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Another day, another Android tablet, but this one isn’t your everyday Kmart Android tablet. The LuvPad AD100 sports some great specs and is an interesting option for those of you considering an alternative to the iPad. Brought to us by Mouse Computer, the LuvPad is probably one of the best Android tablets we’ve seen that’s…
If the Peel sounds familiar to you, it’s because we first caught glimpse of it a few months ago with Sprint branding. The Apple Peel 520 is now shipping for those of you who want to turn your iPod touches into iPhones. The only catch is that you’ll have to jailbreak your iPod touch, which…
We talked about the JD Power survey earlier today about smartphone satisfaction but there was some more interesting data that I wanted to point out. The report said that the growing economic woes are causing users to hold on to their devices for longer and I wanted to know what you thought of this. According…
Research In Motion is supposedly preparing to make 2.5 million BlackBerry tablets, or BlackPads, for the fourth quarter of this year, according to a financial analyst. This figure comes from Susquehanna Research analyst Jeffrey Fidacaro and it does seem a little high to me because the Apple iPad sold 3.27 million units in its first…
At first, we had to wait what seemed likes ages to get a glimpse of the Samsung Galaxy Tab in action, but now that there are plenty of hands-on videos out on the web, we were surprised to see Samsung post their own, official walkthrough video. If you just haven’t gotten enough of the Galaxy…
As expected, the Federal Communications Commission voted on white space today and approved the commercial usage of this unused spectrum. White space received the thumbs up from the FCC back in 2008 under the previous FCC head Kevin Martin. Progress with white space technology was stalled by objections from the National Association of Broadcasters which was…
The Amazon Kindle app for Android has just received an update and it’s full of cool new features like voice search and Wikipedia integration. The Amazon Kindle app for Android now includes: – Search within the book: Customers can either type or speak a word or phrase to search within a book. – Add, Edit…
As fun as Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is on the iPhone & iPad, one thing Rockstar has yet to deliver is a full 3D Grand Theft Auto experience on a mobile platform. That’s where Gameloft’s Gangstar series comes in. Not only has Gangstar: West Coast Hustle been released on both the iPhone & iPad,…
It’s happening, but it should come as no surprise to anyone: Verizon is going to be getting tiered pricing according to CEO Ivan Seidenberg. The carrier, who currently offers unlimited data packages with its smartphones, will start metering data or offering tiered packages. Although it has been argued that Verizon is the best network in…
It’s not every day you get to see not-so-high-end phones like the Nokia 5230 Nuron getting ridiculously overclocked. The Nokia 5230, or for you American folk, the Nuron for T-Mobile, has had its guts twisted so tight it’s running faster than many had imagined was even possible. 800 MHz. That’s pretty fast for an OS…