Earlier today, HTC announced that it would begin rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its devices by the end of March. The first batch of devices that will be getting the Android 4.0 update include the HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation 4G, and the HTC Sensation XE. In addition, the company confirmed that a [...]
Samsung won’t host a press conference at the Mobile World Congress this year according to an email sent to PC World. That doesn’t mean that Samsung won’t be announcing new devices, it just won’t be doing so on the main stage. Yeah, that probably means that there won’t be anything earth shattering announced, maybe a [...]
Super Bowl commercials are as famous as the game. If done right, possibly more memorable. Who played in the 1984 Super Bowl? Who knows. But I bet most of you know the famous Apple 1984 commercial even if you didn’t see it aired live on January 22nd 1984. This year Samsung took to the Super [...]
The future of desktop applications on Windows 8 tablets appears fuzzy at the moment thanks to Microsoft’s tight lips on the subject and conjectures based on rumors and unnamed sources. Will ARM-based tablets get the traditional desktop interface or just the Metro UI? Will desktop apps get a chance to play as long as they’re [...]
Are consumers rushing out to get LTE phones for the same reason they run out to get the next camera with more megapixels when the sensor isn’t any better? Are they running out to get a LTE capable phone for the same reason they upgraded the CPU in their desktop from a 1.33 GHz to [...]
I have never owned a single product from Asus. Not a Eee Pad Transformer Prime. Not an Eee Pad Transformer. Not a monitor. Not a motherboard. Nothing. And the funny thing is, I absolutely love them – at least from a customer standpoint. The way they treat their customers honestly makes me wish that my [...]
I had a serious Get Off My Lawn moment yesterday when I read this piece in the NYTimes about teens sharing passwords with their girlfriends and boyfriends as a sign of intimacy and love and trust. You never realize how old you are until you shout DAMN KIDS at the screen in all seriousness. I’m [...]
You may have noticed that several of your favorite sites aren’t quite working today. Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with your browser or your phone. Today Google, Reddit, Wikipedia, and a host of other sites have gone dark or on strike to protest bills currently under debate in the U. S. Senate and House of [...]
I am excited for the potential success of Microsoft’s newest offering, Windows Phone as well. I don’t currently use a Windows Phone device as a daily driver, but I am ready to as soon as Nokia brings a Windows Phone to Verizon. Most of the reasons I choose Android over Windows Phone right now are [...]
As I’m watching the Year of the Ultrabook happen at CES 2012 I’m also watching what appears to be a re-trenching year in the mobile tech sector. Sure we’ve seen Tablets, we’ve seen lots of Ultrabooks, we’ve seen phones, and lots of talk about LTE and 4G. But, frankly, with a few exceptions, I think [...]
The bloggers are ready. The gadget hawkers are ready. Everyone is primed to push forward what we’re going to be buying this year and especially next holiday season. CES 2012 is underway and there will be more words written about new gadgets, new technology, and new promises than we can consume in a month of [...]
comScore just released their November 2011 report on mobile subscribers. The data is mostly unchanged from August’s numbers, though there are interesting tidbits. For example, Apple gained ground in the Top Mobile OEM category, a measurement of which companies sell the most actual phones. From August to November Apple went from 9.8% to 11.2% marketshare, [...]
Social sharing has become a bigger thing than I ever imagined it would. Folks love to ‘tweet,’ ‘Facebook,’ ‘check-in,’ and share their experiences in a myriad of ways across the web using mobile devices. Businesses also are increasingly relying on this as a way to push some publicity by getting their followers to ‘like’ fan [...]
As always this isn’t a list of gadgets, geegaws, accessories, or Apps. This wish list is about things I’d like to see happen in mobile tech in general. As always I’m an impatient old elf and would prefer to see movement here sooner rather than later. Here are links to last year’s wish list as [...]
What was once a field of dreams two years ago is now littered with casualties. Hopes and hype have been dashed. Strategies have been changed and are changing again. Generals have fallen. The fortunes of competitors have been ransacked, as others continue to enrich their treasuries. The fallout thus far will most likely be just [...]
Making predictions for what is to come in the New Year in this topsy-turvey world is both an easy chore and a difficult exercise. Just about everything in any field of human endeavor, much less the world of mobile tech, is in such a state of transition, or in a state of wait-and-see these days, [...]
Last week, Verizon finally released the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on its 4G LTE network. Yesterday, I gave you five reasons to think about buying the Galaxy Nexus and five reasons to pass on it. One of the reasons I gave for not buying it was the fact that the phone’s battery life is atrocious. Our [...]
