The first reviews are in and it looks like the new iPad 3rd gen is a hit. Though it doesn’t represent a huge upgrade over the iPad 2, the upgrades it did get make it an even better tablet. (Read: New iPad Review Roundup) But do they make it the best tablet for you? Different [...]
Though the Amazon Kindle Fire has only been available for four months, the Amazon Appstore is celebrating its first birthday this week. Amazon’s Android app store started one year ago with 4,000 apps, and now holds 31,000 apps. To celebrate the year, Amazon is putting some of those apps on sale, and released some numbers. [...]
You knew it was coming and it appears it is already beginning. The big feature for the new iPad is the stunning/outrageous/amazing/awesome/astounding/pick your adjective from the early reviews high definition display. And of course that means those of us who have been using an iPad or iPad 2 are in for a slew of updates [...]
After having announced that the Lumia 800 would be available to U.S. customers through Microsoft retail stores as an unlocked, unsubsidized handset bundled with some notable Bluetooth accessories, Nokia has announced that the same bundle will also be carried by Amazon and Amazon Wireless. The bundle, priced at $899, is expensive but does not require [...]
Earlier today, Amazon announced that it would be hosting a sale throughout March on every single 4G WiMax for Sprint leading us to speculate that a 4G LTE roll out will be taking place in April. Well, the retailer has also just unveiled a sale on smartphones for Verizon, specifically, every single DROID-branded smartphone that [...]
While Sprint has still has not confirmed exactly when it will be rolling out its upcoming 4G LTE network, all signs seem to be pointing to April as the month in which the Now Network launches its high-speed cellular network. The first sign was a contest for its first 4G LTE phone ending at the [...]
With the success of the affordably priced 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet, it appears that Amazon is already preparing for the slate’s successor with two new models. According to sources, the Internet retail giant will be releasing a successor to the 7-inch model and is planning to roll out a 10-inch Kindle Fire tablet alongside the [...]
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So the new iPad, or iPad 3, has your attention. If you’re sitting there asking, “Should I Upgrade to the new iPad?“, you should factor in the price you can get for your old iPad into your decision. The good news is that the iPad holds it’s value pretty well, especially the 16GB model that many [...]
If you’re selling your iPad 2 to buy the iPad 3, or iPad HD, I just found the best place to trade in your old iPad. Surprisingly, Amazon is paying a huge premium for old iPads for a limited time. Right now you can get $100 more than Gazelle and Nextworth if you trade in [...]
During the past few weeks it has become as fashionable to hate on Apple as it has been to own an Apple product. But, unless you’re doing your due diligence on every gadget in your bag, dorm or home, you might want to reconsider hating on a single company. In case you missed it, The [...]
Though the two tablets have a lot in common, once you do a feature by feature break down and comparison it’s clear that they each have strengths that appeal to different people and dealbreaking weaknesses that help consumers decide which to pick. Read our face off to find out which budget tablet is best for you.
Digitimes is reporting that Amazon has ordered color e-ink panels from E Ink Holdings. The 6-inch color e-ink panels could potentially make it into the next generation Kindle Touch e-readers, which would be the first e-ink readers from Amazon to feature a color display. Though Amazon has the Kindle Fire tablet, based on Google’s Android [...]
According to a Digitimes report, Amazon is prepping to launch a 10-inch version of its popular Kindle Fire tablet starting in Q2. The report suggests that Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn has won the manufacturing contract for the 10-inch Kindle Fire slate, beating out current Quanta and Inventec, which are responsible for producing the current 7-inch [...]
With the debut of the Kindle Fire and an affordable $199 price tag, Amazon has carved out quite the market for itself with its first Android tablet that taps into the company’s digital store fronts for music, movies, apps, magazines, and e-books. Despite being late to enter the slate market, the Kindle Fire’s high-end feature [...]
At the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook provided some insight into how Apple views the pre-paid phone market as well as the popular and well received Amazon Kindle Fire rival tablet running on a heavily skinned version of Google’s Android operating system. Commenting on the Kindle Fire, Cook recognizes that [...]
Those who ordered a Nikon D800 the day it was announced from Amazon.com may have to wait almost a year for delivery. That’s according to Amazon.com order updates sent out to eager Nikon D800 buyers yesterday. Amazon.com sold the Nikon D800 and D800E as pre-orders beginning February 6, but shut down pre-orders February 7. Amazon.com [...]
