I wouldn’t want to be Meg Whitman, the new CEO of HP, Todd Bradley, or any of the other execs at HP as they try to muddle through their next moves for HP’s future. Certainly they have some tough decisions ahead. Given the problematic way they went about getting rid of the HP TouchPad, purchasing [...]
You might still be able to pick up a HP TouchPad at Best Buy or eBay or through some other method or off hand promotion. But if you were on that waiting list with HP it looks like you are out of luck. According to Neowin, users who signed up to be notified when HP [...]
Well, anyone who doesn’t think RIM is in a world of hurt by now is either an unapologetic fanboy or on their executive team. RIM’s much ballyhooed Playbook Tablet didn’t live up to the bally or the hoo. Word that a promised update wasn’t going to show its head until next year seemed to have [...]
Yesterday marked the end of the second longest customer support issue I have had with a company, almost taking the title from Sony’s car audio division. As I previously shared, my MacBook Air went crazy earlier this month, displaying a black bar on the display as well as exhibiting some performance quirks. I dropped it [...]
Corning announced their next generation display glass for mobile tech this week, dubbing it Lotus and not, say, Gorilla 2. This new glass will withstand higher temperatures in the manufacturing process and allow for higher resolution displays and tighter design rules. That may indicate thinner phones in the future, and more resolution is usually welcome. [...]
Dell took the semi-transparent lid off their new Windows 7 slate, the Latitude ST, today and it’s already been reviewed.
A thermostat shouldn’t excite me this much, but I can’t help but want the new Nest Learning Thermostat. Designed by the former iPod creator, the Nest Learning Thermostat looks great, but that’s not why I am so excited about our heating and cooling future. The $250 programmable thermostat ditches the hard to navigate and program [...]
Finally digging itself out from the geek niche, The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is rebranding the latest version of the Bluetooth wireless standard, version 4.0, to make it easier for consumers to understand how different BT devices relate to one another as this new standard aims for broad adoption.
Following news that the Dell Latitude ST is on the way comes a marketing video from Dell showing the advantages of this Windows 7 slate. No surprise, it’s not targeted at consumers.
Samsung is one of the few Android tablet makers that has consistently delivered devices that look good, run well, and avoid the shortcomings rampant in this segment of the market. The 8.9 inch Galaxy Tab is not the exception to the rule. Just like the 10.1 inch version released earlier this year, it combines a [...]
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang calls Microsoft Office “the killer app” for ARM-based Windows tablets and claims a new version for that purpose would be “wonderful”. After ten years of not having a tablet-centric version of Office, I’d call it “miraculous.”
When Motorola first unveiled their new MotoACTV device the other day, my first thought was: oh look, an Android iPod nano. Finally. I’ve long felt that Android device manufacturers needed to get more on creating iPod rivals. (By the way, Samsung, hurry up with that Galaxy Player.) Not only did Motorola step up in creating [...]
Just received a tip from Giacomo at il Tablet PC Italico that Dell will launch a new Windows 7 slate next month, dubbed the Latitude ST. He’s not at liberty to share specs, but previous leaks have us covered on that. Maybe.
The HP TouchPad and webOS is certainly going to be one of the stories of the year in mobile tech. The big push and then the big quick stop and then the let’s make a few more is certainly one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen. But, for those who still have a TouchPad, [...]
Microsoft Research might need to be a little careful with its naming and branding of some of its projects and technology. Designed to allow users to control their mobile devices while they remain in their pockets, this technology, PocketTouch, can track gestures using Microsoft’s digital Ink handwriting recognition system and preset gestures. The full name [...]
Throughout the iPhone’s evolution there has been much discussion about the design and the late Steve Jobs’ desire for a clean piece of hardware that had few buttons, no indicator lights and such. In fact there was some speculation that the iPhone’s home button would disappear on the still to be seen iPhone 5 or [...]
As my colleague Steve Przybylski reminds me Margaret Atwood once said something isn’t science fiction any longer once it is actually here. I won’t say that Apple’s acquisition of Siri, and putting Siri’s technology front and center in iOS5 for the iPhone 4S means that we’re there yet, but in my brief experience the seeds [...]
My iPhone 4S arrived about an hour or so ago and I’ve set it up and am up and running. So far everything is working as advertised. This is just a quick first impressions post to get things going and I’m sure we’ll be seeing much more here at GBM over the next few days. [...]
Back in the days of the original Tablet PC (yeah, that seems so long ago) just about everyone who had experienced what Tablet PCs offered could be heard (or read) saying that to see the real future of these devices all you had to do was put one in the hands of a child. When [...]
