2011 is nearly over and it has been an extremely exciting year for the mobile industry. We’ve seen Verizon expand its next-generation 4G LTE network at a neck-breaking pace. We’ve seen AT&T sprout up its LTE network. We’ve seen the first LTE smartphones. We’ve seen the first dual-core LTE smartphones. We’ve seen a new iPhone. [...]
It appears that Verizon might have a couple of 4G LTE world phones up its sleeve in the form of the oft-rumored LG Spectrum and the recently leaked HTC Fireball. Both screenshots here, which list the phones in Verizon’s system, show an ‘O’ underneath the Global Phone listing. And while this doesn’t necessarily guarantee that [...]
Last week, RIM confirmed the bad news. BlackBerry phones with the company’s new BlackBerry 10 software would not be shipping until the latter half of 2012. RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, at the time, stated that the reasons was because RIM wanted to wait and outfit the devices with a new chipset, presumably LTE in nature. [...]
Something that started to bother me back when I owned Mobilitysite was the rate of phone releases. The big 3 (Samsung, HTC, and Motorola) have been churning out devices so fast over the past couple of years. Just before I took a year off, it had gotten to the point where I could do an [...]
If you’ve been keeping your eye on Grand Theft Auto III, either in the Android Market or in the iOS App Store, to see if the price would drop down, you’re in luck today as Rockstar has dropped the price of the game to a mere $2.99 in both marketplaces in honor of the holidays. [...]
EA reduced the price on a bunch of their apps to just $.99 during a Christmas promotional period. Developers do this to get a surge in sales just before all those brand new iPod Touches, iPhones and iPads are opened on Christmas morning. EA knows that new users will start looking for a great game [...]
With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) just around the corner in January, rumors are heating up about what, if anything, Nokia will be announcing at the show. We already know that the company will be launching its Windows Phone-powered Lumia 710 on T-Mobile in the beginning of January but whispers seem to point to another [...]
This makes no sense to me. A tipster to BoingBoing alerted the site that a recent software update to the Sonos music system (works with PC, Mac, iOS and Android devices to stream music to one or many speakers around the home) removes a feature key for many users: the ability to play Windows DRM [...]
One of the easiest ways to get your smartphone back after losing it is to have your personal information somewhere that a good Samaritan can find it. The old trick of entering a contact that stood out won’t work if you lock your phone, but on the Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich, you can place your contact [...]
It’s still unclear exactly when the Motorola Droid 4 will be launching on Verizon’s 4G LTE network but that hasn’t stopped the phone from showing up in a couple of brand new official images today giving us yet another glimpse at the elusive device. The photos, courtesy of Droid-Life, were pulled from a Droid SWF [...]
Earlier this week, we told you about a substantial bug fix update that Motorola and Verizon had planned for the Motorola Droid RAZR, one of the carrier’s latest 4G LTE smartphones. The update had apparently rolled out to testers signaling an imminent release. Well from what we’re hearing from Droid RAZR owners, the update is [...]
It had to happen sometime, I suppose. Word is coming down that the latest firmware update from Barnes & Noble for the Nook Tablet and Nook Color — 1.4.1 — closes the loophole that allowed users to sideload any Android app and also breaks root for those who’ve gone that extra step to customize the [...]
Google has finally made offline eBook reading available via their Chrome web app. Now users can save the books for offline reading right in the browser and not have to worry about having an Internet connection in order to access them. For some reason it’s taking Google a really long time to get their act [...]
A little while ago people discovered that if they tried to go to the Android Market website at market.android.com on the Kindle Fire they … couldn’t. The browser would just redirect them to Amazon’s App Store, instead. I’m sure somewhere there’s a customer service rep on the record saying that this is for customers’ own [...]
Skitch is a popular screen capture an annotation utility that I use all the time on my Mac. I like it quite a bit. Evernote recently bought Skitch and it looks like that acquisition is going to pay off for users of Skitch and Evernote in the long run. Now Evernote has released Skitch as [...]
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We’ve all gotten an unknown call on our cell phone, only to pick it up and find out that “Rachel from Cardholder Services” is on the line to rip us off. Call Spam is nothing new, but according WhitePages, the call spam problem isn’t hindered by current legislation, and 25% of unknown callers are spammers trying [...]
Happy users of the Swype keyboard for Android may be getting a new version of the popular app soon. The popular trace-to-type keyboard — pre-loaded on many smartphones — just launched a new beta that includes two major upgrades. The first is Dragon voice dictation by Nuance, the company behind Dragon Naturally Speaking and the [...]
The Motorola Droid 4, an Android handset with a QWERTY slide-out keyboard and 4G LTE support on Verizon’s network, was speculated to arrive today, December 22. Given that there hasn’t been any word of a release from Verizon nor Motorola, we can assume that the handset won’t be coming today. Additionally, it appears that Verizon [...]
