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HTC Jetstream 4G LTE tablet launches September 4th on AT&T

Posted by David on August 31, 2011 · 0 Comment

AT&T’s first 4G LTE/HSPA+ tablet, the Jetstream, will launch on September 4th for a whopping $699.99 with a 2-year contract AT&T just announced that it will offer the HTC Jetstream, AT&T’s first 4G LTE/HSPA+ tablet on September 4th for a whopping $699.99 with a new two-year contract. The Jetstream has a 10.1-inch “HD” display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon [...]

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Samsung gives us sneek-peek of Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y (video)

Posted by David on August 31, 2011 · 0 Comment

Samsung announces the launch of the flagship 4″ chic smartphone Wave 3, the social-powerhouse Wave M and the smart-start Wave Y Samsung has officially announced three new bada 2.0-powered handsets: the Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y. The Wave 3 is the high-end smartphone of the three, and comes equipped with a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, a 5-megapixel camera, a 1.4GHz processor and HSPA [...]

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Motorola outs Android Pro+ (video)

Posted by David on August 31, 2011 · 0 Comment

Likely headed to AT&T and T-Mobile here in the U.S., the Motorola PRO+ runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and features a candy bar form factor with a full QWERTY keypad Motorola just announced a new Android smartphone, the Motorola PRO+, which is likely soon headed to both AT&T and T-Mobile here in the U.S. The Motorola PRO+ runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and features a candy bar form [...]

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Samsung announces the Series 7 laptop line

Posted by David on August 31, 2011 · 0 Comment

Samsung’s new Series 7 Laptop line offers Powerful performance in a compact and sleek form factor Today, Samsung Electronics America Inc. announced the Series 7, a sleek, cutting edge laptop line. The Series 7 laptops ffer highly mobile users a powerful computing experience in one of the thinnest quad core PC to date. They feature a sleek brushed-aluminum body under one-inch [...]

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Razer BlackWidow Stealth Edition mechanical gaming keyboards

Posted by David on August 31, 2011 · 0 Comment

Go Ninja with the Razer Blackwidow Stealth Edition Razer launches silent versions of their award-winning Razer BlackWidow and Razer BlackWidow Ultimate mechanical keyboards Razer, maker of high-end precision gaming brand, has announced the Razer BlackWidow Stealth Edition mechanical gaming keyboards. Both the Ultimate and Standard versions of this hardcore mechanical keyboard [...]

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TomTom Launches First Nav Device with Apps from Yelp, TripAdvisor, Expedia & Twitter

Posted by David on August 30, 2011 · 0 Comment

New Gadgets: The TomTom GO LIVE 1535 has HD Traffic, which is the most accurate reporting available, capturing more of the actual traffic jams than ever before TomTom recently announced the GO LIVE 1535, the world’s first portable navigation device to feature apps from Yelp, TripAdvisor, Expedia and Twitter, all designed for safe use on the road. This is the latest in their line [...]

Filed in: Car Gadget, Gadget News, New Gadgets

Wahoo Fitness Bike Pack and Run Pack review

Posted by David on August 30, 2011 · 0 Comment

Wahoo Fitness turns smartphones into a complete exercise computer Ever wonder what the world would be like if robots took over? Well, with the health and fitness industry quickly embracing the technology movement, Wahoo Fitness, a leading maker of hardware and software that delivers real-time fitness and health data to smartphones, is making a “robotic” personal trainer a reality. [...]

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HP not giving up on TouchPad yet

Posted by David on August 30, 2011 · 0 Comment

HP VP says a spin-off could be the “best value” for HP’s investors instead of an outright sale to competitors Less than 2 weeks ago, HP said they were “86-ing” its webOS devices business and considering a possible spin-off of its personal systems group (PSG). The head of HP’s PC business, executive vice president Todd Bradley, discussed the TouchPad and his company’s [...]

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GadgetGUY Free Gadget GiveAway- White HTC DROID Incredible 2

Posted by David on August 29, 2011 · 0 Comment

For the month of September, we are giving away an HTC DROID Incredible 2 in white White HTC DROID Incredible 2 Now Best Buy is offering a white version of the DROID Incredible 2 by HTC, and you can have it free with your comment. It’s a Best Buy exclusive, and the white DROID Incredible 2 runs on the Verizon Wireless network, and sports Android 2.2. It has all the same [...]

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Official Announcement- Samsung Galaxy S II 4G LTE & Galaxy Tab 8.9 4G LTE (video)

Posted by David on August 29, 2011 · 0 Comment

Samsung speeds up the Smarter Life with LTE versions of the GALAXY S II and GALAXY Tab 8.9 Samsung has announced 4G LTE-enabled versions of its popular GALAXY S II smartphone and its forthcoming GALAXY Tab 8.9 tablet. These 4G versions offer identical specs compared to their 3G-enabled counterparts, with a few key differences in the S II beyond the addition of an LTE radio, of course. The [...]

