After the Facebook IPO, or initial public offering, Facebook is valued at over 104 billion dollars, but the Facebook apps for the iPhone, iPad and Android are as awful as ever. Over half of Facebook’s monthly active users use Facebook mobile apps and the mobile web. Read: Facebook IPO By The Numbers That’s 500 million [...]
The berry pink Samsung Galaxy Note, which hit Korea all the way back in April, will arrive in June in the United Kingdom. Retailer Carphone Warehouse has announced that the device will be on sale soon and that it expects the pink hued Galaxy Note to make its grand arrival sometime over the course of [...]
Best Buy, which had originally pegged the HTC EVO 4G LTE release date as May 23rd, has now gone back on that and says it has no idea when Sprint’s smartphone will start shipping. The evidence, provided by Android Central, shows that Best Buy has begun sending out emails to customers saying that it, like [...]
The HP TouchPad, the webOS tablet that HP killed off back in 2011, has emerged again today in a sale. Woot.com has a one day sale going for refurbished versions of the webOS tablet and it’s selling them for a mere $194.99. That price is for the model that has 32GB of storage space which [...]
Rumors of a larger 4-inch display for the new iPhone 5 keep coming in from source after source. Anyone who has used a large high-resolution phone display knows the benefits of more screen real estate, but it’s hard to explain just how much of a difference half an inch in screen size makes to the [...]
The HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE are still being held by Customs for potentially infringing Apple patents, but the phones already have custom Android ROMs to work around those patents. According to The Verge, HTC shipped both the U.S. version of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE with custom [...]
The iHome iP78 LED Color Changing Tower Speaker System with Bluetooth for iHome and iPod looks like a pretty cool tower speaker dock for you iPhone. It offers multiple color LED lights that change with the beats of your music along with a dock for you iPhone or iPod. It’s one of the coolest looking [...]
In case you missed the news on your way to Facebook this morning, the company is worth 104 billion dollars. As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rings the NASDAQ opening bell, the opening share price of $38 is expected to climb, just like the number of monthly Facebook users. Up until today, Facebook has been a private company, [...]
Speculations about Apple’s next flagship smartphone are running high. Following Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reporting that the next-generation iOS smartphone would stray from its 3.5-inch display form factor to a larger 4-inch screen size, Bloomberg is joining the party and reporting that the next iPhone was closely worked on by the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs [...]
Newly surfaced images of Sprint’s unannounced LG Eclipse 4G LTE Android smartphone confirms that the device will not only have Sprints next-generation 4G LTE network support, but will also come with NFC and a removable battery. The NFC feature would mean that this will be another Android smartphone on Sprint’s Now Network to also receive [...]
Samsung’s third-generation Android flagship smartphone still has not gone on sale yet in any part of the world, but the South Korean smartphone-maker has already managed to sell 9 million pre-orders of the highly anticipated Galaxy S III phone. The device, which runs on Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software alongside Samsung’s TouchWiz user [...]
Following rival Verizon Wireless’ announcement that it would be switching customers to family shared data plans, AT&T Mobility says that it is looking to do the same and announced intentions to boost profits. Unfortunately, for consumers, that move means that users would enjoy less frequent upgrades than before as well as increase in prices for [...]
Since the announcement of the Google Glasses project we’ve seen a number of photos taken with the glasses, but not much else. Today we see a patent that hints at a different way to interact with the glasses. According to Wired, a newly public patent shows a way to use hand gestures with Google Glasses. [...]
With Verizon lighting up a host of new cities with 4G LTE today, it’s only right that AT&T make an expansion of its own as the carrier bolstered its new 4G LTE network with three new cities today. While AT&T’s roll out isn’t as expansive as Verizon’s, it does bring three major cities into the [...]
Today Verizon revealed how it will kill unlimited data plans. Shortly after releasing a vague statement in which is declined to provide much detail, Verizon has dished some details to The New York Times that clarify just what it plans to do with unlimited data. Customers who are already on an unlimited data plan will [...]
Imangi Studios, the developer behind the popular game Temple Run, has released an update for Temple Run for Android that promises to solve compatibility issues that users on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich have been having. The update, in addition to shoring up the problems that ICS users have been having, comes with some other [...]
If Apple decides to release a 4G LTE iPhone 5 sometime this year, MetroPCS might be waiting in the wings to offer it unlocked on its 4G LTE network. According to Wireless Week, MetroPCS CFO Braxton Carter stated that while the carrier does not offer the iPhone or really want unlocked iPhone users using the [...]
When Apple unveiled the new iPad, Epic Games came on stage to show off its new iOS game, Infinity Blade Dungeons. We still don’t know when the game will come out, but a new trailer shows off more of the game. The trailer comes from Joystiq with some new information about the game coming from IGN. [...]
