Google Maps is about to get a lot more interesting as Google has unveiled a program called Business Photos from Google which will allow businesses to show off 360-degree street view and interior imagery of their business on the company’s Places page. Google is currently taking applications from businesses in 37 select cities around the [...]
Well, the snow in much of the mid-Atlantic and New England might be taking some of the tricks and treats out of the Halloween weekend, but I’m sure there are still some zombies, goblins, and mischief makers out there getting ready for some devilish fun. Or maybe they just want to snuggle up to a [...]
Today is just one of those days where Mother Nature throws you a curve ball. We’ve dealing with an uncharacteristic early snowfall her in northwestern Virginia that is causing all sorts of chaos because, well, it is uncharacteristic and no one was prepared for it. This was to be one of the peak weekends for [...]
Finally the Google TV update the company announced back at Google I/O will finally roll out starting next week. In a post on the Official Google Blog, Mario Queiroz, Vice President Product Management, and Vincent Dureau, Director of Engineering, went over some of the new features of the platform, including a simplified interface and improved search. [...]
What good is a personal assistant if it can’t get you a beer and turn off your lights? If you answered not good at all, then you need to check out these innovative Siri extras. If you are geeky enough, it appears that you can make Siri do pretty much anything by way of a text message. [...]
You might still be able to pick up a HP TouchPad at Best Buy or eBay or through some other method or off hand promotion. But if you were on that waiting list with HP it looks like you are out of luck. According to Neowin, users who signed up to be notified when HP [...]
Best Buy has announced that it will begin selling the HP TouchPad once again starting November 1st only this time there is a catch involved. The retailer will be offering up the webOS powered tablet for a cool $150 but in order to get a TouchPad, you’ll need to pick up an HP desktop or [...]
The Guardian is reporting that Apple engineers have been reaching out to owners of the new iPhone 4S in an attempt to remedy the battery life issues that some with the device have been experiencing. When Apple announced the iPhone 4S, it touted the device’s impressive battery life. However, it failed to mention that the [...]
According to The Digital Reader, Barnes and Noble’s upcoming sequel to the Nook Color, which may or may not be called the Nook Color 2, will be announced on November 7th. They apparently have, count them, three sources who have relayed them information and November 7th appears to be the day that the company unleashes [...]
For the past 14 days, I have been using an iPhone 4S as my primary phone. Up until October 14th, I was a very happy Android user, one that appreciated the iPhone as a competitor, but didn’t really see myself using an iPhone as my primary device. (Read: iPhone 4S Review) I outlined my major concerns of switching from Android to [...]
While we’re still not exactly sure what’s under the hood of the Samsung Focus S, we are now sure of its pricing and its release date as AT&T announced both of them on its Facebook page earlier today. The Samsung Focus S will be arriving on November 6th and will be available for $199 on [...]
Well, anyone who doesn’t think RIM is in a world of hurt by now is either an unapologetic fanboy or on their executive team. RIM’s much ballyhooed Playbook Tablet didn’t live up to the bally or the hoo. Word that a promised update wasn’t going to show its head until next year seemed to have [...]
Many of you out there who are using some of Samsung’s more recent devices have probably been wondering whether or not your phone or tablet would be seeing the upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Well, some of you can rest easy as Samsung Italy has gone ahead and confirmed that several of these [...]
WMPowerUser is reporting that a tipster from AT&T has told them that the upcoming Samsung Focus S Windows Phone will feature a couple of features that will surely delight those of you thinking about hopping aboard the Microsoft train. Rumor has it that the Focus S will feature a solid 1GB of RAM and also [...]
The iPhone 4S has finally been jailbroken. The news comes today via @MuscleNerd, a well respected iPhone hacker, who has been hard at work on an iPhone 4S Jailbreak. While iOS 5 has been jailbroken since it was released, the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2 use Apple’s new A5 processor, which has prevented us from jailbreaking [...]
We know that Motorola is preparing to launch new Xoom models. We’ve seen what is assumed to be one of the Xoom 2′s pass through the FCC. We’ve seen photos which proves that at least one of them exists. We’ve also heard that they would be shipping in November and December and now that the [...]
Today is a big day for the citizens of 22 countries around the world as Apple’s latest and greatest smartphone, the iPhone 4S, is now up for sale. Pre-orders began a week ago and now the real deal has finally arrived. Unfortunately, the countries where it launched today are not safe from the iPhone 4S’ [...]
When you go looking to get the iPhone 4S you not only have to pick your color and your carrier but you also have to pick your capacity. The iPhone 4S is available in three sizes, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The prices start at $199, and climb to $299 and $399 respectively. The 64GB iPhone [...]
We sure wish things like this happened more often. Samsung has announced that it is bringing the launch date of its massive tabletphone hybrid, the Samsung Galaxy Note, up to November 3rd from its original launch date of November 17th. Of course, that good news and that release date only pertains to people in the [...]
