In what will probably be a little bit of a disappointment for some of you looking to get the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Verizon (or AT&T and Sprint), Corning, the maker of Gorilla Glass, has confirmed via Twitter that its damage resistant screen technology will not be found on the upcoming Android 4.0 powered Nexus. [...]
We had heard that the HTC ThunderBolt Gingerbread update might be making its glorious return at some point in the not-so-distant future and sure enough, it appears that things are in motion as Verizon has updated its support PDF for the update and it now lists the update as 2.11.605.5 which is the same version [...]
Apple made a big deal about the new camera packed into the iPhone 4S, and for good reason. We liked what we saw during our iPhone 4S review. While you won’t be replacing your DSLR with the iPhone 4S, it comes close to many point and shoot camera models, especially for the the average user. Camera+, makers [...]
Apple is set to join retailers like Best Buy, and begin offering online ordering with in store pickup at the Apple stores. The program, known internally as Sherwood, will allow shoppers to place an order online and pickup the item at a local Apple store. Sources tell MacRumors that this would include the entire stock [...]
Verizon Wireless may be close to implementing a family or shared data plan, doing for data plans what wireless carriers are now doing for family voice minutes. Essentially, it is speculated that Verizon Wireless will soon offer a bucket of data, where consumers can choose on which device(s) they would want to consume that monthly [...]
Following the lead of its pre-paid subsidiary Boost Mobile, Sprint is now offering the Transform Ultra for sale in its stores for just $70 with a two-year contract and a $50 mail in rebate. The handset, an evolution of the Samsung Transform announced a year ago with Sprint ID, will be more widely available beginning [...]
While the world may be looking on with anticipation to see the metamorphosis of Nokia from a Symbian handset-maker to a Windows Phone partner this Wednesday at Nokia World, the first phones running Microsoft’s new Mango software update won’t be available in the U.S. market until 2012 according to the latest speculation. Nokia is expected [...]
In addition to the speculated HTC Radar 4G Windows Phone Mango launch on November 2nd, T-Mobile USA may also be eyeing the same day to launch the Android-powered LG DoublePlay. Both handsets were announced previously and most recently, T-Mobile’s website had listed both handsets as coming soon. The LG DoublePlay is perhaps more geared at [...]
In the prior quarter, sales of smartphones experienced a recession on their own as it is speculated that the decline in smartphone sales in the U.S. may be the result of consumer anticipation of Apple’s iPhone 4S. Not only was there a dip in iPhone sales, as was found in data obtained from Verizon Wireless [...]
Yesterday, Sprint rather quietly launched its latest member of the EVO family of devices, the HTC EVO Design 4G. It’s a device with some solid specifications paired with an event better price tag. $100 from Sprint with a new two year contract. Well, not to be outdone, Amazon is currently offering the EVO Design 4G [...]
About a year ago, I cut back on grocery store trips, as well as time and money spent at the grocery store by using Soap.com to purchase all kinds of bathroom and drugstore type items. From Tide and deodorant to the conditioner I still think is too expensive (but cheaper than the local store), I do a [...]
I have a lot of respect for wireless carriers and most of their employees. They generally work tirelessly to make mobile magic happen, but as with most large populations, there are always some bad apples. Unfortunately, some of those bad apples work for Sprint. And quite frankly, I’m fed up with them trying to muddy [...]
Last week, Motorola and Verizon took the wraps off of their latest 4G LTE smartphone, the Motorola Droid RAZR. We came away from the event impressed with what the manufacturer and carrier cooked up and we’d have to imagine that those of you out there looking to get on Verizon are as well. But what [...]
We’ve already talked about which phones we believe are likely and unlikely to see an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich but what about the current crop of Android tablets that are on the market? Which ones will be getting the boost up to Google’s latest and greatest piece of software? While not as [...]
The iPhone 4S is the first iPhone on AT&T’s wireless network that I can trust to place and receive calls whenever I need to in my hometown of San Francisco, thanks to a redesigned antenna. AT&T has a bad reputation in San Francisco for good reason: As the exclusive iPhone wireless carrier for many years, AT&T [...]
The speed of your iPhone 4S, or any Android phone, is dependent on the network you have backing up your browsing and downloading. While there’s no arguing with the appeal of the iPhone 4S, speeds can vary greatly from city to city. Even the faster AT&T iPhone 4S has trouble keeping up with the speeds of Verizon [...]
Engadget has discovered a mystery Motorola tablet that has just passed through the FCC. The device is definitely part of the Xoom family and it’s definitely a tablet but other than those details, things are a bit murky. Is this the Motorola Xoom 2? Is it a refreshed version of the original Xoom? It’s hard [...]
When Verizon began to roll out its 4G LTE network a little less than a year ago, it announced a goal of reaching 185 million Americans by the end of 2011. At the time, the carrier had coverage in 38 cities around the United States, covering around 110 million people. Today, the carrier is tooting [...]
Back at the very end of September, T-Mobile made a phone called the HTC Radar 4G, a Windows Phone Mango device, official. However, that announcement failed to yield a specific release date with the Magenta carrier only saying that it would be out for the holidays. Today though, the carrier made the release date official [...]
We realize that many of you out there looking to get your hands on the Verizon version of the recently announced Samsung Galaxy Nexus are probably a little worried after Big Red announced that the device would be coming “later this year” but failed to give any sort of specific release date. Maybe you think [...]
