Matt Miller caught my attention today with the headline “Have US wireless carriers gone mad? Samsung Fascinate crippled by Verizon“! He’s displeased with the mobile crapware or CRAPPS on this thing. Unfortunately, there’s likely more madness to follow.
Apps, Apps, Apps. The numbers (for what they are worth) keep going up in the Apple App Store and in the Android Marketplace. Some are saying that’s a great thing, some say the App-Centric focus is leading to (gasp!) the death of the Internet. One thing for sure, the pace at the moment is dizzying [...]
Google, aiming for speed, has unveiled Google Instant. From my early testing, it is pretty darn fast. Essentially, as you begin typing in a search query Google displays the results on the page. This is only available in the US at the moment and only from the Google home page, although it is promised to [...]
Michael Arrington, the tablet/slate maker wanna-be, (remember the JooJoo?) is posting on TechCrunch that big money is investing in Kno, another tablet/slate maker. That big money comes from Marc Andreessen and his venture capital firm, who claims that the Kno will be “the most powerful tablet ever made.”
Kno is still working on getting a dual [...]
This isn’t really new news, as we’ve seen this before. This weekend when I was down visiting my mother in Richmond, I noticed this ad flyer in the local CVS. I think this says more than any analyst’s approach to what’s going on.
Touch is touchy. It works well in many cases, and well there are just some cases that it isn’t quite there yet. According to this article on TechCrunch web designers don’t favor touch all that easily because it is harder to code for in the browser, and easier to do so in dedicated Apps.
Yahoo is [...]
I think I should get a job as an analyst. They read statistics and then tell their customers (mostly those looking to gamble invest) what trends to follow. Since the iPad’s release we’ve seen the analysis that iPad’s are chipping away at Netbook sales. That was pretty much a no brainer. Once it became apparent [...]
Dell Small Business is offering the Dell Latitude E6410 14 inch notebook for $707 after a 30% off Dell coupon code, a savings of $303. The Dell Latitude E6410 comes with a 14 inch display, 1GB RAM, a 160GB hard drive and Windows 7 Home Premium. It also has a 3-year warranty. Visit LogicBuy for [...]
Shopping for a new smartphone can be both an exciting and frustrating experience. If you already know what you’re going to buy before you head to a local retail store you’re probably in pretty good shape. But if you’re looking to compare smartphones from several manufacturers or carriers under one roof you’re out of luck.
As [...]
Not sure how to take this news: the rumored HP eStation Zeen tablet running Android has been confirmed by Engadget as being little more than an advanced printer controller. Could be seen as a really lame tablet or a really great printer control panel.
Multi-touch on Tablets and slates have taught us all to tap to have our devices spring to life and execute our wishes. But on Notebooks, Netbooks, Laptops, and Desktops clicking is still all the rage. Until recently, the Mouse has been all about clicking, and trackpads (with or without buttons) have been as well. But [...]
I love reading about the future Google envisions for us, as communicated through its CEO Eric Schmidt. We’ve all known that mobile is going to be the big key in all of this. How else will you be able to have advertising pushed to you when you’re in front of store that may fit your [...]
Rugged computing specialist Getac announced their most powerful rugged convertible Tablet PC ever, the V200, which they claim is the most powerful in the world. Judging by the Intel Core i7-620LM 2.0GHz processor with Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz, I’m inclined to agree.
There may still be some confusion over the pricing of Samsung’s first Galaxy Tab, but there’s no confusion that Samsung is planning ahead for the second wave of Galaxy Tabs. Xavier reported earlier today what many are saying about the $799 price tag for the Galaxy Tab, and the Wall St. Journal is reporting that [...]
Lenovo has the Lenovo IdeaPad Z360 for $649, including free shipping after an instant $50 discount and a $200 off Lenovo coupon code. The Lenovo IdeaPad Z360 is a 13.3? notebook with an Intel Core i3-330M processor, 3GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB HDD and Intel HD graphics. It weighs 4.4 pounds. Visit LogicBuy for more [...]
The Samsung Galaxy Tab still doesn’t have an official price tag here in the U.S., but it does over in Europe. Amazon.de is taking pre-orders for unlocked copies of the Galaxy Tab for 799 Euros. The hefty price tag affirms the $800 Galaxy Tab price point that’s been thrown around lately. By the time this [...]
HP Home is offering the HP Pavilion dm3 ultralight notebook for $524, including free shipping, after an instant $100 discount and a $25 off stackable HP coupon code. The new HP Pavilion dm3 is powered by an Intel Pentium u5400 cpu (upgrade to a Core i3 ULV CPU for $70), 3GB DDR3 RAM and a [...]
Today, most visitors to GBM were greeted with a scary looking warning that suggested the site is serving malware. We apologize for the inconvenience and wanted to share an update with you. Google tagged GottaBeMobile and Notebooks.com as possible distributors of malware. We promptly rectified the problem and the issue and the warning should clear [...]
Fujitsu is rolling out a new convertible Lifebook Tablet PC. The T580 is smaller than their recent releases with a 10.1″ screen, but it’s still able to rotate in either direction to flip to slate mode. And in a different kind of twist, Fujitsu is marketing this thing as a “Slate-beater”.
As I’ve watched the Tablet/Slate coverage from IFA several interesting trends are starting to come into focus regarding the Tablet/Slate Tsunami. The big names out of this show so far are obviously Samsung, Toshiba, and Viewsonic. Archos is also making an impact. However, when reading the likes of jkkmobile, CarryPad, SlashGear, Engadget, Laptop, and others [...]
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