Maybe you got a Kindle Fire and aren’t that crazy about it. You want to sell the thing, give it away or return it to Amazon or the store where you bought it. It could be you just want to start over and remove all the free Amazon App Store of the day apps, documents [...]
Looking for a last minute gift for your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day? Well, if you’re beloved is a geek, a techie, or an avid reader, the Amazon Kindle Fire 7-inch slate may be just the perfect gift for the day of love, and the good news is that Walmart is offering a promotion on the [...]
Valentines Day is a great time to remind someone you care about that you love them. While gadgets alone won’t show your true feelings, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite gadgets to give this Valentines Day. Instead of roses that wilt and chocolates that go bad, why not pick up a fun gadget gift [...]
Today is launch day for the Motorola Droid 4, a device that we awarded our Best Smartphone of CES 2012 award, and if you head over to Verizon’s website right now, you can snag it for $199.99 on-contract. Not a bad price. However, if you’re looking to save some cash and you’re a new customer [...]
Over the last couple of months, Samsung has produced a number of advertisements that have taken shots at Apple, its fans and its products. And now, it appears that Amazon has joined the fray with a new Kindle ad that takes shots at Apple’s iPad while touting the benefits of the company’s Kindle e-reader and [...]
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 [...]
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is one of the best phones on the market today, and the only real choice for phone shoppers who want Android 4.0 right out of the box. When the Galaxy Nexus launched on Verizon in December, the $299 price put off many potential buyers, but less than two months later you can purchase [...]
Amazon is getting ready to build a physical retail presence for its name after being in the online space for some time now. The online retailer is gearing up to open up a physical retail store near its headquarters in tech-friendly Seattle, Washington. The location will be small and will be a physical place for [...]
One look at the calender reveals that today is January 26th and you know what that means right? Verizon’s latest Droid, the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX, has launched on the carrier’s 4G LTE network. Now, if you head over to Verizon’s website, you’ll find that the Droid RAZR MAXX is $299.99 if you sign a [...]
Amazon has apparently gone bonkers. And luckily, we’re just fine with that. Just a day after the retailer started offering up the newly released LG Spectrum, a 4G LTE smartphone on Verizon, for a mere $80, Amazon has now slashed the price of the coveted Samsung Galaxy Nexus down to a mere $100 with the [...]
The Pad & Quill Octavo case for the iPad 2 is a leather bound case that looks great on the iPad 2. This case is crafted with care and you can tell that when you pick it up. Pad & Quill is known for producing high quality cases that protect your tablet, computer or iPhone with [...]
It’s not everyday that you see a 4G LTE smartphone with the specifications that the LG Spectrum has fall to $80. And it’s especially rare to see a phone, with the specifications that the LG Spectrum has, drop to $80 mere days after it becomes available. If you haven’t guessed already, the LG Spectrum, a [...]
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 [...]
A few months ago iSuppli did a teardown of the Kindle Fire and surmised that the tablet costs about $202 to make, which is $3 more than the company charges consumers. Ever since then everyone has dutifully repeated the meme that Amazon is selling the Fire at a loss. Except: they’re not. First, there’s more [...]
One of the biggest obstacles that some people face when buying a new smartphone, especially one 4G in nature, is the price. We know it’s hard to comprehend for some of you, but not everyone is willing to throw down hundreds of dollars for a new smartphone. Well, those not looking to break the bank [...]
When the Kindle Fire debuted last year analysts predicted that the tablet’s $199 price tag would initiate a race to the bottom on tablet prices. That prediction proved prescient at this year’s CES where we saw several high-profile Android tablets priced between $179 and $249. Unlike the Kindle Fire and it’s arch nemesis the Nook [...]
For those who correctly think that Amazon’s Kindle Fire is just part of a bigger strategy instead of those who narrowly think it’s all about hardware in the trumped up for the headlines Kindle Fire/iPad 2 fight, this might be some confirming news. Amazon has released an iPad optimized website for Kindle Content. No, it’s [...]
While most of our attention is currently on the happenings at CES 2012 here in Las Vegas, but we couldn’t help but notice that another high-end Android phone has dropped in price today, and this time its HTC’s most recent release, the HTC Rezound, which has fallen down to $199 just two months after launching. [...]
Google has already gone on record that it would build its own branded tablet hardware, much like what the company is doing with smartphones under the Nexus brand, with the latest incarnation the Galaxy Nexus through a partnership with Samsung. While initially, the Nexus Tablet is thought to be Google’s response to Apple’s iPad tablet [...]
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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
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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
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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 [...]
