Archive for March, 2011

HP webOS 3.0 available for testing to developers (video)

HP webOS 3.0 available for testing to developers (video)

Posted by on March 31, 2011 · 0 Comment

HP announced at its London webOS CONNECT event that webOS 3.0 beta is available for developers. The SDK includes support for HP’s new Enyo apps framework, which offers hardware acceleration, browser-based development, better performance, support for HTML 5 standards, and more.  The webOS 3.0 operating system powers the HP TouchPad.  HP also announced plans to launch a revamped developer portal [...]
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Firefox 4 make it to Android and Maemo (video)

Firefox 4 make it to Android and Maemo (video)

Posted by on March 30, 2011 · 0 Comment

Mozilla recently released the latest version of Firefox 4 for Android and Maemo smartphones. Firefox 4 now includes support for Firefox Sync, which allows you to sync open tabs, history, bookmarks, passwords, and other data, between your computer and your smartphone. It also lets you perform tabbed browsing, add-on installation, and features a new, streamlined look. Mozilla says it will also automatically [...]
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Amazon adds Cloud Music (video)

Amazon adds Cloud Music (video)

Posted by on March 29, 2011 · 0 Comment

Amazon has announced a new cloud-based music storage service called Cloud Drive. The new service allows you to store up to 5GB of music and playback tracks via your Android smartphone, Android tablet, Mac, or PC. Users that purchase a complete album via Amazon’s MP3 store will automatically be upgraded to 20GB of storage, free of charge, and tracks purchased on Amazon are automatically uploaded [...]
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Casio G-Shock Bluetooth Watch 4.0

Casio G-Shock Bluetooth Watch 4.0

Posted by on March 26, 2011 · 0 Comment

Casio’s next timepiece in the G-Shock line will feature support for Bluetooth 4.0.  What does that mean?  Well, it allows you to pair the watch with your phone.  Aside from alerting you of incoming calls, emails and text messages, it will sync with your phone’s time. As mentioned, this watch will use Bluetooth 4.0, which is apparentely so power efficient that it allows for a two year [...]
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Morgan Stanley says Apple is developing ‘Smart TV’

Morgan Stanley says Apple is developing ‘Smart TV’

Posted by on March 25, 2011 · 0 Comment

Morgan Stanley is saying that Apple may be expanding its line beyond just Apple TV to an actual “Smart TV”. “Checks in Asia suggest Apple is working on a Smart TV prototype,” analyst Katy Huberty said in a note to investors on Friday. She also suggested that such a TV could help create a whole new Smart TV category. While there are already connected TVs that some manufacturer’s advertise [...]
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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer cool convertible (video)

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer cool convertible (video)

Posted by on March 25, 2011 · 0 Comment

The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer may not make it to the U.S., but it is a very feature-packed device that marries a standard 10.1-inch tablet with a QWERTY-equipped hinged dock. When combined, the result is a full-sized touchscreen laptop experience that can afford up to a staggering 16-hours of battery life on a single charge. When apart, the Eee Pad Transformer becomes a regular Honeycomb tablet. Spec [...]
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Toshiba’s 14-inch USB-powered Mobile LCD Monitor, ideal for laptop editions (video)

Toshiba’s 14-inch USB-powered Mobile LCD Monitor, ideal for laptop editions (video)

Posted by on March 24, 2011 · 0 Comment

Toshiba’s got a nifty little number they just came out with in the form of their 14-inch USB-powered Mobile LCD Monitor.  It sports a 1366×768 resolution, and transmits power and video via the attached computer’s USB port.  It’s sweet for laptop users and weighs a mere 2.8lb.  For $199.99, Toshiba includes a protective black vinyl carrying case that can fold into an adjustable [...]
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Google Chrome 11 to include 3D & Speech-to-text

Google Chrome 11 to include 3D & Speech-to-text

Posted by on March 24, 2011 · 0 Comment

Google is updating their Chrome browser once again with version 11, and including two new features: speech-to-text and hardware accelerated 3D CSS. With the newly included HTML speech-to-input API, developers can enable Web applications to translate voice input into text. “When a web page uses this feature, you simply click on an icon and then speak into your computer’s microphone,” writes Google. [...]
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LG going head-to-head with Powermat

LG going head-to-head with Powermat

Posted by on March 23, 2011 · 0 Comment

LG  just launched a new inductive charging system at CTIA called the LG’s Wireless Charging Pad.  Like the Powermat, it is a flat mat that plugs into any standard power outlet. Compatible LG handsets can then be placed on top of the pad, and the device will charge them without the need to connect any wires. Other similar inductive charging solutions currently on the market require users to attach [...]
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Amazon Android Appstore breathes (video)

Amazon Android Appstore breathes (video)

Posted by on March 23, 2011 · 0 Comment

Yesterday, Amazon launched its new on-device and Web-based Android application hub, the Amazon Appstore. As a direct rival to Google’s own Android Market, the Amazon Appstore features a wide range of Android games and applications. Amazon is also touting the exclusive availability of Rovio’s new app, Angry Birds Rio. Free for a limited time, Angry Birds Rio is Rovio’s latest game for the Android [...]
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Firefox 4 hits the streets (video)

