What you are looking at here may or may not be one of RIM’s first QNX smartphones, a device that is thought to be called the BlackBerry “London”. We say might because the device is still unconfirmed to be the real deal. The device supposedly will be making its debut in June of 2012 and [...]
It’s pretty clear that we are big fans of Evernote around here, and I have personally been using it for over two years to make sure I don’t forget ideas, dreams, cool gadgets I want and much more. I’ve been using the free version of Evernote, but today I couldn’t resist and bought Evernote Premium, [...]
Over the weekend, I got an abnormal amount of email. Seriously, it was enough to sink a battleship. So, why so much mail? Well, Verizon has decided to release three intriguing smartphones right at the end of 2011. Two of them, the HTC Rezound and Motorola Droid RAZR, are already out. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus [...]
With Verizon rapidly expanding its next-generation 4G LTE network, carriers like AT&T are going to have to play catch up. And on November 20th, AT&T’s 4G LTE network is going to be taking another step in the right direction as the carrier has announced that it’s going to be expanding to 6 new markets later [...]
If you want to succeed on Black Friday, you need to be prepared. We’ll be sharing tips and best picks for Black Friday 2011 over the next week, but wanted to make sure that you have the essential apps at hand to get the best deals and avoid long lines. Black Friday is November 25th, [...]
The Ford Evos is making its North American debut at CES 2012 next year. Ford’s concept car is a technology showcase that goes far beyond giving driving directions or pairing with your mobile phone. The Evos integrates driving performance with cloud computing and social networking. Ford already offers autos loaded with Sync and is in [...]
By the time your kid reaches the tween stage, toys start to give way to actual gadgets on the wish list. While you’re probably not ready to break out the cash for expensive technology, there are some great devices that will keep your tween entertained and help you teach them about tech responsibility. Of course, [...]
While some of you are still trying to decide whether to pick up a Kindle Fire from Amazon, a Nook Tablet from Barnes and Noble or something else entirely, Amazon has let those that have made the the Kindle Fire their final decision know that their pre-orders have begun to ship a day earlier than [...]
So, after downloading iTunes 10.5.1, which was just released, and installing it, I went to subscribe to the iTunes Match service. This is what appears on my screen telling me that Apple isn’t taking new subscriptions at present and asks potential customers to check back in an hour. Not sure if this will change soon [...]
One of the remaining mysteries surrounding Verizon’s version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is how big the device’s battery is going to be. We had thought that it was going to include the same 1750mAh battery found in the European version of the device that’s launching on November 17th but there is now evidence that [...]
According to Apple’s website, Apple’s iTunes Match is now available to the public. Originally scheduled for last month, Apple’s cloud music service takes the music you own and compares it to Apple’s catalog. If you own it, you can then stream any of that music to your devices registered with that iCloud ID. If you’ve [...]
For those of you that were waiting for HTC’s next big 4G LTE smartphone, you’ll be happy to know that you can head to Verizon’s online store and pick that phone up. The name of it of course is the HTC Rezound and it’s the company’s follow-up to its original LTE release on Verizon, the [...]
According to a report from Commercial Times, HTC will unveil a quad-core tablet at the Mobile World Congress in February and the device will go on sale at some point before the third quarter of 2012. While details are still very murky, the tablet will apparently have NVIDIA’s new Tegra 3 quad-core processor under the [...]
Pogoplug added a new feature to their collection of devices and software used to let you create your own personal cloud of storage and streaming. In addition to the Pogoplug device, Pogoplug Mobile and the Pogoplug Desktop software, today the company added cloud-based backup, storage and streaming. To catch you up, Pogoplug’s devices and software [...]
As I mentioned in my previous post, I took the Droid RAZR out this weekend and used it as my primary camera to really push its limits. On the photo side the results weren’t so great. But this smartphone boasts 1080p HD video capture–just like the iPhone 4S. How good is it? I’ve recorded five [...]
The iPhone 4S jailbreak is on the way, and while many of us are excited about the ability to customize and do more with the iPhone 4S, there are a number of reasons you shouldn’t jailbreak your new iPhone. Jailbreaking refers to unlocking areas of your iPhone that Apple has locked down, so that you can customize the experience, [...]
It looks like the stylus and Kickstarter are an interesting match. We’ve seen the Cosmonaut launched on Kickstarter before. And now there’s a new stylus seeking funding called the Estylo 1.1. What’s different here is that the Estylo 1.1 is made of wood. Made by Plai, the wooden stylus works with capacitive touch screens. There [...]
The Motorola Droid RAZR boasts an 8MP rear-facing camera just like the iPhone 4S. However, as commenters here are fond of pointing out, the megapixel count is not the sole determining factor of a camera’s quality, especially on a smartphone. I’ve seen some 1.3MP cameras take surprisingly decent pictures and some 12MP cameras I wouldn’t [...]
