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Last month, we attended Dell and Intel’s Create.Work.Inspire event at the Carte Blanche art gallery in San Francisco. Over those two days, we not only got up close and personal with Dell’s XPS 13 ultrabook but we also heard from artists and photographers that use technology in their work. Well, the companies are taking the [...]
Although companies have yet to make any of them official, we know that phones with quad-core processors are going to be announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress. How do we know this? NVIDIA, the maker of the Tegra 3 quad-core chip, confirmed that phones using their product will be on hand at MWC. In [...]
LG apparently doesn’t want to leave any of its Mobile World Congress announcements to the imagination as it has outed yet another device today in the form of the LG Optimus 3D Max. The announcement comes shortly after the company officially announced its 5-inch Optimus Vu smartphone and three upcoming Optimus smartphones that will launch [...]
In just a few days time, companies not named Samsung will take the stage at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and announce a bunch of new devices. LG has already announced several of the smartphones that it will be showing off at the conference while HTC and Nokia, while remaining officially mum, are also [...]
Earlier today, Verizon’s next-generation 4G LTE network suffered its fourth outage in three months with customers around the country experiencing loss of data on their LTE devices. However, it appears that the carrier has gotten the outage under control as company spokesman Tom Pica has confirmed that LTE service has been restored to the carrier’s [...]
LG has already taken the curtains off of a bunch of the devices it will be officially unveiling at the Mobile World Congress later this month. We’ve seen a grand total of four Optimus smartphones announced thus far, including the company’s competitor to the Galaxy Note, the LG Optimus Vu. However, MWC figures to center [...]
Earlier today, the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G was announced for the second time in two months. Deadly serious. Sammy first announced the smartphone during the festivities of CES 2012 in January revealing little more than a couple of specifications and the fact that it would be headed to T-Mobile USA’s network at some point [...]
LG is expected to have quite a few devices in store for this year’s Mobile World Congress and one of those devices will be the already announced LG Optimus Vu, a device that will feature a 5-inch display and will be the company’s answer to the Samsung Galaxy Note. And while LG has already announced [...]
Two of the biggest smartphone releases of 2012 have been the Motorola Droid 4 and the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX for Verizon but it seems the carrier isn’t content as evidence has surfaced today indicating that another Droid release could be on the horizon. Droid-Life has leaked a document that mentions two brand new smartphones [...]
In the build up to this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, companies have begun teasing their upcoming announcements. HTC has decided to join the party and has posted an odd teaser on its Facebook page that, well, reveals virtually nothing other than the fact that we’ll probably see a new smartphone announced at the [...]
Asus promised a bootloader unlock tool for the Asus Transformer Prime tablet and the company has delivered on that promise today as the company has made the tool available to those using its Tegra 3 quad-core powered tablet. If you own the tablet and you’re looking to free it from its chains, you can go [...]
Twitter has gone ahead and released updates for both its Android and iOS applications while also bringing support for the Amazon Kindle Fire. The Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet will get support on February 23rd. It’s also now available for devices running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The iOS application in particular is jam packed [...]
Mobile World Congress is just a couple of days out in the distance but that doesn’t mean companies aren’t releasing tidbits of information prior to their announcements. Earlier today, LG outed three of its new Optimus smartphones and now it’s Nokia’s turn as the Finnish company has unleashed a teaser video that we presume has [...]
It appears that we have a war of words brewing between The Daily, the publication that earlier today leaked an image of what is purportedly Microsoft’s Office for iPad, and Microsoft itself which has gone on record saying the image is fake telling ZDNet’s Mary-Jo Foley that the image “is not a real picture of [...]
Samsung has yet to divulge any official details in regards to a U.S. launch of its Landscape Dock with 3-pin connector for the Galaxy Nexus but it appears that it may go on sale soon. This according to Droid-Life which has stumbled upon the accessory on Samsung’s website which clearly lists the Pogo Pin Desktop [...]
Apple is presumed to be launching its next iPad sometime in March. While the company has yet to send out invitations to a press event, March 7th is the day that many have circled on their calendar as launch day. If you’re currently an iPad or iPad 2 owner or if you’re just thinking about [...]
You may have heard, Apple is likely going to be announcing a new iPad during the first week of March, possibly at an event at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco on March 7th. You also may have heard that the iPad 3 – or whatever it’s going to be called, might feature 4G [...]