Virgin Atlantic has started to allow customers to make phone calls at 35,000 feet on certain flights across the ocean. The airline, according to SFGate, is now allowing customers to both make and receive phone calls during the eight-hour flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Of course, the airline says that the service is only “for [...]
In an effort to shore up its current 4G LTE lineup, U.S. Cellular has today announced a new 4G LTE mobile hotspot from Samsung which is now available online and will become available in stores starting May 21st. The device, whose full name is the 4G LTE Samsung SCH-LC11 Mobile Hotspot, will allow U.S. Cellular [...]
While HTC and Sprint have yet to confirm a new release date for the HTC EVO 4G LTE, Best Buy has apparently sent out emails to pre-orderers telling them that the HTC EVO 4G LTE, which is currently held up at U.S. Customs, is expected to ship out on May 23rd. Best Buy’s emails, first [...]
Pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S III have begun at T-Mobile UK just days ahead of the device’s highly anticipated May 29th release date. The carrier isn’t the first to start taking pre-orders for the device but those currently on T-Mobile and those wishing to go the Magenta route will certainly appreciate the fact that [...]
On May 20 T-Mobile will start offering new, less expensive contract-free data plans for mobile hotspots, tablets, and USB sticks. T-Mobile’s new plans start on Monday, May 18 with the base plan offering 300MB of data in a week for $15. The rest of the plans offer data for a month at a time. Those [...]
Modern cars come with Bluetooth connections and smart stereos capable of hands free operation, but not everyone can upgrade to a Ford Escape tomorrow. Instead of buying a new car, why not add a Bluetooth car kit to your existing car to prepare for your next summer road trip or the daily commute. For as little as [...]
This weekend Sprint will start a promotion that gives new iPhone 4S owners a minimum of $100 towards the phone for their old iPhones. According to TechnoBuffalo, the promotion will start on Friday, May 18. As part of the promotion, Sprint will offer a minimum of $100 for any iPhone that’s traded in for a [...]
The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus car dock will be hitting the United Kingdom this month after a five month wait. Retailer Clove UK has confirmed that the car dock for the Galaxy Nexus will be arriving on May 22nd months after the Samsung Galaxy Nexus officially launched in the United Kingdom. Clove UK will [...]
Yesterday, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo dropped a bomb on owners of grandfathered unlimited data plans saying that the company would be killing those in favor of shared data. Shammo’s announcement though was unfortunately light on the details. Today, Verizon has released a vague statement promising to clarify that policy change when its shared data plan [...]
Sports cameras capable of capturing the thrills of extreme sports are on the rise, and a new iPhone case from Optrix aims to help users create even more of these stomach churning videos. The Optrix Wide-Angle iPhone Action Sports Case is a rugged iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S case that clips to helmets, handlebars, motorcycles and [...]
If George Carlin wants to keep pace with Apple, he needs to update his list of Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television to include jailbreak. In addition to voiding the warranty of anyone who performs an iPhone 4S jailbreak, the company considers Jailbreak a dirty word in iTunes. A search for Jailbreak in the [...]
Rumors of a 4-inch iPhone 5 continue as the start of production nears. Yesterday we saw reports from The Wall Street Journal saying Apple will use screens that measure at least four inches in the iPhone 5. Today Reuters reaffirms that Apple will use 4-inch screens in the next iPhone. According to the publication LG, [...]
The Time Warner Cable app for iPad streams live TV to the iPad, iPhone and Android devices anywhere on your home network, and it’s about the get better thanks to the inclusion of Viacom channels. The Time Warner Cable app launched with Viacom channels like Comedy Central and MTV, but legal problems soon prevented subscribers [...]
It looks like HTC’s alteration of how multitasking appears and works on HTC Sense 4.0 on its flagship HTC One X is causing some power users to be upset. According to HTC, multitasking and memory management were tweaked from Google’s original Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich source code to provide an optimal user experience on [...]
After users had learned about Google implementing DRM measures on its cloud-streaming Google Music service that limits not only the number of devices that can be activated to a single account but also the number of devices that could be deactivated in a single year so that users can activate new or other devices, Google [...]
Android’s growth is a double-edged sword. On one hand, the extensibility and popularity of Google’s ecosystem has helped the platform grow, but with that growth, one security firm is reporting that the platform is now the target of 75 percent of the malware that’s directed towards mobile phones. Antivirus firm F-Secure reported that in the [...]
According to Asymco, Google nets just under $3.00 per Android devices, which is significantly less than what rival Microsoft makes on Google’s platform by forcing patent licensing agreements on Android manufacturers. Asymco says that Google makes about $2.75 per device in ad sales every year. That number pales in comparison to the $5 to $15 [...]
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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 [...]
