To close out the year, Sprint is offering customers in good standing the opportunity to nab an early upgrade to a good smartphone–with Apple’s iPhone included in the mix for selection–for a discounted subsidized price if they agree to sign on for another two-year service agreement. The ‘Upgrade Glee’ promotion is an unadvertised promotion that [...]
Now that iOS 5 is available, and being downloaded by millions of iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users, we wanted to share one of the big areas of improvement — browser speed. While we have been talking about the speed of the iPhone 4S compared to the iPhone 4, for the past few days, this speed boost is available [...]
When iOS 5 finally shows up for the masses, you might want to know how long you should plan for the upgrade. Unlike a computer OS upgrade, and iOS device won’t take hours, but it’s not like downloading and installing an app either. Before you do the upgrade be sure to read our guide on [...]
If you want to know when you are able to purchase the new iPhone 4S for the affordable $199 starting price with a two year contract. The iPhone 4S is a new iPhone from Apple that looks similar to the iPhone 4, but has many updated internals that include a faster processor and better camera. [...]
Xoom owners who were early adopters of the debut Honeycomb tablet made by Motorola were straddled with the slower Verizon 3G CDMA/EV-DO data connections with the promise that at some point in the near future, Verizon Wireless and Motorola would roll out the hardware and software updates to make the faster 4G LTE data speeds [...]
Verizon Wireless is running a special promotion right now to get some if its customers to upgrade to a smartphone by offering a $100 gift card. The deal runs through November 15th and would cover some of today’s hottest devices–including the Motorola Droid 3, Droid X2, the HTC Thunderbolt, LG Revolution, Droid Charge, and more–as [...]
Normally you need to wait two years to get a new phone at discount pricing, but it appears that Verizon is giving out early upgrades to long-term customers in order to tempt them to upgrade to the Motorola Droid Bionic and iPhone 5. Droid Life’s Kellex reports that he received an email telling him that he [...]
A new Verizon promo, aimed at converting basic phone users into smartphone owners with a monthly data plan payment. The deal, which is rumored to kick off in at least the Midwest this week, sill offer a $100 Verizon giftcard to users who upgrade to a smartphone. This new promo runs through September 30th and [...]
Apple’s quarterly earnings call Tuesday included a confirmation of the rumors that OS X Lion 10.7 will officially launch on Wednesday. Our sister site posted the rumor that it would be released via the Apple Mac Store at 8:30 AM EDT. This is the first time that Apple released a major point number update for [...]
Dragon dropped a collection of update news today including a new version of the popular dictation software and an iPhone app that lets you use your iPhone as a wireless microphone with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5 on the PC. The Dragon Remote Microphone application is a free download in the app store which will let your iPhone function [...]
Evernote for Android just got a major upgrade, bringing new organizational tools, sharing on social media, collaboration, security, a new widget and more. In short, this is an Evernote for Android upgrade you don’t want to skip. The new Evernote for Android includes the following features: Mobile Collaboration – If one user is a premium [...]
I guess it is an old saw, or a cliché, or a maxim, or something, but when you’re upgrading an old system or moving to a new device a clean install is always the best way to go. I found that out this weekend when I was upgrading to a new MacBook Pro 13 inch. [...]
In a welcomed 180-degree change from its policy, Motorola has gone on record to now say that the company will perform the 4G LTE radio swap, which is a hardware upgrade, to upgrade the Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet to support Verizon Wireless’s faster 4G mobile broadband network. The Xoom-maker had previously said that [...]
There are a lot of Apple fans out there debating whether or not to upgrade from the original iPad to the iPad 2. Of course you can always try your hand at selling your iPad on eBay or Craigslist, but good luck standing out from the crowd, especially now that Apple’s selling the original iPad [...]
Over at Notebooks.com I posted a comparison between the specs of the old iPad v. the new one. With the iPad coming March 11 (video of announcement), some might be wondering if upgrading is really worth it. In one sense it is such a minor difference, it is unlikely that most iPad owners will really [...]
Want to hack and root your Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet? Think again as rooting the device can result in Motorola denying you of a valuable upgrade to 4G LTE. The Motorola Xoom is currently launched with support for Verizon Wireless’s 3G CDMA/EV-DO network. The carrier and Motorola have both promised a free hardware [...]
Been meaning to give Windows 7 a try on my Tablet PC, but aside from dragging my feet over the hassle of grabbing drivers, I was running short on drive space too. Seemed like a couple of good excuses to upgrade my hard drive.
Low price points make Netbooks awfully attractive. Performance enhancements like SSD’s do as well, and it looks like the costs might be starting to come in line, at least at Dell. Check out this upgrade option where you can add a 32GB SSD for only a $100. Via Engadget
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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.
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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
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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 [...]
