Will the Nikon D800 live up to your low light expectations? New Nikon D800 sample images are giving us a hint of how the new DSLR will perform in low light and with high ISO settings. We’ve already taken a look at standard Nikon D800 sample photos, but those were shot at ISO 100 with [...]
The initial batch of Nikon D800 and D800 pre-orders appear to already be sold out at Amazon.com. The online retail giant posted pre-order pages for Nikon’s hot new $3,000 DSLR just yesterday. Those who took a day to decide if they were going to pull the trigger are already out of luck. We don’t know [...]
Nikon’s posted several amazing sample photos shot with its recently announced D800 camera. The new D800 is Nikon’s latest full-frame DSLR camera. At $3,000 (body only), the Nikon D800 is designed for serious enthusiasts and professionals who don’t want to go all out and spend $6,000 on the Nikon D4. While I love the convenience [...]
Nikon released an amazing short movie to demonstrate the D800′s video chops. Most Nikon D800 buyers will be ponying up $3,000 primarily for its photo capabilities, but more and more photographers are creating videos for themselves and clients. As you can see in the sample movie, the Nikon D800 doesn’t disappoint and is fully capable [...]
The iPad’s split keyboard is a little more flexible than it appears. Tap in the blank area immediately next to each half of the keyboard and you’ll see letters from the other side of the screen appear. The hidden keys allow iPad typists to eek out three more letters per thumb. Why does this matter? [...]
A commercial featuring a fake Steve Jobs is airing in Taiwan and stirring up controversy. Action Electronics hired a Taiwanese comedian to impersonate the late Apple co-founder to promote its Android tablet, something Jobs wouldn’t have approved of. Jobs didn’t hide his distaste of Android, Google’s mobile operating system. In his biography, He threatened to go “thermonuclear” [...]
AP, the giant enterprise software company from Germnay, isn’t the first name that comes to mind when you think about potential Kindle Fire customers, but its CIO was playing with one when I met up with him at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. We chatted about why more and more consumer devices are making it [...]
The Thumbumper is a simple gadget that’ll make gaming on smartphones and tablets a lot more enjoyable. We’ve seen other joysticks that stick on touch screens, but the Thumbumper is simpler and doesn’t obscure much of the display. Most importantly, it looks very mobile. While mobile gaming has exploded in recent years, controlling virtual characters, [...]
The Kanex Syndee iOS Recharge Station may be the device for you if your family fights over a single iPhone/iPad charging cable. The Kanex Syndee is designed to charge up to four iPads, iPods or iPhones simultaneously. Needing to charge so many iOS devices might sound like the ultimate first world problem, but many households [...]
Airbnb is introducing an all-new Android app that lets users rent and book non-traditional rooms. Airbnb is designed to provide travelers with alternatives to hotels and to help hosts pay their rent or mortgage. The service launched an iPhone app quite some time ago, but Android users were left out in the cold. Users can use [...]
Visitors to Google.com are being greeted with an unusual site today. Instead of the standard Google logo or one of its creative Doodles that pay homage to current events or historical figures, the company is blacking out its logo today to protest SOPA and PIPA, two pieces of legislation that many see as a threat [...]
We met what has to be one of the most extreme mobile tech users in the world at CES 2012. Josh Wurman’s team drives Doppler on Wheels (DOW) trucks into storms with a team of researchers and a cabin filled to the brim with mobile technology. He explained to us that the best way to [...]
Griffin reps teased the Griffin 20 Airport Express amplifier at the CES Unveiled 2012 preview event. The device allows users to stream music via Airplay wirelessly with their existing speakers. Griffin isn’t proving any pricing or availability details quite yet and will not show the Griffin 20 at its booth on the CES floor. The Griffin 20 [...]
The Galaxy Nexus runs on Verizon’s 4G speedy LTE network, which in many cases is faster than consumers’ home Internet connection. If you live in San Francisco and plan to pick up the Galaxy Nexus you’re in luck. In our initial tests the Galaxy Nexus clocked in with download speeds of over 20 Mbps. Verizon [...]
Verizon has restored 4G LTE service for at least some customers. Verizon customers with 4G LTE devices, such as the Droid Bionic and HTC Thunderbolt, began complaining of the data service outage as early as Monday evening on the east coast. Customers from just about every state complained of outages throughout the day. The outage [...]
Amazon is offering the Kindle DX for just $259 today as part of its Black Friday promotion. The 9.7″ eReader usually sells for $379, sitting at the top of the Kindle heap in terms of size and price. Amazon recently released a new series of Kindles that are more affordable, but the Kindle DX is [...]
Siri can do a lot of things, but it can’t diffuse a tense standoff between husband and wife. Apple’s focusing on Siri in its initial round of iPhone 4S advertisements and they’re just begging to be made fun of. Using Siri to make appointments or search the web in public, as Apple suggests, draws strange looks, [...]
The Ford Evos is making its North American debut at CES 2012 next year. Ford’s concept car is a technology showcase that goes far beyond giving driving directions or pairing with your mobile phone. The Evos integrates driving performance with cloud computing and social networking. Ford already offers autos loaded with Sync and is in [...]
A new app aims to improve performance by allowing coaches to annotate videos of athletes on their iPhones, much the same way football commentators do every Sunday. Coach’s Eye shoots video of an athlete’s swing, throw, kick or other motion, then allows the instructor to add voice notes and to illustrate the video to call attention to [...]
