Yesterday if you were looking at the Lady Gaga Twitter and Facebook pages( it’s OK, I won’t tell), you may have seen an Oprah-esque offer for free iPad 2s and free MacBooks for all of her little Monsters. Sadly, this is all a big scam. Hackers took control of Lady Gag’s Twitter and Facebook accounts [...]
Amazon is supposedly pushing out an update to the Kindle Fire. I say supposedly because I and a number of other users haven’t seen evidence of it yet. The version number should be 6.2.1 and it promises to fix some issues and add some improvements. Those fixes and improvements include: The ability to remove items [...]
A recent update to the iOS operating system on December 16th has rendered iPhones and iPod Touch devices running on iOS 3.1.3 or older unable to directly download and update apps on their devices. Users of these iOS devices on older software can update and download new apps from iTunes on their computers and then [...]
Samsung Mobile has just announced that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will be made available on the company’s latest range of Android smartphone and tablet releases under the Galaxy brand. The update coming in the first quarter 2012 will be made available for the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab [...]
Similar to Motorola’s Lapdock accessory that converts any of the company’s Webtop-enabled Android smartphone into a lightweight protable netbook with an 11-inch screen, the LightPad concept gives users the transforming experience and even greater flexibility. Plug in a compatible smartphone, and LightPad will offer users a physical keyboard and a rear-projected 11-inch display in netbook [...]
It looks like Sprint will be joining its Galaxy S II carrier rivals AT&T and T-Mobile in offering Samsung’s flagship smartphone in white. Sprint’s variant, known as the Epic 4G Touch Galaxy S II, comes with a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, a dual-core Exynos processor, and zippy performance. It’s still unclear when Sprint will [...]
The Verizon Wireless edition of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus official car dock accessory lacks the 3-pin connectors that are found on the international GSM official car dock accessory. While the omission may not be a big deal for some users, it does present itself as a convenience issues for many others as the 3-pin connectors [...]
Beyond smartphones, mobile giants Apple and Google are working on wearable computing devices that would serve as a proxy and allow its wearers to interact with either their smartphones or with the cloud. Apple had already begun testing the waters for wearable computing technology with the iPod Nano released last year where the Cupertino, California [...]
The Nokia N8 dominated the high-end camera phone market when it was released thanks to a large image sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, mechanical shutter, and bright Xenon flash, but it has been overshadowed by newer competitors recently. Nokia’s been quiet on the camera phone market, which it had helped to shape in the past with [...]
Just in case you needed another 4G LTE option at Verizon, a device called the HTC Fireball has shown up today in the carrier’s system with little else besides a name, a model number and ’4G’ sitting right beside it. Right now, the device remains a complete and utter mystery but there are a couple [...]
Apple and HTC have been waging a patent war for quite awhile now and finally, the United States International Trade Commission, after a lengthy investigation, has ruled in favor of Apple and has banned the importation and sales of HTC devices starting April 19th, 2012. The ruling found that HTC infringed on two claims found [...]
Verizon made good on its October promise of getting the Samsung Galaxy Nexus out by the end of 2011 and released the phone and its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system on its 4G LTE network last week. Despite its flaws, we found the Galaxy Nexus to be the best Android smartphone offering yet. [...]
As the year comes to an end, the biggest merger in wireless also comes to an end. In a statement issued today, AT&T confirmed that the T-Mobile merger was dead in the water. The $39 billion deal between AT&T and Deutsche Telekom AG, the German owner of T-Mobile, announced back in March has met opposition from carriers and [...]
Last week, Verizon finally launched the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus on its 4G LTE network. The device is the first 4G LTE Nexus, the second Nexus developed by Samsung and the third Nexus device that has launched to consumers. We reviewed it and lo and behold, we liked what we saw. The Galaxy Nexus [...]
The iPhone does many things great right out of the box, but turn by turn navigation is not one of those things. Fortunately, there are a number of iPhone apps that add turn by turn navigation to your iPhone. After seeing my concerns of switching from Android to iPhone, TeleNav asked me to try out their [...]
As you may have heard this weekend, it looks like Fusion Garage is on its last legs. Not only have many who ordered the Grid10 tablet not received the product, but the company has been so completely uncommunicative that folks are starting to abandon ship. To start, the PR firm representing them said that they [...]
Well, you know I was doing the Android to Windows Phone 7 conversion a couple of weeks ago, right? It went well and I found that Windows Phone could be used as my “Daily Driver”. I decided to go with a swapping back and forth between the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the HTC [...]
It would appear that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus isn’t the only Verizon 4G LTE smartphone that is going to receiving an update meant to patch up the experience. No, it appears that another one of the carrier’s premier LTE devices, the Motorola Droid RAZR, is going to be seeing a fairly sizable update as well, [...]