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playGO USB Wireless Speaker System review

Posted by David on August 29, 2011 · 0 Comment

playGO is made of a very durable material called Corian, which is used in the manufacturing of countertops With wireless music streaming literally becoming the standard in tunes delivery, there is no shortage of options. Enter playGO, an interesting looking device that has a transmitters, which plugs into the computer’s USB port, while a receiver unit can attach to a set of speakers [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S II will come to big 3, except big V (video)

Posted by David on August 29, 2011 · 0 Comment

Samsung Galaxy S II will be announced on August 29th by Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T under various names. Verizon is waiting for a separate delayed announcement on a comparable but different model. Samsung is gearing up an announcement, detailing their U.S. versions of its GALAXY S II smartphone. Pocketnow.com published an image of the GALAXY S II phones that are headed to AT&T, T-Mobile [...]

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Amazon’s first Android tablet will come cheap

Posted by David on August 27, 2011 · 0 Comment

Amazon’s tablet offerings will reportedly feature the Android operating system Amazon’s upcoming Android tablet will soon launch in September or October, and will be aggressively priced to smash iPad. Reports back in may indicated that Amazon was working on 2 tablets, the entry-level dual-core “Coyote” and the high-end quad-core “Hollywood”. At least one of them is expected [...]

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Uebo M400 Wi-Fi Media Player review (video)

Posted by David on August 27, 2011 · 0 Comment

The UEBO M400 includes PlayOn TV, your all-access pass to enjoying an additional 200+ internet channels including NetFlix, CNN, ESPN and Hulu as crisp video on your HDTV With the onslaught of networked media streamers on the market today, it’s no wonder that these media devices are becoming a mainstay to homes everywhere, and providing a nice marriage between the web and TV. The [...]

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Flipboard will add TV shows, books and movies, and a Flipboard iPhone app is coming (video)

Posted by David on August 26, 2011 · 0 Comment

Flipboard has been downloaded more than 3 million times, and it offers articles from several popular magazines Flipboard, the company behind the popular like-named social magazine application for the iPad, plans to add TV shows, books and movie content. The company’s app has been downloaded more than 3 million times, and it offers articles from several popular magazines including Rolling [...]

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Samsung GALAXY Tab 7.7, Wave & GALAXY Note coming Sep 1

Posted by David on August 26, 2011 · 0 Comment

An Android developer noticed three logos inside Samsung’s Mobile Unpacked APK file, clearly named the GALAXY Tab 7.7, the Wave 3 and the GALAXY Note Samsung Wave, Bada-powered smartphone Latest Gadget News: During the IFA Tradeshow in Berlin on September 1st, Samsung has already hinted at something “big”. Well a certain blogger just got the skinny on what’s in store. An [...]

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Wowee Paper Jamz Pro-Series Guitar review

Posted by David on August 25, 2011 · 0 Comment

The new Pro-Series allows you to download any MP3 onto the guitar or choose from hundreds of specially formatted MP3 downloads from the Paper Jamz Pro Download Library When the Paper Jamz guitar came out, kids and adults rushed to grab this rockin’ phenom product. It turned a non-talented strummer into a rif expert. Now, WowWee has created a new version of the paper-thin guitars, [...]

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Canon outs 3 new PowerShots (video)

Posted by David on August 25, 2011 · 0 Comment

Canon extends its PowerShot line with the PowerShot SX150 IS, the PowerShot ELPH 510 HS and the PowerShot ELPH 310 HS Canon just announced three new PowerShot digital cameras, all three capable of capturing high definition video, along with digital stills. They are the PowerShot SX150 IS, the PowerShot ELPH 510 HS and the PowerShot ELPH 310 HS. var amzn_wdgt= { columns:"1", rows:"3", [...]

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QNX Blackberry smartphones will be able to run Android apps (video)

Posted by David on August 25, 2011 · 0 Comment

RIM has confirmed that its QNX-powered Smartphones and PlayBook will have the ability to run Android applications In the latest gadget news, Research In Motion’s upcoming QNX-powered BlackBerry smartphones will support the ability to run Android applications when they hit store shelves. RIM is adding the option in an effort to attract consumers who may have otherwise ditched their [...]

