Archive for September, 2011

Belkin Chef Stand + Stylus For Tablets Keeps Your Screen Clean Even If Your Hands Aren’t

Belkin Chef Stand + Stylus For Tablets Keeps Your Screen Clean Even If Your Hands Aren’t

Belkin has a great accessory for those of us who use our tablets in the kitchen to look up recipes or watch episodes of Good Eats while we cook to make sure we’re doing everything right. The $39.99 Chef Stand + Stylus is listed as being for the iPad, but it will work with other [...]

Posted by | 09/16/2011 | 2 Comments More
Deal: Save $543 Off the Dell Latitude E6420

Deal: Save $543 Off the Dell Latitude E6420

Dell Small Business is offering up an impressive deal on the Dell Latitude E6420 business notebook with the latest Intel Core i5 processor. Not only do you save $543 on this well equipped notebook, but you also get 3 years of accidental damage service included with the base price so that your notebook is protected [...]

Posted by | 09/16/2011 | 0 Comments More
Windows 8 “Fuzzy Hit Targeting” for Touch Explained

Windows 8 “Fuzzy Hit Targeting” for Touch Explained

Of all the touch features in Windows 8, the one I feel is most valuable is also the least dazzling. “Fuzzy hit targeting” as it was called earlier this year enables wide fingers to more accurately work with an interface designed for pinpoint cursors. But how does it work? Long Zheng at istartedsomething explains. The [...]

Posted by | 09/16/2011 | 2 Comments More
Vocre Translation App For iPhone Makes Cross-Language Conversations Easy

Vocre Translation App For iPhone Makes Cross-Language Conversations Easy

Add another Star Trek technology to the list of things that now exist in real life: the Universal Translator. Well, Vocre isn’t “universal” per se — I’m sure it wouldn’t be able to do Vulcan — but it will make conversing with people who speak different Earth-bound languages a lot easier. Vocre is an app [...]

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iPhone 5 Delays and Shortages Possible Through 2012

iPhone 5 Delays and Shortages Possible Through 2012

If you can’t wait for the iPhone 5, hang on to your seat. Sources have told 9to5Mac that Apple is experiencing issues with at least one production line that could cause a further delay in the launch of a new redesigned iPhone 5 with a teardrop shape and a larger screen. The delays come weeks [...]

Posted by | 09/16/2011 | 9 Comments More
Now This is A Digital Wallet – Google Wallet’s Potential [Video]

Now This is A Digital Wallet – Google Wallet’s Potential [Video]

When Google Wallet was announced, I outlined 8 reasons it could succeed, including the ability for merchants to further integrate it with offers and rewards programs. While Google Wallet is still a dream for most users, Adzag has put together an interesting video showing what Google Wallet could do in the near future. This is the digital wallet [...]

Posted by | 09/16/2011 | 4 Comments More
$60 Atari Arcade for iPad Out In October

$60 Atari Arcade for iPad Out In October

The leaked Atari Arcade joystick controller for iPad has finally been announced officially. That’s right: it’s real, and it’s fabulous. This accessory allows you to play any of the Atari Greatest Hits games the way they were meant to be played. Or, at least, closer to the way we used to play them back in [...]

Posted by | 09/16/2011 | 2 Comments More
iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup Infographic

iPhone 5 Rumors, Roadmap And Release Date Infographic

The iPhone 5 is expected in October, but to get here, we had to go through a long period of iPhone 5 rumors and disappointments. This infographic tracks the iPhone 5 from the iPhone 4 announcement, to the first iPhone 5 rumor in October all the way through our current status of an iPhone 5 release date [...]

Posted by | 09/16/2011 | 4 Comments More
HTC Vigor Now Rumored to Land on Oct. 13 as HTC Droid Incredible HD

HTC Vigor Now Rumored to Land on Oct. 13 as HTC Droid Incredible HD

While recently, we’ve been hearing that the HTC Vigor will be landing under the HTC Thunderbolt 2 moniker, a recent leaked document suggests that the earlier Droid Incredible HD name may be the final branding once the phone lands on October 13th. The authenticity of the leak and accuracy of the information is unknown at [...]

Posted by | 09/16/2011 | 7 Comments More
Apple Expands iTunes Promotion at Starbucks to Include More Digital Content

Apple Expands iTunes Promotion at Starbucks to Include More Digital Content

Apple has a long partnership with Starbucks where the coffee chain would offer codes for free iTunes music download. However, in an age where almost every content you can imagine is going digital, Apple is expanding its iTunes promotion at Starbucks to encompass more different types of digital content. In the past week, Starbucks gave [...]

Posted by | 09/16/2011 | 0 Comments More
4G LTE Pantech Breakout Shows Up at Verizon Store

4G LTE Pantech Breakout Shows Up at Verizon Store

Ahead of the 4G LTE capable Pantech Breakout Android smartphone rumored launch on September 22nd, the device is beginning to make appearances at Verizon Wireless stores. The Breakout will be the carrier’s fifth LTE smartphone, following on the heels of the HTC Thunderbolt, Samsung Droid Charge, LG Revolution, and Motorola Droid Bionic. With the Bionic [...]