Good news for all six (a joke) of you LG Revolution owners out there on Verizon. Big Red has released a change log for the 4G LTE device’s Gingerbread update which means that the update’s roll out is imminent. It’s possible that it could roll out later today but just know this. It’s close and [...]
First, it was the bad news that the Nexus One wouldn’t be getting an upgrade to Android 4.0. And now, it appears there is more bad news afoot. On LG’s Facebook page, the manufacturer seemingly confirmed that the LG Optimus 2X would not be getting the boost up to Ice Cream Sandwich. We’d have to [...]
Yesterday marked the end of the second longest customer support issue I have had with a company, almost taking the title from Sony’s car audio division. As I previously shared, my MacBook Air went crazy earlier this month, displaying a black bar on the display as well as exhibiting some performance quirks. I dropped it [...]
At Nokia World in London, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, who is credited for the company’s transition from Symbian to Windows Phone, made reference to the Windows Phone UI and alluded to a tablet. As a smartphone-manufacturer, Nokia is among the few to not have a tablet in its portfolio at this time, though rivals who [...]
Research in Motion and Porsche Design have now made the Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone from BlackBerry now official. The P’9981 is essentially the BlackBerry Bold 9900 series with a different external shell to highlight Porsche Design’s minimalist industrial design. This will be RIM’s first collaboration with a luxury brand to release a smartphone and RIM [...]
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse made the bold claim that the iPhone, newly added onto the Now Network, is more efficient at handling data than the carrier’s popular line of Android smartphones. In an earnings call, Hesse says that the iPhone uses about half of network resources compared to Apple’s rival smartphone platform, Android, and it [...]
As Apple is readying production of the iPad 3, the successor to the iPad 2, the bottleneck in manufacturing and major problem to consider is the Cupertino, California company’s ambitious plans to deliver a Retina-like Display resolution on the larger 10-inch tablet. When Apple launched the iPhone 4 with its signature Retina Display, packing 960 [...]
The split, which was previously rumored, is now formal and official, giving Sony complete control over Sony Ericsson and moving its smartphone division in-house. In a recent announcement, Ericsson says that it will be selling its 50% stake in the joint venture to partner Sony for $1.47 billion. The deal still has to undergo regulatory [...]
If you haven’t yet bought either Sprint’s variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II or its iPhone 4S or if you’re sick and tired of waiting to see if the carrier might or might not get the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, then you might want to take a look at another of the carrier’s flagship devices, [...]
HP and its new CEO Meg Whitman made a couple of bold announcements today including plans to keep its PC division as well as plans to re-enter the world of tablets with hardware running Microsoft’s Windows 8. Whitman revealed that the company is committed to Personal Systems Group (PSG), HP’s computer arm, and in doing [...]
Microsoft traditionally creates some inspiring videos of what computing will look like in the future. This one is no different. It just makes you wish it would hire the folks who do this for prototypes and future ideas to do the actual marketing stuff.
Motorola has announced its Q3 earnings and among the statistics is an interesting statistic in regards to the company’s Honeycomb tablet, the Motorola Xoom, which was released back in February. The manufacturer confirmed that it only shipped a grand total of 100,000 Xoom tablets last quarter. Yes, you read that correctly. 100,000 shipped. No word [...]
You might think the Galaxy Nexus is a big phone, but it’s nothing compared to the Galaxy Note. Introduced at IFA 2011, the Samsung Galaxy Note is an all-in-one device designed to act as both a phone and tablet. Some mobile users already complain that phones with 4″ and up displays are too big to [...]
Last night, Verizon drummed up some controversy when it placed a banner for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on its website with the words “Exclusively from Verizon” right above the device’s name. Today though, Big Red has replaced that banner with a new one and the word ‘exclusivity’ is no where to be found. Yes, it [...]
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus isn’t just coming to Verizon here in the United States. No, in fact, it’s going to be headed to carriers in Europe as well. Today though, our friends across the Atlantic got a leg up as Samsung has confirmed, according to Android Community, that the Galaxy Nexus will be hitting carriers [...]
I’ve recommended a couple of CableJive adapters before. These adapters allow Android phone and tablet users to plug into Apple Dock Connector speaker peripherals, but the CableJive dockBoss+ is the first to bring both charging and audio to the table via a micro-USB-to-Apple Dock Connector adapter with a stereo 3.5mm jack that also sends audio through [...]
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The Best Way to Beat AT&T’s Data Throttling is to Have Everyone Consume More Data!
We had previously reported that grandfathered unlimited data plan subscribers of AT&T Mobility have begun to receive notices that they are excessively using their data plans with as little as 2 GB of data consumption within the month, and now we’re beginning to hear multiple sources report that they are receiving notices with as little [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note Review: First Impressions and Size Comparisons
How big is it? Just saying the screen measures 5.3-inches diagonally doesn’t really help you picture it. So we compared it to the Galaxy Nexus, Droid RAZR, and Galaxy Tab.
12 iPhone Photography Accessories – Lenses, Stands, Filters and More To Enhance Your Photos
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.
iPhone 4S Battery Case Showdown: 6 Cases Battle For Power
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 [...]
