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Today only, you can save $250 off the list price for the Toshiba Satellite U845-S402 Core i3 ULV Ultrabook. With free shipping and a $100 coupon code, this ultraportable laptop comes out to $499.99. This machine packs an Intel Core i3-2377M Processor 1.5GHz, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB Hard Drive with 16GB SSD Cache. It also…
Sprint announced a few more locations that’ll be able to use its LTE service. As of today, folks in Lawrence, Topeka and Wichita in Kansas, Waukegan-Lake in Illinois and Barnstable-Hyannis in Massachusetts will get to indulge in The Now Network’s new 4G LTE network. In its press release, the third largest wireless provider in the…
Apple knows its Maps application is severely lacking, so to help improve its shortcomings, the company is enlisting the help of former Google Maps workers. According to this report from TechCrunch, the Cupertino based tech giant is enquiring the services of anyone who’s done contract work on Google Maps. Furthermore, the source of the report…
Amazon announced a new initiative called Device Targeting, which is a feature tailored for helping developers create apps across all of its Kindle Fire tablets. This new program allows devs who make applications the ability to use APKs for specific devices such as all the Kindle Fire’s, no matter the screen size. It’s a good…
Several users on XDA-Developers are indicating that their Samsung Galaxy S III devices are receiving an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The update is first appearing in Poland, though reports suggest that it is making its way across the rest of Europe as well. Jelly Bean comes to the Galaxy S III a week ahead…
Netflix has been working over the past several months to update its user interface on mobile phones and tablets. The updated UI first made its way to Android and iPad tablets late last year, then came to the iPhone last week. Netflix has announced this morning on the company’s blog that the update is now…
With all the iPhone 5 news in the last few weeks, it’s hard to imagine that Apple’s iPhone 5 went on sale just this past weekend. Many analysts expected the iPhone 5 to blow away sales estimates over the course of opening weekend, though the actual sales reported by Apple have left some analysts disappointed.…
For one reason or another, Motorola forgot about the DROID Bionic, which at one point was the company’s flagship smartphone. It promised to release the Ice Cream Sandwich update in early Q3, but as we know it – nothing happened. Now Moto’s Punit Soni spoke out, trying to work things out with the Bionic owners.…
LG unveiled new Bluetooth stereo headset, the LG TONE+ (HBS-730), which is basically a beefed-up version of the original LG TONE (HBS-700) I have and love using it. The updated accessory supports VoLTE (Voice over LTE) calls, enabling the user to hold conversations in HD sound between VoLTE-capable devices. But that’s not all – there’s…
We’ve already told you that the LG Optimus 4X HD is heading to Canada and now we know which operators will get it. No it’s not any of the major three (Rogers, Bell and Telus), but WIND Mobile and Videotron. The two carriers will get LG’s smartphone at some point in October though at the…