The Motorola droid Bionic has had a storied launch, but after 9 months of waiting Motorola has finally delivered a new flagship phone to Verizon. The Bionic is a the first 4G LTE dual core smartphone to arrive on Verizon Wireless, just in time for millions of users to enjoy the fast 4G LTE speeds [...]
While 4G LTE technology is still nascent, Verizon Wireless has demonstrated how an LTE network should be deployed and handled with speeds exceeding the promised 12 Mbps and extremely low latency, Verizon is now talking about the future of 4G technologies and roaming. Currently, the biggest drawback with 4G LTE is that adopters who have [...]
Ahead of the much speculated launch of the iPhone 5, U.S. wireless carrier AT&T, which had been the exclusive iPhone partner until earlier this year when Verizon joined the iOS party and began to sell the CDMA iPhone 4, is trying to generate goodwill with its customers by giving out 1,000 free rollover minutes. The [...]
After Microsoft had blamed Google for restricting YouTube to a poorly executed experience for Windows Phone 7, the YouTube-owner had taken down its site and over the past few days and have recently relaunched a much improved YouTube experience for Windows Phone devices. Previously, the YouTube app for Windows Phone 7 is merely a shortcut [...]
There is now a new leaked launch schedule for T-Mobile USA’s network, but unfortunately the leak doesn’t make mention of which devices are launching when. The leaked information obtained by TmoNews reveals launch dates of October 15th and 19th along with a potential new tablet launch. According to TmoNews, “October 15th is scheduled as a [...]
Google is now setting free the data and information from within Google Voice. Users can now export and download all call history, text messages, and voicemails so that they can keep track of and sort them outside of the Google Voice web interface. With Takeout, Google says you can ‘download a copy of your data [...]
With the imminent launch of the Motorola Droid Bionic on Verizon Wireless, users looking at fast mobile broadband data on the carrier’s 4G LTE network will have many choices. In this roundup, we’re going to take a look at the first generation of 4G LTE devices, including the Thunderbolt, Droid Charge, and LG Revolution, and [...]
Depending on what rumors or what blog posts you read, we know a little more about Amazon’s coming Tablet. MG Siegler’s post on TechCrunch has some credibility because he’s apparently handled a prototype. But then, on the cautious side, we all know how prototypes (even the unofficially officially leaked ones) can give us a misleading [...]
We’re still unsure exactly what the Samsung Droid Prime and Nexus Prime are all about but it appears both of them are getting closer to release as Droid-Life is reporting that the Droid Prime received its Wi-Fi certification a short time ago and the Nexus Prime, not to be outdone, got its Bluetooth CIG certification [...]
I’m sure the hackers and tinkers out there will enjoy this. I’m not sure HP or the webOS team will though. The folks at Team TouchDroid have been working, as have other groups, to get a working port of Android onto the HP TouchPad. The Team TouchDroid folks now have that going and some working [...]
The iPhone 4 has been out for over a year now and there are rumors swirling about a new iPhone launching later this month or at some point in October however it appears the iPhone 4 is still the best selling smartphone on both AT&T and Verizon Wireless. According to Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley, [...]
Ever since we saw the BlackBerry Torch 9850 show up in a Verizon retail poster back at the end of August we figured that a release date from Big Red was just around the corner. Well, today, Verizon announced just that. September 8th is going to be launch day for the BlackBerry Torch 9850, a [...]
Last week, the United States Department of Justice filed a suit in an attempt to block AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile and today, Sprint – a vocal opponent of the deal – has also filed suit in an effort to block the proposed deal from going through. The lawsuit was filed in the District of Columbia [...]
Back on September 1st, Gingerbread started rolling out for the original Motorola Droid 2 so we figured that a roll out for the Motorola Droid 2 Global was probably not far behind and sure enough, Motorola has confirmed that the update is now available to Droid 2 Global users. Originally, we thought the update would [...]
Sony announced that the Wi-Fi only models of the Sony Tablet S will land on U.S. shores September 16th, ahead of the European launch and the availability of the AT&T version in November. The Sony Tablet S costs $499 for the 16GB version and $599 for the 32GB version, which is par for the course [...]
We’ve seen the Motorola Droid Bionic pop up just about everywhere. Photos, a pre-launch review and a couple of videos. However, none of those have anything on what leaked out today ahead of its anticipated September 8th launch date. Android Central’s forums are rife with Droid Bionic videos as a user named bworely50 has leaked [...]
The iPhone is known as a phone without a physical keyboard, and it will likely never have one built-in, but that hasn’t stopped designers from trying to add a physical keyboard to the iPhone. Most of these are bulky and boxy, but the SmartKeyboard concept from Jing Yang is an impressively thin and inventive way to add a physical keyboard to the iPhone. Taking design cues from [...]
GameStop has had to deal with a pile-on of negative publicity thanks to the whole Deus Ex: Human Revolution OnLive coupon removal scandal from last week. The company’s mea culpa offer of a $50 gift card didn’t do much to soothe angered gamers, but perhaps today’s news will at least get them poking their head [...]
Just a short time ago, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile announced their Samsung Galaxy S II variants with AT&T and Sprint announcing that their models would be out in September. T-Mobile’s Galaxy S II, unfortunately, remains without a concrete date. Sprint’s on the other hand does have an official date and is going to be launching [...]
The HTC Holiday, a device that may or may not be AT&T’s first 4G LTE smartphone, has leaked out again today in another series of photos that give us another glimpse at its form factor and also a peek at how it’s running on AT&T’s next-generation network. The speed tests, apparently taken in the Dallas/Fort [...]
