One of the nice things about the Galaxy Nexus is the ability to unlock the bootloader and install custom ROMS and modifications. I showed you how to unlock the Galaxy Nexus already, but I found a much easier method for unlocking and rooting the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon. Read: Galaxy Nexus Review This guide will [...]
The Milwaukee County Zoo’s three orangutans love playing with the iPad, according to the LA Times technology blog. Earlier this year one of the zoo’s gorilla keepers posted that she wanted iPads for the gorillas to play with. Though she was joking, the zoo received the tablets all the same. But the gorillas weren’t having [...]
Pantech is rumored to be making a tablet for U.S. carrier AT&T, and that tablet is now pegged for an early 2012 launch. Neither companies had made any announcements about the tablet, but a Korean website is now saying that the slate is due with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and 4G LTE network connectivity, [...]
Verizon is already starting to slash the price of its recently released 4G LTE Motorola Xyboard tablets, which are available in 8.9- and 10.1-inch variants. The discount of $50 applies only to those who are willing to sign up for a contract for a two-year data plan on the two slates. Those wishing to pay [...]
comScore just released their November 2011 report on mobile subscribers. The data is mostly unchanged from August’s numbers, though there are interesting tidbits. For example, Apple gained ground in the Top Mobile OEM category, a measurement of which companies sell the most actual phones. From August to November Apple went from 9.8% to 11.2% marketshare, [...]
If you are jealous of the face unlocking fun being had by Galaxy Nexus owners, and want to use your face to unlock your iPhone, you might just be in luck. A new Apple patent shows that the company is working on using the iPhone’s camera to unlock your device without the need for a [...]
One expert believes that Apple could stand to profit $10 for every Android device sold if the company ended its legal war over Google and the Android franchise and started to work on licensing agreements like what competitor Microsoft had done. 3LP Advisors LLC manager partner Kevin Rivette revealed the figure to Bloomberg. Rivette pegs [...]
In a statement saying that it has shipped over 1 million units of the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note smartphone-tablet hybrid form factor device, Samsung confirms that the device will be arriving in the U.S. in 2012. Despite confirmation of a U.S. arrival, Samsung has not given specifics as to what carrier the Galaxy Note will arrive [...]
Handset insurance provider Asurion, which partners with most U.S. cellular carriers to offer insurance on smartphones and devices, now lists the BlackBerry Torch 10000 model on its website alongside Apple’s iPhone 5. As the iPhone 5 is rumored to be launching in Fall 2012, the BlackBerry Torch 10000 model may not be launched for a [...]
It appears that Acer will be giving its 10.1-inch Iconia Tab A500 a big bump in specs with the Iconia Tab A700, seen as a successor to the more budget-friendly A500. The Iconia Tab A700 will not only get a bump to NVIDIA’s quad-core Tegra 3 processor, up from the NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 dual-core CPU, [...]
Didn’t get the gift of smartphone that you wanted for the holidays? Well, you can gift yourself the gift of gab as Radio Shack has extended its iPhone promotion by offering a $30 discount on all iPhone models. The promotion now runs through December 31. The discount brings the price of the 8 GB iPhone [...]
Following on rumors of LTE-capable HTC Radiant and Samsung Mandel models running Windows Phone in 2012, we’re also now hearing about Nokia’s LTE plans with its Nokia Ace smartphone, a device that may be released as the high-end Nokia Lumia 900 in the U.S. According to Paul Thurrot, official LTE plans may be unveiled at [...]
HTC has revised its official HTC Bootloader Unlock tool to make it compatible with a number of older devices in addition to any device released after September 2011. In addition to being compatible with the recently released HTC Rezound for Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network, it is also compatible with the 3G-only HTC Droid Incredible [...]
Set back by a number of recent 4G LTE outages that is marring Verizon Wireless’ reputation as ‘America’s Most Reliable Network’–per the company’s previous marketing campaigns surrounding its 3G network–the carrier has finally gone on record to explain what is happening, what it is doing to prevent the problems in the future, and what it’s [...]
The current crop of smartphones running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system still lacks fast 4G LTE mobile broadband support, limiting these devices either to 3G CDMA or 4G HSPA+ protocol for GSM devices. Fortunately, though, it seems that both Microsoft and hardware partners are pushing for 4G support on Windows Phone, and both HTC [...]
The 60beat GamePad connects to your iPad or other iOS device so you can control your games with a physical game pad instead of the mostly horrible onscreen controls of iOS games. It only works with a limited selection of compatible games, but hopefully the list will grow if this thing takes off. I played [...]
Kindle Personal Document Sync allows users to send personal documents, like Word Docs and PDFs to their Kindle Fire. You can read the documents and add highlights and notes just like a book. Now, you would expect to be able to sync those notes and highlights to the cloud… just as you can right now [...]
