RIM is ceasing development on BlackBerry Enterprise Servers for all current devices according to BGR. Apparently, the company has grown tired of trying to make QNX work on its older NOC system that currently runs on all its java-based devices out today. The site heard of this move through a trusted source, which added RIM’s…
Archives for 2012
Hands-on with the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE for Sprint
I’ve always been one to enjoy a QWERTY keyboard on my smartphone, but the likes of the G1 and G2 are a distant memory and there haven’t been many options coming out lately. Until the Motorola Photon Q hit my doorstep. The Photon 4G successor boosts the specs, adds in a nice QWERTY keyboard, LTE support, and…
Rumor: Apple is expanding the retail footprint of the iPad
A report from MacRumors suggests Apple is making room in its retail store for the iPad. According to their European sources, Apple resellers are being told to increase the table space set aside for the iPad. Some retailers are reportedly tripling the amount of store real estate they are using to display the company’s iPad…
T-Mobile fabricates camera specs on new smartphones, says Consumer Reports
Uh oh, it looks like T-Mobile has been caught fabricating camera specs on its new smartphones. According to Consumer Reports, the fourth largest wireless provider in the United States wasn’t being all the way truthful with the shooters on its myTouch and myTouch Q devices. Both handsets hit the market earlier this month, and are…
Verizon blocks employee vacations September 21st for new iPhone launch
A Verizon Wireless employee that TechCrunch considers trustworthy confirmed to the publication today that Verizon has indeed blocked out vacation days for all of staff, meaning during these days no one is allowed to take a vacation. Guess which days those are. Yup, September 21st all the way to September 30th. September 21st has been rumored…
Deals of the Day – Aug 21: 17.3″ MSI Core i7 Gaming Laptop $1130
TigerDirect is offering the MSI Ivy Bridge Core i7 17.3″ Laptop with NVIDIA GeForce 660M laptop for $1,129.99 (model number GE70 0ND-033US). This is $120 off the retail price of $1,249.99 ($50 from a mail-in rebate). This laptop features a 3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz – 3.3GHz processor, 8GB DDR3 memory, 750GB HDD, 17.3″ Full HD Anti-Reflective 1920×1080 Widescreen…
Google confirms gift cards for the Play Store will hit retail shelves soon
After much speculation, Google confirmed today that it will soon offer Google Play gift cards. The cards will be available in $10, $25 and $50 denominations and will go on sale at Target, RadioShack and GameStop in the upcoming weeks. They will also land in Wal-Mart later at the end of August. Customers who buy…
Are multiple manufacturers all making their own Nexus Android phones this year?
It’s quiet. Too quiet. Nexus rumors have been awfully few and far between this year, so it’s no surprise that plenty of people are beginning to think there may not even be a Nexus device for 2012. Wait a minute though, here comes a rumor seemingly contradicting that theory. There may not be one, not…
Support page confirms existence of Google Play Store gift cards; US launch only along with $10, $15, $25 and $50 denominations
The mystical unicorn that are the Google Play Store gift cards have been outed by the search giant itself. Apparently some astute reader out there stumbled upon a support page (which has since been pulled down) through search that confirmed the existence of the gift cards. The page showed the gift cards being available for…
German carrier tells its subscribers the new iPhone is coming September
The word of an imminent launch of Apple’s next generation iPhone has been swirling around the interwebs for weeks. Many sites have all but assured the tech giant will launch the new iPhone sometime in the month of September. Of course, Apple in typical fashion has yet to officially confirm the phone’s launch date. Well,…









