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As Warner had reported, we found Toshiba teasing a 10-inch slate running on Android 3.0 at CES. This one is different from the Toshiba Folio tablet that was released late last year. Toshiba is using its experience with HDTV to enhance the tablet experience and give its tablet some differentiating features. On the tablet, the [...]
With concerns about the battery life of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook swirling, the BlackBerry-maker has quieted rumors with senior product manager Ryan Biden reassuring inventors and users that the tablet’s 5,300 mAh battery is slated to last a full working day. An 8-hour battery life quoted through the non-user replaceable battery exceeds that on [...]
A leaked document obtained by Android Central indicates that the Motorola Atrix 4G dual-core gigahertz Android smartphone may be landing on U.S. carrier AT&T on March 1. Motorola had boasted that the phone is one of the most powerful smartphones on the market at its CES debut. The Atrix 4G also has accessories that complement [...]
Apple has filed a patent application for developing hover sensing capacitive touchscreens, which could find implementation on iPhones and iPads. Rather than requiring users to actively tap on the screen to register input, Apple’s patent would extend the electrical field outwards so users can hover their fingers over a touchscreen without requiring them to press [...]
Leaked images of the Galaxy S Mini, model number Samsung S5830, reveal a device that looks like a cross between a Galaxy S smartphone with Apple’s iPhone 4 down to the silver strip that runs around the sides of the Galaxy S Mini, reminiscent of the stainless steel antenna band around the iPhone. According to [...]
In what is being described as a hostage situation at AndroidSPIN, a tipster has informed the blog that Samsung is withholding the already finalized Android 2.2 update to the original T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant for the U.S. carrier in hopes of pushing aggressive sales and updates to the slightly updated Vibrant 4G hardware, which was recently [...]
The BlackBerry leaks are pouring in today with BGR revealing some specs for the next-generation flagship BlackBerry Torch 2 smartphone. The Torch 2, with its vertical slider, will sport an updated 3.2-inch VGA capacitive touchscreen display, up from the HVGA resolution on the current Torch. Also, a 1.2 GHz processor will be on-board, hopefully to [...]
A recent leak of Research in Motion’s consumer-centric BlackBerry Curve smartphone line reveals that the QWERTY-enabled smartphone will get updated specs that will make it competitive in the smartphone market. First, the screen has been improved. Moving from a QVGA experience, the updated Curve will sport an HVGA screen resolution, which was previously exclusive to [...]
Updated leaked specs for a research in Motion product with the codename of Dakota reveals that the smartphone in question resembles the original BlackBerry Bold in design. However, the specs tell a different story and Dakota will finally be competitive against more multimedia-centric smartphone rivals in Android and iOS. The quad-band GSM/EDGE and tri-band UMTS [...]
The developer beta of iOS 4.3 will bring a number of new features to the iPad, iPhone, and Apple TV. On the Apple iPad tablet, the new version of iOS will allow users to swipe with four or five fingers to access important commands that were previously limited to the multi-function press of the home [...]
Are Google and Samsung providing a slightly modified version of the Nexus S? The Nexus S, just released a few weeks ago as the second-generation Google phone as the GT-9020 model number, may be succeeded by a phone with similar rounded and curved edges by the model number of GT-9023. The device in question was [...]
While CES saw a number of announced products running on NVIDIA‘s dual-core Tegra 2 chipset, Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon coming later this year may offer a number of competitive technological advantages over its earlier released competitor. The MSM 8960 ARM-based chip is essentially a smartphone in a die. The architecture of the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8960 [...]
With the release of its Tegra 2 dual-core ARM-based processing and graphics solutions on a number of hot and highly anticipated tablets and smartphones in 2011, NVIDIA is stepping up its game and will be entering the app market to complement Google’s own Android Market. NVIDIA Tegra Zone isn’t a rival app market, but will [...]