If you have been meaning to purchase AppleCare+, the new warranty and accidental damage protection plan from Apple, for your preordered iPhone 4S, you better get to it. Today, November 14th, is the last day you can add the plan to your iPhone 4S if you didn’t purchase the warranty when you bought your iPhone [...]
This doesn’t come as much of a shock to me, but it’s still quite amazing. How much of the iOS dominance in this category is a result of iOS being the easiest mobile OS to share screenshots from your phone? One of the biggest complaints I have about Windows Phone 7 and Android as a [...]
SIM card format developer Giesecke & Devrient is proposing new specifications for a new SIM format called the nano-SIM, which will be 30 percent smaller than today’s micro-SIM and 60 percent smaller than mini-SIM. The micro-SIM is being increasingly adopted by various smartphone-makers and is appearing on devices such as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 on [...]
Slim is definitely in with the Motorola Droid RAZR for the U.S. market, but our friends from across the Pacific will be getting their own variants launching soon that will come with beefier specs. The models made for the Chinese market won’t work outside of China as they will come with specialized phone radios for [...]
Announced in New York City six weeks ago, Amazon’s debut Google Android tablet is the company’s first foray into the tablet market, and the Internet giant made a splash with an innovative UI, attractive price that undercuts competitors, and a breadth of content thanks to a diverse ecosystem that takes aim squarely at Apple’s iPad. [...]
According to Notion Ink, Google may be making the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich source code available come November 17. The company has had an accurate prediction for Google’s roadmap, having accurately predicted that the OMAP chipset from Texas Instruments would be coupled to Ice Cream Sandwich as a reference platform and predicting the launch [...]
Come this November 22nd, Canadian carrier Bell will be launching the Optimus LTE, the most full-featured and powerful smartphone from LG to launch according to a leaked advertisement. The Android smartphone will support 4G LTE speeds alongside a high resolution 720p HD display that measures 4.5 inches diagonally. As the Optimus LTE will not be utilizing [...]
The reviews of the Kindle Fire start trickling out tonight and that reminded about my wife’s Christmas present, the Nook Tablet. Earlier today, I read a nice article by a friend of mine, Kevin Tofel over at GigaOM asking the same question. Kevin chose the Kindle Fire for pretty much the same reasons I chose [...]
In a twist of colors, the day after Thanksgiving, otherwise known as Black Friday, will see the launch of the white Samsung Stratosphere, a mid-range 4G LTE Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless at retailer Best Buy. The Stratosphere is the first–and thus far the only–Android smartphone on Verizon’s 4G network with a physical sliding keyboard. [...]
Take a walk through the mall, or sit in your Doctors office this year and you’ll likely meet a barrage of ringing, beeping and crooning from custom ringtone. Over the past two years smartphone use has exploded, allowing users to use any song or clip as their ringtone, but despite the ease of DIY, the ringtone business [...]
Over the next couple of weeks, I am going to share my adventures of transitioning from being an Android user to a Windows Phone user. This is going to be somewhat interesting considering that I was a Windows Mobile fan boy for so long. When Windows Mobile 6.5 dropped, I was so underwhelmed with how [...]
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That’s right, if you are one of the few people in the US that don’t already have a contract or lucky enough to have an expired contract, you can get what I BELIEVE is one of the top 5 smartphones on the market right now. You can grab the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II for NINETY [...]
Devin Coldewey at TechCrunch has penned an interesting article entitled In Defense of the Stylus. It’s a nice history lesson in this age where the stylus is constantly derided, and worth a read for that point. I happen to agree with his conclusion. A stylus, like the wheel and the wedge is something that has [...]
If you love cars, the Road Inc. iPad app may be the best $10 you spend on the iPad app store. I spent the past few days drooling over beautiful images of the Ford Mustang GT390, the Bugatti Veron 16.4, Ferrari 250 GTO and many more cars in the recently announced iPad app. Road Inc. [...]
We know that quite a few of you have been thinking about picking up a Samsung Galaxy Nexus whether it’s on Verizon or another carrier. Well, if you’re one of those people, you’ll be happy to know that Google is going to be giving away 10 Galaxy Nexus devices over the next 10 days. There [...]
Amazon is currently offering a limited time promotion on smartphones that have mobile hotspot support for both new customers and those that wish to upgrade. If you buy one of Amazon’s mobile hotspot ready smartphones, a list that includes the Motorola Droid RAZR which just came out today and the Motorola Droid Bionic, the retailer [...]
Just a couple of days after we saw accessories for Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus arrive at Big Red’s retail stores, the device’s battery cover has appeared on Samsung’s website showing off its 4G LTE, Samsung and Verizon logos. If you recall, we saw a press image awhile back that seemed to indicate that Verizon’s Galaxy [...]
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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 [...]
