The ThinkPad X220t is the latest business class convertible tablet to arrive from Lenovo, bringing full core processors, 16 hour battery life and many other improvements in a package that weighs under 4 pounds. The X220t has a 12.5″ 1366×768 multi-touch display with a 300 Nit rating and is a semi-rugged device. We’ve tracked down what looks [...]
The Sony Xperia PLAY is an Android smarpthone infused with PlayStation gaming abilities and perhaps the first dedicated hardware gamepad to be built into a smartphone. The Sony Xperia PLAY is launching worldwide, but in the U.S. the device will land on Verizon. The Sony Xperia PLAY is best known as a PlayStation phone because it will [...]
The HTC Thunderbolt is the first 4G LTE phone to hit Verizon, and it is also the first Android device on Verizon to be able to deliver voice calling with Skype. The Skype for Android app leaked out for the Thunderbolt and allows video calling with the front or rear facing camera. We showed you [...]
Shawn Welch is releasing an iPad app called Photoshop Remote for the iPad taking advantage of the new Photoshop Touch SDK which allows uers to interact with Photoshop on a tablet. In Welch’s app users can interact with their Photoshop application using an iPad connected to the same network. This is just the beginning as [...]
Here is a pretty cool video from Vodafone in the UK that calls itself the evolution of mobile showing off mobile handsets from the early and hefty days to the revolutionary early smart phones and ending with an Android phone and the question “What’s next?” The video displays the phones using some interesting ” cutting-edge [...]
The Scosche solVue solar-powered Bluetooth speakerphone offers hands free calling without the need of the car charger, at least most of the time. We asked the company to let us test one and for the most part were satisfied with a couple of drawbacks. The solVue fastens to your Window or sun visor with one [...]
Fox affiliate co-anchors from an unnamed station were involved in an April fools joke that involved an iPad and those silly beer apps you’ve likely seen advertised. We could describe it, but its more fun just watching the video. The reaction of the pwned co-anchor is priceless. But the thing everyone seems enamored with is the way the prankster [...]
TwelveSouth makes a great iPad stand called the iPad BookArc Stand. It is a solid piece of aluminum bent into an arc that stands up and holds the iPad or iPad 2 in the cutout down the middle of the stand. It has a silicone insert that protects the iPad from the metal so you [...]
There are not a lot of third-party cameras that can be used to shoot video compatible with Apple’s new iPad 2 video editing program iMovie. The Pure Digital Flip Mino and Flip Ultra HD will work. PC World put together a short How To video and we have tried it out and it works fine [...]
A recent Apple patent filing was unearthed revealing that Apple is exploring different ways to record videos and capture digital still images in 3D. While the potential of Apple’s patent can materialize in a future iOS–an iPhone 3D perhaps–device, it’s unclear if Apple will commercialize its efforts. According to the patent filing, Apple says that [...]
We are not surprised to see that someone has taken the iPad 2, even with a less that stellar camera, and shot an entire music video using nothing but the iPad 2. The group is called Eddy and their song is Need which you can download for free at the band’s site. To get the [...]
MacWorld puts the cameras on three popular tablets head-to-head for a showdown, and finds that the iPad 2‘s camera for video is good, but digital still image quality left a lot to be desired. Scoring consistently high in both image and video quality is the Motorola Xoom, which ha a 5-megapixel still rear-facing camera that’s [...]
Hulu Plus, a staple of the few streaming video apps on iOS, is coming soon to select Android devices. Though a specific launch date wasn’t specified, Engadget reported that one of its readers had spotted the Hulu Plus service on a Google Samsung Nexus S smartphone, which runs Android 2.3. The image found on Hulu’s [...]
Apple is limiting the iMovie video editing app, now a Universal App, to just the new iPad 2 on tablets, meaning that original iPad 1 owners are out of luck. However, that may not be the case after all as some enterprising developers have been able to get iMovie to install on their first-generation Apple [...]
We were at Intel’s booth at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California where we had noticed a small, portable gaming device from Razer called the Switchblade. According to the company, the Switchblade right now is still an early prototype or concept device, and Razer wouldn’t disclose any formal specs on this diminutive gaming PC other [...]
We caught up with Sony Ericsson at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to get some hands-on time with the company’s ‘PlayStation Phone,’ officially called the XPERIA Play. The XPERIA Play is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone that was announced at Mobile World Congress and features a slide-out PlayStation controller along with shoulder trigger [...]
Apple’s iPad 2 is one of those things that you have to feel to truly experience. To reiterate Steve Jobs’ reluctance on being dependent upon specs, the numbers–33% slimmer than the current iPad, thinner than the iPhone 4, and 0.2 pounds lighter than the iPad 1–don’t really do the device any justice. In reality, when [...]
Only a few hundred lucky people were on hand for the unveiling of the iPad 2 in San Francisco today. But you too can enjoy all 71 minutes of the iPad 2 press conference if that’s your cup of tea. You can click on the image below to view the iPad 2 video. If you [...]