LG has already announced one of the phones we knew it was planning for this year’s Mobile World Congress in the Optimus Vu and now it appears the company has pulled the trigger once more as it has announced its new L-Series of Optimus phones which includes three different phones called the LG Optimus L3, [...]
Nearly a year ago, Huawei launched its 7-inch MediaPad Android tablet. And now, finally, it appears that the company is poised to deliver a sequel. A Russian website called hi-tech.mail.ru has outed some photos and purported specifications of the nameless (it’ll likely be part of the MediaPad line) tablet that may get unveiled during the [...]
You may have heard. RIM has finally gone ahead and released the highly anticipated BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update that will finally bring the tablet the features it should have had when it launched all the way back in April of 2011. For those not keeping record, we are now in February 0f 2012 and [...]
One of the phones has been out for a couple of months, the other, just a little over a month. Both are now on sale at Verizon Wireless. We are, of course, talking about the HTC Rezound which came out back in 2011 and the LG Spectrum, a phone that we saw get announced in [...]
While HTC and LG figure to be the the leaders of the pack in terms of announcements at this month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, there are also going to be a couple of other familiar companies on hand announcing new hardware. One of those companies figures to be Sony who might be announcing a [...]
We just caught wind of a rumor that states that the next iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 5, won’t be out until either September or October of this year. If true, it would mean that there will be a huge gap to fill this summer in terms of smartphone releases. And one company in particular [...]
Just a short time ago, we learned that the next iPhone is rumored to be arriving in the fall of 2012. If true, it would mean that Apple would be sticking to the new release cycle that began with the release of the iPhone 4S back in October. Prior to the iPhone 4S’ release, Apple [...]
According to “reliable sources” of the Japanese blog Macotakara, Apple’s next iPhone will be coming out during the fall of 2012, meaning Apple may be sticking to the new release cycle that began with the release of the iPhone 4S in October of 2011. Prior to the launch of the iPhone 4S, Apple had regularly [...]
It’s February, and we’re likely a long ways away from an official announcement regarding the next iPhone, but that doesn’t mean that we’re not immune to the rumors or thinking about what we want from Apple’s next phone. At the moment, there isn’t much out there about the iPhone 5. We’ve heard that it might [...]
Back in December, Google, Samsung and Verizon teamed up to a release one of the most anticipated smartphones of all-time in the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. We reviewed the phone and I, along with the rest of my cohorts here at GBM, came to the conclusion that the Galaxy Nexus is up there with the best [...]
This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen a BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 release date tossed out into the wild. In fact, this isn’t even the first time that we’ve heard February 21st as a possible release date for the upcoming software. That’s right. Evidence has popped up today suggesting that February 21st is indeed [...]
Last year, Apple released its next-generation iPhone in the iPhone 4S. And while some wondered whether or not the company would achieve the same success with the a device that looked exactly like the previous incarnation of the iPhone, Apple went on to sell an absolute ton of iPhone 4S’. If you want specifics, it [...]
Apple’s App Store is close to another milestone and the company has unfurled a new counter to mark the occasion. If you head over to Apple’s website, you’ll be greeted with a counter that is counting down to the 25 billion apps downloaded mark. Yes, 25 billion. Right now, the counter sits at a little [...]
Back in May of 2010, Google took the stage at Google I/O and announced a new mobile operating system for its Android platform called Android 2.2 Froyo. And then, in June of 2010, the Nexus One became the first Android smartphone to receive the update. Fast forward all the way to present day, February 2012, [...]
HTC has apparently heeded our call for answers in regards to the HTC ThunderBolt Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update as the company has put up a new post on its Facebook wall that not only confirms the update will indeed be coming for the company’s first 4G LTE smartphone, but that it will also [...]
We have a feeling that a lot of you out there with mobile devices or Facebook accounts are into playing a little game called Angry Birds. If that’s the case, then you should probably know that your next fix will becoming on March 22nd as Rovio, the maker of the game, has confirmed that that [...]
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Every month, we share what we think are the five best Android smartphones that are currently on shelves here in the United States and February is going to be no different. Thing is, Android manufacturers have been relatively silent in the last two months so not much has changed from January’s list. Of course, this [...]
We’ve heard a lot about what HTC may have planned for the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and one of the devices that figures to be at the forefront of those plans is a device called the HTC Edge/HTC Endeavor/HTC One X that will very likely be the Taiwanese company’s first smartphone with a [...]
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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 [...]