In what is reported as a tip to Nokia-centric blog My Nokia Blog, Nokia has an expansive product launch schedule for 2012 spanning both smartphones and tablets. The company had recently unveiled two debut Windows Phone smartphones at the Nokia World convention in October, and is presumably hard at work to introduce other devices in [...]
Nokia U.S. head Chris Weber recently talked about some of the company’s plans and strategies for the U.S. market following the joint announcement of the Lumia 710 Windows Phone for T-Mobile USA’s network. According to Weber, the Lumia 710 is just the beginning and we can expect more from Nokia and the company’s Windows Phone [...]
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), which approves all things Bluetooth, had just released a Bluetooth End Product List depicting the Sony ERicsson LTE28at, which comes with support for AT&T’s HSPA+ and LTE network, meaning that it would support AT&T’s 4G network in the U.S. While Bluetooth SIG certification doesn’t necessarily mean that the phone [...]
In the month of November, there were more 7-inch LCD panels being manufactured than 9.7-inch panels, which are used on the iPad and iPad 2 tablets from Apple. In the past, late Apple CEO Steve Jobs had dismissed the 7-inch tablet market, stating that it did not offer users a good experience due to the [...]
At the Consumer Electronics Show slated for January 2012, OnStar is geared up to introduce a system that will bring video chat and streaming content to select vehicles in the General Motors fleet thanks to mobile broadband service from Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network. The new system will find home in the Chevy Volt. It’s [...]
Toy-maker Hasbro is initiating a lawsuit against electronics-maker Asus for the Transformer and Transformer Prime trademarks. The former is alleging that the latter’s use of the marks for its Tegra 3-powered Android tablet may cause confusion with its toys and film franchise. In a lawsuit filed late last week, Hasbro says that the Transformer Prime [...]
Sprint is beginning to roll out its Android Honeycomb update for the carrier’s debut tablet, the HTC Flyer, which is the first tablet that Sprint had supported on its Network with embedded 3G CDMA and 4G WiMax radios. The 7-inch tablet is a variant of the HTC Flyer and comes with an active digitizer for [...]
The iMAME game emulator is now available in Apple’s App Store and gamers are rushing to get it before the Powers That Be wake up and pull it, as usually happens with unofficial emulators like this. So far it’s been up for many hours, so perhaps it will last? Or perhaps no one over at [...]
A couple of days ago, we told you about some 4G LTE signal issues that we had been having with Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Verizon confirmed the issues and said it was working on a fix that would be rolling out with the device’s first maintenance update. Well, today, Verizon again confirmed said update and [...]
While we know of one Nokia Windows Phone that’s going to be headed to the U.S. in the form of the Lumia 710 for T-Mobile, we’re still not officially sure about any others. We’ve heard that the Lumia 800 might be headed to both AT&T and Verizon’s 4G LTE networks but we’re still not sure. [...]
Warner told you that a new Kindle Fire update dropped and should show up on your device soon. However, I’ve not received it. Impatient person that I am for the latest and greatest, I chose to manually update since I’m not planning to root my Fire until they get the mods more stable and functional. [...]
If you’re like me you’d really rather not brave the last-minute shoppers this weekend as the Christmas buying frenzy reaches a peak. I love this time of year, but I hate what it does to people as they push through crowds on their way to get last-minute gifts for their family, and friends. That’s why [...]
If you’ve been waiting for a glimpse at HTC Sense, HTC’s custom user interface, over Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, today is your lucky day as a leaked HTC Sensation ROM has made its way to the XDA forums offering an initial glimpse at HTC’s UI over Google’s software. Last week, Verizon launched the Samsung [...]
2011 hasn’t been a very kind year to BlackBerry maker RIM, or fans of BlackBerry for that matter, but today there is something to cheer about. After months of waiting, Spotify has finally released its official mobile application for BlackBerry devices which is an exciting development for not only those that are already using the [...]
Amazon has rolled out an update to its Kindle App for iOS devices and it offers some new functionality that most likely will be welcomed by users of the iOS platform. The big shiny features noted in the update include: The ability to read magazines and newspapers similar to the Kindle Fire with single editions [...]
Google’s update to the Voice app for iPhone brings with it several nice features that Android owners have had for a while, including multi-recipient texts. The big news here is the Sprint integration, which allows users to send GV calls to the native dialer, just as on Android. Also, incidentally, just like jailbroken iPhones. For [...]
With Christmas just around the corner, it’s just about time to remind kids, and certain adults, that Santa is almost here. What better way to keep your kids on good behavior than a personalized phone call from Santa? The only thing I could think of that would beat Santa calling up your child by name is a [...]
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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 [...]
