Popular travel management service TripIt used CES to unveil its Android application for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus though I’m sure pretty much any Android tablet will do the job just as well. As expected, TripIt for tablets takes advantage of the extra screen estate, allowing you for instance to…
Video: Microsoft experts peg March 18th as the Nokia Lumia 900 launch date
When it comes to news about Microsoft, there’s really only two names I trust: Mary-Jo Foley from All About Microsoft and Paul Thurrott from the SuperSite for Windows. Now Paul’s been doing a weekly podcast with Leo Laporte from the TWiT.tv network for what feels like ages called Windows Weekly, and sometime last year Mary-Jo…
eBay is betting really big on mobile
Everywhere I go in San Francisco, I’m bombarded by ads for eBay’s mobile initiatives and it even opened up a pop-up store over the holidays where users could scan and buy products that were then shipped to their houses. The company is really pushing into the mobile space in a big way but this is…
CES 2012: BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 hands-on [Video]
Many of you have been patiently waiting for the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 and while it’s not available until February, we got a chance to check it out at CES 2012. This finally brings native e-mail, calendar and improved Bridge features, so take a look at the video below to see if it has been…
CES 2012: TomTom app for iOS gets your social networks involved
TomTom is showing off a preview of version 1.1 of its app for iPhone and iPad at CES 2012. The update will bring a social aspect in to what is normally an individual travel experience. Don’t assume TomTom is trying to snag a piece of the success known as Waze Social GPS. TomTom seems to be…
Audi to use NVIDIA Tegra 3 processors in its vehicles starting from 2013
NVIDIA won’t limit its Tegra 3 processor to mobile devices like tablets and smartphones (though we still haven’t seen a single smartphone boasting the company’s quad-core CPU) — they’re going for cars, as well. Audi is the first car company (as far as we know) that will integrate the powerful processor in its vehicles starting…
DrivePad is touted as the world’s first in-car wireless smartphone charging solution
Need an in-car charger but don’t want to deal with extra wires while driving? Check out the DrivePad, a new charging solution from Mizco International’s DIGIPOWER division. It sports a sliding charge base that allows for perfect alignment between the charge sweet spot of the base station and of the phone. This so called “FlexArm…
MMT’s Monitor2Go is a 15.6-inch external monitor for iPad, smartphones
Modern smartphones are pretty powerful and some folks may use them to do serious work while on the go. In case they need a bigger screen, there’s always an option to connect your beloved gadget to a TV screen, but if one is not available around – you can use an external monitor. Or at…
Lenovo K800: The first smartphone to use an Intel chip, comes out in China in Q2 2012
Every year Intel talks the talk about being able to put their chips inside devices as tiny as a smartphone, but this year they’re walking the walk with the help of Lenovo. The Chinese personal computer maker may not be known for smartphones on this side of the pond, but in their home country they’re…
Fujitsu has a quad core smartphone at CES, but isn’t letting anyone touch it
At the start of each year, as the technology community looks back to what’s happened during the past 12 months, publications like to say things like “2011 was the year that Android caught up” or “2011 was another failed year for Microsoft’s Windows Phone”. We didn’t really do that this year since so much happened…