Verizon Wireless is preparing a software update for its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet made by Samsung with embedded 4G LTE wireless broadband. The update is expected to hit at any time now and will bring a number of enhancements to the lightweight slate along with Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz user interface overlay on top of the [...]
Yes. This is not a typo, 3.7 Million. According to Andy Rubin on Twitter, there were 3.7 million Android devices on December 24th and 25th. This is 1st time activations too, it does not include factory data resets and upgrades. If it did, I would have contributed a couple to that total while I was [...]
The iPhone 4S is one of the best smartphones of the year, and for the first time it is going up against an incredibly capable phone — the Galaxy Nexus. The iPhone 4S didn’t bring a radical design change, but thanks to many improvements in hardware, a new version of iOS and a thriving ecosystem, [...]
The Cregle iPen turns your iPad into an active digitizing stylus, thanks to the pen and a dock connecting receiver. The company claims it is the “first active digitizer stylus” for the iPad. As The Verge notes, others have already tried this. The marketing prowess of Kickstarter might make Cregle’s the first one to actually [...]
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We just received a flurry of tips from people with Verizon 4G LTE devices who say that the network is down once again. It would appear that 4G data has gone down and some people are having problems accessing 3G service as well. This would be the third time this month that Verizon’s next-generation network [...]
We know that the next two updates for Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform are codenamed Tango and Apollo, Apollo being the more substantial one of the two, but up until this week we didn’t have a clear view as to when they might be rolling out for device owners. Luckily, a leaked roadmap courtesy of WMPowerUser [...]
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Cell phones have come a long way since the first Motorola Dynatac hit the streets in 1982, eventually making its way to Zac Morris’ backpack, to the iPhone 4S and the Galaxy Nexus. Back in 1982, mobility was loosely defined as weighing 2 pounds, being a foot long and a battery capable of 1 hour of talk time. This [...]
Developers are now making it easy for users of previous-generation jailbroken iPhones to join in on the popular voice personal assistant Siri, a feature that has so far only been available to iPhone 4S owners. Jailbroken devices can now head on to the Cydia app store (jailbreak required) to download the Spire app developed by [...]
Apple was recently awarded a patent for hydrogen fuel technology on mobile devices. Thought the patent award gives Apple an early advantage and lead in the space, it’s unclear when and if this technology will make it into smaller mobile devices from Apple or other manufacturers, including the company’s MacBook Air and Pro line of [...]
Despite releasing relatively affordable Android tablets and smartphones on the market, like the Iconia Tab A500, Acer has not so far gained any momentum in the market, leading many to speculate that the company may be exiting the mobile market. However, that isn’t true, company founder Stan Shih fires back, saying that the company isn’t [...]
Meizu’s quad-core version of the company’s Meizu MX smartphone is expected to arrive in May 2012 this year. Not much else is known about the quad-core version of the Meizu MX smartphone at this time, though there is speculation that Samsung’s Exynos processor may be found in the quad-core iteration as the dual-core Exynos is [...]
A new Google TV app called Airtight will bring Airplay capabilities allowing your Apple phone to stream video to your Google TV set top box. The app, available on Google TV hardware via Android Market, will retail for $0.99. Right now, Airtight is still a bit rough and feels more like a beta than a [...]
Earlier this month, Intel had begun showing of prototype Android smartphones and tablets running on its Medfield processor, an Atom-based CPU, as the company hopes to take on ARM-based chipsets in the mobile space. Now, we’re hearing that the Medfield chip can hold its ground against dual-core ARM-based chips like NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 and Qualcomm’s [...]
By now, many people are familiar with smartphones, but despite the advancements made on our mobile cellular handsets, few of those innovations have made it back to the landline. Archos is hoping to change some of that as it readies the Archos 35 home smartphone, a cordless home handset that comes with a large touchscreen [...]
As many of you know, I’ve been the owner of Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus since launch. And on launch day, I gave you my first impressions and thoughts on the performance of the device. I concluded them by saying that the Galaxy Nexus was, at the time, everything that I wanted it to be. Well, [...]
The latest rumor out of Rumorville pertains to the oft-rumored, still mysterious Nokia Lumia 900, a device that has been pegged for a possible launch at CES. According to WMPowerUser, it would appear that Nokia will be launching the 4G LTE-enabled device on AT&T but not Verizon. This is something that we have heard in [...]
The Windows Phone Marketplace has hit a fairly big milestone today as AllAboutWindowsPhone is reporting that the app market has surpassed the 50,000 app mark today. It took Microsoft’s market just over a year to reach the 40,000 app mark and it took a mere 40 days for it to add the additional 10,000 applications [...]
Apple released the iPhone 4S back in October of this year and already there is talk about the next device. And while there have been reports already alluding to some possible features on the next iPhone, BGR has chimed in with a couple of new items today saying that the next iPhone will, in fact, [...]
Just recently, Samsung announced that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich would not be headed to the Galaxy S line of phones or the original Galaxy Tab. The reason? Sammy thought that the hardware on the devices wasn’t up to the task of handling the operating system. Since then, there has been an outpouring of cries [...]
The iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPad now have an untethered iS 5.0.1 jailbreak available for download. The new untethered Jailbreak works on the Apple A4 powered devices, but there is still no iPhone 4S jailbreak available. This new jailbreak is available as a simple update for those who are already jailbroken on iOS 5.0.1, but want [...]
DomeSkin protects your iPad, iPod, iPhone or Blackberry with style giving you more grip than a normal thin mobile device skin. Skins usually have more to do with showing off your personality than really offering much protection, but with DomeSkin you do get a little more for two reasons. First, the skin pads the device [...]
