]
I don’t want to say here we go again, so I won’t. That said, Fusion Garage looks like it might be experiencing a little bit of déjà vu when it comes to actually shipping the Grid 10 Tablet, the successor to the ill-fated JooJoo Tablet. First, the ship date has slipped from September 15 to [...]
The launch of the Motorola Droid Bionic has come and gone and now, we turn our attention to the next big device that is supposed to be headed to shelves at some point in the next few weeks. That device of course is Apple’s iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S, depending on whom you ask. Unlike [...]
I bought an HTC Thunderbolt earlier this year for two reasons – I wanted to play with an Android phone and I liked the option of using it as a wireless hotspot with unlimited data, something that my older Novatel 2200 MiFi didn’t offer on the Verizon network. They only offer limited data contracts. Sure [...]
In an age where Touch is King in User Experience there are still quite a few folks out there who use keyboards and a mouse. And there are folks who use multiple computers with those peripherals hanging off of them. We’ve seen quite a few software solutions that allow users to use the same keyboard [...]
The iPhone and iPad are known for having high priced accessories, but if you don’t want to spend an arm and a leg to accessorize your iPhone, you need look no farther than the dollar store. On a recent trip to the Dollar Tree, a bargain shopping staple in the Midwest, I found a collection of iPhone and [...]
Remember Pixel Qi? The makers of that very cool transflective 3Qi display that allowed for full color in LCD mode and an outdoor readable gray-scale screen might have just gotten a big leg up. The Notion Ink Adam was the device that seemed to carry Pixel Qi’s flag but it certainly hasn’t become a big seller. [...]
The iPhone 5 release date is still unknown, but as the wait continues, we have a better idea about what to expect from the next iPhone. Despite the rumors, we all have our own wishlist of iPhone 5 features and specs. While we all try to hang in there for an official announcement, I invite [...]
We’re still not exactly sure when Apple is going to announce or release the next iPhone, or iPhones, but we have a pretty good feeling that a launch will be taking place in September or October. If true, the iPhone 5 is going to be up against some stiff competition, arguably, the most serious competition [...]
If you’ve been eyeing the Sony Tablet S as Sony’s first Android tablet and are eager to get your hands on one, the Home Shopping Network is now offering the device up for sale. On HSN, the tablet S commands a $100 price premium compared to Sony’s own pre-order price of $500. However, HSN is [...]
So far, digital books, or e-books, are only available to users on an a la carte basis, meaning that they pay per book title. However, that may change if Amazon can sway publishers into allowing users to rent books utilizing a premium subscription model similar to what Netflix employs for movies and TV shows. There [...]
It looks like Qualcomm may be losing its monopoly on supplying chips to Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform if a leaked NVIDIA slide is to be believed. According to the NVIDIA roadmap, the company’s Tegra processor will make it onto Windows Phone by 2013, and that chip design will be codenamed Grey. Grey, which will combine [...]
We had previously reported that Microsoft would debut a reference Samsung tablet design for its Windows 8 tablet at the BUILD conference slated to kick off this week, and now we’re hearing that those tablets, which may be distributed alongside beta copies of Windows 8 to developers in attendance, will be arriving with Intel chipsets. [...]
According to a recent product listing on UK carrier Vodafone, Apple’s next-generation iPhone 5 will maintain the current 16 and 32 GB storage capacities that’s been offered on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. The carrier’s website mentions that the new flagship Apple smartphone would be offered in both black and white color variants, similar [...]
Ahead of the launch of the flagship iPhone 5, AT&T may be looking to stem any losses from current subscribers who may switch to rival Verizon, because of that carrier’s famed and robust network, or Sprint, as that carrier is the lone carrier of the big national cell provider that still offers unlimited data plans, [...]
If you’re interested in the Atrix 4G and the Droid Bionic, both made by Motorola, because of the smartphone’s ability to quickly convert into a netbook via the optional Webtop-based Lapdock accessory, then you may want to give Verizon’s network a closer look for two reasons. First, currently, Verizon’s 4G LTE network offers better speeds [...]
The Acer Iconia Tab A501 with AT&T’s 4G HSPA+ will go on sale on September 18th for $480 or $330 with a two-year contract. While the tablet is a 10-inch slate, it will not benefit from the LTE network access that’s being promised by AT&T’s flagship Jetstream tablet from HTC, though the Jetstream commands a [...]
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Football season is here, and thanks to Verizon, Android users have an easy way to watch their favorite teams. The NFL Mobile app for Verizon customers delivers live streaming video from over 30 NFL games this year, including Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and Thursday Night Football. In addition to these games, Verizon customers [...]
In its ongoing patent dispute suit against rival Samsung, Apple had won an early decisive victory in a German court, which upheld ban of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for sale in Germany. However, the lawsuit, a win for Apple, still means little for Samsung and long-term implications of the decision will need further assessment. The [...]
An AT&T corporate retail store employee in the Northern California area had informed me that area employees are beginning their iOS 5 training this weekend, suggesting that the elusive iPhone 5 may be launching soon. According to recent chatter, the iPhone 5 is rumored to be made available for purchase in the early October time [...]
Today is the 45th anniversary of the day the first episode of Star Trek aired on CBS NBC. Over four decades later Star Trek and the movies and shows it spawned are some of the most loved science fiction media properties in America, and perhaps the world. Today several sites have pointed out how many [...]
According to a report from ThisIsMyNext, the version of Android that follows the upcoming Android Ice Cream Sandwich will be called Android Jelly Bean. This fits in with Google’s naming its software after delicious treats and doing so in alphabetical order. To recap, we’ve had Eclair, then Froyo, then Gingerbread, then Honeycomb, and shortly, we’ll [...]
Was that $150 pre-order from Wirefly for Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch too expensive for your tastes? Well, then you’ll be happy to know that Walmart has completely undercut them and Sprint and is currently offering up the Epic 4G Touch for a mere $100 on a new two year contract. Easily [...]
Earlier today, we learned that Sprint was likely going to be offering up the iPhone 5 with unlimited data plans. That’s pretty exciting news. Well, that’s not the only exciting Sprint iPhone 5 news today. Nope. SprintFeed has gotten their hands on an internal Sprint document that indicates that the carrier is expecting a major [...]
There is no way around this. What you see here, a phone that is purportedly called the BlackBerry 9980, is absolutely, positively, the ugliest BlackBerry phone ever made. In fact, I might go as so far as to say that this is up there with the ugliest phones that has ever graced the planet Earth. [...]
So far, there’s no official iPhone 5 announcement, but as the iPhone 5 release date approaches, we do have plenty of opinions about the device. Over the past month, we’ve asked our readers for their opinion about the iPhone 5, and as we expected, you have a wide range of opinions about Apple’s next device. [...]
Owners of devices running Android 2.3 Gingerbread or Android 2.2 Froyo will be happy to know that Netflix has finally updated its application to support all devices running these versions of Google’s software. It has taken quite awhile for Netflix to get to this point, and there have been some bumps along the way, but [...]
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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 [...]
