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Less than three months ago Nokia announced their first two Windows Phones, the Lumia 710 and the Lumia 800. The latter got most, if not all, of the attention from the media, but it’s the Lumia 710 that really earned a place in our hearts. For less than 300 Euros it offers an incredible value…
The state of California has just become the first state in America to hold consumer electronics companies accountable for their battery chargers. On Thursday the California Energy Commission voted 3 – 0 to force companies that make mobile phones, tablets, and laptops, to include energy efficient chargers with their devices starting on February 1, 2013.…
Despite being at each other’s throats in the court room, Samsung and Apple are best buddies when it comes to their component relationship. Last summer The Economist did some research about the various bits and bobs that make up the iPhone and discovered that 26% of the bill of materials of an iPhone 4 was…
ZAGG, makers of cases for various consumer electronic devices, was at CES last week showing off their latest innovation called HZO. Unlike a case that you put on a device you’ve already purchased, HZO is a technology that a device vendor would spray on the internals of their hardware during the manufacturing process. The folks…
Last week Nokia announced the Windows Phone Mango running Lumia 900 at CES. It’s the company’s first 4G LTE phone and the phone that they hope will make Americans take Nokia seriously again. AT&T will be the first to offer the device, with the rumored launch date being March 18th, but what about the other…
One expensive tech toy you may have heard of is Parrot’s AR Drone and the company gave us a demo of the newest iteration of the flying machine at CES last week. While it may remain an expensive tech toy or some time, there’s no denying just how cool the device is. Sporting its own…
While we’d imagine Samsung is saving new smartphone hardware for Mobile World Congress next month but it’s booth at CES this year was definitely a sight to see. While its TVs dominated the announcements this year, Samsung’s booth was filled to the edges when we took a look around. Here are a few highlights. We…
Last week, Sprint rolled out an update to its HTC EVO 3D handset but what many people didn’t know was the upgrade removed the controversial software Carrier IQ. Before this upgrade, The Now Network was reported to having somewhere north of 26 million devices carrying Carrier IQ, so this maintenance update shrinks that number down…
Only a few handsets were announced for Verizon at CES this year but that didn’t keep Big Red from having quite the booth. The entire theme was surrounded on it’s 4G/LTE network and how it can affect your every day life. We went around and snapped a few shots of the booth for you all…
For people living in France, 2012 is starting out with some pretty sweet news. Free, one of the many internet service providers in the country, has just launched a wireless network. They have two plans, and each plan has two tiers. First up is the free plan. If you’re already using Free to watch television…