Firefox 4 hits the streets (video)

Posted by on March 23, 2011 · 0 Comment

Mozilla just made Firefox 4 available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux computers, and features a redesigned UI, a new panoramic tab manager, improved security and privacy controls, integrated Firefox Sync services, tab grouping, an optimized JavaScript engine designed to improve Web app performance, GPU-accelerated page rendering and plenty more. The new version of Firefox is available for download [...]
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AT&T’s new Acer Iconia Tab A501, coming summer

AT&T’s new Acer Iconia Tab A501, coming summer

Posted by on March 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

AT&T is stepping up with the upcoming summer launch of the 4G-enabled Acer Iconia Tab A501 Android tablet.  The A501 features Google’s Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system as well as a 10-inch touchscreen display, a dual-core Tegra 2 processor, a 5-megapixel rear camera, a front-facing camera for video chat and an HDMI-port capable of piping 1080p HD video to any attached device. “Consumers [...]
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Sprint unveils the HTC EVO View 4G tablet (video)

Sprint unveils the HTC EVO View 4G tablet (video)

Posted by on March 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

Sprint had a big day today at the CTIA show, announcing the EVO 3D smartphone and now a 4G WiMAX version of the HTC Flyer tablet, dubbed the EVO View 4G. The EVO View 4G has a 7-inch 1024 x 600-pixel capacitive touchscreen display, an aluminum uni-body design and a 4,000 mAh battery. It comes with a few unique software features developed by HTC, including HTC Scribe, a note taking application that [...]
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Sprint’s killer HTC EVO 3D smartphone (video)

Sprint’s killer HTC EVO 3D smartphone (video)

Posted by on March 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

Sprint officially unveiled the HTC EVO 3D during its press conference at the CTIA tradeshow in Orlando today, and it could be the coolest, most robust handset thats been previewed to date. The EVO 3D is an Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) smartphone with a 4.3-inch qHD 960 x 450-pixel autostereoscopic 3D display. It’s powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm 8660 processor and it packs 1GB of RAM, a [...]
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Verizon not interested in Sprint merger

Verizon not interested in Sprint merger

Posted by on March 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

Verizon Wireless CEO Daniel Mead said on Monday that the company has no interest in a merger with Sprint, a notion that had been tossed around by analysts over the weekend following news that AT&T intends to Acquire T-Mobile USA. “We’re not interested in Sprint. We don’t need them,” Mead told Reuters reporters in Florida ahead of this year’s CTIA Wireless conference. Should AT&T’s [...]
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Metal Chassis’d 4″ iPhone 5 may launch by summer

Metal Chassis’d 4″ iPhone 5 may launch by summer

Posted by on March 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

China Times is suggesting that Apple’s iPhone 5 has entered trial production and is scheduled for a third-quarter launch. Apple released the iPhone 4 late in the second quarter of 2010, however some speculate Apple may push its iPhone 5 launch back to July or even later in an effort to place more space between its release and the launch of Verizon Wireless’ iPhone 4, which became available this [...]
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Samsung bringing Galaxy Tab Honeycomb in 8.9″ size (video)

Samsung bringing Galaxy Tab Honeycomb in 8.9″ size (video)

Posted by on March 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

Samsung launched the 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab during CTIA this week, its third Android-powered tablet. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and features a mini-apps drawer for quickly launching your favorite applications. A future update will also bring Samsung’s custom UI to the slate. As its name implies, the Galaxy Tab 8.9 has an 8.9-inch screen with a 1280 x 600-pixel resolution. Despite [...]
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Sprint putting Google Voice on all handsets…no app needed (video)

Sprint putting Google Voice on all handsets…no app needed (video)

Posted by on March 21, 2011 · 0 Comment

Sprint and Google are creating a lot of smiles to all Sprint wireless subscribers with the gift of Google Voice available immediately without any effort. It will literally be as simple as entering your number into your Google Voice account; the system will recognize that it’s a Sprint number and ask you if you’d like to use it as your Google Voice number. The best part? Google Voice apps aren’t [...]
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Sprint signs Google Nexus S 4G as flagship handset

Sprint signs Google Nexus S 4G as flagship handset

Posted by on March 21, 2011 · 0 Comment

Officially announced today, Sprint will be adding a flagship handset to their arsenal, the Google Nexus S 4G.  Google says that the Nexus S 4G for Sprint is practically identical to the original Nexus S, except that it’s a tiny bit thicker and heavier since it packs a new radio for CDMA and 4G WiMAX compatibility. The OS is also identical besides the addition of a 4G on / off check box in [...]
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Xobni testing with Gmail and Android/iPhone apps on horizon (video)

Xobni testing with Gmail and Android/iPhone apps on horizon (video)

