If you plan on watching movies on the go with your iPhone 4S you’ll want to find out which carrier has the best wireless data performance in your neck of the woods. Streaming movies from popular apps on the iPhone 4S can range from crystal clear to downright unwatchable on different networks at the same [...]
The Motorola Droid Bionic has had a pretty difficult life. First, it was delayed well beyond its anticipated release date. Then, when it launched, it was backed by an atrocious advertising campaign and a price tag that priced out tons of people hoping to make the upgrade. Then, we learned that owners were plagued by [...]
Browsing on any smartphone is still a mixed experience. Yes, it is great to have access to the entire world of information on your mobile device, but even as we close out 2011, mobile browsing still sucks. Android, iPhone and Windows Mobile devices aren’t to blame. Though each have their own shortcomings, the problem lies on the [...]
Today just so happens to be October 20th and that means that Verizon has officially lit up around 20 new markets across the United States with its blazing fast 4G LTE service. If you live in one of these cities, just know that the timing could not have been more impeccable if you’ve been looking [...]
According to InfoWorld, research conducted by Enterprise Management Associates reveals that 30% of BlackBerry users working for companies that employ 10,000 or more people plan to ditch the phones sometime in the next year. That’s a significant chunk of the core base heading for iPhone, Android, or (Gozer help them) Windows Mobile. It will put [...]
Yesterday we learned a couple of new details about Google’s latest mobile operating system, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. First off, Android chief Andy Rubin revealed that it would start rolling out to devices not called the Galaxy Nexus a few weeks after that device’s launch. Then, shortly after that, we learned that the Nexus [...]
Siri is a personal assistant app for the iPhone 4S that can respond to a number of commands. Aside from asking Siri what the weather is, you can have Siri send text messages to others. This is one of my primary uses for Siri so far, but as I learned this past weekend, it can [...]
In yet another potential entry in the “Big Book of Dumb Things Steve Ballmer Said”, the CEO of Microsoft took a potshot at Android claiming you need to be a computer scientist to use it. Definitely sounds dumb, yet recent examples indicate there may be a kernel of truth to that.
Are you frustrated with the pitiful apps included with your Android smartphone when you bring it home from Verizon or AT&T? Too often we see great phones saddled with bloatware or as our own Sumocat calls it CRAPPS. These apps are limited trial versions or memory using apps that cannot be un-installed without rooting your [...]
When Motorola first unveiled their new MotoACTV device the other day, my first thought was: oh look, an Android iPod nano. Finally. I’ve long felt that Android device manufacturers needed to get more on creating iPod rivals. (By the way, Samsung, hurry up with that Galaxy Player.) Not only did Motorola step up in creating [...]
As soon as the iPhone 4S was announced, I started hearing the question, “When will there be an iPhone 4S jailbreak?” Forgetting the fact that the first rule of iPhone jailbreaking is to never ask when, we’ve been doing our best to follow the jailbreaking efforts of iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S. iOS 5 is [...]
One of the things we were disappointed over when the iPhone launched was lack of carrier choice outside of the big, national players. It’s great that Sprint got to join in on the fun, but more options are better. Now a local carrier gets to play, too. C Spire will get the iPhone 4S sometime [...]
Dear Andy Rubin, Was there really a need for you to join the ranks of people who didn’t take the iPhone seriously? Because your comments at AsiaD make it sound like you are about to side with folks like RIM’s CEO and Steve Ballmer by saying silly things about what people do and don’t want. [...]
Just received a tip from Giacomo at il Tablet PC Italico that Dell will launch a new Windows 7 slate next month, dubbed the Latitude ST. He’s not at liberty to share specs, but previous leaks have us covered on that. Maybe.
Is Google’s Andy Rubin off the reservation, speaking the truth, or just dealing with jet lag? At the AsiaD conference that is coinciding with the announcement of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and the Galaxy Nexus phone, Rubin is making some statements that make it sound like: Google is on the defensive Google is struggling [...]
E-book retailer Kobo has launched its own Android tablet that’s geared towards readers of digital books called Vox. The Vox tablet will run on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and will be priced at the same $200 price point that Amazon is targeting its Kindle Fire tablet, and both tablets are similar enough with 7-inch displays, 1024 [...]
The website for T-Mobile USA is now listing the HTC Radar 4G and the LG DoublePlay smartphones as coming soon, with the former running Windows Phone 7 Mango while the latter is sporting the Android operating system. The HTC Radar 4G will join the HTC HD7 on T-Mobile’s Windows Phone lineup, and the Radar will [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Phone portal is now filled with pictures of the next-generation Mango smartphones for AT&T. The U.S. carrier had announced that it will be supporting three new Mango smartphones in its lineup, though release date and pricing were not unveiled, which will include the HTC Titan, the Samsung Focus S, and the Samsung Focus [...]