If you live in a snowy area like I do, you know how annoying it can be to spend an extra 15 minutes shoveling and clearing snow off car in the morning, especially if you didn’t wake up early. Sure, you can set the alarm early and get up to see if it snowed, but the weatherman is wrong [...]
If you want to connect your Galaxy Nexus to your Mac to transfer pictures, backup files or transfer apps to your phone, you’ll need a free utility to make the phone show up on your Mac. Because there is no SD card, the Galaxy Nexus doesn’t show up like earlier Gingerbread phones did. The good [...]
Did you go on Twitter to complain about the lack of iPhone or iPad or Air Jordans or car or whatever you didn’t get? Then you might be in this song. (A highly NSFW song.) Twitter user Jon Hendren apparently had a good old time on Christmas day retweeting the anguished cries of spoiled jerks [...]
Here on GBM we spend a lot of time talking about small, mobile computing devices, but they usually take the form of tablets and smartphones and the like and occasionally laptops. But there are other types of small computers as well. The kind that act like their larger counterparts but still fit in the palm [...]
If you need to trade in your Galaxy Nexus or need to get a fresh start, you will need to hard reset your phone. Resetting the Galaxy Nexus is simple and straightforward, but you will want to make sure you have backed up all of your content. Read: Galaxy Nexus Review Because there is no [...]
Social sharing has become a bigger thing than I ever imagined it would. Folks love to ‘tweet,’ ‘Facebook,’ ‘check-in,’ and share their experiences in a myriad of ways across the web using mobile devices. Businesses also are increasingly relying on this as a way to push some publicity by getting their followers to ‘like’ fan [...]
Ain’t no party like an iPad rumor party, because an iPad rumor party don’t stop. Am I right? Digitimes has once again called on anonymous sources who have a very interesting story to tell: Apple will announce new iPads on January 26th at iWorld, which is part of MacWorld. The new tablets will have 2048 [...]
Verizon’s 4G LTE network was down yesterday, for the third time this month. These increasingly common network outages have left 4G LTE smartphone users stranded without any data connectivity on their high-end smartphones. For business users, this means lost money and lost productivity. For the average user, this means no Facebook, no email and no [...]
If you got a new Kindle for the holidays, chances are it came with Amazon’s Special Offers, which are ads that appear on the screen when the device is sleeping. The only Kindle product that doesn’t have a Special Offers component is the Kindle Fire. But if you have a new Kindle Touch, Kindle Keyboard, [...]
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Your iPhone isn’t trying to give you cancer, at least not this week, but it might be hurting your eyes, mangling your posture, depriving you of sleep, hurting your hearing and stealing your attention – all of which could combine to kill you off before your next smartphone upgrade. These hazardous effects of smarpthone usage aren’t limited [...]
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I have to admit right off the bat that I have steered clear of adding custom ROMs to my phones for most of my smartphone life. Back when I was a long time Microsoft MVP, the modding phones and Pocket PCs was kind of a grey area and it was just better for me to leave [...]
Beginning January 15, Verizon Wireless will begin charging customers a $2 convenience fees to their bill if they opt to pay their bills online or via phone. Not all is bad news, however, as there are still ways to avoid the $2 charge each month. Customers paying by electronic check, or ACH transfer, will have [...]
A leaked sample image was said to have been taken with the camera from Samsung’s un-announced and un-released third-generation flagship Galaxy S III smartphone. The phone has seen a number of speculations in recent weeks, and the device is believed to be coming this Spring to succeed Samsung’s popular Galaxy S II smartphone. The EXIF meta-tag [...]
Sprint’s white Galaxy S II smartphone variant has now been given a release date of January 8 according to a leak. A leaked carrier screenshot of the launch promotion reveals the launch date and that the white variation will essentially be the same as the black Epic 4G Touch that has been available for sometime [...]
Intel’s reference tablet with the company’s Atom-based Medfield processor clocked at 1.6 GHz was captured in photos. The tablet had been previously displayed at the Intel Developer Forum earlier this year, but the Medfield version of the slate was heavily guarded and kept behind glass. Now, it appears that someone has been able to obtain [...]
After initially saying that the original Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab 7 would not be given an upgrade path to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Samsung had subsequently backtracked on its comments and said that it was still evaluating the possibility. Now, despite Samsung’s efforts, it seems that the company’s first generation flagship smartphone and [...]
The often leaked and rumored Motorola Droid 4, successor to the Droid 3 and the original Motorola Droid, was speculated to have been launched on December 22, but the device was mysteriously delayed by Verizon. Following a series of brief appearances on Verizon’s DroidDoes.com website, the device in recent weeks, the device appeared to be [...]
A strike at LG’s Nanjing, China LCD factory involving 8,000 workers may have potential impact on the mobile market, which is consuming higher resolution displays for tablets and smartphones. The company had failed to reach a resolution with its Chinese workers, who are demanding equal benefits to their counterparts in South Korea, including better pay [...]
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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 [...]