Posted by | 09/16/2011 | 4 Comments More
BlackBerry PlayBook to Soon See Price Cuts, Major Software Update

BlackBerry PlayBook to Soon See Price Cuts, Major Software Update

Today hasn’t been a very good day for RIM. It announced that it had only shipped 10.6 million BlackBerry phones in August and it had only shipped a dismal 200,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets last quarter. Notice that that says shipped and not sold. The sales numbers are unknown but I think it’s pretty safe to [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 3 Comments More
Apple to Discontinue iPhone 4 Bumper Case?

Apple to Discontinue iPhone 4 Bumper Case?

According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple is poised to discontinue the infamous iPhone 4 Bumper Case as the launch of a new iPhone looms upon the horizon. The report cites an anonymous source and theorizes that the reason behind the discontinuation might be because the next incarnation of the iPhone, possibly called the iPhone [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 4 Comments More
Sprint Shuts Down Premier Program

Sprint Shuts Down Premier Program

In some rather unfortunate news, Sprint has gone ahead and closed the door on the Sprint Premier program and has also announced that Gold customers will not be able to take advantage of an annual upgrade once the end of 2012 rolls around. Sprint Premier services will still be available until the end of 2011 [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 6 Comments More
ipad 2 vs. Windows 8

iPad 2 Vs. Windows 8 Tablet: 11 Minute Showdown [Video]

The iPad 2 is the tablet to beat, and while Android is having a difficult time doing this, Microsoft is hoping that next year Windows 8 tablet swill take back the Tablet space and give the iPad some competition. This week Microsoft made an early build of Windows 8 available to the public, and now we can see how [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 10 Comments More
IdeaPad U300s UltraBook at IDF 2011

IdeaPad U300s UltraBook at IDF 2011

Lenovo showed off the IdeaPad U300s at IDF 2011 this week. A follow up to the IdeaPad U260, the U300s sports an all-metal enclosure and some respectable specs. More importantly, it looks and feels great and will surely appeal to those who are able to lay their hands on it. The U300s is an Ultrabook, [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 4 Comments More
Intel Pair and Share is AirPlay for Android, iOS and Windows [Video]

Intel Pair and Share is AirPlay for Android, iOS and Windows [Video]

Intel is showing off a new technology at IDF 2011 called Pair and Share, which lets your iOS and Android devices share video and pictures wirelessly to your Intel computer — and even on to your HDTV with a WiDi adapter. Similar to AirPlay, which streams video and images to your AppleTV connected HDTV, this [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 0 Comments More
Sprint: Bring on the iPhone, We’re Ready

Sprint: Bring on the iPhone, We’re Ready

Sprint’s CFO Joe Euteneuer, speaking at the speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Entertainment & Communications conference, stated that the carrier is fully prepared to handle the iPhone if and when it arrives on his company’s network. Unfortunately, Euteneuer did not confirm – nor deny – the iPhone was on the way [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 9 Comments More
Archos G9 Honeycomb Tablets Coming September 20th, For Cheap

Archos G9 Honeycomb Tablets Coming September 20th, For Cheap

All the way back on June 23rd, Archos announced the G9 Series Honeycomb tablets, the Archos 80 G9 and the Archos 101 G9, and said that they would be out on shelves by the end of September. Well, we’re now in the middle of said month and Archos has made good on its promise as [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 1 Comment More
What Will It Take for a Windows 8 Tablet to Succeed?

What Will It Take for a Windows 8 Tablet to Succeed?

What will it take for a Windows 8 tablet to succeed? Less than you think. Microsoft has one big advantage that everyone has been calling their Achilles heal up to this point: they will be last to market. As a kid I remember playing games at recess. Who could hit the 3-pointer or jump the [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 14 Comments More
In-Flight Entertainment on Boeing 787 Dreamliner To Utilize Android, Gesture Control

In-Flight Entertainment on Boeing 787 Dreamliner To Utilize Android, Gesture Control

Boeing’s next generation commercial airplane, the 787 Dreamliner, will also feature next generation in-flight entertainment according to Australian Business Traveller . Embedded displays will soon feature wider viewing angles and less reflection of ambient light. Most will be touchscreens, but for seats where the screen is too far away for that (like first class), the [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 2 Comments More
Kensington BungeeAir iPhone Case

BungeeAir iPhone Case Reminds, Secures and Finds Your Keys

Kensington has a new iPhone 4 case out that adds a number of nice features to your iPhone without adding significant bulk. The BungeeAir Protect Wireless Security Tether and BungeeAir Power Wireless Security Tether for iPhone help you remember your iPhone, secure your iPhone and can find your keys. The Power model adds a battery [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 3 Comments More
Vogel’s RingO System Mounts iPad to Wall or Car Headrest [Review]

Vogel’s RingO System Mounts iPad to Wall or Car Headrest [Review]

