Last night, Google took the wraps off its latest mobile operating system, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. And while we know that it will be launching on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus at some point in November, many of you current Android device owners have probably been wondering when your device might be seeing the update [...]
The last we heard from Asus and its upcoming Eee Pad Transformer 2, it was about its release date possibly being November 7th. It’s now October 19th, so if that’s true, you would think that Asus would be doing some things to generate some publicity. Well, that’s exactly what the company has done today, releasing [...]
Today begins day three without my once trusty and dependable Charter Internet connection. When online, it’s fast, considering we live in a rural setting. Monday the sync light starting blinking at me, taunting me. A blinking sync light means your modem can’t get a connection to the service provider. What To Do If Internet Goes [...]
Last night Google took the wraps off of the next version of Android which we have all known as Ice Cream Sandwich and now is officially christened Android 4.0. There are some exciting things under the hood with Android 4.0, at least as shown for the smartphone, specifically the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. But a big [...]
The popular Dolphin Browser got Android just for a major upgrade today that takes your favorite browser to the cloud. The Dolphin Browser is a replacement for your standard Android browser that allows you to customize gestures, change your browser from mobile to desktop so that you can get your full browsing experience when you [...]
Apple (AAPL) closed a final chapter in company history, announcing the results for the Apple’s fourth quarter, the final quarter under Steve Jobs’ leadership. While Wall Street is disappointed with lower than expected iPhone sales, the company moved a lot of iPads and Macs in the quarter ending September 30th. The iPhone sales for last [...]
The Galaxy Nexus wasn’t the only thing announced at Google and Samsung’s event in Hong Kong. Google also unveiled the highly anticipated Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system that will be shipping on the Galaxy Nexus and went over quite a few features including Android Beam, facial recognition software, a vastly improved task manager, [...]
The day that many of you have waited months for has finally arrived and Samsung has made the Samsung Galaxy Nexus official. Everything is as we expected it to be and luckily, that’s a very good thing. The Galaxy Nexus is an absolute beast and it will be the first 4G LTE phone with a [...]
Today Motorola announced their MotoCast service which they tout as a “personal cloud.” Instead of storing your music, photos, and videos on a server somewhere, you connect your phone to a computer (or many) and stream content directly from there. No intermediary sync necessary. You can debate whether this is as useful as cloud storage, [...]
One of the features Motorola included in the new Droid RAZR is a utility called Smart Actions. This app will perform a wide variety of tasks based on specific triggers that range from being in a certain location to the time of day. This idea isn’t new — there are already a few apps on [...]
First, it leaked out on Samsung’s website for the world to see. And now, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has has surfaced in a lengthy hands-on video that is over five minutes in length giving us another good look at the device that Sammy and Google will make official tonight at an event taking place in [...]
If you configured Photo Stream for iCloud on your Mac or Windows PC the way we showed you how, you might want to tweak something – automatic upload. This feature takes any picture that you add to iPhoto or Aperture and automatically sends it to iCloud. This will help you sync your photos between two [...]
We’re just a few short hours away from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus announcement in Hong Kong but it looks like we have a glimpse at the Galaxy Nexus, in official form, early. If you head over to Samsung’s website right this moment and type ‘Galaxy Nexus’ into the search bar, you’ll be taken to what [...]
A few days ago, Apple launched the iPhone 4S to much fanfare. The carrier has already sold millions of new iPhone 4S’ but we just get the feeling that there are those that decided to hold out to see what Motorola and Samsung had up their sleeves on October 18th, today. Well, Motorola’s announcement has [...]
Now that Motorola’s Droid RAZR and MOTOACTV announcements have come and gone, we can now turn our attention towards tonight’s main event which of course is Google and Samsung’s joint event where we’ll finally get a glimpse at Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as well as the the next Nexus device, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. [...]
Let’s hope this comes to be. Veermata Jijabai a student at the Technological Institute in Mumbai, India is working on an Android App that would allow the visually impaired to type on their device touch screens. BrailleType uses the Braille alphabet, but he’s also working on adding symbols for white space, space, backspace, etc… . [...]
We’ve been at Motorola’s event in New York City getting our hands dirty with the company’s new products so let’s start with the big announcement, the Motorola Droid RAZR. The Droid RAZR was the device that was rumored to be getting announced today at the event and Moto delivered announcing the 4G LTE smartphone, a [...]
Cult of Mac is passing on the rumor again that a 7″ iPad is being worked on. A 7″ iPad with a retina display is my dream tablet. Right now the Nook Color can’t display a magazine or a comic book for me without squinting like crazy. The display is limited to being being a [...]