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Steve Jobs resigns from Apple as CEO

Posted by David on August 25, 2011 · 0 Comment

Tim Cook, Apple’s long-time COO, who acted as CEO during Steve Jobs’ medical leaves, will replace Jobs as CEO Steve Jobs has officially resigned from his job as CEO of Apple. Instead, he has been elected Chairman. Tim Cook, Apple’s long-time COO, who acted as CEO during Steve Jobs’ medical leaves, will replace Jobs as CEO. Read below the press release and Job’s resignation [...]

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Facebook buying up companies to compete with Twitter and Google

Posted by David on August 24, 2011 · 0 Comment

Facebook is putting the screws to Twitter and Google with multiple 2011 company acquisitions Facebook is on target to buy 20 new companies in 2011 in an effort to better compete with Twitter and Google. The social giant purchased 10 new companies last year and just one in 2009, but has already acquired 13 various firms this year. Most recently, Facebook purchased the group-messaging [...]

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Sprint will carry iPhone 5, launching in October

Posted by David on August 24, 2011 · 0 Comment

Sprint will offer the iPhone 5 in the middle of October, and sold at the same time as Apple’s current iPhone 4 Sprint will launch Apple‘s latest smartphone, the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4 simultaneously in mid-October, according to reports. The Wall Street Journal is citing sources familiar with the matter that indicated the phone would arrive in time for Apple’s fiscal fourth [...]

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Is Samsung buying HP’s PC division?

Posted by David on August 24, 2011 · 0 Comment

Samsung may be considering a purchase of HP’s PC division, which would catapult the South Korea-based electronics giant past Dell and into the No. 1 PC vendor spot globally A new report suggests that Samsung could be preparing to purchase Hewlett-Packard’s PC business, which the company revealed it may soon spin off. According to a new report, Samsung may be considering a purchase [...]

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The Suntrica SolarStrap

Posted by David on August 23, 2011 · 0 Comment

The Suntrica SolarStrap soaks up the suns rays and turns them into power for charging your Apple device It’s no secret that iPhone require charging more frequently than many more basic models, and those who listen to music for much of their day will probably encounter a similar problem when using the various versions of the iPod. Although you might not notice a huge difference when looking [...]

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Sennheiser CXC 700 Headphone review (video)

Posted by David on August 23, 2011 · 0 Comment

Sennheiser’s CXC 700 headphones have 3-levels of noise cancellation The Sennheiser high-end CXC 700 ear-canal noise-cancelling headphones feature Sennheiser’s unique NoiseGard /digital system, which includes not one, but three noise-cancelling modes: Mode 1 is for use on low-frequency noise (100 to 400 Hertz), such as engine noise from trains, buses or small passenger planes. Mode [...]

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ThumbSaver Magnetic Nail Setter review

Posted by David on August 23, 2011 · 0 Comment

Invented by a long time framing contractor, the ThumbSaver Magnetic Nail Setter is rugged and works with any fastener I blackened my share of finger nails hammering in a nail. It ain’t fun. The ThumbSaver TS001 Magnetic Nail Setter is a life saver…..well a finger-saver. This handy insures that you won’t mash your fingers when driving a nail. Invented by a long [...]

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Sony Ericsson announces “Live with Walkman” Android phone

Posted by David on August 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

The new ‘Live with Walkman’ smartphone is powered by Google’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and a 1GHz processor Sony Ericsson announced its latest Android smartphone, dubbed “Live with Walkman.” The new Live with Walkman smartphone is powered by Google’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and a 1GHz processor. Other spec highlights include a 3.2-inch [...]

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Best Buy now offering white DROID Incredible 2

Posted by David on August 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

Exclusive to Best Buy, the ‘White’ DROID Incredible 2…Now Available Now Best Buy is offering a white version of the DROID Incredible 2 by HTC. It’s a Best Buy exclusive, and the white DROID Incredible 2 runs on the Verizon Wireless network, and sports Android 2.2. It has all the same features as the original, like a 4-inch WVGA touch screen, 8.0 megapixel digital camera, [...]

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Logitech K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard for Mac review (video)

Posted by David on August 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

Now available in a Mac version, the Logitech K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard…batteries not needed ever again While Logitech’s K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard for PC has been flying off the shelves, Mac users have been left in the dust with this cool “green” accessory, until now. Just announced is the Wireless Solar Keyboard for Mac. The K750 or Mac features an identical [...]

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Huge Samsung Announcement coming September 1st

Posted by David on August 21, 2011 · 0 Comment

Samsung is announcing something big at Berlin’s IFA trade show on September 1st Two new videos have surfaced from Samsung, promising something big is coming at Berlin’s IFA trade show September 1st. While not much can be gleaned from the videos, it does show scenes by an ocean and the second has a number of people walking around with glowing objects in their hands. Could [...]

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