The best Android phones are arguably the Nexus devices which get special treatment from Google. These phones have the latest software, the best features and often the best looks. The Galaxy Nexus continues this tradition on Verizon’s fast 4G LTE network, bringing an HD display and Android 4.0 to the table. Read: Galaxy Nexus Review [...]
Huwei’s MediaPad 7-inch tablet, which is available with mobile 4G HSPA+ broadband service in the U.S. as the T-Mobile Springboard by Huawei, may be getting its own Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich official port soon. The tablet was released with a well-built unibody aluminum construction, Android 3.2 Honeycomb, and a high resolution 7-inch 1280 X [...]
A user-created hack called the HTC Super Tool allows HTC phone and tablet users to root and unlock their HTC-made Android handsets easily. The tool works on a variety of HTC devices currently. Though HTC had announced earlier this year that it would be opening up its devices to official unlocking following controversy about locked [...]
A new leak for what appears to be the singular hardware button on the front side of Apple’s iOS-powered iPad 3 tablet suggests that the third incarnation of the slate will retain a button design, rather than go without any buttons as was previously suggested by some speculations with an iPhone 5 model before the [...]
JXD is hoping to differentiate its 7-inch S7100 Android tablet running on Google’s Froyo build by adding hardware gaming controls for those who like to play games on a mobile tablet. Adding gaming controls would help gamers have easier control of their games and allow for finer manipulations; casual gamers will also have access to [...]
Despite recommendations by the National Transportation Safety Board to ban hands-free gadget usage in automobiles in the U.S., the Department of Transportation says that it will continue to allow for hands-free use. In the most recent years, a number of states have shifted policy that bans phones from being used for calls or texting unless [...]
At the T-Mobile USA press event unveiling the U.S. arrival of the Windows Phone-powered Lumia 710 on the carrier’s network, Nokia was showing off a 3-inch device sans any buttons. The device is described as a ‘pocket tablet’ that lacks any wireless mobile broadband connectivity, meaning that it will either connect to the Internet via [...]
Android-maker Sony Ericsson has filed for the XPERIA Ion trademark for what is speculated to be a variant of the company’s codenamed Nozomi smartphone, which boasts high-end specs. The LT28at model is believed to be a variant of the rumored Nozomi phone with a 4.55-inch display with a 1280 X 720-pixel 720p HD resolution screen. The [...]
Way back in July, a leak revealed seven handsets from LG. One of them was a device called the LG Fantasy which, at the time, existed in name and render only. Well, today, that device has made itself known to the world in a brand new image, courtesy of the XDA forums, that shows us [...]
If you’ve been waiting to see Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich fired up on Amazon’s Kindle Fire, today is your lucky day. Liliputing has released an extensive video walkthrough of the software, in a very buggy state, on Amazon’s $199 tablet and it gives us a fantastic look at Google’s latest and greatest software. Keep [...]
Air Dictate from Avatron brings the great speech recognition of Siri to your Mac. You’ve heard the Avatron name before. Avatron also offers Air Display – an app that turns your iOS device into a secondary monitor. Thanks to the new app you can use Siri dictation on the Mac using your iPhone as a [...]
Say what you will about the quality of the camera housed on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but there is no denying that Google packed in a ton of useful features into Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich that make it enjoyable to use. There are also some lesser known features than the advertised ones like Panoramic [...]
Maybe you didn’t get a new smartphone this holiday season. Maybe you weren’t sold on the devices that carriers and manufacturers came out with in the latter half of 2011, devices like the iPhone 4S from Apple or the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon. Maybe you are already looking to the horizon, thinking about what 2012 [...]
Last week, Sony Ericsson detailed its Android 4.0 roll out plans for its collection of Android phones. And now, another manufacturer has chimed in with its own Ice Cream Sandwich timetable as LG has confirmed that the software will be rolling out a number of its phones no later than April of 2012 . It [...]
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The Best Way to Beat AT&T’s Data Throttling is to Have Everyone Consume More Data!
We had previously reported that grandfathered unlimited data plan subscribers of AT&T Mobility have begun to receive notices that they are excessively using their data plans with as little as 2 GB of data consumption within the month, and now we’re beginning to hear multiple sources report that they are receiving notices with as little [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note Review: First Impressions and Size Comparisons
How big is it? Just saying the screen measures 5.3-inches diagonally doesn’t really help you picture it. So we compared it to the Galaxy Nexus, Droid RAZR, and Galaxy Tab.
12 iPhone Photography Accessories – Lenses, Stands, Filters and More To Enhance Your Photos
Apple made a lot of shutterbugs happy with the camera upgrades in the iPhone 4S — more pixels and a bigger sensor means an even better “best camera” to carry everywhere. Want to take the iPhone even further than that? With some additional accessories and apps you can turn this device into a mobile photo and video studio worthy of your enhanced skills.
iPhone 4S Battery Case Showdown: 6 Cases Battle For Power
The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S are incredibly popular phones, but one of the biggest complaints for both devices is the lack of a removable battery and poor battery life. While there are tricks you can use to fix bad iPhone 4S battery life, sometimes there’s nothing better than a bigger battery. If you find your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S is running [...]
Galaxy S Pen and Holder Kit Mini-Review
If you’re more comfortable using a regular-sized pen, Samsung has an accessory that should please you. The $59.99 Galaxy S Pen and Holder Kit has both an extra S Pen and a Holder that makes it the size of a normal pen. You get the side-button functionality and everything, just in a larger form factor.
Plantronics Marque Review: Small, Affordable, Awesome
If you’re looking for a great bluetooth headset, but you don’t want to spend $100 on a high-end headset, the Plantronics Marque M-155 bluetooth headset. Plantronics makes a number of headsets, including the Plantronics Voyager HD, which we gave a Best of 2011 Award, but not everyone is willing to wear the larger headset out [...]