Last week was a big week for Android as Verizon launched the heralded Samsung Galaxy Nexus onto its 4G LTE network. And while we gave the phone a very favorable review, we couldn’t help but notice the phone experiencing some signal strength issues. At first, we thought it was just happening in a few isolated [...]
If you’ve picked up the Galaxy Nexus, you probably already know that Swype isn’t on there. When I got my Galaxy Nexus last Thursday, I was surprised to find this. Filling out all those user names and passwords by tap tap tapping the default keyboard drove me crazy. I poked around and couldn’t find it. [...]
The Galaxy Nexus for Verizon has finally arrived, and with the launch come a number of great Galaxy Nexus cases. These Galaxy Nexus cases are designed to work on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, but may also fit the GSM version. While your local Verizon store only has a few Galaxy Nexus cases, I’ve crawled the web to [...]
So far, Google’s Android operating system has been dominating the 4G LTE landscape. In 2012 though, that’s about to change and Microsoft figures to play a major role in that shift in power. Today, the first Windows Phone powered 4G LTE smartphone destined for AT&T has apparently surfaced but other than a few details, the [...]
According to a report from Notebook Italia (linked to by Slashgear) Google’s Eric Schmidt is promising “in the next six months we plan to market a tablet of the highest quality.” He was quoted in an interview with the Italian paper Corrierre della Sea. He’s also promising that voice recognition will be a big part [...]
We had thought that the Motorola Droid 4 would launch alongside the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on December 15th. Well, as we now know, that did not happen as Verizon launched the Galaxy Nexus all by itself. However, that doesn’t mean that hope for a 2011 launch is lost. In fact, new evidence has surfaced indicating [...]
The next leg of the busy holiday travel season is about to kick off, and you know what that means: free Wi-Fi deals! In the past airlines and companies like Google and Yahoo have offered a free ride to those in need if some sweet surfing away from home, be it in airplnes, airports, or [...]
It’s the end of the year and its time for wrap-ups, predictions and more crystal ball gazing than you can shake a branch of holly at. As usual before I make any predictions for 2012, I go back and grade my predictions for the this year now ending. The one thing that is predictable as [...]
People who go overboard with their Christmas light displays scare me. It’s particularly appalling when they do so to compete with or annoy neighbors. However, every now and then someone creates a display so overboard yet so cool you can’t help admiring it even as you cringe thinking about the electricity bill they’re going to [...]
The New York Times’ Bits blog posted a piece on wearable computers that has all the Apple fans in a tizzy thanks to this one line about a project headed by a small group at the Cupertino company: One idea being discussed is a curved-glass iPod that would wrap around the wrist; people could communicate [...]
The Galaxy Nexus on Verizon is an amazing phone, but if you live on the edge of 4G LTE coverage, or need extra battery life, you may want to turn off 4G LTE to save battery life. I know that turning off the high speed connection to save battery life isn’t the best solution, but [...]
I have to hand it to Apple, they really know how to market their devices to consumers. While the funny jabs at Apple that Samsung has been airing are great, the latest iPhone ad is genius. This one shows Santa checking out directions to the next kid on his list, checking his schedule, checking weather, [...]
Soon after the Transformer Prime became official, Amazon had begun taking pre-orders for the tablet, but the online retailer had quickly withdrawn its pre-order pages after that as it found out that inventory for the world’s first quad-core Tegra 3-powered Android tablet would be strained. It’s unclear if supply for the Transformer Prime is easing [...]
Developers hoping to either submit new iOS apps or revised versions of currently available apps on Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad platform are rushing their efforts for the review process before Apple shuts down for 8 days for the holidays. Developers hoping to submit an iOS hit that’s the hopeful equivalent to the next [...]
In the past, GSM owners of the iPhone could either choose to stick with AT&T for 3G HSPA coverage, or opt to unlock their devices through whatever means and use it on T-Mobile’s more economical plans in the U.S. on 2G EDGE service. Now, the nation’s fourth largest carrier is making the choice a little [...]
Walmart is running a 20% off promotion on Apple’s $50 iTunes gift card right now, which is a pretty good promotion. Currently, if users add the $50 iTunes gift card to their cart, they’ll pay $40 at checkout and the item will qualify any additional item in the user’s shopping cart for free shipping. The [...]
U.S. wireless carrier Sprint is updating its latest BlackBerry Bold 9930 and BlackBerry Torch 9850 smartphones to BlackBerry OS 7.1, which brings mobile hotspot capabilities to these new BlackBerry devices on Sprint’s 3G Now Network. Mobile hotspot capabilities would allow these BlackBerry phones to share their 3G mobile broadband connections over WiFi to other WiFi-capable [...]
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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 [...]