Kevin already showed you the ins and outs of setting up your iPad2 with iOS 5 to mirror the Tablet screen to your Apple TV. Check that all out here. This however, is just an unabashed gushing post. AirPlay Mirroring from an iPad2 to an Apple TV just flat our rocks. As Kevin shows you [...]
Now that you’ve downloaded iOS 5 to your iPad (well, hopefully…) you can sign up for an iCloud account and start syncing and backing up your data across devices. This includes Photo Stream, which automatically saves all the pictures you take on your iPad or iPhone to the cloud and to synced devices. Though iCloud [...]
Yesterday Motorola announced their newest smartphone dock, the Lapdock 100. It’s similar to the Webtop dock available for the Motorola Atrix and the Droid Bionic, except that this one is a bit smaller (10.1 inch display instead of 11.6) and will work with multiple phones instead of just one. At the moment, the multiple phones [...]
The SlingPlayer for Tablets App for Android Honeycomb Tablets got previewed a bit ago and now it is available for the now familiar $29.99 price tag that Sling Media charges for each of its Apps. I’ve had a love hate relationship with Sling Media, its Slingbox and Apps for quite some time. First, the love [...]
The Samsung Stratosphere finally has a release date. Starting on October 13th, you’ll be able to go online or to your local Verizon store to pick up the first 4G LTE smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard. This is great news for users who cannot fathom a switch to an on screen keyboard. Many times [...]
Fusion Garage’s $299 Grid10 is an interesting entrant into the tablet milieu. In a market dominated by Apple and, to a lesser extent, Android, it takes a lot of chutzpah to introduce a product that runs on neither. Especially if you’re a small company like Fusion Garage. Larger companies have tried and failed. The Singapore-based [...]
Back in May I moderated a panel at a literary conference about how science fiction is the new reality. The description read: “Star Trek offers a vision of the future that includes personal, networked communicators, talking, intelligent computers, and the tricorder, a portable, hand-held networked computing device. Today we have cellphones, IBM’s Watson, and the [...]
Underwhelmed by yesterday’s iPhone 4S announcement? You’re not alone. Aside from the fact that the world didn’t get the iPhone 5 it was expecting, many of the new features included in the 4S aren’t all that exciting or revolutionary. Sure, they’re new for iPhone users, but the Android fans in the house have been there, [...]
So, we’re still waiting to hear complete details from some of the carriers about pricing, plans, etc.. for the iPhone 4S. And I’m betting once we do things will be as murky and deceptive as they are at present. I’m a current AT&T customer and at the moment see no reason to switch given how [...]
Today’s iPhone announcement proved a let down for those of us who really wanted to see the iPhone 5 and not just an update to the iPhone 4. There were plenty of nice, new features and specs to ooh and ahh over in the iPhone 4S, but not nearly as many as the rumor mill [...]
Today Apple announced the iPhone 4S, a new iPhone that wants to replace your digital camera, be your next phone and your personal assistant. You can read all about the iPhone 4S here, and you can pre-order the iPhone 4S starting on October 7th. The iPhone 4S will be available for purchase on October 14th [...]
One of the sweet features of iOS 5 is the ability to mirror what’s on your iPad’s screen on an HDTV via Apple TV without having to connect an HDMI cable. At today’s iPhone 4S announcement, Apple said that this feature is now available for the newest iPhone as well. This is likely made possible [...]
Apple unveiled a new update to the iPod Nano today, showing off a few new features that will excite fitness nuts and watch lovers. The new iPod Nano, which is available starting today, has a built in fitness center and includes 16 new watch faces — including micky mouse and minnie mouse. The iPod Nano includes 16 [...]
Today at the Let’s Talk iPhone event in California, Apple announced the iPhone 4S. CEO Tim Cook put an end to months of rumors by unveiling the new iPhone at Apple headquarters. The new iPhone has a larger display, faster processor and a new look. Apple has combined the faster internals with an updated iOS [...]
This afternoon Apple is set to announce then iPhone 5, or maybe the iPhone 4S, or maybe both. Either way, the iPhone 4 will officially become last year’s news. There’s still time to sell your “old” iPhone 4 or 3GS in order to get a nice chunk of change to put toward your new iPhone. [...]
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Almost as soon as tablets became the hot new thing in consumer electronics, corporations and small business users wanted in on the action, too. While the form factor makes for a sweet portable computing experience, deploying tablets isn’t always feasible due to security concerns and basic usability issues. It’s no surprise that Lenovo would create [...]
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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 [...]