You might think the Galaxy Nexus is a big phone, but it’s nothing compared to the Galaxy Note. Introduced at IFA 2011, the Samsung Galaxy Note is an all-in-one device designed to act as both a phone and tablet. Some mobile users already complain that phones with 4″ and up displays are too big to [...]
Apple is now giving online shoppers the option to pickup merchandise at its three San Francisco stores instead of having iDevices shipped to them. Apple will be rolling out the in-store pickup option nationwide in time for the holiday shopping season. Shoppers in the San Francisco area will now see the “pick up” option next [...]
I have a lot of respect for wireless carriers and most of their employees. They generally work tirelessly to make mobile magic happen, but as with most large populations, there are always some bad apples. Unfortunately, some of those bad apples work for Sprint. And quite frankly, I’m fed up with them trying to muddy [...]
The iPhone 4S is the first iPhone on AT&T’s wireless network that I can trust to place and receive calls whenever I need to in my hometown of San Francisco, thanks to a redesigned antenna. AT&T has a bad reputation in San Francisco for good reason: As the exclusive iPhone wireless carrier for many years, AT&T [...]
If you plan on watching movies on the go with your iPhone 4S you’ll want to find out which carrier has the best wireless data performance in your neck of the woods. Streaming movies from popular apps on the iPhone 4S can range from crystal clear to downright unwatchable on different networks at the same [...]
The iPhone 4S is the best iPhone money can buy, but it can’t keep up with the latest Android phones that run on speedy 4G networks. You may want to look beyond the iPhone 4S if uploading, downloading and streaming content as quickly as possible is your top priority. Apple’s iPhone 4S runs on AT&T’s, [...]
The various versions of the iPhone 4S might all look the same, but wireless data speeds can vary greatly depending on which carrier you choose. We’re putting the iPhone 4S to the test on the AT&T, Sprint and Verizon 3G networks. To test the iPhone 4S on these three networks, we’ll be running several tests [...]
Sprint set sales records with the introduction of the iPhone 4S yesterday, at least in part because it’s the only carrier to offer unlimited data for new iPhone customers. Unfortunately, reports are coming in that Sprint’s 3G network is extremely slow for some iPhone 4S users, making it impossible to use some of the latest iPhone’s core [...]
Siri can tell you a lot more than where the closest café is or what the weather will be like tomorrow. Ask the voice-activated artificial intelligence baked into the iPhone 4S a challenging or personal question and its answer may surprise you. Siri doesn’t think much about the competition and while it might like iPhone users, it [...]
The iPhone 4S lives in a world of compromise, with Apple customers being forced to choose between clear calls and fast wireless Internet speeds. While competitors run on the latest 4G networks, the iPhone 4S is relegated to aging 3G networks that run at a fraction of the speed. AT&T claims to have the fastest [...]
The New Yorker released its tribute cover of Steve Jobs, which will grace the October 17 edition of the magazine. In a blog post, The New Yorker shows that the cover will depict Steve Jobs meeting Saint Peter at the pearly gates. Saint Peter is using an iPad, apparently using it to do a little research before deciding [...]
The iPhone 4S looks a lot like the iPhone 4 in your pocket, but looks can be deceiving. Many iPhone 4 users will benefit by making the move to an iPhone 4S, but there’s a lot to consider before you wait in line or pre-order an iPhone 4S. iPhone 4S — Should I Upgrade? The [...]
The iPhone 4S has more power under the hood, but it looks exactly like last year’s model. That’s a bad thing since it’ll be too easy for consumers to confuse the iPhone 4S with the iPhone 4 that’s already sitting in their pocket. What’s worse for Apple is that iPhone 4S owners won’t be able [...]
The iPhone 4S features a better camera than the one found in the iPhone 4. Apple’s released several sample photos shot with the iPhone 4S and they look fantastic compared to those shot with the iPhone 4. Smartphone cameras are typically mediocre, with even budget point and shoot cameras besting them in terms of image [...]
Siri was one of the highlights from the iPhone 4S event today. Siri is a key feature that allows iPhone users to quickly access information and dictate text by simply speaking into the microphone. It’s baked into iOS 5, but apparently you’ll only be able to run Siri on the new iPhone 4S. iPhone 4 [...]
Apple prides itself on doing things differently, but that’s not always a good thing. The iPhone 4S maker is conforming with European Union standards by offering up Micro USB charging in the iPhone 4S…sort of. Instead of moving away from the 30-pin iPod adapter that’s a charging and syncing port on the bottom of the [...]
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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.
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 [...]
iHome iB40 Headphones: Decent Sound at Budget Price
If you’re looking for a budget set of headphones that still produce decent sound and rich bass, then you should give the iHome iB40 Headphones a look. They’re comfortable, have an understated look, and produce good sound for the money. I hate ear buds! When I’m around the house and want to listen to some music [...]
Droid 4 Review: Incredible Keyboard, Awesome Speeds
The Droid 4 is the most recent of Motorola’s Droid line. The original Droid kicked off the Android revolution on Verizon, so it is good to see that the company is still thinking of users who want a physical keyboard. The Droid 4 marks the first time Motorola has included Verizon’s super fast 4G LTE [...]
Samsung Series 7 Slate Review: First Impressions
These days whenever someone mentions the word “Tablet” visions of the iPad or something similar dance in their heads. Not that long ago a tablet was something quite different: a Windows-based slate computer. Since the rise of the new idea of the tablet there have been a few Tablet PCs trying for relevance in an [...]