One of the burning questions we had following the Motorola Droid RAZR announcement was whether or not the phone’s bootloader would be locked when it arrives in November, possibly on November 10th. Many of you I’m sure had been hoping for some good news in this arena but unfortunately, I have to break the bad [...]
Well now. Today has been one of those days at the office. We had a major internal communications foul up (not technology related, but human related) that has left me with a bucket load of biological waste to clean up. So much for excrement rolling down hill. Anyway, it was one of those foul-ups on [...]
Just a short time ago, Motorola announced the upcoming Motorola Droid RAZR, a 4G LTE smartphone that will, at least for the time being, be able to claim the title as thinnest smartphone in the world. It’s a mere 7.1mm thin. Incredible if you think about how clunky the previous 4G LTE releases have been. [...]
In addition to the Droid RAZR, Motorola also announced the MOTOACTV which is a fitness device that is a fitness tracker and MP3 player all packed into one. The MOTOACTV is actually a pretty neat looking device, almost like something out of a Dick Tracy comic, and it has a bunch of features that you [...]
The wait is finally over for one of the major Android devices that was expected to launch today as Motorola took the stage and announced its latest 4G LTE smartphone, the Motorola Droid RAZR. This comes shortly after Motorola set up a teaser page for the device and accidentally leaked out the phone enabling the [...]
The HP TouchPad and webOS is certainly going to be one of the stories of the year in mobile tech. The big push and then the big quick stop and then the let’s make a few more is certainly one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen. But, for those who still have a TouchPad, [...]
If you’re into surprises, and you’re especially into the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Nexus, you probably want to close your browser right now because the specifications of the device have been confirmed ahead of today’s announcement. It appears Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has jumped the gun early and spilled the beans on the Galaxy Nexus confirming [...]
The new iCloud replaces MobileMe, Apple’s previous tool for syncing personal information data like email, contacts and calendars. While I would recommend using something more feature-rich like Google Apps, which has all three and adds Google Docs and much more, you still might want to use the new iCloud feature to have a second copy [...]
The iPhone 4S already has pretty good battery life, but if you plan to use it heavily, or to take it on vacation, you’ll want to know how to squeeze every last bit of power out of the iPhone. Here is a collection of ways you can extend the life of your iPhone, without sacrificing [...]
Microsoft Research might need to be a little careful with its naming and branding of some of its projects and technology. Designed to allow users to control their mobile devices while they remain in their pockets, this technology, PocketTouch, can track gestures using Microsoft’s digital Ink handwriting recognition system and preset gestures. The full name [...]
In a new milestone, Samsung has announced that it has sold 30 million Galaxy S smartphones, which includes 10 million Galaxy S II smartphones and 20 million Galaxy S variants. While attention has been focused on the new Galaxy S II devices recently, Samsung’s Galaxy S I isn’t perishing anytime soon with new variants still [...]
Sprint was showing off the LG Marquee, the carrier’s variant of the LG Optimus Black, at the Sprint Lounge located at CTIA in San Diego last week. The LG Marquee, unlike many high profile releases on Sprint, is a slim smartphone that operates on the carrier’s 3G CDMA/EVDO network rather than the faster 4G WiMax [...]
In a bid to fend off legislation to regulate the wireless industry, the industry, represented by CTIA, is now self-imposing measures that would mitigate bill shock through overages and roaming charges. The CTIA and its partner carriers, which includes the four national carriers such as Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, will now send out alerts [...]
Kupa’s X11 tablet with Windows 7–and Windows 8 preview–was a surprise entry in San Diego at the CTIA trade show as it was surrounded by a number of Android tablets. That said, Kupa’s X11 runs on an Intel Atom processor and utilizes a fan design to aid with cooling. The device has a metal back [...]
We’re just a little ways away before Samsung and Google are speculated to release a new smartphone and debut the next-generation Android operating system known as Ice Cream Sandwich. With Ice Cream Sandwich being some hours away, there’s been speculation that the new OS will bring with it native photo editing features, and now we’re [...]
I met up with HTC last week in San Diego, California to take a look at the company’s next-generation HTC Titan, a Windows Phone 7 device that’s coming to the U.S. market to carrier AT&T pre-loaded with Mango and is a nice successor to the HTC HD7S. The Titan is–as is befitting of its name–a [...]
Last week at the CTIA fall show in San Diego, California, machine-to-machine, otherwise known as M2M, made a big splash as device vendors, manufacturers, carriers, and partners look forward to the future to envision a connected and inter-connected world beyond smartphones. At the LG booth, the smartphone manufacturer showed off some concepts for the connected [...]
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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 [...]