Though Google and Samsung did not formally announce at the Galaxy Nexus’ unveiling alongside the debut of Ice Cream Sandwich which carriers the device will be coming to, the signup page for the smartphone hints that it is coming to seven U.S. carriers with the big four national carriers all included this round. In the [...]
While Google and Microsoft may be forging their own individual technology empires, the two companies share the same sentiment on stage at the AsiaD conference by saying that people should not be talking to their phones, alluding to rival Apple’s Siri feature that brings a digital personal assistant to the newly available iPhone 4S. While [...]
The iPhone 4S is the best iPhone money can buy, but it can’t keep up with the latest Android phones that run on speedy 4G networks. You may want to look beyond the iPhone 4S if uploading, downloading and streaming content as quickly as possible is your top priority. Apple’s iPhone 4S runs on AT&T’s, [...]
In addition to showing off the Transformer Prime tablet with a quad-core CPU and Android Ice Cream Sandwich onboard, Asus head Jonney Shih also took time to confirm that the Padfone will be coming to market by the end of the year. The Padfone was unveiled earlier this year and introduced a new hardware concept [...]
At the AsiaD conference, Asus head Jonney Shih finally fessed up about the company’s next generation Asus Eee Pad Transformer successor, in which Shih calls the Transformer Prime. The device, like the Google smartphone called the Galaxy Nexus by Samsung, will run on the next-generation Android Ice Cream Sandwich platform, which will be the first [...]
The various versions of the iPhone 4S might all look the same, but wireless data speeds can vary greatly depending on which carrier you choose. We’re putting the iPhone 4S to the test on the AT&T, Sprint and Verizon 3G networks. To test the iPhone 4S on these three networks, we’ll be running several tests [...]
A few days ago I wrote about how HTC and Verizon were preparing to bring back the HTC ThunderBolt Gingerbread update from the dead. And while I knew that the news would please quite a few owners of Verizon’s first 4G LTE smartphone, I also knew that would open up old wounds. Wounds that will [...]
Did you know that with Siri you can make a voice activated call from an iPhone 4S that has been passcode locked? It’s not an oversight on the part of Apple. It’s just their choice to turn the feature on by default. Some think it should be off by default and require the user to [...]
Verizon has routinely released new commercials for its 4G LTE network and I’ve made a routine of picking all of them apart. In a word, they were terrible. They weren’t funny, they didn’t explain anything to the average consumer and they didn’t sit well with a dork like me. However, I’m the type of person [...]
For all of you out there that have been hoping and praying that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus isn’t a Verizon exclusive, it looks like your prayers may just have been answered. No, not by a U.S. carrier but by Samsung’s Facebook page which has revealed that while Verizon will be the exclusive launch partner of [...]
Earlier today, we told you that Andy Rubin had stated very plainly that the newly announced – and detailed – Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich would be headed to devices other than the Samsung Galaxy Nexus “a couple of weeks” after the launch of Samsung’s latest smartphone. However, what Rubin wasn’t clear on was what [...]
It has been a fairly long wait for those of you with an Android Honeycomb tablet hoping to get your Netflix on but the day has finally arrived as Netflix has announced that its app has been updated to include tablets running Android 3.x. In addition, the app is now finally available to those of [...]
Just a short time ago, we learned that the LTE version (read: Verizon) of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Nexus would be slightly thicker than the HSPA model. By how much? We’re still not entirely sure but a photo of Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus model has surfaced in images used in last night’s presentation giving us a [...]
It looks like the iTunes Match service might be getting closer to launch. AppAdvice noticed that the button magically appeared in the iOS 5 Music Apps settings today. Sure enough it appears in mine as well. iTunes Match is designed to let you have music you did not purchase through iTunes available through Apple’s iCloud [...]
Yesterday, we finally got our first official glimpse at the phone that many of you have been waiting patiently for, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. And many of you probably loved how it looked. Problem is, the phone that Samsung and Google were showing off was the HSPA version and not the LTE version that will [...]
Yesterday, there were three big announcements. Two of those came in the form of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich at an event in Hong Kong and the other was Motorola’s new 4G LTE device, the Motorola Droid RAZR. And while the Galaxy Nexus will be arriving with Android 4.0 on [...]
Have you been waiting for another edition to Sprint’s EVO family of devices? If you have, today is your lucky day because the carrier has announced a new smartphone called the HTC EVO Design 4G that will be the first EVO to feature world phone capabilities. It’s going to cost a mere $100 and it [...]
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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 [...]
