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The internet is a place where “he said, she said” type rumors quickly become major news and then through some weird prism of logic somehow become fact. One such rumor was that Google’s upcoming Android 3.0 tablet optimized mobile operating system would require a minimum set of system specifications in order to even run. That…
Music has been a part of our culture since the dawn of man, but these days the problem is finding new music to listen to. Thanks to piracy you can download pretty much anything that was ever recorded, but even if you did that, and listened to music from the moment you wake up to…
Just a few short hours before Ford will keynote at CES 2011, the auto maker has revealed the MyFord smartphone app for BlackBerry, Android and iPhone which will let Focus Electric drivers keep tabs on their vehicle from afar. The key points according to Ford are: Ford has developed the all-new MyFord Mobile app for…
Acer has just opened a can of worms and announced their new tablet device, the Iconia A500. This bad boy rocks Android, Verizon 4G LTE, Tegra 2, and more. The Iconia A500 will ship with the latest version of Android, and if Acer knows what’s good for them, that version should be Honeycomb, and not…
Hulu Plus is coming to Android for select phones in the coming months. Finally Hulu Plus users will be able to enjoy their content on the go with their Android 2.2 Froyo-based phones. No specific devices have been given, but a confirmation was certainly nice. Announced at a Samsung press event here at CES 2011,…
Peter Chou, CEO of HTC, took the stage during Verizon Wireless’ CES press event and unveiled the new Android-powered Thunderbolt. The Thuderbolt will be HTC’s first LTE handset and will feature a beautiful 4.3-inch Super LCD touchscreen display. While on stage, Chou confessed to using the Thunderbolt as his primary device and claimed it was…
We’ve finally got some extended time with the BlackBerry PlayBook and we’re pretty excited about this upcoming tablet and feel like it could be a credible competitor to the Apple iPad and the Motorola Xoom. The BlackBerry PlayBook has all the goods on paper: a 7-inch high-resolution display, dual-core 1 GHz processor, WiFi, 4G on…
Verizon and LG just announced the LG Revolution with Verizon 4G LTE and we got our grubby little hands on the next-generation device at CES 2011. Unfortunately, the LG Revolution we got to see didn’t have a Verizon 4G LTE SIM card, so we weren’t able to test much of it and the software was…
Yet another addition to Verizon’s lineup was announced at CES today: a little mobile hotspot puck from Samsung that’s LTE 4G compatible. If you’re worried about crummy 4G coverage, don’t worry, it’s dual-mode so can drop down to EV-DO if need be. Verizon promises 2 – 12 Mbps up, and 2 – 5 Mbps down…
Verizon and Samsung announced in their CES press conference today a handful of devices, including a one referred to as simply a 4G LTE smartphone. A little bland in the naming department, but maybe the specs will impress you. Besides obviously being compatible with Verizon’s burgeoning LTE network, the Samsung 4G smartphone runs Android 2.2,…