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 [...]
Passion about any subject is a good thing. Stating a passionate opinion is a good thing. Stating a strong passionate opinion is a good and often a bold thing. You are your opinions. If you write those opinions down on the Internet, in a publication, or for a stage people judge you based on those [...]
Since August, I have been faced with a dilemma, a dilemma that many of you out there are probably facing at this very moment. The issue of course is the whole, “What smartphone should I buy?” debate that has been waging in my head for months now. The hard part for me is that I [...]
One of the hardest parts about reviewing phones is knowing which phones will hold up over time. The HTC ThunderBolt is a prime example, one which, to my dismay, I own. While all phones age, the ThunderBolt has aged worse than Charlie Sheen in the last 9 months. We’ve covered the issues of the HTC ThunderBolt before, [...]
Bigger, better, blottier. Our own Warner Crocker has thrown out all boundaries of breadth and length in this year’s Life on the Wicked Stage Ink Blot Awards, his annual look back on the “achievements” of the year in tech, web, and culture.
Lots of folks are picking up on a study that says users are having some “fat finger” difficulty with Touch on the Kindle Fire. All of the Apple lovers are saying this affirms Steve Jobs’ comments that Tablets in a 7 inch form factor just won’t work. Time may indeed prove Jobs correct, but quite [...]
This will be a bit of a rant here. But it’s a theme I’ve been on for quite some time. For the life of me I don’t know how financial and market analysts stay in business, or for that matter attract any. But then if you believe in old P.T. Barnum, I guess that answers [...]
Today marks yet another day in the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus Release Date circus with November 21st again being thrown around as a possible release date for the Android 4.0-powered device. That date though isn’t just a rumor. No, in fact, it was confirmed by Google who says that the phone will be launching “pretty [...]
James Kendrick has a nice thought provoking piece up entitled, Who really needs a stinking tablet, anyway? Don’t think JK has gone over the edge. He’s still very much a Tablet lover. But his question has great value. There’s not much we do on Tablets that we can’t do on other devices. So, why all [...]
Our own K.T. Bradford recently gave the Motorola Droid RAZR our Editor’s Choice Award. If you haven’t read her review, you can do so here. So, you would have thought, given the glowing review, that the phone would have at least tempted me during my struggle to find my next smartphone. I won’t lie, it [...]
Over the weekend, I got an abnormal amount of email. Seriously, it was enough to sink a battleship. So, why so much mail? Well, Verizon has decided to release three intriguing smartphones right at the end of 2011. Two of them, the HTC Rezound and Motorola Droid RAZR, are already out. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus [...]
We’re seeing (and reporting) that Amazon is loading up the Kindle Fire with Apps prior to its launch next week. Facebook, Netflix, Hulu+, ESPN, and I’m sure there will be more. Certainly Amazon is looking to add value and hopes its customers feel the same way. I mean how long have we been saying that [...]
Our own Ms. Bradford will be giving the Droid RAZR from Motorola a detailed spin, so check back on GottaBeMobile.com for a full review soon. In the meantime, however, I want to share one of my favorite features about the hotly anticipated new Motorola and Verizon Wireless flagship, and it’s not what you expect. There [...]
As many of you know, I have been on the search for a new smartphone to replace my iPhone 3GS. Last week, I wrote at length as to why I would be passing on Apple’s latest and greatest smartphone, the iPhone 4S, and one of those reasons was because of the quality of the Android [...]
In the weeks building up the the launch of the new iPhone, I, like many of you, was excited to see Apple had cooked up for a market that has been flooded with a multitude of intriguing devices. You see, I have an iPhone 3GS. I’ve had it for two years and my contract with [...]
In the past, I have criticized Verizon for its marketing failures. It failed miserably with its first ads for the Motorola Droid Bionic and its 4G LTE network. And while it has since released some stellar ads for both of them, it appears HTC wasn’t about to take the risk of letting them market the [...]
Let’s face it, the hoped for swarm of Android Tablets featuring Honeycomb has basically turned into a discarded wasp nest of dashed possibility. Sure there are fan boys who love their Android Tablets, but Honeycomb Tablets haven’t yet produced much of a sting in the market. That’s probably as it should be. Even with promises [...]
I’ve been moaning and groaning for quite some time now that hardware innovation in the mobile tech sector seems to have stalled. Most Smart Phones are indistinguishable from the next. Tablets are, well Tablets that all offer (again from a hardware perspective), basically the same functionality. Thin and ultra-portable laptops all want to be 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 [...]