Digital note-taking systems have evolved to the point where they can truly replace pen and paper, but what if you’re still a pen and paper type of person? Keeping a notebook for jotting down thoughts is a habit that’s hard to break, and even Evernote’s manifold attractions can’t make up for less than elegant phone [...]
If rumors hold true, Sprint will launch the iPhone 5 this fall along with AT&T and Verizon. This would be the first time Sprint may sell the iPhone, so it appears the company is making sure that their iPhone will perform well on the sales floor. Beatweek reports that contractors are installing Sprint repeaters in [...]
With the success of ThinkGeek’s iCade cabinet for the iPad, it’s pretty clear that analog game control is not dead. It’s not all a nostalgia thing, either — some games just do better when there’s a physical joystick and buttons to press. Also, how else are you going to score those extra few points by [...]
Toshiba has cut the prices on a number of Toshiba Satellite P Series Notebooks. These notebooks come with the latest AMD and Intel processors and include discounts on various sizes. These Toshiba notebooks aren’t your typical discount fare, with the latest AMD A6 Quad Core processors on several notebooks and a decent helping of RAM and [...]
As Hewlett-Packard is considering its options to either sell or spin off its Personal Systems Group (PSG), the division that makes personal computers and PC hardware, leaked internal memos suggest that new changes to the webOS team will help to ensure that the mobile OS will remain with HP. The company is planning on splitting its [...]
We’ve heard rumblings about the HTC Ruby, which is the codenamed smartphone for the HTC Amaze, for T-Mobile’s network as the next-generation high-end smartphone, and now we’re getting some live pictures of the device. The device will sport a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor from Qualcomm along with Adreno graphics and will be capable of handling [...]
We’ve heard about the Pantech Breakout before as yet another addition to Verizon Wireless’s 4G LTE portfolio of Android smartphone, and now we’re beginning to see some official press photos for the device. The folks over at pocketnow had uncovered some official photos for the 4G LTE smartphone–a first for Pantech–that will join the company [...]
On Monday, Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, has begun offering its subscribers the ability to reserve and pre-order Apple’s next-generation iPhone smartphone. According to carrier spokesperson Alexander von Schmettow, the move by the carrier will help to ease supply bottleneck as Deutsche Telekom anticipates that there will be shortages of the popular flagship [...]
The Samsung Illusion for Verizon Wireless may be just that–an illusion–as the device may look like a high-end Galaxy S, but will be in reality an entry-level or mid-range 3G Android smartphone. The device is said to have an HVGA display, compared to the WVGA or qHD resolution of newer high-end devices, though there have [...]
Thought the Motorola Atrix 4G with its Webtop Lapdock was a schizophrenic device that took on one too many personalities and couldn’t decide if it was a phone or a laptop? Well, KT Spider ups the ante and makes a docking smartphone that can blur the line between a tablet, laptop, and gaming console, depending [...]
There were rumors surrounding the release of the Samsung Stratosphere as a possible Samsung Galaxy S 1 or Galaxy S II variant, and now we are beginning to get more details about Verizon’s ‘Epic’ smartphone release. Unfortunately, however, epic in this case may not be of epic proportion, as that description would be reserved for [...]
Everybody wants to stream media to your tablet, including PowerDVD with their new PowerDVD Mobile software. The Honeycomb tablet app finds your video, music and photos served up by the company’s most expensive media playing PC software and then streams them over your home or office Wi-Fi network to your Android tablet running their app. [...]
As Labor days has come and gone without a new iPhone for the first time in years, we begin to see a collection of new rumors relating to an iPhone 5 release date. We expect Apple to launch the iPhone 5 this in the near future, alongside iCloud and iOS 5, but there has yet [...]
Would you order the upcoming Apple iPhone 5 sight unseen? That’s the question put to me by our own Xavier Lanier and my first reaction was, “Absolutely not!” As I thought about it, that question isn’t so cut and dried, especially when you consider the hypothetical scenario he gave me. The Scenario What if something really [...]
The Boogie Board Rip doesn’t have apps, a media player, a color display, Wi-Fi or even a web browser, but you can ink on it. The only issue is you can’t do anything else with it. It’s really just a flat black gadget that can replace a pad of paper in your kitchen. The Boogie Board [...]
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The Best Way to Beat AT&T’s Data Throttling is to Have Everyone Consume More Data!
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Samsung Galaxy Note Review: First Impressions and Size Comparisons
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Apple made a lot of shutterbugs happy with the camera upgrades in the iPhone 4S — more pixels and a bigger sensor means an even better “best camera” to carry everywhere. Want to take the iPhone even further than that? With some additional accessories and apps you can turn this device into a mobile photo and video studio worthy of your enhanced skills.
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The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S are incredibly popular phones, but one of the biggest complaints for both devices is the lack of a removable battery and poor battery life. While there are tricks you can use to fix bad iPhone 4S battery life, sometimes there’s nothing better than a bigger battery. If you find your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S is running [...]
Galaxy S Pen and Holder Kit Mini-Review
If you’re more comfortable using a regular-sized pen, Samsung has an accessory that should please you. The $59.99 Galaxy S Pen and Holder Kit has both an extra S Pen and a Holder that makes it the size of a normal pen. You get the side-button functionality and everything, just in a larger form factor.
Plantronics Marque Review: Small, Affordable, Awesome
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 [...]
