If you were looking to pick up that shiny new iPad 2 with 3G, you’ll be happy to hear that AT&T has introduced some new postpaid mobile data plans. According to the company, you will now have multiple ways to get your iPad 2 with 3G connected. The best part is that these options don’t…
iSuppli: Motorola XOOM costs $359.92 in parts to manufacture
According to iSuppli, the Motorola Xoom costs $359.92 in parts to manufacture. This pricing is slightly above the $320 for a comparable 3G iPad with same 32 GB of flash memory. These two devices make for an interesting comparison as the Xoom is the closest competitor to the Apple iPad. Here are some of the…
Seesmic for Android Updated with Facebook Support and New Widgets
Seesmic had recently updated their social networking app for iPhone to include access to Facebook Pages, and not to leave the adorable green robot in the cold, they’ve updated the Android app with the same feature and a few other goodies. On top of access to multiple Facebook accounts and Pages, this update includes new…
Top 13 Apps for New Apple iPad Owners
So you’ve found yourself blown away by Apple’s new iPad 2, and March 11 doesn’t seem like it can come soon enough. If you decided to hold out until now, watching all your friends and family enjoy their now-vintage iPads, good for you. The new iteration of the Apple tablet is thinner than the iPhone…
Google Maps for Android gets more social network-y
Even if Google Buzz was one of the tech industry’s worst attempts at getting in the social-networking game, the search giant was on point about where to implement it: Maps. The best application of its kind, Google Maps just received an update in the Android Market that brings a couple of new social networking, and…
BlackBerry PlayBook Confirmed for Bell
Rogers is locked in to bring the BlackBerry PlayBook to Canada, Telus has hinted heavily that they’ll be offering it, and now Bell, the last of the big three, has confirmed they’ll be selling RIM’s first tablet by way of an ad at The Source. Bell actually owns the retail outlet, so there’s not much…
iPad 2 has 512MB of RAM, double the original model?
The iPad 2 made some serious waves yesterday during and after Apple unveiled it, and the occasion was even more momentous because it was presented by Steve Jobs. Many believed that Jobs was too ill to take the stage, but he introduced the new iPad with the typical gusto and charm to which we’ve grown…
Android and iPhone Getting BlackBerry Messenger?
You might have heard that the BlackBerry PlayBook will be able to run Android apps, but what about the other way around – what if Android ran BlackBerry apps? Rumour has it that this is exactly what’s happening; RIM is supposedly aiming to bring the legendary BlackBerry Messenger client to not only Android, but the…
Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, asks game developers to ignore smartphones
Nintendo recently launched their 3DS mobile gaming system in Japan and it’s due to hit American shores quite soon. It’s the successor to the wildly popular DS and DSi, both of which introduced gamers to a new way of enjoying games thanks to the two screens, one of which being touch enabled. Satoru Iwata, the…
Android Squeaks Into Top Spot for U.S. Smartphone Market Share, BlackBerry and iPhone Neck and Neck for Second
Nielsen recently published some study data comparing smartphone operating system and manufacturer market share recently, showing RIM and Apple battling for second place with 27% each, while the combined efforts of HTC, Samsung, Motorola and LG have pushed Android to 29%. It was only two months ago that iOS had a pretty distinctive lead, and…