Last week Apple closed down Apple stores and the company campus to celebrate the life of Steve Jobs in a private memorial service. This service lasted just under two hours, and included speakers and musical guests who were there to honor the late Steve Jobs. Apple has now posted the entire video online, as well [...]
Following news that the Dell Latitude ST is on the way comes a marketing video from Dell showing the advantages of this Windows 7 slate. No surprise, it’s not targeted at consumers.
If you love to game on your Android device, perhaps playing Madden 2012 or just enjoying retro classics on your favorite emulator — you’ll be happy to know that the next version of Android will be bringing support for gamer controllers to the party. Developers found this nugget of joy while looking through the Android 4.0 SDK. [...]
After speed testing the iPhone 4S from AT&T and Verizon here in the midwest with the Speedtest.net app, we wanted to share some real world speed tests that you can see with your own eyes. To do this, we loaded up the Netflix app on two iPhone 4Ss, to see if AT&T or Verizon offered better on [...]
Walter Isaacson appeared on 60 Minutes last night to discuss his new Steve Jobs autobiography, which is available today at bookstores and on iBooks and Kindle. The interview discusses Steve Job’s life and the authorized biography, which gave Isaacson unprecedented access to Jobs. Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple, who was forced out of [...]
At CTIA a few weeks ago in San Diego, California, I caught up with the QuickOffice people to see what they’re working on. The latest update, version 5.0, is forthcoming and the developers of the office productivity suite, now available for both Android and iPad tablets, will come with better cloud integration, a more tablet-optimized [...]
The Motorola Droid RAZR launching in the United States will come with a locked bootloader, according to Motorola, while international variants of the RAZR Android smartphone by Motorola will have the option of an unlocked bootloader at the discretion of the carrier on which the device will launch on. A locked bootloader will help to [...]
There’s been some dissonance in the market place on what iPad rivals are pricing their tablets at and what consumers are willing to pay for a non-Apple slate, and that mix up is to the tune of approximately $100. According to a new iGR market survey, in order for iPad rivals to be more competitive [...]
Just days ahead of an announcement on October 26 at Nokia World, Nokia has begun to air television teasers in the UK of one of a few speculated Windows Phone 7 Mango models. The company had made a shocking announcement earlier this year in February at Mobile World Congress that it would shift its strategy [...]
A number of new devices were outed on Sprint’s inventory computer system. A leaked screen shot of the system shows that two new devices from Huawei and one laptop from Lenovo will be headed to the Now Network, though at this point it’s unclear if those devices will be 3G, 4G WiMax, or dual-mode 3G/4G [...]
Just days ahead of the Nokia World conference, which is widely believed to be the venue where Nokia will unveil its lineup of Windows Phone smartphones, pictures taken with the code named Nokia Sea Ray, also known as the Nokia 800, Mango device have appeared on Flickr. Data from the images revealed that the photos [...]
Bucking the trend of many, if not all, current Windows Phone 7 handsets, the yet to be announced Nokia Sabre prototype shows a Mango-powered smartphone with physical Windows Phone navigation buttons rather than the capacitive touch buttons of today. While hardware navigation buttons require a little bit more effort to activate–you do have to exert [...]
While there’s been a lot of chatter about the iPhone 4S’s improved 8-megapixel camera with 1080p full HD video recording with image stabilization, the prior generation iPhone 4′s camera may have been used to shoot a few scenes for ‘The Avengers’ movie. What’s significant is that the iPhone 4′s 5-megapixel camera tops out at just [...]
Text messaging is one of the most common smartphone activities out there. Given the prevalence of our phones and the integral role they play in our lives, it’s not surprising that we text message in a number of places where phone calls are not only frowned on, but might be cause for removal. Tatango, a provider of SMS services, [...]
A few days ago, we were treated to images of the HTC Rezound, a device that’s been known by many leaked, speculated, and code names in the past. Now, we are seeing an extended battery cover that extends the topographic back cover design–a design philosophy that has been borrowed from the HTC Droid Incredible and [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
Last year Toshiba waded into the Android tablet market with the Thrive, a 10.1-inch slate that served as the company’s response to what they deemed missing in the then current crop. Thus, it had several full-size ports, a rugged-ish exterior, and a thick chassis to accommodate both. Though a decent tablet, the Thrive didn’t generate [...]
Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
As exciting as it has been to talk, postulate, and speculate about the Galaxy S III’s hardware and specs before the third-generation Galaxy flagship smartphone was announced on May 3rd in London, once the device was announced one thing became apparent: Samsung is now a software company. That doesn’t mean that Samsung is shying away [...]
Google Search App iPhone and iPad Update Looks Beautiful (Video)
Google just delivered a beautiful update to the company’s Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad The Google Search app for iPhone and iPad replaced Safari as my browser of choice, earning a spot in the iPhone and iPad dock. It’s faster and offers a beautiful new full screen image search which looks awesome on the [...]
Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
Ballistic Tough Jacket iPad Case Review: Serious Protection at a Bargain
Ballistic Cases compete with companies like Otterbox to offer more protection than a typical iPad case. The Ballistic Tough Jacket iPad Case for the New iPad and iPad 2 shields your iPad from accidents at a a better price than Otterbox. The Ballistic Tough Jacket uses three layers of shielding on the back, extra absorption on [...]