A leaked XML file and Picassa photo album confirms that Nokia may be working on a business-class E series smartphone that will run Symbian^3 and will pack in a VGA display called the E6 or E6-00. The company’s E-71 smartphone has been a popular handset due to its compact size and full QWERTY keyboard in [...]
The Nielsen Company recently conducted a survey of 2,131 Americans to gauge the public’s understanding and awareness of 4G and finds that the majority of Americans are cognizant over what 4G really means. That said, over a quarter of respondents who say they understand what 4G is–27%–think that the iPhone 4 made by Cupertino, California-based [...]
Verizon had debuted the personal hotspot feature on the Verizon iPhone 4 launch yesterday and it seems that the MiFi-like WiFi tethering service may make its way to GSM iPhones by way of iOS 4.3 according to sources to Boy Genius Report. Currently, tethering on the iPhone has been limited to Bluetooth and USB tethering; [...]
After announcing its evolved 4G network top 42 Mbps in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show, the U.S.’s fourth largest carrier may soon get a 21 Mbps-capable phone, up from the 14.4 Mbps cap on the T-Mobile G2 and myTouch 4G currently available today. The Vibrant Plus is an evolved Galaxy S smartphone and [...]
Google has finally come clean and admitted that its Nexus S smartphones may have some issues during calls. Users have been reporting that the handset would either shut off or automatically restart during calls, though the issue seems to be persistent for longer calls. According to IntoMobile, in a Google mobile help forum, a Google [...]
Samsung was really cautious about calling its Slider 7 a PC, netbook, or even tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show where the company had a huge presence. The device offers a sliding and tilting screen–an industrial design that HTC had helped to pioneer with its dual-boot Windows HTC Shift tablet–and with internal netbook components–such as [...]
Research in Motion had a busy and productive week at CES and the company had finally unleashed its PlayBook tablets to the grubby hands of the masses to play, experience and enjoy. The company says that its PlayBook will be running on the BlackBerry Tablet Operating System, which is powered by QNX. QNX, known for [...]
Viliv was at CES and in addition to showing off two Android slates, the company also demoed the X70 Windows 7 tablet, which is similar in spec to the Android models in offering a thin, attractive design and long battery life in between recharges. Viliv is boasting the X70 as the thinnest and lightest Windows-based [...]
Viliv was showing off its wares at the Consumer Electronics Show and we had some time with the Android-based tablets, which the company is boasting as having the longest battery life on an Android slate device. There will be two models, the X7 and X10, both of which offer similar specs and experiences except the [...]
Those who follow Apple’s smartphone beat know that the GSM iPhone has enjoyed an annual refresh every summer around the June-July time-frame. It’s dubious if Verizon’s iPhone will follow the same refresh cycle, or if increased iPhone demand in the U.S. through a multi-carrier offering would force Apple to stagger the refresh cycles between the [...]
Is Google really messing up on its naming convention? With Android 2.3 dubbed Gingerbread, and 3.0 headed towards the next alphabetical letter, H, with Honeycomb, I with Ice Cream may be jumping back to the 2.x numerical convention rather than flowing with 3.x convention according to Pocket-lint. The site had reported that Android 2.4 Ice [...]
Update: Though it looks like the lower left hand seam is similar to the AT&T iPhone 4, the antenna is slightly updated. You can sea a second seam on the upper left hand on the CDMA Verizon iPhone 4 that wasn’t present on the GSM AT&T model as posted by Engadget. Verizon’s 4G LTE network [...]
Engadget’s in New York and covering the Verizon event where Verizon has just announced its version of the iPhone 4, as rumors had dictated. We’ll be bringing you more news as we learn, but it’s now official! “Late in 2010 we started offering the iPad… today, we are extremely gratified to announce that the iPhone [...]
The HTC Freestyle is a phone with a well-made design by HTC made for AT&T, which runs the Brew MP platform rather than the Android or Windows Phone 7 OS. As a phone, the Freestyle really goes freestyle and does its own thing rather than going with a conventional smartphone operating system. That said, the [...]
