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Borderlands Legends now available on iOS

Anyone who has experienced the Borderlands franchise knows how awesome the games are. Borderlands has helped propel 2K Games back into profitable territory, and Borderlands 2 is easily one of the must-have games of 2012. Earlier this month, 2K announced that an iOS adaptation of Borderlands would land on the App Store this month, and today Borderlands Legends is available to download for $4.99 (iPhone/iPod Touch) and $6.99 for the iPad version. Borderlands Legends lets you control any of the 4 main characters from the original Borderlands game, and tasks … Read more

borderlands 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico

Apple Watch: Stock dips below $600 in pre-market trading

With the markets closed for the past few days, investors have been unable to react to Apple’s executive shakeup and had only one trading day to react to Apple’s earnings report from Thursday afternoon. Wall Street will open its doors in just under an hour amid Hurricane Sandy recovery, and as analysts digest news from Cupertino, shares of Apple, Inc. have dipped below the $600 level in pre-market trading. Any downturn in Apple’s share price will likely be erased in coming weeks, as the company will unleash the iPad Mini … Read more

ipad mini 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico

EE LTE goes live across 11 UK markets today

As promised, UK carrier EE has turned on its 4G LTE network across 11 markets in the UK today. EE brings LTE speeds to London, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton this morning, and plans to add Belfast, Derby, Hull, Nottingham, and Newcastle by the end of the year. EE is aiming for a 98% coverage level by the end of 2013, so if your location is not covered in the above-mentioned markets, it’ll likely be coming to your town fairly quickly. The company showed off its LTE speeds at an event … Read more

ee4G 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico

Nokia Lumia 920 coming to some Rogers stores today

Microsoft took the final wraps off of Windows Phone 8 at the company’s official launch event in San Francisco yesterday. Carriers are quickly announcing upcoming availability of Windows Phone 8 device, though Canada telecom Rogers appears to have first dibs on Windows 8 and Nokia’s flagship Lumia 920. Rogers confirmed late last night that some of its retail outlets will begin selling the Lumia 920 starting today, well ahead of the expected early to mid-November release date for Windows Phone 8 devices. Customers lucky enough to find a Rogers store … Read more

AT&T to launch Nokia Lumia 920 on October 21st? 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico

Samsung ATIV Odyssey mystery device headed to Verizon in December

At the company’s Windows Phone 8 launch event this morning, Microsoft announced that the Samsung ATIV Odyssey will make its way to Verizon in time for the holidays. Not much is known about the ATIV Odyssey, though previous rumors have suggested the Odyssey was a codename for the ATIV S device, which Samsung unveiled back at IFA in August. The ATIV S is a beast of a smartphone, complete with a 4.8″ Super AMOLED display with 1,280 x 720 resolution, a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and an 8 megapixel rear … Read more

Odyssey 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico

Apple rakes in $36 billion in revenue, sells 26.9 million iPhones, 14 million iPads

Apple has just announced their Q3 2012 earnings, and the company had a stellar quarter, beating many Wall Street estimates. The company earned $35.97 billion in net revenue, a net profit of $8.2 billion, and earnings of $8.67 per share. This compares favorably to Q3 2011, which saw revenue of $28.3 billion, profit of $6.6 billion, and $7.05 per diluted share. Analysts were expecting $35.8 billion in net revenue, and $8.75 EPS. Revenue was slightly ahead of expectations, while earnings per share fell a bit below, though we think any … Read more

apple-money 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico

There’s branding, and then there’s branding: Verizon’s Galaxy Note II

By now, unless you own Apple’s iPhone or one of the handful of other devices, you’ve grown accustomed to having your carrier’s logo blasted onto the back or front of your phone. Usually, these logos are placed onto unused space, either on the device’s backplate or on the bezel of the front of the phone alongside the manufacturer’s logo. With the Galaxy Note II, Verizon is taking branding into uncharted territory by placing their carrier logo square on the multi-purpose physical button on the front of the device. Now, Galaxy … Read more

verizon note 2 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico

Nuance launches Dragon Mobile Assistant on Android for 4.0+ devices, iOS version coming soon

Despite their limited use cases, conversational personal assistants such as Siri are becoming more and more popular for smartphone users. Personal assistants rely on a wealth of transcription information, and one company that has excelled in this arena is Nuance, whose Dragon Speaking software is the de facto standard for voice transcription services on computers. It is only natural, then, that they would venture into a conversational personal assistant application for smartphones, and today they have done just that. Dragon Mobile Assistant has come to Android devices running version 4.0 … Read more

Dragon 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico

Apple releases 4th-generation iPad

Apple unveiled the 4th generation iPad at their event in San Jose today. The iPad features an update to an A6X processor, which brings double the performance of the 3rd generation iPad, and maintains the 10 hour battery life. The camera has been updated, the WiFi has been enhanced, and it will feature the lightning connector Apple released with the iPhone 5. Pricing for the 4th generation iPad will start at $499 for the WiFi 16GB version, and $629 for the WiFi + LTE version. Expanded LTE coverage including Sprint … Read more

TwitteriPad 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico

Apple unveils iPhone, iPad, iCloud, iEverything stats at iPad Mini event

Apple is kicking off the iPad Mini event in San Jose, and CEO Tim Cook took the stage and unveiled some statistics about Apple’s last few weeks. The iPhone sold 5 million units opening weekend, more than any opening weekend phones sold ever Over 3 million iPods (iPod Touch and iPod Nano) sold since launch 200 million devices have been upgraded to iOS 6, representing over 50% of all iOS devices sold to date (including incompatible ones) 125 million documents have been uploaded to the iCloud 300 billion iMessages have … Read more

8-am-pandemonium 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico

iPad Mini caught on video ahead of launch

A video of the iPad Mini is making its way around the internet ahead of the official launch, set for a mere 10 minutes from now at Apple’s event in San Jose. The video comes courtesy of parts trader ETrade Supply, who was allegedly given a preview build/working prototype of the iPad Mini. The video in all its glory can be found below, and we’ll bring you the goods from Apple’s event at the top of the hour. [via BGR]

499606-apple-store 7 months ago

Anthony Domanico