Nokia has been really pushing its marketing campaign for the N8 with tons of videos – both about the device and videos shot with the device. This time, Nokia, with the help of some friends, has filmed “Dot.” It’s a cute little stop motion film about a really miniscule character. What really gets me is…
Archives for 2010
Real World Tests: Why Apple reviewers can’t recommend the Consumers Report app
It’s official. Apple reviewers have evaluated the latest version of the Consumer Reports app and have confirmed that there is a problem with the app’s performance. The latest version of this app crashes when click on a review, crashes when you click on Electronics, and crashes when you look at it funny. Reviewers have reached…
Best Buy: reports of the iPad cannibalizing notebook sales are grossly exaggerated
Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn backpedaled on his statement that the iPad had cannibalized sales from laptop PCs. According to Dunn, reports claiming a precipitous decline in notebook and netbook sales are grossly exaggerated and are not an accurate depiction of what Best Buy is currently seeing. These reports cited by Dunn are based upon…
Verizon tells you the top 10 reasons you need a Samsung Galaxy Tab
As the official release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab nears, expect more of this right here: Why you need this from us, and not the other carriers. Verizon looks to be the first carrier to give potential customers the rundown of what the Galaxy Tab will offer. The Galaxy Tab doesn’t differ too much from…
The Mobile Roundup – The ‘Hooray for New Smartphones’ edition
This was a huge week for new smartphones, as HTC showed everybody’s what’s up when it comes to Android superphones with the introduction of the HTC Desire HD and the Desire Z. But HTC wasn’t the only one bringing the heat, as the world’s largest handset maker used its Nokia World conference to unveil some…
Google App for BlackBerry Updated with Gmail, Docs, and Google Contact Search
Following up on the ability to search local contacts and e-mails, the Google Mobile App for BlackBerry will now scan through cloud content from Google as well. Messages from your Gmail account, contacts stored there, and anything saved in Google Docs will also be accessible when you launch a search. Google Search is usually the…
A Google Voice app approved for the iPhone!
We knew it would only be a matter of days, but a Google Voice native app has been approved for the Apple iPhone. To be clear, this isn’t the official version from Google, as it is called GV Connect but it should enable you to have full access to your Google Voice account on your…
Amazon U.K. Offering HTC Desire Z Unlocked October 11
We just got official word of the HTC Desire Z earlier in London this week, as well as some sweet hands-on time with the device, and now it looks like Amazon U.K. will be offering the device unlocked on October 11. This hot new phone ships free for £429.99 ($672), according to Amazon U.K. The…
T-Mobile sued for blocking marijuana texts
T-Mobile is being sued by EZ Texting which claims the fourth-largest U.S. carrier was unfairly blocking its SMS delivery service due to connections with medical marijuana groups. The company, which offers groups and organizations way to have mass SMS campaigns, said T-Mobile was concerned about its connections to a legal (in the state it was…
Apple TV confirmed to be powered by iOS, future jailbreak possible
Remember that mysterious iProd2,1 device that appeared in the underlying codebase of iOS 4.1 ? The first iPad was labelled as ‘iProd” so everyone assumed this was a new reference for the rumored iPad 2G. Color us wrong as the recent iOS 4.2 beta 1 build reveals that this is the recently announced Apple TV. Deep…