Verizon Wireless had a major press event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, re-affirming its commitment to a strong, rapidly deploying LTE network with downlink speeds of 5-12 Mbps (actual speeds for me ranged between 12-16 Mbps) and uplink speeds of 2-5 Mbps. The carrier had also announced 10 new devices with 4G [...]
Blazing fast speeds and modest promises help to boost Verizon Wireless’s claim that it is the fastest, most advanced 4G network in America. At its 4G LTE press conference, Verizon Wireless was modest about boasting about its 4G network. The carrier says that it is on track or even ahead of schedule in its network [...]
Sharp’s Galapagos brand e-reader tablet comes in two different different screen sizes: 5.5- and 10.8-inch. Sharp isn’t disclosing what operating system the tablets were running at CES, but the company did give us a demo of the 5.5-inch version on video at the show. The device has a 3D-cube user interface, a trackball for navigating, [...]
While our pals at Notebooks.com did a video comparing the Lenovo laptop with the Lenovo Enhanced Experience and rapid boot feature to the fast-booting MacBook Air, in which Lenovo took top honors and claimed glory, Samsung was out at CES promoting its own QX412 notebook for a boot-up time of just 3 seconds for the [...]
While AT&T in the States has yet to launch LTE 4G–the carrier is first rolling out 4G in the form of HSPA+ devices–Samsung is claiming to have the world’s first 3G HSPA and 4G LTE dual-mode netbook in the form of the SAmsung NF310. We say the 10.1-inch HD LED netbook on display at the [...]
With smartphones already replacing stand-alone GPS units, digital cameras, low-cost digital video cameras, PDAs, and other peripherals as those functions are now good enough and well integrated into a smartphone to use, LG is hoping to take that further and have users replace their home video game console systems with its powerful NVIDIA dual-core gigahertz [...]
We were able to go hands-on with the newly announced Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc Android smartphone at CES. The Androdi 2.3 Gingerbread phone is the most current version of Android, which is quite a relief considering that previous XPERIA Android smartphones had launched with a stale version of the Google mobile OS with promises for [...]
I was excited to hear that Sharp would be bringing its Galapagos line of smartphones to the U.S. market, and at CES we were able to get a hands-on demo to see what the fuss was all about with the glasses-free 3D experience. I came away pretty impressed, as users of the Galapagos glasses-free 3D [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
Last year Toshiba waded into the Android tablet market with the Thrive, a 10.1-inch slate that served as the company’s response to what they deemed missing in the then current crop. Thus, it had several full-size ports, a rugged-ish exterior, and a thick chassis to accommodate both. Though a decent tablet, the Thrive didn’t generate [...]
Samsung Shows That It Is a Software Company
As exciting as it has been to talk, postulate, and speculate about the Galaxy S III’s hardware and specs before the third-generation Galaxy flagship smartphone was announced on May 3rd in London, once the device was announced one thing became apparent: Samsung is now a software company. That doesn’t mean that Samsung is shying away [...]
Autumn Dynasty Review: A Great RTS for the iPad
With its large touchscreen, the iPad seems like the perfect platform for Real Time Strategy games, and Autumn Dynasty proves it, mostly. Autumn Dynasty is an RTS iPad game with art that looks like tradition Chinese painting. The story involves quelling a rebellion while solving a mystery of shady noblemen. The story though, just serves [...]
Griffin GuitarConnect Pro Review: Record Your Jams with Ease
The Griffin GuitarConnect Pro interfaces with your Guitar and your iPad or iPhone so you can record your music easily using apps like Apple’s GarageBand. My son Daniel, who’s learning to play guitar, helped me test it out and he loved it. When he gets as good as Jimi Hendrix, I’m sure he’ll steal my [...]
Google Search App iPhone and iPad Update Looks Beautiful (Video)
Google just delivered a beautiful update to the company’s Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad The Google Search app for iPhone and iPad replaced Safari as my browser of choice, earning a spot in the iPhone and iPad dock. It’s faster and offers a beautiful new full screen image search which looks awesome on the [...]