Posted by on March 19, 2011 · 0 Comment

  Xobni, the company behind the popular inbox management software with the same name, announced that it will begin offering a beta browser-plugin for Chrome and Firefox that works with Gmail. Xobni for Gmail creates profiles for each contact in your address book, and automatically fills in company, title, social network profiles, and more. If you search for a contact, you’ll see their profile, [...]
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iPhone 5 to sport metal & larger screen

iPhone 5 to sport metal & larger screen

Posted by on March 18, 2011 · 0 Comment

More rumors concerning the upcoming iPhone 5 have surfaced, coming form solid sources at Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer responsible for building the iPhone, that say that production is getting under way. Considering the next iPhone is expected to launch in June, the reports focus on two main design changes of the iPhone 5, as compared to the iPhone 4: a larger display and a metal case back. Other [...]
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Amazon Android App Store cued (video)

Amazon Android App Store cued (video)

Posted by on March 18, 2011 · 0 Comment

Amazon, yes Amazon, will have an App store, which will directly compete with Google’s Android Market. If you visit Amazon.com/apps, you’ll find a listing of Android applications, 48 in total, with prices. That address redirects to Amazon’s homepage now, but some screen shots revealed a snapshot of what we can expect when the store launches. When Amazon announced their soon-to-debut App store, [...]
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21st Century Jukebox by TouchTunes Virtuo SmartJuke (video)

21st Century Jukebox by TouchTunes Virtuo SmartJuke (video)

Posted by on March 18, 2011 · 0 Comment

For decades, jukeboxes were at the very center of popular music, and their modern descendants can still be heard in watering holes the world over. TouchTunes Interactive Networks and frog design have teamed up to re-ignite the social spirit of vintage jukeboxes, in an updated device designed to engage a generation used to on-demand digital content. The 39.4 x 28.4 x 10.7-inch (100 x 72 x 27-cm) TouchTunes [...]
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Russell Hobbs washing machines has 12-minute wash cycle

Russell Hobbs washing machines has 12-minute wash cycle

Posted by on March 18, 2011 · 0 Comment

  Doing the laundry takes a ton of time.  I remember when I was young, asking my mom what she was doing for the day.  “Doing laundry”.  “All day?”, I would ask.  This was before I lived on my own and had to do the chore myself.  The Wash and Dry cycles take for ever…….FOR ONE LOAD!!!!   Am I telling anyone anything new?  No, I’m aware most are familiar [...]
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Mozilla FireFox 4 launching end of this month (video)

Mozilla FireFox 4 launching end of this month (video)

Posted by on March 17, 2011 · 0 Comment

Mozilla FireFox 4 is hitting the marketplace March 22nd. It’s staring at some stiff competition with Internet Explorer 9 and Google Chrome 10 on the horizon as well, but FireFox 4 provides an updated user interface that Mozilla says is both sleeker and easier to use. Firefox 4 also lets users synchronize settings, passwords, bookmarks, history and open tabs with other devices, and it allows [...]
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HTC Thunderbolt from Verizon available now (video)

HTC Thunderbolt from Verizon available now (video)

Posted by on March 17, 2011 · 0 Comment

We’ve been waiting a looooooooong time for this, and today is the day you can find Verizon’s first LTE handset, the HTC ThunderBolt, on sale and available on store shelves and online. Verizon Wireless, Best Buy, and a host of others will be selling the 4G handset for $250 on-contract, OR……Wirefly is selling this 4.3-inch beast online for a reduced $199.99, and Amazon Wireless [...]
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Sony Blu-Ray Players will ship with VUDU

Sony Blu-Ray Players will ship with VUDU

Posted by on March 16, 2011 · 0 Comment

Sony’s 2011 network connected 2011 Blu-ray player line-up will now ship with VUDU instant movie streaming service built-in.  The models include BDP-S280, BDP-S380, BDP-S480, BDP-S580, BDP-S780, BDV-E280, BDV-E580 and BDV-E780W. VUDU is a subscription free service that provides instant streaming of 1080p movies with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.  They claim to have the most extensive [...]
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HP TouchPad official with June Launch

HP TouchPad official with June Launch

Posted by on March 15, 2011 · 0 Comment

It was reported earlier that the HP TouchPad, the company’s first webOS tablet, would ship in June, and HP’s CEO has comfirmed this date. Leo Apotheker officially announed the release date at the enterprise-focused HP Summit in San Francisco. He also went on to detail that the webOS PC initiative would launch in beta, and run in a web browser “later this year.”  If you haven’t seen [...]
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T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, Sidekick Reborn

T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, Sidekick Reborn

Posted by on March 15, 2011 · 0 Comment

While the design of the old Sidekick seems antiquated, that hasn’t stopped T-Mobile from bringing back this iconic design with a brand new Sidekick 4G, though quite a few things have changed. First, Microsoft-owned Danger is not producing this phone.  Google’s Android OS powers the Samsung-manufactured device, and it’s pretty feature packed. The new Sidekick 4G rocks a 3.5″ display, support [...]
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DROID Incredible 2 spotted

DROID Incredible 2 spotted

Posted by on March 15, 2011 · 0 Comment

Perhaps my favorite line of Android phones, the HTC INCREDIBLE, because of its size and power….Now images leaked of the its offspring, the DROID Incredible 2. Blogger AndroidSpin got a hold of a few images detailing its design.  They’re also reporting some keen specs, specifically a 4-inch Super LCD WVGA display, 1GHz Qualcomm MSM 8655 processor, 4GB of on-board storage, 768MB of RAM, [...]
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