Editing video has alwasys been a real pain in the neck. I’ve been cutting and splicing video since the 6th grade, back when Panasonic sponsored our classroom and gave us a bunch of VHS Camcorders, TVs and VCRs. Things are much easier these days, but editing family video is often more hassle than it’s worth. [...]
Our friend Josh Smith Notebooks.com showed off his tests of OnLive running on his MacBook air. The results are pretty impressive. In our tests of the gaming system, we have found that if you have a fast Internet connection the games are only limited by your ability and the occasional stutter or infrequent crash. That [...]
We’ve been testing out the new OnLive Game System and it’s pretty impressive, with just a few problems. So we thought we’d share a weekend sale Onlive is having on 2K Games. This weekend users can get 50%-70% off many popular 2K Games titles including NBA2K11 and Major League Baseball 2k10. Each day of the four-day [...]
In addition to streaming news from Amazon, rival Netflix is coming out with its own news by announcing that older content from CBS will be joining the service’s Watch Instantly streaming library. In a non-exclusive two-year agreement starting this April, Netflix subscribers can watch shows such as “Medium,” “Flashpoint,” “Frasier,” and “Cheers,” “Family Ties,” “Hawaii [...]
While Apple has yet to announce its second-generation tablet computer, there has been a lot of hype about the device, it’s form factor, and it’s specs. One Apple fan has taken upon himself to create a video parody of what Apple’s iPad 2 will look like and how that tablet will function, and the results [...]
The Onlive Game System is a pretty cool device. It is a cross between the Roku box and a gaming console in that you can play games but they stream over the Internet instead of running locally from a game disc. We give it an unboxing in this short video. After just a quick test [...]
Google has developed a movie editing software for Android 3.0 Honeycomb called Movie Studio, though at this time it isn’t clear if the app will come pre-installed on upcoming Android Honeycomb tablets like the Motorola Xoom. On the go movie editing through Movie Studio looks smooth and simple, which would give Android a competitive edge [...]
While Xavier’s been over the Sprint Overdrive, a 3G/4G mobile hotspot that’s made by Sierra Wireless to compete with Sprint’s original Novatel 3G MiFi, one possible alternative, which may be better for people in Xavier’s position, for a mobile broadband Internet connection on the go that’s sharable with up to five devices is AT&T’s MiFi [...]
If you think rugged smartphones are big, bulky, and ugly–think again. The Motorola Defy is a rugged Android smartphone–the second for the company–that launches in a tuxedo black and white shell that stands up to your daily life and ‘defies’ what you throw at it, including any pre-conceptions for what rugged may look like. The [...]
At first glance, the sight of Meinolf Althaus holding a hammer over a slate brings me back to Fujitsu’s earlier claim of “slate-beating”, but it’s all part of a presentation explaining the philosophy that guides their slate-making decisions with the upcoming Stylistic Q550 being the target. Of the lesson, not the beating.
With the rise of the iPhone, many handset-makers have tried to replicate Apple’s success with capacitive touchscreen displays, abandoning old technologies such as resistive touchscreens. While there are advantages and disadvantages to both touchscreen technologies, for now, gesture support, ease and accuracy of tapping, and the ability to use high-end materials, such as Gorilla Glass, [...]
Motorola representatives at the Motorola press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show were able to sit down with us at GottaBeMobile to demo the CLIQ 2 Android smartphone for T-Mobile. The device is slated to launch on January 19th, and pricing information will be forthcoming from T-Mobile USA as the launch date approaches. That said, [...]
Motorola had announced the Motorola Droid Bionic for Verizon Wireless yesterday at a press conference in Las Vegas, NV and we were there to get some hands-on time and a demo from Motorola’s team. The Bionic is the next generation of Droid, and as a Droid device, the “Droid [Bionic] Does” a lot with its [...]
Sling Media just pushed an update to its Slingplayer Mobile for iPhone app to the iTunes App Store, bringing the revision to 2.0. The new app, available as a free update for current owners and a $30 download for those who haven’t previously purchased, brings the new high quality video streaming found on the company’s [...]
After the release of the Android 2.3, also known as Gingerbread, SDK yesterday, developers have discovered icons for video chat within the SDK. Video chat is a highly requested feature in the Android community as something that could be integrated with Gmail and Google Chat so that video chat wouldn’t require a lot of effort [...]
I’m still not sold on Microsoft’s ‘A Phone to Save Us From Our Phones” messaging, but the recent ads are some of the best we’ve seen from Microsoft for quite some time. In this one-minute ad, Microsoft pokes fun at smartphone users who ignore the real world in favor of focusing on their smartphones. Microsoft’s [...]
Last week we got into a discussion about what makes notebooks and netbooks feel cheap. On the other end of the spectrum, there are PCs that look and feel rock solid. Manufacturers that sell to corporations, such as HP and Lenovo, sell devices that are built to last and cost a bit more. ThinkPads feel [...]
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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 [...]