The Vogel’s Ringo iPad 2 Mounting system will put your iPad “anywhere” with a special case that has a round hole in the back fit for the company’s various Ringo mounting solutions. The whole system allows you to use your iPad hands free in home and business locations as well as on the road, where [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 1 Comment More
The reason for the Quiet Zone

Welcome to the Wireless Free Zone in Green Bank, WV

If you travel through the Allegheny mountains into West Virginia, you may find your cell phone signal start to fade, and a noticeable lack of free WiFi hotspots. You’re not about to star in a Deliverance 2, but if you see a sign welcoming you to Green Bank West Virginia, you are in the middle of the Radio Quiet Zone. This [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 1 Comment More
Case-Mate Product Page May Have Shown iPhone 5 Design

Case-Mate Product Page May Have Shown iPhone 5 Design

While we’re pretty sure that the next iPhone will be launching in the next few weeks, we still have no idea what Apple has up its sleeve in terms of, well, the iPhone. Unfortunately, we’ll probably be in the dark as to what the iPhone 5 looks like until Apple makes an official announcement. Or [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 6 Comments More
Coming to the iPhone?

Nintendo “Absolutely Not” Making Mario Games for iPhone

Despite pressure from investors and lackluster Nintendo 3DS sales, Nintendo’s Chief, Satoru Iwata, has gone on record again, saying that the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch won’t be playing Mario and other Nintendo games while he has anything to do with it. Iwata recently responded to the continual question by saying, “That is absolutely not under consideration.” [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 11 Comments More
Motorola Droid Bionic Finally Stars in Worthy Commercials

Motorola Droid Bionic Finally Stars in Worthy Commercials

The Motorola Droid Bionic is a fantastic phone. We said so in our review of it. However, for some reason, Verizon decided that its first dual-core 4G LTE smartphone, one of the best phones on the market, wasn’t worthy of a fantastic advertising campaign. The first commercials we saw, were, in a word, horrible. Sure, [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 3 Comments More
HTC Runnymede or the HTC Bass

HTC Bliss and Runnymede to Launch as HTC Rhyme and Bass

HTC is calling in the musical names to move the HTC Bliss and HTC Runnymede Android devices. The HTC Runnymede will likely hit store shelves as the HTC Bass. The HTC Bliss, which had been billed as a smartphone for women, may arrive as the HTC Rhyme. The HTC Runnymede will go to music school and [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 7 Comments More
HTC Vigor Appears in First Official Image

HTC Vigor Appears in First Official Image

We have seen the HTC Vigor before in photos, a phone that may or may not be the HTC ThunderBolt 2, but we have never seen the upcoming device in a photo this crisp. Pocketnow has uncovered the first press shot of the upcoming smartphone and it gives us a very clear glimpse at its [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 12 Comments More
PlayLater Records Internet TV Like a Tivo

PlayLater Records Internet TV Like a Tivo

PlayOn turned your computer into a Internet cable box. PlayLater turns it into an Internet TV Tivo box, letting your record your favorite Internet streaming video to your Windows PC so you can enjoy the content at your own liesure, even if your computer doesn’t have an Internet connection. The application runs on a Windows [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 1 Comment More
AT&T 4G LTE Launching in First Five Cities on Sunday

AT&T 4G LTE Launching in First Five Cities on Sunday

To take a page out of Apple’s marketing book: Finally. Finally, AT&T has announced exactly when its next-generation 4G LTE network will be launching and the lucky date is this Sunday, September 18th. If you recall, AT&T actually already has some 4G LTE devices that have launched – an overpriced tablet, a hotspot and a [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 7 Comments More
Why you have no App sounds on the iPad

How To Fix No Sound in iPad Apps

The iPad has an interesting mute quirk, which can result in no sound coming from certain apps over your iPad speaker, even though volume is turned up and you can hear the sound with headphones. This Soft Mute “feature” mutes app music and sounds, but not the audio from Hulu or Netflix, which makes it [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 37 Comments More
iMessage and iChat May Integrate For Awesome Unified Messaging

iMessage and iChat May Integrate For Awesome Unified Messaging

Future updates to iMessage, iChat and Lion may integrate the two built in chat features, bringing a chat solution that spans across your iPhone and your Mac so that messages show up in each location. iOS 5 will bring a new messaging solution to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, that allows you to chat [...]

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 4 Comments More
Windows 8 Tablets Run on AMD Processors Too (Video)

Windows 8 Tablets Run on AMD Processors Too (Video)

Not that we don’t already know Windows can run on AMD processors, but in the interest of fairness, here’s a video from Engadget featuring an Acer Iconia Tab W500 and MSI WindPad 110W running Windows 8 on AMD processors.

Posted by | 09/15/2011 | 1 Comment More
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 profile

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Priced at $469, Pre-Order Today at Best Buy

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 was announced at CTIA back in April with an 8.9″ display, thin design and Android 3.1 operating system. The larger Galaxy Tab 10.1 has given the iPad 2 some of its first competition, and caught our attention with built in 4G LTE on Verizon. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 comes [...]

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